I was tagged by the lovely Victoria of GrowNorth to participate in this fun chain post that has been making its way across the blog world. Here's the scoop: There are five rules: 1. Post these rules.2. Post a photo of yourself and 11 random things.3. Answer the questions set for you in the original post. 4. Create 11 new questions and tag people to answer them. 5. Go to their blog/twitter and tell them you've tagged them. { decided yesterday that a bold lip was just what my workday needed } So, here we…
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{ Birthday party envy from Coco + Kelly } Oh hey there, it's my birthday!! I hope everyone is stocking up on deeply discounted Valentine's Day candy and celebrating with me. Looking back on the last year, I'm feeling incredibly lucky and super excited to see what being 24 holds for me - here are 23 awesome things that happened while I was 23 (in no order): 1. Moved from the East Coast to the Midwest (800 miles away from home) all by myself 2. Launched Pretty & Fun after years of obsessive blog reading…
I feel like I'm a little late to the game with this whole brunch thing - I'm totally familiar with weekend breakfasts at the diner or a run to the bagel place for a Taylor Ham, egg and cheese, but fancy brunch food and mimosas? Yeah, not something I'm used to. I've noticed that everyone else except me was obsessed with brunch, so I decided to see what all the hype was about and I must admit, I think I'm hooked. Anyway, I met up with one of my faves, Sara from Project Soiree to…
I'm pretty sure there's nothing better than kicking off the week with an amazing Chicago Blogger Network event (especially when it includes champagne, cupcakes and playing dress up). Chicago designer, Lara Miller, invited bloggers into her studio to style her Fall 2012 collection and model our favorite looks. It was tons of fun to pull from racks and racks of Lara's designs and see what other fabulous Chicago bloggers chose for their look. Coolest part? Lara's favorite looks will be featured in her Fall 2012 lookbook which will be used to sell the collection to…
Have a second to help me out? I made the Chicago Blogger Network's best dressed list from their Rent the Runway event at Maxine Salon last month. I'm totally honored and would be one happy lady if you could show your support and vote for me. Here's the look I was rockin': { Top: Target, Skirt: Forever 21 (it's actually a dress!), Tights: Target, Wedges: Urban Outfitters, Bag: Paulina Carcach, Bracelets: Forever21 } Voting ends on Sunday and if I end up being the lucky lady to have the crown passed down from the reigning…