A Beautiful Mess

July Roundup: My Favorite Blog Posts!

a picnic (and suprise engagement) at the park

sneek peeks of our first book shoot!

a salon day...

3 ways to wear stacking rings!

how to style lace braids

vanilla cupcakes with raspberry filling

10 things i love // mad men edition

how to style a messy bun!

how to rag roll your hair

pink lemonade cupcake recipe

how to style a beehive

Instagram inspiration

a busy bee / my favorite outfit of the month

D.I.Y. Dress Up E-Course was released (wohoooo!)

meet the Red Velvet interns!

(my other favorite oufit from July)

a walk down memory lane (sniff-sniff!)

behind the scenes of our AW11 lookbook shoot

What a great month! On a similar note.... I can't wait to share what we have planned for August. XO, elsie

hello there (& July Giveaway Winners)

he! just something ridiculous.... for fun. :) Today we are photographing all the pieces for my Autumn collection! We're taking bets on how many hours it will take to photograph thirteen pieces. I hope you have a wonderful Sunday! I'm loving all your music suggestions from yesterday. XX! 

PS. We have a few winners from our July giveaways! Thanks to everyone for participating. The winner of the Threadsence giveaway is Annie (see comment above). And the winner of the July Beautiful Giveaway is Kendra (see comment above). If that's you please email Emma to claim your prize: emma AT redvelvetart DOT com

Floral and Crochet

I can't remember where I found this floral slip, but I've been waiting for the perfect see through dress to pair it with. Today I am working at my shop. When I work my myself I play the "Arcade Fire only" playlist all day. Speaking of, I'm pretty sure we need some new playlists in Red Velvet.... any musical suggestions? We prefer to skip between "dreamy" playlists that consist of mostly Beach House and Jenny Lewis type songs and "fun" playlists that consist of mostly The Flaming Lips and Animal Collective type bands. We need some fresh tunes... Let me know what you think we might like! 

Outfit Details: Dress c/o Chic Wish, Floral Slip and Leather Belt/Vintage, Key Necklace/Self Made, Shoes/Jessica Simpson Collection, Bag/Steve Madden. 

Behind The Scenes Autumn Lookbook Shoot

It's that time again... Last night we shot the Autumn/Winter Lookbook Video with Brandon Goodwin! It was so much fun. It was basically a five hour shoot that will be edited into a one minute video (Did you see our Spring Lookbook?). Worth every minute! Mr. Larson was a sweetheart and hung around all evening snapping behind-the-scenes photo just for you! ♥ 

We finished up a little after midnight. I was wearing kitty cat ears by the end of the night. Everyone had a piece of peach pie and quite a few laughs! I'm thankful for our team. The interns are learning so much and this season is really coming along well. Just four more weeks till the big launch! I'll be posting the video later in August and many manyyy more sneak peeks in the coming weeks. 

Have a lovely weekend! Elsie