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Daily Dishonesty

May 21, 2013 By Carrie Koehmstedt

daily dishonesty cake is mostly air

Daily Dishonesty, have you heard of it? Me, too, and just now I’m getting around to posting about it. And consciously or subconsciously I picked all buttery yellow prints to share. Hmm.

The site Daily Dishonesty was created by Lauren Hom, who’s a graphic designer and illustrator based in New York City – originally a Southern California native. Check out her website, blog, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Etsy & Society6 sites.

daily dishonesty im almost ready

This is my husband’s motto. He’s running late for everything, all the time. (And, for an on-time person it’s really let me perfect my eyeroll so much so that I can roll my eyes and you will only see the whites of my eyes. True story.)

daily dishonesty sweatpants are sexy

And see how Sexy is a drawstring from sweatpants? Genius.

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Nerd DIY // Free Social Media Icons updated!

December 20, 2012 By Carrie Koehmstedt

faqs:

Each set includes an icon for: Blank, BlogLovin’, Chictopia, Etsy, Facebook, Email, Instragram, LinkedIn, Hello Cotton, Google+, Flickr, Pinterest, RSS, Society+, Stumble Upon, Tumblr, Twitter, Vimeo & YouTube. That’s 7 new icons, plus 5 updated for a grand total of 19 icons!

And, there are 30 colors, that’s 14 more than before. With new colors like Pantone’s Spring 2013 collection of 10, and 4 Glitter sets! Each icon is 72×72 and in .png file format.

colors:

installation:

Need to learn how to install the icons on your blog? Here’s a great tutorial from Eli Rose.

Another great tutorial for adding icons to Blogger from Beautiful Dawn Designs.

Want to add a hover effect? I have a tutorial here.

resizing:

These icons are on the ‘large’ size of things 72px x 72px, if you want to make them smaller – just include width=”##px” in your image’s code:

example: <img src=”yourimageurl(dot)com” width=”40px”>

macs (apple)

For all of you wonderful Mac users who get a .cpgz file – I’ve been informed Springy (http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/systemdiskutilities/springy.html) fixes this problem.

downloads

African Violet (Pantone)	Apple	Black
Boysenberry	Bubble Gum	Confetti
Dusk Blue (Pantone)	Emerald (Pantone)	Fire
Glitter – Black	Glitter – Gold	Glitter – Red
Glitter – Silver	Grape	Grayed Jade (Pantone)
Lemon Zest (Pantone)	Lilac	Linen (Pantone)
Mint	Monaco Blue (Pantone)	Mouse
Nectarine (Pantone)	Ocean	Poppy Red (Pantone)
Shadow	Tangerine	Tender Shoots (Pantone)
Turquoise	Violet	Warm Mint

enjoy!

Please consider following me on twitter, tweeting about this freebie @carrieloves, or liking my facebook page.

I hope you love these icons & leave a comment to let me know if you put them on your blog… I’d love to see them in action!

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Gone to the beach

July 10, 2012 By Carrie Koehmstedt

images via tumblr
and pinterest.

Now that my oldest lives down at the beach,
I am going to make a genuine effort to make the 2+ hour trek to visit her & the sea.
In recent years, including this one, we’re tight on the budget and family
vacations have been a luxury we couldn’t afford.
This year, I vow to dip my toes in the Atlantic on at least
3 separate occasions.
And, hopefully look good doing it!

Filed Under: Style Tagged With: beach, bohemian, style, tumblr //

Accessories make it fit

July 3, 2012 By Carrie Koehmstedt

images via tumblr.

Rest assured, I am not turning into a fashion blogger.
I just don’t have that spark in me.
But, I am working on my style this summer and these accessories sort of do it for me.
I love the rings, a girl can never have a enough jewelry, no?
Some really great jewelry shops on Etsy, that are teasing me daily are:
Lavender Cottage, Kathryn Reichert, The Hummingbead, & Roots and Wings.

Filed Under: Style Tagged With: Accessories, bags, bohemian, bracelets, rings, tumblr //

Flowers & Feathers

June 26, 2012 By Carrie Koehmstedt

images via tumblr.

This summer I am going to work on defining my style.
Right now, it consists of comfortable clothes.
And, when I say comfortable, I mean my husband’s sweats & tees.
I need some definition of my own.
Still comfortable, but more soft than comfortable,
with some girly influences,
and a side of me.