My Visit to the Succarra Showroom

One question. Do you LOVE jewelry?? 

Ever since the GOLD trend hit, I've been purchasing gold pieces left & right. My jewelry drawer is going to need to be larger, I swear! 

So....the other day I was invited to the SUCCARRA showroom here in NYC to get a peek at all these wonderful hot jewelry designers! They had a ton of jewelry displayed & some delicious mini CUPCAKES to eat! As for the pieces....Well, I added a HEART to each photo pointing to my absolute fave ones from the showroom!  I'll be highlighting those companies in the weeks to come...along with some other pretties that will be joining the MadeByGirl accessories section! Can't wait!

I'm so weak for stylish bracelets & rings - what's your favorite jewelry piece? ring, bracelet, necklace, earrings or???

-images by jen ramos

Renting: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

Hello there! I'm Erin owner of Clementine + Olive as well as blogger! This week I'm here sharing my view on renting.


The GOOD

I live in an up and coming historic community so choosing a home was fairly easy because the historic part means that most homes in my area have incredible easy to decorate architecture like wainscoting and old world detail that you won’t find in a big city with out a big price tag. The up and coming part means that I get everything for an affordable price tag with out loss of culture and forced in to apartment living. Win-win. So why buy right now.

My landlord is probably the most easy going in town. Allowing me to up date the vanity to painting the front door. After putting my year in I realized I might just stay here a little while so I decided to conceal some big eyesores.

The BAD

Being a previous home owner knowing my funds beautifying a home that isn’t mine or paying rental money I’ll never see in my pocket again kind of bites a familiar bullet that makes me long for a home I can rip out the counter tops for some carerra marble.


Also another issue that comes with renting besides the obvious “decorating around” theory is buying furniture and moving issue. You are always left with furniture that doesn’t fit your space size well or compliment the era of the home. 

The UGLY

A major issue you always, see renting is the choice between settling for carpet vs. hardwood especially when you have dust allergies that can rule you life. I may have gotten everything I wanted out of my home but, vacuuming twice a day and professionally cleaning these nappy carpets every 4 months is a royal pain especially since I have twin babies which means a dozen coffee stains with in a month. 


The kitchen isn’t the worst of the worse but, it’s plain oak cabinets with vinyl flooring and although, I know my creative energy is hinged by it every time I walk through there. I know, there is absolutely nothing I can do about it and must let-it-go and be thankful of such a rad home for such a steal that offers my little family everything I could need.

 
 
If you'd like to share, the good, the bad, the ugly of living in a rental, email me your submission with 3-4 pictures of your apartment & an intro! Pls use the same format as above! 

Zinc Door

Welcome back everyone! How was your weekend? Anything wonderful happen to you?? 

For me, I had a lovely weekend! There's so much going on with both MadeByGirl & Cocoa & Hearts. I've been painting & shooting paintings as well as re-designing my main entire site, MadeByGirl - (probably blog too)! Then of course there's my personal life.... found a new church here in NYC that suits us both a bit more (I hope), so we shall see what happens.
 

So, this Monday morning I wanted to share a super cool store called Zinc Door. The shop is run by two talented ladies, Wendy Rossiter Estes & Tiffany Grayce Harris. 

These ladies created the popular shop, Layla Grayce where they highlight their passion for traditional, European, cottage and coastal decor. This time around their shop Zinc Door brings us classics with an updated edge... which is totally my style! In fact, if I had money to burn, I'd furnish my entire place with Zinc Door. 

-images via zinc door

Italian Touch of Mel...

New Moods of Melani, Italian base Sri Lankan Model.
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UoM Graduation Fashion Show 2011

Graduation Fashion Show of University of Moratuwa Department of Textile & Clothing Technology was held recently. This is the first ever Fashion Design Degree in Sri Lanka established within the University system which provided opportunities to students each year to embark on a professional career in creative industries involving Fashion Design & Product Development. Sadeema Fernando, Sumudu Prasadini, Isha Erandi,Charitha Waidyasiri, Rozelle Plunkett, Gowri Weerasuriya,Treshiya Kristina and many SL Models catwalked on this show.
Location: Independence Square

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Photographed by Nadun Udayanga

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