WE'RE BACK BABY!!!!

OK PEOPLE......

The Fashion Forecast has taken a break for a while now......

BUT.....

WE ARE BACK!!!!

We have made a few changes,because it has been over a year and other than being a little older, the overall forecast of things has changed.

We are still going to be fashion focused, but we are no longer just going to focus on apparel.

We are expanding into interior design!!!

Just as you send a message out into the world everyday when you walk out your front door, your home speaks to you when you walk back in that same front door at the end of a long day.

I have thought since I was a little myself that the beauty in all things had to first be identified and then drawn out. 

That is what we are going to do here.....

Draw out the beauty in YOUR world....

IN and OUT of the Closet!!!

I can't wait to take this journey with you!!!!

Let's get started!!!

SPRING TIME PREP

I know it doesn't feel like Spring is only 3 days away.....

BUT

it is!!!

I for one am ready for it!!!

...and from what I am hearing.....most everyone else is too.....

So let's get  our closets ready...

My go-to prep for any season is always the Pantone color report

and I must say

I am super excited about what we have to look forward to on March 20th!!!

I hope you are as excited as I to welcome Spring into our closets with the palette below.....

This year there is a twist!!!

How exciting.....

Not just soft pastels but bright fun colors too.....

MIX it UP!!!

A SEASON OF COLORFUL EQUILIBRIUM

Designers take a modern twist on the traditional for spring 2014 by pairing soft pastels with vivid brights to create a colorful equilibrium. Inspired by a mixture of blooming flowers, travels abroad, and strong, confident women, designers use color to refresh, revive and defy conventional wisdom.

                                                                                     Leatrice Eiseman

                                                                               Pantone Fashion + Home

And for me, NO season is complete without a new pantsuit!!!

I love a onesie!!! (sorry Isaac!!)

and this one just made it to the top of my special order list!!!!

no words necessary.......

so many graduates!!!!

graduation is now such a huge celebration

 for so many milestones 

that before only required 

a pat on the back and a "good luck next year"

graduation from kindergarten

graduation from 1st grade

graduation from 5th grade

graduation from 6th grade

graduation from 8th grade

the list goes on and on.....

and on.......and on......

and then there is high school

college

grad school

dental school

law school

medical school

just listing these overwhelms me!!!!

i have struggled with what to get an 8th grader for graduation and i think i have found a gift that would be great for any of the above occasions.....

i think patron saint medals are a great gift at many points in a persons life....

and there are many saints for various specific purposes 

so finding the perfect saint medal for your graduate can and should be fun 

and be something special they treasure for years to come....

i have chosen a st. christopher medal for my graduate

(st. christopher is one of the more popular medals.....the legend goes.....

"before the 1969 reform of the Roman calendar.....

christopher was listed as a martyr who died under decius...

 nothing else is known about him....

 there are several legends about him including the one in which he was crossing a river when a child asked to be carried across.......

when christopher put the child on his shoulders he found the child was unbelievably heavy......

the child, according to the legend, was Christ carrying the weight of the whole world.....

 this was what made christopher patron saint of travelers and is invoked against storms, plagues, etc..")

may birthday gift dilemma??

problem solved.....

available at cook diamonds

2050 stemmons freeway

suite 7802

dallas, texas 75342

214.745.1622

gifts for grads that make the grade......

looking for a last minute gift for that special grad??

gifts for grads can be difficult.....

and for such a special occasion you certainly want a special gift that will last

while at the same time mark the milestone appropriately....

so i have a go-to for the male and the female grads in your life....

every guy needs a special pair of cuff links when embarking on a new chapter in life....

cuff links are perfect for all types of special events

i love these engraved initial cuff links!!

 and for the girls.....

the perfect diamond stud is the perfect gift to mark a graduation....

and one that will surely be a wonderful reminder for years to come of the accomplishment they represent!!

now that mother's day has come and gone...

those of us who are not mother's are most likely left with a feeling of jealousy for all the lovely gifts given and received by moms around us......and for some mom's maybe a feeling of i wish i would have gotten something other than the female equivalent of a neck tie....

so here is a thought....

buy yourself some diamonds!!!

you deserve it!!

and the best news ever is that cook diamonds sells all their merchandise at wholesale prices and the price ranges start as low as $150!!!
so buy yourself some diamonds girls!!!!!

here are a few of my favorite finds at cook diamonds.....

just a few of the options above are brown diamonds, black diamonds, sapphires, white diamonds, blue topaz, facetted aquamarine and ialino quartz

cook diamonds

world trade center

dallas, texas

214.745.1622