When’s the last time you received or sent a personal long-form letter or handwritten card?
Odds are it was an occasion: a birthday, Valentine’s Day, or maybe Mothers’ Day. These are all lovely times for thoughtfulness, but it is such a treat to get a card or letter out of the blue — just because someone [...]
Archive for February, 2010
Friday Focus | Letter Writing
Thursday, February 25th, 2010Article from Real Simple magazine
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010With the advice from design expert and author Carrie McCarthy we’ve created a plan geared toward home decorating.
Real Simple Does Style Statement Proud
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010For years, I’ve loved the magazine Real Simple–its ingenious combination of elegance and simplicity, and the way it delivers on its promise to make readers’ lives easier. So it was incredible to be asked to contribute to a big design article in the March issue (on newsstands now!) called “3 Steps to Naming Your Style.” [...]
Style Statement Jumpstart Sessions
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010Let us guide you to discover and understand your Style Statement with a Style Statement Jumpstart Session. We’ve worked with over 1,300 clients
Invitation | Let Music Give You What You Need
Monday, February 22nd, 2010Depending on what’s going on in our lives, we need different things to keep us in balance. Sometimes it’s a boost, sometimes it’s a release, sometimes it’s a balm for frayed nerves.
More often than not, turning to music can provide just the right tonic to help us achieve a desired feeling. It can be so [...]
Friday Focus | Using Style Statement in a Crisis
Thursday, February 18th, 2010This week my father-in-law, the picture of health, had quadruple bypass heart surgery. It was shocking, frightening, and moving. Shocking and frightening for all the reasons you can imagine. Moving because his family from near and far gathered quickly to care for him and do whatever they could to ease the situation.
In times of crisis, [...]
Tips | When You’re Stuck With Your Second Word, Your 20%
Thursday, February 18th, 2010“Be willing to be uncomfortable. Be comfortable being uncomfortable. It may get tough, but it’s a small price to pay for living a dream.”
Peter McWilliams
Having trouble choosing or activating the second word of your Style Statement? It might be because it feels more challenging than your first word. If our first word is [...]
Soul | Style Isn’t Just About Clothes
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010Fashion is perhaps one of the first things many of us think of when we think of style. And for good reason—it can be an evocative expression of who we are and how we want other people to read or interpret us.
But it’s limiting to think that the only way we can express our style [...]
Inspiration | Everyone’s a Winner in our Happiness Project Contest
Friday, February 12th, 2010Thanks to all who entered our Twitter contest celebrating happiness and style (and their powerful overlap)!
Our question was,
“What do you wear, do, or think every day that gives you happiness?”
These were the answers we got:
I wear a ring my father gave me at 13 to remind myself how much you can mean to someone even [...]
Friday Focus | Mind the Sale
Friday, February 12th, 2010A woman holds up a dress for her husband to check out. “What do you think, honey?” she asks. “It’s ugly, ” he answers. “But it’s 50% off!” she says. “Yeah,” he says patiently, “but it’s ugly.”
This example, my friends, is a clear case of the Curse of the Sale. Oh, the seduction! The temptation! [...]