Barack means..............

Did you know that Barack means blessings in the Arabic language? Well it does and I just wanted to share my favorite photos from all of the inaugural hoopla today.

Barack Obama's daughters, Malia, 10 and Sasha, 7,who arrived at the swearing in ceremony wearing these beautiful bright and colorful coats that are tied with silk ribbons from J.Crew's children's line Crewcuts.

Sasha's coat is in a pretty peachlike pink color finished off with orange accessories. Malia's has on a bright cobalt blue with a black scarf.

Aquamarine

A Thing for Aquamarine by mslovesrain

Rose-leopard beads

Rose-leopard beads, originally uploaded by Ronit golan.

While searching the internet for leopard print beads I came across this photo from a Flickr member Ronit golan! They are so pretty and different, if anyone knows where they can be purchased let me know. I would love to make a few bracelet and earrings using these beautiful beads.

Cool Material

I love finding new products online and sharing them with the readers of this blog, but there is a website called Cool Material that does just that. It showcase new products and you can signup to have daily emails filled with new items that are on the market. The picture above is the Ecsotype Presse Utility Bag I think it is just wonderful and I can see myself carrying my laptop in that bag. It look sleek and durable.

FYI: The title of the site is Cool Material - What men Really Want; I just noticed that today. I guess my taste might be somewhat masculine and edgy or not because I consider myself very feminine and girly.

Who loves thrift store shopping?

I do! And I must say you can do it online. I know you may say it is more fun to do it in person but think about it thrift store shopping online can be fun. Today i want to share my most favorite place to do a little online shopping which is shopgoodwill.com. Goodwill has always been my most favorite place to shop here in Chicago next to Unique thrift store anyway to be honest. At their website you are able to browse thru over twenty categories such as antiques, collectibles, art, home decor, etc, etc to name just a few. I have bought china, cake plates, huge mirrors, an original Robert Cox painting and a box load of Duplo legos. They package their items for shipment very well and I have only had one teacup arrive broken out of all the items I have purchased. I believe they are the best when it comes to online thrift store shopping.

My second place to shop online is housingworksauction.com. I really love shopping at this site because it raises money for the homeless people of New York. So when you buy that little trinket you feel a lot less bad because at least your purchase is going to benefit someone who really needs a roof over their head. This organization has raised over 2 millions dollars. I have not purchased anything on this site in a while but I did see a cute Orla Kiely top which you can buy it now for 30 dollars. shopgoodwill.com offers buy it now too I just wish that they had a category to click on so that I can look at all the buy it now items that they are offering.

What are your favorite stores to do a little thrift store shopping? Please share with me your favorites. I promise to share future hidden gems online because this is just a couple of my fave places to thrift shop online.

Princess

fairytale princess :] by A M Y ☮

When I saw these shoes I was like wow! I remember seeing some boots on another bloggers website and she was dying to get a pair of these. I believe it was the MadeByGirl blog. I must admit that these are a bit more decorative and it was actually a boot and not a shoe but I just had to share this fabulous find. This particular shoe is called the Cutout Pump and it is on the Ashro website.I do not wear heels anymore but if I did I would go up one whole size. For those of you who wear heels it is a good idea to go up a size when you purchase high heels because your feet will thank you for it. I would always buy these little cushioned instep inserts to cushion my feet. One day I wore 3 inch heel and my feet did not hurt all day. Ohh how I loved wearing high heels. I just might start wearing heels in the house because I love this shoe. There is limited availability so hurry.