Featured Blog: Glitter and Pearls

Good morning friends! Today is cleaning out the closet and we will have that up soon! Relax and enjoy a feature!

Hi all! My name is Lexi. I'm 27 and very recently married. I am an attorney by day, pretend writer by night. My new hubby is an MD/PhD Candidate (a.k.a., an interminable student; a.k.a. he works all.of.the.time.) Until a few short months ago, I spent all of my free time planning the kitschy-est wedding I could come up with. I pride myself on being tacky and pray the paragraphs I scribble on the back of napkins will morph into a bestselling novel (or series...I wouldn't complain.) I have a blog where I spend most of my free time: Glitter & Pearls.

I love my blog the way I imagine normal, sane, functioning people love their children, their dogs, etc., etc. But I digress. I post about everything and anything I fall in love with, from clothes to shoes, pretty pictures, decor, cooking/baking (subsequently eating), everything wedding, my lame attempts at quilting/crafting/resorting to a glue gun, even the big scary future.

For example, at Glitter & Pearls, you can learn interesting and useful fashion techniques, such as the "arm carry". Ahem, the arm carry (a.k.a. arm candy), is the tortuous process of carrying your handbag at the bendy part of your arm (medical terminology ... I am also seeing the term "reverse elbow" coming into fashion sometime soon). Read below for further and fascinating explanation.

Fashionable women across the pages of Vogue, US Weekly, and so on, carry their purse-of-the-moment in the crook of their arm. And oh, how comfortable they look. But have you ever tried actually wearing a top handle tote on your forearm? I mean, really tried.

Step 1 - Fill said purse with your favorite nonsense ... cell phone, wallet, keys (all unnecessarily large), cosmetic pouch (or lip gloss and powder if you're a minimalist - or just plain smart), sunglass case (I refuse to ding my Balenciagas), first aid kit (okay, I'm a freak - but guess who has the band-aids/eye drops/lozenge ... I do! I do!), nail file (necessary),pen and checkbook (I like to diversify), and candy (fat free, duh.)

Step 2 - Hold glam purse chic-ly on forearm.

Step 3 - Move handles to crook of arm to alleviate some of the pain.

Step 4 - Walk two minutes.

Step 5 - Throw stupid couture handbag at husband and storm away.

{Purse images a la Fashionising; via Penelope and Coco}