Fresh Picks to Follow: Feathery Friends

I’m a little late posting my Friday Fresh Picks, so here it is finally.  I celebrated my birthday on Friday and Saturday, so I didn’t have time to post until now.  I have a handful of posts to upload in the next few days.  Please stay tuned. 

Anyways, this feathered fashion trend has been hitting the runways for the past several years and has been worn by many celebrities such as: Jennifer Lopez, Katy Perry and Blake Lively (see here for other celebrities taking flight in these feathery fashions).  It’s almost impossible to line up all the accessories that are decorated and upgraded with feather embellishments or feathered prints. When I researched online, almost every retailer has feathers on pretty much everything such as hair pieces, shoes, hats, jewelry, purses, and clothing pieces.   Therefore, anyone will be able to achieve this trend by easing into it.   Remember the old fashion adage: less is always more.  It is wise to only wear feathers on one article of clothing instead of trying to match up too many feathery items.  Here are my top ten picks for adding feathers to your look.   Let me know what you think!

1. ASOS – Gray Feather Clutch…$44.83

2. Ann Taylor Loft – Feather Rhinestone Headband…$16.99 (was $24.00)

3. Daisy Knights – Sterling Silver Feather Hoop Earrings…$270

4. Campise – Feather Earrings: Peacock…$75.00

5. Pier One – Feather & Gems Pillow…$13.56 (was $16.95)

6. Anthropologie – Alabaster Peacock Earrings…$38.00

7. Etsy – Embroidered Peacock Clutch…$75.00

8. Anthropologie – Marabou Boa Pillow…$88.00

9. Banana Republic – Munich Feather-adorned Flat…$89.99

10. JCrew – Fluttery Sequin Mini…$329.99 (was $485.00)

miscellany monday

happy monday ladies – i’ve added my random ramblings to carissa’s miscellany monday party!  check out carissa’s blog here and join in on the fun. 

{one} super bowl. i love football! and i was super excited that the green bay packers won the title.  did you know that they haven’t won since brett farve was the quarterback in 1997? although i really love football, i really enjoy watching the commercials during the super bowl.  it must be my marketing background that plays a huge part in that.  did any of you have any favorite commercials? let me know.  i have 2 favorites: i thought the doritos commercial "the best part" was hilarious, a little disturbing, but hilarious.  my other favorite commercial was the volkswagen “darth vader” spot…the little darth was really cute.  check them out below courtesy of youtube videos:

{two} my birthday. my birthday is this friday and i can’t wait to celebrate it.  i have always been a big kid about my birthday…i don’t know why, but i just have.  well, so far i have a dinner planned with some of my close friends at my favorite thai restaurant on friday night.  my boyfriend is coming down for the weekend and we’ll celebrate by birthday and valentine’s day.  i think that my mom and i are going to meet up for dinner on thursday.  i'll keep updating my birthday festivities as they come up.

{three} valentine’s day gift ideas.  i’ve already gotten my boyfriend a valentine’s day card, but i have no idea what to get him this year.  if you have any gift ideas, please send them my way. 

{four} knitting.  so in december i blogged that i would post pictures of my  completed knitting projects.  however, i had to take a little break from my knitting projects, so that’s why nothing has been posted yet.  i’m still working on the baby blanket btw…i know it’s taking a while.  i finished my sister’s scarf recently…yeah…so much for giving it to her for christmas.  i will post a picture of the scarf later this week. 

February Wish List – Top 3

I was in the middle of updating the “My Anthro” page here on my blog when I realized that I have a serious problem.  Yikes! What kind of problem?  A serious Anthro shopping problem. So, I’ve decided that I’m going to limit myself to only buying 3 items a month.    I’ll have to start this plan in March because I have my birthday discount that I still have to use.  As you can see, this is already going to be a problem.

Here are my top 3 items for the month of February that I can’t live without.  What are your must have items this month?  Let me know!

                               Take Action Dress              Resonance Cowlneck             Seaside Fields Dress