Fashion 2.0 Social Media Awards

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ideeli has partnered with Style Coalition to create the Fashion 2.0 Social Media Awards to celebrate fashion designers and brands for outstanding social media activity.

To cast your vote visit HERE and HERE.

Bloginion (Blog + Opinion)

Many use their blogs as a way to gauge public opinion. I for one, think it's a great use of technology. And I have to admit, I do occassionally dabble in the opinion gathering myself. ideeli.com blog (a great on-line sample sale site) wants to know your opinion of pop-up shops and fur!

Now, I like the idea of pop-up shops, although I think they are mostly found in NYC. I have yet to hear about any in the Boston area. Pop-up shops also are a great idea for budding designers and boutique owners. You don't have to commit to a long-term lease and you can do some "street testing" of your products. I'd say they are a win win. (now we just need to move the phenomenon across those state borders...)

Click on the link to add your opinion.
Pop Up Stores: Love Them?

As for as fur goes, I'm not a proponent of it...but "to each his own."
Click on the link below to let ideeli know what you think about fur.
The Fur Debate

Check them out and add your opinion!

Oh, and if you don't belong to ideeli, just click here!

here are some of my favorites....

Because I know you're all so interested (ok, maybe not, but since this is MY blog, you're going to have to deal) I'm going to share some of my favorite blogs with you.

Hip2Save

This one is great. Colin shares her secrets about bargain shopping. She posts coupons, store sales, on line deals, etc. Check this out to read more about her story.

I really love this one because sometimes the comment sections have some great conversations going on. Sometimes they can get quite heated...people criticizing Colin, then fans defending her. Really does get entertaining sometimes. Another great thing about this site is that it's like a community. Colin gets information from readers about sales, deals, freebies, and they will also leave information in the comment sections about deals that Colin hasn't highlighted.

I know what you're thinking...this doesn't sound very interesting. But really, I enjoy this one and she posts throughout the day. Colin speaks to the part of me that LOVES getting a bargain!

Thanks Cara for this recommendation!

NieNie Dialogues

If you've never been over to NieNie Dialogues you must. I think I spent a whole afternoon once reading through her past posts just so I could learn her story. Stephanie Nielson and her husband Christian were in a airplane crash in the summer of 2008. Christian and Stephanie survived the crash, but their pilot did not. Here you can read more about their incredible story (warning: I cried through some of this...typical). Both Christian and Stephanie were severely burned during the crash and her blog (kept up by her sister during her recovery) is a an inside look into a woman's struggle to become the mother and wife she used to be. Before Stephanie's accident she already had a strong following on her blog as she recounted her experiences as a wife and mother. After the accident the blog has been reported to have received tens of thousands of hits a day.

I enjoy reading Stephanie's blog posts daily to learn more about her recovery, and to be inspired by her strong spirit and her adventurous kids. The way she writes lets you look into her inner thoughts and how she is feeling as she goes through experiences many of us couldn't even imagine.

Style Rookie

I have just recently found this one via another blog that I read. The Style Rookie is a blog written by a 13 year-old girl named Tavi. About a year and a half ago Tavi started getting more curious about fashion, so she decided to start a blog (unbeknown be her parents) which started getting a lot of buzz. Tavi is a very original girl that thinks of fashion as an outward expression of art. Tavi become so well known in the blogosphere that she got invited to exclusive fashion shows and after-parties during fashion week, even the hard to get into Marc Jacobs (accompanied by an adult of course). She also was part of the inspiration for the Rodarte line for Target. In fact, apparently her parents didn't even know much about her blog or how popular their daughter was getting until she asked for permission to appear in a New York Times magazine story.

Apparently there were some who were skeptical that the blog was actually written by Tavi herself and they argued her parents were doing the writing. But Tavi truly is the only one behind this blog. She's original and I would want to be her friend if I were 13...ok, I would be her friend at the age of 25 if only I were cool enough for her. ;)

I think Tavi is very funny and also very insightful when it comes to fashion. Check her out it.

DECK THE HALLS

If you're looking for some cute holiday blogger templates, just click Here. This is the post I did last year. Sorry, I don't have any new ones, but I hope to find some time to start doing this again.

Happy Holidays to all!

Free $$$

So, Rue La La is doing it again. If you sign up before Dec. 24th, then they'll give you a $10 credit to go towards any purchase. Just click here to sign up to get your credit.

If you haven't heard of Rue La La before it's a free invitation only sample sale site. Check them out!

ideeli: Burberry Giveaway tomorrow!!!!!

ideeli.com is giving away this great Burberry Filelding Leather Tote tomorrow!

The giveaway starts tomorrow November 6, 2009 at 1:30 pm EST and will end at 8:30 pm EST. For a chance to win, make sure you log into ideeli and enter! You can only enter if you are an ideeli member, so if you need to join, just click here!

Should I? No, yes, no,....ok here it goes

So I'm having an inner struggle trying to decide if I should tell the blogosphere (as well as many friends and family who I love and respect) about a recent obsession of mine. But here it goes....

I've always known I'm the type of person that gets addicted easily to things: TV shows, books, candy (seriously craving chocolate right now), shopping (Phil would totally agree with this one, but I have to say I don't actually SPEND a lot of money for which he should be grateful!). But I never thought I would spend maybe 6-12 hours of my week engrossed in just one frivilous thing. Oh it's so hard to admint...My name is Jennifer Singer and I'm a Grey's Anatomy-aholic (reruns on Lifetime). They're on M-TH at 6,7,and 8. That's right, three episodes a day, 12 episodes a week, way too many episodes a month.

This all started when Phil left me all alone (really it's not his fault) for someone else (and when I say someone else I mean a hospital in Wisonsin...not permanent). One evening I was sitting on the couch waiting for my dinner to get done cooking, when I realized there was nothing on and I'm aimlessly flipping through the stations (because that's what I do) when this little known channel called Lifetime (only known to me because of their awesomely-bad made-for-TV movies) comes on and I see an episode of Grey's Anatomy on. Now normally I try to tame my TV watching when Phil's around so he won't get the wrong idea about me (yes, we've been married for 3 years, but I still don't think he fully understands how lame I am...so shhh, keep it a secret!) I try to stick to the Food Network or HGTV. But with no one around except for me and the occasionally squirrel rumaging through our garbage can out the window, I figured, hey why not? I mean there's got to be some reason why there are millions watching this show, right? Well, there is. Reason: The plot is so dynamic (i.e. twisted and not based in reality) that you can't stop watching or you'll miss something...so I've kept watching and haven't stopped.

You wouldn't believe the drama that goes on at Seattle Grace (or maybe you can becuase you're familiar with the ER/Chicago Hope type show). I'm always sitting on the edge of my seat waiting to see if Izzy is going to get over Denny, or if George is going to pass his exam and become a resident, or if Meredith is FINALLY going to see that Derek really does love her unconditionally. All this is thrown around with brain surgeries, experimental liver transplants, the power struggle among cocky surgeons, and the occassional dance party.

And really, who doesn't like a good dance party?

But last night Phil came home from his weekly 4 day trip right in the middle of an episode and just rolled his eyes...you know, in the "oh, Jennifer, you're so silly, but I still love you dearly" kind of way. I mean I don't think I'm ignoring my responsibilities. During the first episode I usually do my workout on the treadmill, and then during the second I make dinner, and then I sit down to enjoy the third. But is it really that bad? Should I stop watching this show? Is there anyone else out there who can realte?

Love, Jen

**please no comments Phil...or Mom! Mom I already know your answer!!! :)