who's who?

So Victoria and I, separately and unbeknownst to the other, went onto instyle.com and did a little Fall Fashion designing - future wardrobe wishes and inspiration. 

Its fun and truth-telling.

who's who? answer below

a:

 b:

What I found is I'll dress pretty much the same, fashion trends or not, for as long as I'll get away with it. I can't help myself. Victoria, in her amazing way of putting clothes on and looking amazing, will pull anything from her closet and make a creative and inspirational look that could walk the runway each season. I'm a huge fan of hers.

As if you couldn't guess: Victoria's fall fashion is first, mine is second.

I love jeans, always have, always will. Can't help it. Started as a kid wearing the hand-me-downs of my older BROTHER and I loved it. Tom-boy to the core, trying to make it more feminine, classic, loving the 50's and 60's.

Victoria, borrowing from her mother's closet, classic, loving fashions from the 70's.

She loves the Mary Tyler Moore show:

I love Mary Tyler Moore in the Dick Van Dyke Show:

And thats what makes us Lace & Leaf. She's Lace - pretty, fabulous, feminine and classic.
I'm Leaf - pretty, fabulous, feminine and classic. Alike but different.

-L

Bad Hair Day

I cut my hair. Yes, it was my decision to do it, I put tons of thought into it, did my research, waited a few weeks to see if i was committed to the idea of the "bob" and talked the idea over with my friends.

And then .. I did it.

As I sat in that salon chair wielding the power of my hair into the very capable hands of my friend Stephanie I suppressed my nerves and told myself I wanted this.  Snip after snip she reassured me it would look fresh and hip and would be perfect for summer, I mean how could it not, we were emulating Jennifer Aniston's new hair cut.  Then the final reveal came, cap came off, smiles and a hug were given and I walked to my car, it was there in secret that i fought back the tears that were so ready to fall.  I mean it was just hair, no big deal I said to my self, you are an adult, you made this decision, this is a very silly thing to cry over. But my heart wasn't getting the message, so i did what any girl does on her way home stuck in 405 traffic I called my sister and begged her to reassure me that I looked anything other than what I felt...ugly.  With great patience and a very sympathetic heart she assured me i wasn't ugly, i didn't look 16 (when in fact i did) and that I wouldn't be alone forever as I was hysterically saying between fits of tears.

After being consoled by the roommates when I got home I did what any other young person does nowadays, I put a picture of it on Facebook in the hopes to get me out of the funk.  And they loved it (I have nice friends), they said all the lovely things that friends say when they know you hate something and need to cheer you up.  And then it came by a way of a text message...Perspective.  Would I mind praying for a friend of a friend who had just been a horrible car accident?  Of course I would and I did and that's when I realized who cares about my hair, it will grow back.  It's just a bad haircut, it's not pain, injustice or death, it is not suffering or extreme disappointment, it's not a marriage falling apart or a loss of a child's innocence, it's just hair.  I was humbled.

So remember Perspective is everything, at the end of the day it's just a haircut that will grow out thanks to flaxseed oil and a little biotin.  It's only a bad hair day so dry those tears. ;)

-V xoxo

une semaine très pleine

Well, its been a very busy week & quickly pushing into a very busy weekend. Victoria has been out of town and I'm very much looking forward to her return and the giant hug that will be given to her... from me.

I'm drinking more water.
I'm running with my puppy.
I'm organizing my projects.
I'm updating my website... again.




I'm going to buy these:

bensimon sneakers

 I don't need another tattoo but if I did, I absolutely love

I would very much like one of these:

 Just because:

my friend Tim is a great musician and has a fantastic job and took this snap at work:

Day dreaming

write someone a note

-L

Frame It!

Here's a quick project for those of you who are looking for a way to organize your jewelry, or that of a loved one - you know you want to! I'm a big fan of organization and I'm also a little forgetful. This solved both, in that now I can see what I have and its very tidy!

Framed!

 Find yourself a frame. I loved how this one was on the small side and a little beat up. Secret: its actually the inside framing from an old painting that someone didn't like so much and ripped off. There's some old newspaper that was used as batting. Classic and awesome.

 Picture hanging wire. Less than 3 bucks and you'll find tons of uses for it!

(I had my man help, just for the fun it!)

Add one screw to each top corner, don't screw it in all the way, leave a little space to wrap your picture wire around it for hanging on the wall.

 Measure!! I put the first wire at 1 inch from the top and then used my longest pair of earrings as a guide to measure the height from the bottom of the frame for the second wire. Mark your place for the screws with a pen or pencil, cut the length of wire with wire cutters and get to work. Leave a little space when putting those screws in again and wrap the ends of that wire around them. 

Hang the frame up before you hang your jewelry on the wires. 

I really like the end result and I can finally see all of my lovely things!

Some other really sweet examples of frames-turned-jewelry-organizers:

Via cubly.com

Via squidoo.com

-L