- Already Pretty and You Look Fab wrote a pair of coordinated blogposts with some great tips for choosing your next pair of spectacles.
- I've finally turned my attentions back to Girls Guide to Blogging, inspired by a series of emails I exchanged with new blogger Fab Blab. I originally started Girls Guide to Blogging to provide tips for new bloggers from myself and other established bloggers...so I am now working on taking GG2B back to its roots. I've started updating blogger profiles again, so head over and submit your blog profile!
- I'm working on getting better at time managment. I found this article on how to manage your day from the HBS blog helpful.
- Loving this vintage Glam Guide post on how to achieve the Marilyn Monroe makeup look.
31 July 2009
Link Love: 31 July 2009
Labels: babble, blog life, charming reads
28 July 2009
Are You on Good Reads?
Labels: charm school, charming reads
Get Down with Your Mad Self
Labels: babble, blog life, chic and stylish, mad men, tv
27 July 2009
Mudflap Girl with Pasties Necklace
Labels: boudoir betty, chic and stylish, jewels
24 July 2009
Charming Blog: Nubby Twiglet
Dear Nubby Twiglet,
I love your blog and your designs are a huge inspiration. I saw this image from The Voice That Said and it instantly made me think of you.
Kisses,
Sophia
Labels: babble, charming blogs
Advance Planning...Birthday Bonanza
Chic and Charming will be turning two on the 28th of August 2009. I would love to give away some party favors! So, I am looking for sponsors! Anyone interested in providing some swag for a fun filled week of Chic and Charming giveaways? If so, drop me a line at chic dot and dot charming at gmail dot com.
23 July 2009
Dead Until Dark vs Twilight...the showdown
So I read Dead Until Dark and it was definitely an engaging and quick read. It is, just as people say, a sexier and more violent version of Twilight. Or, since Dead until Dark was published FOUR YEARS before Twilight, I should say Twilight is the kiddie version of Dead until Dark.
I felt the writing in Dead until Dark also had its flaws, but was overall was of a higher caliber than Twilight. However, my level of general obsession with the Southern Vampire series pales in comparison to Twilight. Then again, I re-read Twilight books to literally turn off my brain after a stressful day, which you could say is kind of a back handed compliment.
I compiled a list of similarities between the two books below, I think it is a pretty comprehensive list. I added a few of the major differences at the end of the table. Some of the similarities are just general vampire-y type things, but there are so many "coincidental" similarities between the two books that I have to say Meyer MUST have read Dead Until Dark (no matter how much she denies it). However, the general vibe and actual main plot of the two books are quite different. I would recommend checking out Dead until Dark, unless like Meyer, crazy S&M sex offends your sensibilities.
If you are reading this on my blog, I have no idea why there is this big ass gap before my table...sorry folks,just scroll down, its there, I swear...
Dead Until Dark/ True Blood series Published 2001 | Twilight "Saga" Published 2005 | |
Vampire-Human-Shapeshifter Love Triangle | Vampire-Human-Shapeshifter Love Triangle | |
Clairvoyant human falls in love because she cannot read her lover's mind | Clairvoyant vampire falls in love because he cannot read his lover's mind | |
Set in small town America: Rural Louisiana | Set in small town America: Upstate Washington | |
Adele Hale Stackhouse | Jasper and Rosalie Hale | |
Trio of vampire baddies one black, two white one female, two males | Trio of vampire baddies one black, two white one female, two males | |
Powerful elder male vampire has a bit of an obsession with the human girl | Powerful elder male vampire has a bit of an obsession with the human girl | |
Synthetic Blood never quite satisfies the vampire, but keeps him alive | Animal Blood never quite satisfies the vampire, but keeps him alive | |
Human girl is deflowered by vampire lover | Human girl is deflowered by vampire lover but not until they are married | |
Vampires cannot go out during the day: the sun will kill them | Vampires can go out in the day, just not the sun: the sun will make them sparkly | |
The vampire thinks his love's blood is especially unique and tasty | The human's blood smells so yummy it drives the vampire wild with blood lust | |
Vampires "galmor" people into doing what they want | Vampires "dazzle" people into doing what they want | |
Vampires are rich and beautiful and love nice cars | Vampires are rich and beautiful and love nice, fast cars | |
In the last scene of the first book, the woman lies in a hospital bed, horribly injured as an indirect result of her love for a vampire. Her vampire love is there to comfort her. | In the last scene of the first book, the woman lies in a hospital bed, horribly injured as an indirect result of her love for a vampire. Her vampire love is there to comfort her. | |
Sex, Sex and Deviant Sex | Chaste Mormon-style lovin' | |
Everyone knows about vampires | Nobody knows about vampires | |
Vampire Lead played by Stephen Moyer in HBO Series |
Image from D-listed
Labels: babble, charming reads, film, tv
22 July 2009
A Bit of a Favor
Hello Darlings,
XOXO
Sophia
21 July 2009
Click is so sad
Messy Top Knot
Labels: chic and stylish, fashion
19 July 2009
Make Under
I gave Chic and Charming a little bit of a make under this weekend, what do you think darlings?
I added some links to my other blogs as well!
18 July 2009
Nike+ Sportband
Link Love: 18 July 09
- Coco+Kelly shares some beautiful jewels
- Maquette shows off some sexy toile patterned fabric
- Sub-Studio Design Blog shares calibrated musical cups
- Mesh and Lace found a Barbie Foosball table
- Design*Sponge put together a fantastic roundup of bar carts...I LOVE bar carts
Labels: babble, charming blogs
17 July 2009
Bestow is one fabulous eShop
Labels: chic and stylish, shopping
Must See: Cheri!
