January 2018

Black & White – Staples

January 30, 2018January 23, 2018by Elise GioveLeave a Comment

Black & White Staples

I love nothing more then a black & white striped top. Here’s just a few of my favorites.

They go with so many things. You can find them anywhere. Layer under a cool blazer, spicy bomber jacket, classic jean jacket, nude sweater, pretty much anything your little heart desires. You can dress it up or down depending on your shoes, pants and accessories. [even price point – fabrics, embellishments, etc.] Now that Christmas is over & we’re into the dreary months until spring, I thought I’d show you in these next few weeks some of my GO TO [affordable] outfits for days when I have “nothing to wear.”

Top Row L to R:
1. Forever 21. Long Sleeve. 2. Kohl’s Elle Brand. Peplum T. 3. Target Mossino – Tank

Middle Row L to R:
4. American Eagle. Loose & Flowy T. 5. H&M. Basic T. 6. H&M. Silky Peplum Tank

Bottom Row L to R:
7. H&M. Basic T. 8. Ralph Lauren. Classic Polo. 9. Victoria’s Secret PINK. Racerback Tank.

Round up your basics & get ready to layer. Outfit inspo coming soon. Stay Tuned. Kisses.

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Fashion

Vacation Vibes Collection

January 25, 2018January 24, 2018by Elise GioveLeave a Comment

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Spring Break is almost HERE! Well, idk about you, but I’m getting excited. My family always goes to Florida in the beginning of March & my clothing line Callie’s Closet Clothing Co.’s new Vacation Vibes Collection drops NOW. While you’re reading this, its available. I’m STOKED. It took me awhile to get in vacation, spring break, warm weather mode because… I live in Michigan and its cloudy and 5 degrees most days. Here’s a little peek at the collection, but you can view the entire collection here.

& here’s a cute code that you can ONLY get here – on my blog, for a discount. COOL RIGHT? HURRY! Cause it ends FEB. 5th. Use code “VACAYVIBES” at checkout. Kisses.

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DIY, Home Decor, Uncategorized

Think Spring – Faux Florals

January 23, 2018January 23, 2018by Elise GioveLeave a Comment

Here in Michigan we have about 6 months of cloudy darkness, aka… WINTER. & I’m starting to feel some spring fever. I decided to make a spring arrangement for my office to spruce this place up. I love the faux florals at hobby lobby, but you can also find really wonderful ones at your local home & garden stores. [shop local] I find really beautiful faux florals at a store called Warmbier Farms in Auburn, MI. Check out their website… HERE. If you’re ever in the area, its a MUST stop.

I found my vessels somewhere in my travels [sorry I can’t remember]

Today I’ll give you some tips on arrangements. You’ll want to follow a color story. I used coral & yellow for mine. Find things in this color story. You don’t want to get a blue here, and a orange there, and a red there. It will look more professional when you follow one or two colors.

You’ll also want to use the rule of ODDS. Whatever you choose to buy, you’ll want 3, 5, or 7 of. I typically buy 3 in the bigger flowers, and 5 in the filler flowers. And I will typically get 5 different ones with similar looks.

For this arrangement you’ll need:

Wire Cutters
Two Vessels
3 large flowers [ I used peonies ]
3 medium flowers [ I used riniculas ]
3 filler flowers [ use anything small & simple, not distracting from your large & med ]
5 filler pieces [ these are the small yellow buds ]
Florist Foam

Faux florals come in crazy long stems, so figure out how tall you’d like your arrangement to be, and cut the first stem to that length. You won’t want them all the same, but you will want them within two inches longer or shorter than each other. It’ll give a more cohesive appearance. Start putting your large flowers in first, then medium, and finally, filler. You can cut them, move the wires around so they fill certain areas, and adjust till you think it looks full and fabulous! Sometimes I figure out which sides of my arrangement will show, and puff those up with more, and less in the back. If my arrangement is going to sit on a table, and you’ll see it from all angles, turn your arrangement as you fill, so it looks evenly placed all around!

What color are you thinking for this spring? Coral, Yellow, Soft pink? Let me know! Tag #eliseinwonderland on instagram to show your work! Kisses.

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Art, Bullet Journal, DIY, Uncategorized

Bullet Journaling – Intro

January 8, 2018January 31, 2018by Elise Giove2 Comments

Well. The new year is here. Have you done well with your resolutions? Well, I can’t say I’ve been failing if I haven’t started. I have some goals this year to get back to my weight when I was 22 and a dime.. blog more, bullet journal more, share my creativity with the outside world, get a job to get some social interaction because my husband’s long hours are difficult & the cat doesn’t answer when I talk to her. Go figure.

I’m a bullet journal novice, so that’s kinda tight. You could learn with me? I am a great flower arranger, and baker extordinare? I think I need to try more things. I actually have a fear of change. Anything where there is change, is super scary. It takes me a million years to adjust to anything different. Anyway…

I guess I’ll share my first few bullet pages with you. It’s probably why you read this post anyway. Click bait at it’s finest. My very first page, I put my name, contact information, address, email, instagram, twitter, birthday, etc. I like the book to be, well.. mine. & if i were to lose it {I’D DIE} hopefully some nice citizen would call or email me & I could get it back. SO I’ll leave that page out, cause I don’t need ya’ll sending me hate mail, or showing up to my house uninvited. [sorry.]

I love using prism colored pencils vs. markers cause they never bleed through the paper and you can fade colors and blend colors and do fun things with them. They aren’t as precise as markers, but I kind of like that. I use micron archival pens in .35mm and .45mm [both are black.] I like to write down my goals at the beginning of the book so that I can look back. I kept the left page blank here to add notes and maybe an index later on. I usually don’t number my pages or care, but that is important to some people.

The next spread I put all my important birthday’s to remember [even my own cause celebrating it what I live for] lol. & the yearly calendar to reference. It’s pretty sloppy, but You & I will get better overtime. Don’t let the lack of perfectionism get to you.

I saw someone put a master grocery list in theirs, which.. now that its in there, I kinda hate it, but at least my fruits at the top are cute. lol. I want to track where I go, and when I go there to see how much I traveled and if I went anywhere new, and how great it was, so I’ll fill this in as the year goes. I kinda wish I made this a two page spread, because… adventure awaits.

This was by FAR my favorite page to draw and put together. I love to pick out books, I have a bookshelf in my bedroom with all the books I have yet to read, and all the books I’ve read organized on separate shelves. I’ll add more books on the shelf space as I find others I’d like to read, but I like to know the title before I draw them in, cause you have to write so tiny!

For those of us with a laundry list of issues [ugh, me] I wanted to keep track of how I was feeling day to day & my Dr. Appts & what we talked about. AKA if i was getting a flu shot, or if I was actually dying, or if I was mainly there for a medication check up, which seems far too often, but that’s life for ya.

I then go into a weather symbols page which I doodle the weather in my calendar, so I can see if it was sunny for 5 days and I felt great, or if it was cloudy and rainy for 3 & my mood was crummy at best. It helps figure out if its climate issues, or like, a real issue, or an issue I might think is real.

I’ll get into January monthly planning specifics in the next post. Stay Tuned. let me know if you are bullet journaling & how it’s going! Tag me in your instaposts if you show any pages to the world. Kisses.