Tag Archive: shopping

In The Nude

Lately I’ve been craving a certain color; I’m not even sure if nude is the right descriptor – not too brown, not too pastel-pink, but a light dusty pink color. I don’t think this would work in my wardrobe in large amounts, so I’ve been thinking of ways to work touches of it in here…

Defining Your Personal Style: Finding Your Focus

(a little photo from my new sewing room/work area…I set all of my shoes up on display!) Everyone has favorites. It’s only natural to like one thing the most out of a group! So here’s where you ask yourself: what’s my favorite part of getting dressed in the morning? Seems like a silly question, I…

More (On Sale!) Shoes

I thought I would share the news, for those of you that aren’t following Savvy Circle on Twitter and/or may have missed the announcement yesterday that the promo code SALE can be used until the end of this month on already on sale items at Shoes.Com for an additional 20% off! Pretty neat, no? Here’s…

Marvelous Monday!

This is a start of a new thing here at Decline Designs. I know a lot of people have a hard time getting up and going on Monday after the break of the weekend and so, from now on, on every Monday I’ll be posting happiness-inducing tidbits, whether they be links, products, or just general…

Sex and the City Stole My Wedding Dress Story

By D of Dream Sequins (which is awesome and you should check it out. Her designer and blogger profiles are great, and her Twitter-view questions are always creative!) I was married nearly five years ago in a beautiful white, custom-designed strapless gown by Canadian designer, Justina McCaffrey.  It was a silk-satin gown covered in a…

Daily Outfit 5/5/09

This will be the last one, at least for a while! (there won’t be any post of today’s outfit, as it’s basically a rehash of Sunday’s.) Look forward to a guest post from Dream Sequins tomorrow – I can hear the sighs of relief from here The skirt and the tank are both DIY’d. Or,…

Daily Outfit 5/3/09

Secondhand tank + blazerjacketthing from work, vintage necklace, ruffle skirt from Target, new Fluevog boots, and a rose quartz bracelet I made that you can’t see here! I found the skirt at Target yesterday and loved it on sight, I’m glad the hanger didn’t have a size on it because I probably wouldn’t have tried…

Daily Outfit 5/2/09

Wedding pictures will be up later, probably in a big photo post with other pictures too. For now: Thrifted cardigan, DIY’d bleached tank, high waisted Converse skirt, belt is from work (I about died, was digging through the belt rack looking for some brightly colored ones, when I found this one, with the original tags…

Weekend Recap

Yes, I do have several Posts of Substance (TM) planned for the future. But for now… (no, that wasn’t in Austin, just a sign on the way!) Trip recap! I know you’re excited. So the drive from Joplin to Austin is a longgggg one. We left Joplin around 9-9:30 on Friday morning and didn’t get…

Good things come to those who wait

Remember the Bronx Gillian boots? First mentioned in DECEMBER? Well. I finally got my pair. Sorry for the huge pictures. Camera’s being a bitka again. Anyways. How much do I love them? A LOT. They’re a teensy bit big, I just need some cushions to fix that – but it sure makes me glad I…