I joined Threadflip

Threadflip is an online store where you can shop people's closets and upload your own closet of stuff you would like to sell.
The way it works is that you set your prices and take pictures, and then upload everything and when a piece sells, Threadflip takes 20% commission.
That is much lower than consignment, which is 50%.



So I joined!
Click to visit my store.
It's still a work in progress and I have to put more stuff in there that I could part with, especially now that we are moving.

Here is a link to Threadflip, and if you join through that link and buy something eventually, I will get $10 credit.

This is what the site looks like:






And you can shop by brand or item type or price.

Wedding bands from Etsy

My wedding is coming up soon and I still haven't chosen a ring. 
Finding a band that is narrow and pretty and not too boring has been hard, especially because I don't really know what I want.
I think I want either yellow or rose gold.

Here are some options from Etsy that I am looking at:


$219 Twig wedding band 14k gold
I like the natural look of this ring, and how it isn't all smooth.


$119 Matte 1.5mm 14k gold ring
I like skinny rings but many are soldered instead of cast, and cast are much more durable. These are cast and thicker than the wire rings.


$79 Round .9mm 14k gold ring
By the same vendors as above but even thinner, this one might be wire, I am not sure.


$87 Thin hammered ring 14k gold
Might also be wire, but hammered to have a cool pattern.


$92 Vintage 18k gold ring
This is size 8 so I would have to get it sized down. It has parallel lines going across in sections, which reflect light.


$320 Gold facet 14k ring
This one is thicker than the others, but has a pretty faceted design and brushed finish.


$250 Cedar Twig ring 14k gold
Another wide ring, this one based on cedar branches. I like it but I think I'd get the little pointy parts stuck on sweaters and in my hair.


$225 rose gold 14k swirl pattern ring
I like this design and shape. It's cast on demand to your size.


$192 Floral pattern 18k gold band
Comes with forget me not flowers around the band.

Just my luck...

 these are sold out:


$6.66 Rabbit tail shorts

I guess that site doesn't know it's my birthday.
OR MAYBE they are sold out because all my friends bought them for me already and they are on their way to me.
Thanks, guys!!

One of the best features of these faux fur shorts is that they have an elastic waist (you thought I was going to say the tail, didn't you?).
That means you can never outgrow them!

But what to wear on top?
It is a hard item to match, for sure.
I think I've got it though:


$9.48 Rabbit print blouse

Business on top, party on the bottom! All rabbit all the time.
Because what matches rabbits? RABBITS.


PS- I would actually wear that shirt.

Solid State external drives

Wired has a review up of solid state drives, which would be what I would get if I was in the market for an external harddrive.

PS- if you don't have an external drive, you should really get one. Imagine how upset you would be if all your work, data, papers, photos, and music disappeared when your computer bit the dust.
Cloud storage is good, but should not be your only backup.

Read the Wired reviews here

The ones they look at are:

$99 LaCie Porsche 1TB SSD
2 year warranty, aluminum case
THIS IS THE ONE I WOULD BUY 
I've had nothing but good experiences with  my LaCie products and I like the look of this one (I am just the kind of fool for marketing gimmicks that they love).


$258 Verbatim Store n Go 3.0 SSD  256GB
2 year warranty, plastic case



$303 IoSafe Rugged Portable SSD 1TB
3 year warranty, heavy, sturdy



$140 OWC Mercury On the Go Pro 1TB
1 year warranty, formatted for Macs

Sale Surfing in ShopBop's 70% off Bin

Somehow I haven't checked the ShopBop 70% section in a while. What was I thinking? There is some good stuff in there:

$82.50 One by Bailey44 Not in the Dark dress
The pleather on top and jersey bottom are cool together, and there is a lot going on in terms of texture even though the dress is all black in color.


$97.80 Sheri Bodell Metal Mesh Maxi dress
Asymmetric metallic accents make this dress look futuristic, like what you would wear to a prom on a spaceship.

$26.40 MinkPink Cable Guy Sweater
There are diamond shapes woven in to the cotton sweater above the chest area, and textured cables everywhere else.

$148.50 Catherine Malandrino Feather Skirt Dress
Long sleeves and a modest neckline counteract the sexiness of the open back and short feathered skirt. This is a fun party dress.


$81 Charles Albert Obsidian Arrowhead Necklace
I love the shape of this necklace and the idea of incorporating many arrowheads.
Since I know a little something about lithics, I can tell that these are not real functional arrow heads (they would be thicker in the middle and have lots of small horizontal chips across them), but that is probably better anyway.

