Spring Trends: Footwear

I can feel myself getting even more anxious for summer as the semester comes to an end and Friday is the last day of classes before finals! By this time next week I will be done with my finals and be working on packing for home. So excited!! 

Steve Madden (here) || Restricted (here) || Jessica Simpson (here) || Charlotte Russe (here)

For those of you who have been reading the blog, you have probably seen my spring trends series of posts. I love talking about trends--while I may not always follow them!--and this season I am really excited about many of the trends that we are seeing. I am on a crusade to own mint and coral everything! Today's trend report is all about my favorite subject...shoes! 

Some big shoe trends include pastels! Of course mint and coral are very popular colors on all fronts this spring, but other pastels such as purple, blue and yellow are also quite lovely. Cap toe shoes are also still very much relevant--unfortunately mine fell apart since I wore them so much! Mixed textures and color blocking in shoes has also become very popular for spring 2013.

Which shoe trend is your favorite? Will you try any of them?

<3 Ashley

Four Favorites

So I came upon this link up on Fancy Things and thought it looked fun! I wanted to do a post today, to keep up-to-date, but I have a final today so I didn't want anything too time consuming. So I decided to join Fancy Things and Let It Be Beautiful for this link up! Here are some of my favorite things that I happened upon from the past week or so.

1. Color Blocked Striped Scarf (Sole Society)
2. Garden Gazebo Pendant (ModCloth)
3. Love by Stephanie Sterjovski (here)
4. Embroidery Dress (She Inside)

<3 Ashley
What are your four favorites?

Just a Moment...

Photo: Love Twenty

I just wanted to take a moment and express my condolences to those at the Boston Marathon yesterday and to anyone else affected by the incident. I myself know someone going to school up there and who was at the marathon when it happened. Fortunately, she is okay but it does hit close to home and is quite scary when you know someone who was there.

Sending love and prayers to Boston!
<3

Talking With Ted

I thought this was cute/funny... From Pinterest

Last night we at Pitt were very honored to host "A Night With Josh Radnor." You know...Ted Moseby from How I Met Your Mother! Tickets went on-sale last week and let me tell you, no matter how early you wake up there will still be 60 people who have been there longer. However, my friends and I were very fortunate to score tickets! Last night we gathered in the assembly room and welcomed him with applause.

It really was a great night. There wasn't a lot of HIMYM discussion--maybe a little during the Q&A--so unfortunately still no word on who the mother is! He had some great advice for those pursuing careers in theater, acting, and filmmaking; much of the advice could also be directed to those of us not particularly destined for those fields. Overall, it was a great night and he was very insightful and funny on top of that!

Are you a HIMYM fan? If you could attend a discussion, who would the speaker be?

<3 Ashley

Beauty: A Polished Look

Regardless of what it does to my nails--I do give them some periods of breathing time!--I almost always have nail polish on. I cannot say that I am particularly picky with brands just as long as it looks nice, has some staying powers since I spend a lot of time typing, but doesn't put up too much of a fight when I do go to remove it, I will be a dutiful consumer. I am, however, picky with my colors. I tend to go in seasons. I reserve darker colors for fall and winter. You will never see me sporting a gothic black nail polish during the warm spring and summer months. I though that today I would share some of my favorite spring/summer colors with you!

1. Coral: This is currently the color of my toes. It's very fun and has just enough "pop!" for my style.
Pictured above--Forever 21's Love & Beauty coral polish

2. Mint: My color obsession this season! I may just dye my nails this color--kidding of course! But I really do love it. I find it to be a very pretty, crisp color.
Pictured above--Essie Mint Candy Apple

3. White: This is one of the beauty trends this spring. I especially like that it makes me look just a bit tanner than I actually am. I call it the magic color.
Pictured above--O.P.I Funny Bunny

What colors will you don this season?

<3 Ashley

Sweet Reads: The Coveteur

Photo: The Coveteur

With the sudden urge to do even more with my blog--posting once a day just isn't cutting it for me anymore!--I have decided that I will post anything I find interesting immediately. Rather than wait and compile everything for one day I want everyone to read/see/experience right away.

I have just finished reading the Coveteur feature on Brian Atwood. I am a passionate lover of shoes as my closet will expose. As such I very much appreciated this little bit along with some fabulous photography!

Check it out!

Thoughts? Do you read the Coveteur frequently?

<3 Ashley

Weekend Wrap-Up: Trying New Things

Photo: pinterest.com

Ciao, i miei amici! Translation: Hello, my friends! 

Today is my last exam in Italian before the final. It's a speaking one but I am not too concerned about it. It is simply a laid-back conversation with my professor about a film that we were assigned to watch for class. That film kickstarted a weekend of trying some new things and making some new realizations.

We were told to watch Il Giorno in Più (One Day More) which is a romantic comedy that was a part of the Italian film festival here in Pittsburgh. So with a worksheet and notebook in hand, I endeavored into the auditorium to be highly entertained for a total 112 minutes. It truly was a great movie! Subtitles were included (Hey, I am only in Italian 1!) so everyone could understand what was going on. It was a very endearing story about how relationships really are affected by just one day. If you have the opportunity to see it, I do recommend it!

Photo: here

Following the film, my friends and I set out on our last shopping trip before the end of the semester. This time I walked out of Forever 21 with a pair of pointy toed flats and hit up American Eagle for new running capris--it seems that spreading my wings and trying new things has included running! I did go for a great jog today through Schenley Park. It is such a nice trail and is very easy to run on and navigate.

What did you try this weekend?

<3 Ashley