I'm Famoose!

Nancy has blogged the photos she took of me for my website - I'm in love! Absolutely in love. I'm so grateful for her! I think my favorite is the last one in the post. :)

For the shoot I wore the Welcoming Wave Dress from Modcloth, sweater tights from Target, a belt I got at Macys ages ago, and boots I found on the sale rack at DSW two years ago. The necklace is made from costume jewelry we inherited from my grandmother and the amber ring was hers as well.

xo

What Mindy Wore

Head on over to the new blog to see the first post in my new blog series, What Mindy Wore! :)

NYFW

I don't consider myself a major fashionista in the slightest, but I've been reading Vogue and Vanity Fair for years and still love seeing the gorgeous creations that come out of New York Fashion Week (and of course London, Paris, Milan, etc.). Couple that with the fact that the most recent fashion week was for fall, my favorite season, and I just had to share some of the ready-to-wear eye candy that I've been drooling over!

{All photos courtesy of Style.com}

Anna Sui - oh the colors, and the glasses!

Jill Stuart - you can't help but love the paint-by-numbers foxes and owls!

Vivienne Tam - the girls all looked cozy and warm while still being sexy. The structured coats were gorgeous. And those BOOTS!

Jason Wu - the models look kinda scary, but the shapes super pretty and I love the ankle length cigarette pants.

Prabal Gurung - so glam and kinda Femme Fatale while still being feminine.

Isaac Mizrahi - I will always love him. I mean, really - dyed poodles and cakes on the runway! How do you not love? And can someone please bring back his talk show? I miss it.

DKNY - The sheer wearability is what always makes her awesome. And I love the idea of fall-ish neons.

What do you guys think? Any look you particularly love?

xo

Good To Know

I may have mentioned that I've been reading up on business/SEO/website design/marketing stuff like crazy and neglecting my favorite blogs - major suck! But at least what I'm devouring is useful and interesting. In case it might be of use to you, fellow business owners (and blog lovers), here's a sampling of what I've been saving in Feedly lately:

Business-Y Things:

How To Create A Website Reflective of You, from the master of personality-based marketing (and one of my photography heroes), Jasmine Star. I can tell you right now this is sooooooo hard.

The Design*Sponge Biz Ladies series is awesome, and I found their post on Using Web Analytics especially helpful for breaking down a complicated topic.

I know I link to Elsie's blog all the time, but that girl is always up to something amazing and I love that she shared her 5 Tips for Prolific Living. Number 3 really struck a chord with me, because it's exactly how I feel but also something I occasionally need to remind myself about!

Jessica over at Hey Girl, Nice Shot has done a great series on SEO For Photographers, and I really loved the guest post she shared, 20 Instantly Done SEO Tips for Photographers.

Also, because this may be the hardest part of putting together a website, 16 questions to help you write a douche-free bio. I may be a little partial because the title is so awesome. :)

Fun Things:

I made Ree's Pasta with Tomato Cream Sauce a few weeks ago, and I've been jonesing for it ever since. So ridiculously easy to make - if I can do it, anyone can!

You may have heard about Yahoo shutting down Delicious (eventually), and if you use it like I do you'll want to check out How to Export Your Delicious Bookmarks and Import Them Into Your Favorite Browser.

I absolutely love Coury over at Fancy Treehouse, and this recent outfit had me jonesing for (yet another) red bag. Try not to hate her, even though she's gorgeous, blonde, smart, sweet and always perfectly styled. :)

Also, did you watch the Golden Globes last night? It's a tough choice, but I think my favorite dress of the night was Anne Hathaway. I almost always love her bold choices and this chic backless standout was amazing and so different from all the other blah that we saw:

(Source.)

Although I gotta hand it for Eva Longoria for working some serious classic glamour. (Source.)

We made our predictions beforehand and Mr. Same Same was the clear winner (surprise, surprise). I'm just happy Colin Firth and Chris Colfer won!

xo

P.S. Have to share a sneak peek of our weekend adventure - can you guess where I took him?

Girl Crush

Or maybe it's just a fashion crush? But when this photo arrived in my inbox today as the InStyle look of the day, my jaw dropped. How awesome is that dress?! I've loved Zooey Deschanel since I saw her (and her gorg voice) in Elf. Did anyone else catch her in the SciFi miniseries Tin Man?

Loved that series. Such a fun take on the Land of Oz.

Anyhoo, once I saw this photo, I did a quick Google, and it turns out the girls got taste. Mah goodnass! I leave my fellow fashionistas with some more Zooey eye candy:

Please let me raid your closet? Okay. I swear I'm done gushing.

P.S. That first photo was taken at a premiere for 500 Days of Summer. Her and Joseph Gordon-Levitt? I'm so there! :)