Word to the Wise: Miha sample sale tomorrow (cash only)

Miha
Miha is a New York based design company that makes what I would generally call Women's party clothes. Sparkly tops, delicate dresses, silky button downs, and leather jackets are what I've seen at this sale in the past.

If you are going to any weddings this summer, it might be worth your while to check this sale out.

Their website has info on the 2011 and 2012 collections but not 2013. They should update it, but here are some looks from past years that I found:

        

Here is the email I got from them:

Hi everyone- We are having a 2-day Pre-Summer sample sale this Tuesday and Wednesday June 11th and 12th from 10-2PM. We have lots of great stuff and leftover production. Of course as always the prices are not to be believed. Please invite any friends and we hope to see you there!

 

Miha

330 W38th street

suite 1202

btwn 8th and 9th ave

 

Tuesday June 11th 10AM-2PM

Wednesday June 12th 10AM-2PM

CASH ONLY

Great Perfume: Hermes Jardin sur le Toit

When I fly, I usually get to the airport early and have some time to kill once I am through security.
My favorite thing to do with this extra time is to go test out makeup and perfume in the Duty Free stores.

That happened just this week and I fell in love with this perfume:


$78 Hermes Jardin Sur Le Toit

The fragrance is floral and sweet but not overly so, and doesn't have the sharpness that I dislike in many high end perfumes.

And I was impressed at how long it lasted! All the way from Seattle to Boston and then even more. I was still catching little sniffs of it when I was going to bed.

If and when I run out of perfume, this one and the Anna Sui Flights of Fantasy will be my next purchases.

Loving my F Troupe Bathing Shoes

Now that it is warm and sticky outside, I've been wearing my F Troupe Bathing shoes more often and I really like them.
They get a lot of comments and compliments too!
Probably partially because I have them in bright yellow.


$32.95 F Troupe Bathing Shoe in yellow

They are a mix between jellies, sneakers, water shoes, and sandals.
The side ventilation helps with the inevitable sweaty foot problem, but even with sweaty feet, these never smell. Unlike many other plastic or gel shoes.

I'm wearing them with gray jeans right now, and have also worn them with shorts and sporty skirts.

They come in other cool colors too:


Blue



White


Orange

New apartment and paint color pictures!

We are moving in July and for the first time in basically forever, got to choose our paint colors!

We had the whole range of Benjamin Moore paints to choose from and decided to go with different shades of gray (don't say 50 it's not funny) with blueish and purpleish undertones.

Here is the bathroom:


The wall color is raccoon fur which is a dark slate gray with navy tones, almost black. I think it contrasts nicely with the white tile and looks sharp.


Benjamin Moore Raccoon Fur


The space on the left in this picture is the living room:

The wall color in the living room is a warm light gray called Shoreline.
Benjamin Moore Shoreline

Another picture of the living room in shoreline and an accent wall in Raccoon Fur (which is actually a mistake but looks nice for now)


I don't have any good pictures of the bedroom, but it is Nightingale, which is a warm purpleish gray a little darker than shoreline.

Benjamin Moore Nightingale



The white trim is all Heron White:



And there will be some White Ice as well which is cooler and blue tinted:


This is a nice picture of a bunch of clothespins dipped in some Benjamin Moore grayish paints:

A purse that charges your phone

Everpurse is a company that makes clutches that hold your phone and whatever else, but while they are doing so, also charge your phone.

When you slip the phone into its slot in the bag, it will plug in to a battery within the case and can give you 2 full charges per day.

This is great for traveling. Sometimes when I fly, I land to a dead phone and have to wait for it to charge before doing anything, and this way the phone could be charging while I am on the plane.

They are unfortunately expensive, in my opinion.
If they were $100ish I would be all over it. But they are more like $200ish plus.
Also I don't have an iphone or Samsung Galaxy S III which is all they currently support.
I bet they will be coming out with more models soon though.

You can pre-order them since they aren't ready yet. I haven't seen them in person obviously.

Anyway, here is what they look like, they are 8.5 x 7":


$249 Everpurse Persimmon leather clutch
Simple design, with a wrist strap and zipper on top


$189 Everpurse Aquamarine fabric clutch
You can get this with a wrist strap or a cross-body strap.


$319 Everpurse Emerald Croc pattern leather clutch
Why is this one more than the other leather one? Who knows. Seems weird to me.

If you don't like the clutches, you can have them retrofit your purse with their technology for $600.