Posts Tagged ‘ cultivate ’

Where’ve You Been, Babycakes?

Holy crap, you guys!  I’ve had about a week and a half of solid blog-neglect.  What am I out doing that’s so important I should be ignoring YOU? Well, for starters Mama got a promotion, so my life has had a little extra hustle to it as I try to adapt.  Besides that, I’ve been blogging Related posts:

  1. POLYVORE is not the place to look for Vegas-packing-inspiration
  2. Invest In: A Better Bag
  3. Links à la Mode: Ice Cold Lemonade
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Invest In: Quality Time

This weekend, mortality sort of slapped me right in the face. It reminded me how important it is to take a step back from the rush and bustle and really invest some quality time in you, and in your loved ones. In the grand scheme of things, our lives seem so fleeting. Related posts:

  1. Wholestyle Manifesto
  2. Thoughts on “Fame”
  3. Relationship or bust
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Value You

Do you ever toot your own horn, and then almost immediately panic – as if what you’ve done might not have been such a good idea? It’s like submitting a resume and then promptly experiencing some sort of terror that you’ll fail at what you’ve just submitted your resume for, or worse – you’ll Related posts:

  1. Wholestyle Manifesto
  2. Invest In: An Updated Resumé
  3. Thoughts on “Fame”
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In Fashion: Cultural Appropriation vs Inspiration

(This post & the one on Wicked Whimsy are a dual effort and meant to be read together, so go there and read hers too!) So, a few days ago, we were talking about the directions our styles are moving in (which seems to be a similar place!).  To describe her style direction, Michelle used the Related posts:

  1. Style Vs. Fashion: Links à la Mode
  2. POLYVORE is not the place to look for Vegas-packing-inspiration
  3. First Ever Islamic Fashion Show Inspires
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Invest In: An Updated Resumé

Whether it’s a new job after a bout of “no job” or just poking your head into the job market to see what’s out there, the best tool in your kit is going to be your resumé. It’s the one thing you should always have on hand – ready to go (that and business Related posts:

  1. Value You
  2. Invest In: Quality Time
  3. Blogging: Believe in You
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Invest In: A New Year, A Fit You

At the forefront of many people’s resolutions lists, one is sure to find something regarding the words, “healthy, fit, gym, eat well.”   Every year-end, we’re bogged down with holiday foods – rich main dishes, loads of carbs, sweets galore.  It’s no wonder we come out of last year in an insulin haze, pushing ourselves Related posts:

  1. New Year, New Focus
  2. Invest In: An Updated Resumé
  3. Invest In: Quality Time
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New Year, New Focus

You all may remember my stance on resolutions – setting one huge long term goal (or many long term goals) doesn’t realistically lend to achieving those goals.  Last year when I really dived into this whole blogging thing I set a primary focus for the year and had little weekly resolutions instead.  The weekly resolutions Related posts:

  1. Resolution
  2. Invest In: A New Year, A Fit You
  3. Oh! December!
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Links à la Stocking Stuffers!

The new Links à la Mode is out, and to accompany it, I’ve got a bunch of stylish and fun posts for you that were NOT featured on LàlM.  Or as our editor from Fashion Pulse Daily called it – Links à la Stocking Stuffers!  Because Links à la Mode is fantastic (and I believe Related posts:

  1. Links à la Mode: Ice Cold Lemonade
  2. Links à la Mode
  3. Links à la Mode
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Outfit: Menswear

I loooooove menswear. I think it started when I was a window dresser for a certain large retailer and we had to think creatively about ties. Menswear may seem boring, but when used in a way that seems out-of-the-box, it packs quite the punch. (Fantastic Photocollage found on The Other You) Diane Keaton’s outfit here Related posts:

  1. Outfit: January Blues
  2. Outfit: Got Moxie?
  3. Outfit: Burlesque Birthday Bash
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Discoveries

I’ve been flipping through Barbara Sher’s Wishcraft, since I’d heard about the book from Hayden, of Through the Illusion.   The point of Wishcraft is for the reader to discover who they truly are, where they truly want to be, and how to get there.   Last night, I stumbled upon a fun little exercise that Related posts:

