Going For The Gold

Having a husband whose career is based around wireless communications means I am lucky that he always quips me with a great phone. I recently upgraded my mobile to the glamorous gold iPhone and the purchase as had me on the hunt for a coordinating case that doesn't hide the metallic facade of the phone. While I do love a dose of color like on this beauty, I am thinking my white and gold iPhone deserves a well coordinated case, which is your favorite?

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DIY - Thinking Outside the Box Clutch

Finding inspiration for blog posts that are worth sharing with you all isn't always easy. Sure you can find something fabulous and expensive and recreate a lower cost version for yourself but I thought I would try to think outside the usual parameters and take my inspiration and create something that resembles the original but serves an entirely different function. When I spotted this clutch on instagram during fashion week, I was seriously smitten. I have always admired the design of a box clutch but especially adored the added sparkle of the rhinestones. While a pricey clutch wasn't in my budget, I thought I would try to recreate the look on something I use every day, my phone. 

Check out all the bedazzled details below. 

glue // rhinestones {mine were from M&J Trimming but were sew on, non sew on are better} // iPhone cover I used {another version, also here} 

1. lay out the rhinestones in desired pattern & photograph that pattern
2. with the photo as your guide, start gluing your first rhinestone in the center then retracing your pattern stone by stone
3. let dry & adhere to your cell phone

The Finished Product

The Stella & Dot Gift Card winner will be announced later today!

Geek Chic

Accessorizing your personal style is no longer limited to the typical jewelry, clutches and so on. With all the innovations in the e-world and the portability of these devices styling your favorite tech accessory has never looked so good or been so easy thanks to many fashionable designers branching out into tech design. I chose a few of my favorites to cover up your smart phone, ipad, lap top and all other accoutrement to work, blog, study or peruse the web in style.

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Finally check out this amazing product that holds your phone & charges it...GENIUS!

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Music that Motivates

I loathed gym class pretty much my entire adolescent life. I would come up with every excuse in the book to get out of a class with a note, a cramp or some other lame excuse. When I got into high school my dislike for this forced activity only grew when we had to take pool class twice a week. I quickly conjured an allergic reaction to chlorine to help me get out of this bi-weekly form of torture. You can say what you like about me detesting such a minor thing and about fibbing my way out of it because I 100% own up to that I would have done anything to get out of a game of dodge ball, square dancing {grade school} and or diving in a pool for colored weights, NO THANK YOU!  I was all set with embarrassing myself in front of my peers. Do not even get me started on the presidents physical fitness challenge that was a prerequisite in NY schools. I still have nightmares that I didn't complete the ridiculous requirements in front of my classmates and have to do it again as an adult by law. If my life depended on a pull up, I would be dead - enough said. 

 Unfortunately my absolute distaste for this horrid school requirement has carried with me well into my thirties, where I feel like a night of having to work out is as pleasurable as a root canal. I however want to do  be healthy, preferably two sizes smaller and overall more energetic. What is a girl to do??? My solution came down to the following, join a gym that isn't filled with people that have body odor like my previous gym. Buy new work out clothes instead of my crappy faded clothes that double as pajamas {a new outfit is always motivation for me} and finally create a kick ass motivating work out play list. God knows with my tendency to get motion sickness with even the slight spin of a twirly chair that I will definitely not be reading while working out! What motivates you to work out and what do you listen to help keep you going???

my old gym looked something like this

I am planning on joining a gym more like this

Work Out Gear

sports bra // iPhone armband // watch // sneakers // tank top // pants // jacket // bag

My Go To Work Out Tunes

{feel free to judge my random selection}

I Gotta Feeling

Meet Me Halfway

Stereo Love

Club Cant Handle Me

Damaged

Dancing on My Own

Call Your Girlfriend

Don't Stop the Music

Dynamite

Under Pressure

Sexy & I Know It

Good Feeling

Give Me Everything

We Found Love

Party Rock

Heavy Cross

Let Me Clear My Throat

Empire State Of Mind

Only Girl

***note to self, try not to dance on the elliptical***