My Top Picks for Best Dressed at the MTV Movie Awards

1. Mila Kunis in Balmain

2. Selena Gomez in Giambattista Valli

3. Emma Watson in Marchesa

4. Blake Lively in Micheal Kors 

fitted dress & purple suede Louboutin's. 

~Here are the movie star looks without breaking the bank.~

1.Sequin Skirt $59.90 at www.express.com

Plain T-Shirt $36.50 at www.jcrew.com

2. Cream Embroidered Neck Sheer Tee $80.00 at www.shopbop.com

White Panel Bodycon Mini-Skirt $45.00 at www.topshop.com

3. Just Luster One Shoulder White Dress $59.00 at www.lulus.com

4. Sleeveless Jersey Dress in Cobalt Blue at www.victoriassecret.com

Meet Etsy...

If you haven't yet discovered Etsy.com then I highly suggest that you do so right after reading this post! Etsy prides itself on mostly selling handmade items. This includes anything from dang-ly earrings to vintage dresses. I have bought several items from different artists on the site and I have been extremely happy with my purchases. You can find tons of unique items and in most cases you can customize and personalize your orders. Here are a few of the shops that I have bought from and others that I admire! 

1. I just ordered adorable customized invitations for my son's birthday party similar to these:

~I liked them so much that I also ordered matching "Thank You" cards!~

~Go to ETSY Fun Invites to see more.~

2. I bought some gorgeous hand painted Dr. Seuss wooden letters for Chase's room. This shop does amazingly beautiful work.
 

~Shop etsy.stymiepiestudios~

3. After I became a mother I became a scrap-booker and I was one of those people who thought that I would NEVER scrapbook or put together albums. But after I had my son I wanted to create albums that would show him the pure adoration that his dad and I felt for him since he was born. I wanted them to be warm and made from love for him. I ordered an album from this artist for his first birthday party pictures. The artist painted the Sesame Street characters that were his birthday party theme and personalized it by painting his name and the number 1. She did an absolutely gorgeous job and in spite of it being shipped from Greece it was here in record time! She can do customized orders of whatever you need. Below is one of her latest works.
 

~Shop Etsy.Kalisto Art~

4.  Handmade unique jewelry with a vintage twist. This shop has tons of beautiful pieces. 

 ~Check out her shop vintagejewelry~

5.  8x8 Metallic Photography Print

~Shop etsy.bomobob for amazing photography art.

6. Springtime Girl - 5 x 7 Illustration Print

~Shop etsy for unique & fun prints. `

Shoe Diary

Summer is here (hence the bright PINK font) and since I don't have to go back to work until next fall, I plan on giving my feet a rest from my heels.....well for the most part. Below are the pairs that made it into my summer style list.

The messy hair, aviators, short shorts.......she looks as is she doesn't care & put no thought into her cool ensemble. Love it! 

~Sam Edelman Gigi Sandal seen here on Vanessa Hudgens (comes in several colors) get them for $60.00 at singer22

Cutest flip flops & celebrity favorite.

havaianas $24.00

Summer espadrilles in a bright, but still neutral color.

 ninewest $99.00

Sky high sexy heels for summer night dates.

  stevemadden $99.95

 

"Hello Lover....."

~Carrie Bradshaw, Sex in the City~

I don't know where exactly I would wear these, but boy do I want them!!! Lovely genius....they are on my wish list.

She wore an itsy, bitsy, teeny, weeny very expensive bikini!

When I was twenty-one I spent my summers laying on the beach getting roasted. I would actually lather my body in baby oil and bake under the sun for hours. A lot has changed since I was 21....I can't drink 'till the wee hours of the night and get up to go to work the next day, I definitely can't eat whatever I want and still fit into my jeans and I  WON"T go in the sun without my SPF! Of course when you are in  your twenties you don't think about wrinkles because old age is so far away..... and then one day you wake up and your 35.  

I also remember being able to wear any  cheap little bikini on my 110 pound frame and still look marvelous. As the years have gone by that is no longer the case & I have to work harder every year at finding the right bathing suit. By right I mean the one that will make me look like Gisele Bundchen. What can I say I have high standards.

Then I discovered some tricks to looking great at the beach at any age, but it's gonna cost you. Nothing good ever comes cheap & I promise that it will be worth every penny. I mean can you really put a price on feeling beautiful and most importantly confident in a bathing suit? I am sharing with you my top picks from some of the best designers in the industry. These bathing suits will not tug, push or flatten your womanly wilds! They will miraculously do the complete opposite. They will lift, pull and you won't even mind wearing them on your fat days.  I am telling you that you will thank me for this. I'm sorry but when it came to bathing suits there were no cheap choices that looked great & if I have to take my clothes off in front of total strangers in broad daylight then you better believe I want to look good. After all I am only 35....

{ $150.00 Cosita Buena by lulifama} 

{ $168.00 Fiesta de Sirenas by lulifama}

{ $158.00 Jazz Ruffle Bandeau Top & Bottom by vix}

{ $185.00 Moraine maya}

{ $240.00 Bimini Blue by maya}