  1. Wholestyle Manifesto
  2. So I started thinking -
  3. The Inevitable
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First Ever Islamic Fashion Show Inspires

Islamic fashion doesn’t come up much in the West, and we don’t usually realize that there’s true style and boatloads of fashion sense that goes into wearing hijab.  And yet, there’s never been an exhibition in the Middle East to show off all the amazing fabrics and styles that constantly emerge from the Islamic Related posts:

  1. Fashion Show Day
  2. Style Vs. Fashion: Links à la Mode
  3. NYFW Envy!
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Gothic Guy: Edgar Allan Poe

(From We Heart It) Every Halloween, I get the urge to curl up in a corner with Fall of the House of Usher and a cup of spiced black tea.  T’is the season, I feel, for some Poe, and so without further ado, we’re sharing our best Poe finds for fall. ========= “Once upon a midnight dreary, while Related posts:

  1. Things I’ve Learned From a Man I Never Knew
  2. Blogging: Believe in You
  3. Thursday’s Love List
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The Inevitable

Fall has come, once again, reminding us that everything green and supple must come to an end; summer is over, and the long push of the colder months brings boots, berets and backpacks as people of all ages go back to school. Many of you, dear readers, have already finished your scholarly course.  Still, many of Related posts:

  1. The Art of Self Love
  2. Oh! December!
  3. Doing versus saying.
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The Art of Self Love

It’s not enough to be mere amazing mortals, we continually have to be something more. We have to be brighter, we have to be bigger. We must be smarter and faster. We must be genius and impress others with our sense of style. We must be the famed writers, the acclaimed Related posts:

  1. Thursday’s Love List
  2. The Inevitable
  3. Are We Ever Satisified?
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New Adventures: Bellydance at VDP

Bellydance… the word seems exotic and conjures images of beautiful girls in wispy, gauzy fabrics, jingling as they shimmy to eastern drum beats.  It almost seems like an impossible feat – the ambidextrous isolation of only your hips, only your torso, while making a strong statement in body movement.  When I tell friends I’ve enrolled Related posts:

  1. Thursday’s Love List
  2. Wholestyle Manifesto
  3. Things to do Before Summer Ends
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Life à la mode

I was having a conversation last night with Mister about how the human condition is a struggle to come to terms with our own mortality.  In that, it seems like we’re trying to accomplish so much that sometimes we miss out on the finer points in life – the time spent to yourself on the Related posts:

  1. There IS Life…
  2. New Year, New Focus
  3. Perseverance
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Bamboo – Eco-friendly or Green Disaster?

There are so many companies out there marketing “green” products made from bamboo – a soft, Tencel-like fabric.  The FTC, though, is concerned with “greenwashing” – saying this soft bamboo fabric isn’t green, or eco-friendly or even organic.  This form of bamboo is actually a rayon, and is not considered organic, or eco-friendly.  Rayon is Related posts:

  1. To Buy or Not To Buy: Made In China
  2. Metrospirituality: A Marketing Trojan Horse?
  3. Street Fair Style
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Concert Daze

This weekend was full of music – I had the Flaming Lips show on Friday and that Spygirl + International Pop Overthrow Festival thing on Saturday.  Before I get to the reviews, though, I want to talk to you – dear readers – about concert etiquette.  I feel like it’s something I shouldn’t have to Related posts:

  1. Weekend Update: Concert Reviews
  2. Value You
  3. Thoughts on “Fame”
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Community

You know what Wholestyle is about?  Did you read the manifesto!? It’s about making “it” happen (whatever that may be) – while working together and feeling good about ourselves.  While many may not realize they’re part of a wholestyle movement, the ideals they operate by speak volumes about the character of their WHOLE style – Related posts:

  1. Wholestyle Manifesto
  2. New Year, New Focus
  3. Resolution
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Blogging: Believe in You

This is my note to writers – as a writer we all go through periods of serious blasé when it comes to cranking out material. There’s no reason to fault yourself for this – part of creating is the ebb and flow of creative process. It can’t come to you all the time, Related posts:

  1. Invest In: An Updated Resumé
  2. The Art of Self Love
  3. Embrace Yourself
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