Labels: charm school, charming reads, chic and stylish, chic women, fashion, film
16 July 2009
Chic Women: Selene from Underworld
I think Selene is one of the best female action heroes I've seen. Simply stated, the girl kicks some serious ass. She handles a weapon like nobody's business and her costume is a fantastic mix of black leather and latex. I sure hope they make another movie.
Labels: babble, chic women, film
15 July 2009
What Would Joan Holloway Do? Bathing Suit Edition
It is no secret that I believe Joan Holloway/Christina Hendricks is smoking hot. Furthermore I absolutely adore Joan...she's so sultry and sassy. The hot days of summer are finally upon us and the new Season of Mad Men is just around the corner (August). So, I thought I would put together a little guide to summer fun Joan Holloway style.
I am pretty convinced that Joan Holloway would wear a Zelda Sweetwater vintage inspired bathing suit. Personally, I think she would go with the "Jane" style with its molded cups to support her ample bosom. The delicate pink color would look fantastic with her peaches and cream complexion and the detailing would highlight her dangerous curves.
Of course, Joan would wear sunglasses. Frankly, there is a lot going on with sunglasses right now, but there always is. I don't think Joan would go for the flash of Tom Ford or for the ubiquitous Wayfarer. I think Joan would go for a slightly oversize white framed pair of sunglasses, like these ones in the Chic and Charming Amazon shop (white frame/smoke lens).
What Would Joan Drink for summer?
I think Joan would go for a Mai Tai, it is a little kitsch in that 1950s tiki bar kind of way. I'm personally a little obsessed with Mai Tais right now, but only if they're made with highest quality fresh ingredients. I don't think Joan would drink a Mai Tai out of a glass like this one, unless maybe she was somewhere tropical. I'm still kind of working on finding my favorite recipe, you can check out a bunch of Mai Tai recipes here.
Where Would Joan Vacation for summer?
Labels: chic and stylish, chic women, sophia styles the stars, travel, tv
14 July 2009
Grey Gardens
And, don't forget to check out the documentary that started it all.
Labels: babble, chic women, film
13 July 2009
Alice in Wonderland
- The movie is 3-D
- Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland is more of a sequel to the original Alice in Wonderland
- Alice is 17 and on the verge of becoming engaged when she runs away to Wonderland
- Alice doesn't necessarily remember her first trip to Wonderland
- "The traditional tale has been freshened with a blast of girl power" (not sure how I feel about that, I tend to shy away from any use of the words girl power)
- Alan Rickman plays The Caterpillar (I love Alan Rickman)
- "So, it’s a mixture. The movie is a mixture of live action, animation, and stop motion, so it’s very complicated and I don’t think all three have been put together ever before,” reveals Rickman. “So I’ll be with a live action Alice. I will be a construct.”-Alan Rickman
- Creatures of Wonderland are ready to revolt and are hoping/waiting for Alice to help them
Here are some additional links:
- USA Today Interactive Images
- IMDb has all of the images at a high resolution
- Some possible addition plot involving the queens
- Vanity Fair Shoot
Labels: art, chic and stylish, film
10 July 2009
Charming Blogs: The Project Girl
I just discovered The Project Girl Blog, the perfect blog for girls obsessed with crafts, especially scrapbooking. I am personally not much of a scrapbooker, but I am obsessed with her daily planning worksheets, so stylish and yet so functional:
Labels: charm school, charming blogs
09 July 2009
The ten most overexposed luxury items
Overexposed luxury items #6: Silver necklaces from Tiffany, especially Elsa Peretti hearts and Tiffany silver pendants reading "if lost please return." These pendants are especially popular in upper-middle class New York and New Jersey High Schools and College Soroities south of the Mason-Dixon line. I own four Elsa Peretti necklaces, I belong to none of those demographics.
Overexposed luxury items #10: Karl Lagerfeld. The man is eccentric and lets not forget totally narcissistic. He made a teddy bear in his own likeness.
Labels: chic and stylish
07 July 2009
British Vogue Blog
Labels: babble, blog life, charming blogs
05 July 2009
Wanted: Death and Texas Bike Bag
I just got a bike! It was a gift from my fabulously generous parents to help on my summer quest to loose my graduate-school-stress-eating-belly-fat. With my bike on my brain as I browsed esty this morning, I was instantly drawn to the Death and Texas Bike Bag. This bag is truly a thing of beauty, a purse that you can latch to the front of your bike...but with real style! Beauty comes first in this case, which is quite unusual in bike accessory design. If you don't have a bike you should check out the other goodies at Death and Texas, they are equally awesome.
P.S. My hubby thinks I am looking for ways to 'pimp my ride'...he's probably right, there are likely more bicycle chic posts on the way!
Labels: bicycle chic, chic and stylish, craft, etsy
02 July 2009
When I grow up....
Image via Wikipedia
When I grow up I'm going to eat ice cream for breakfast.
I do eat ice cream for breakfast.
When I grow up and have kids I'm going to buy them cabbage patch dolls, let them stay up as late as they want, watch what ever they want on TV and eat ice cream for breakfast.
My kids will eat only organic health food and they will never watch television...or so I tell myself, we'll see how well that actually works out for me if I ever have kids.
When I grow up I am going to watch TV until midnight!
Um, yeah, way to think big kid. I regularly watch trashy television into the wee hours of the morning.
When I grow up I am never going to make my kids do the dishes.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...isn't that like half the reason to have kids? So you don't have to do the dishes anymore?
When I grow up I'm going to marry Bruce Springsteen.
Where did that come from? Gross.
When I grow up I'm going to have a million dollars and I'm going to live in a giant mansion, with a whole turret for my bedroom.
A million dollars bought a mansion 100 years ago, not so much anymore.
When I grow up I am going to be the Queen of England.
So impossible on so many levels and besides Prince William is not nearly as hot as an adult as he was when we were both 12.
Labels: babble