22 Feb

Treat yo self: Week 6

Posted on February 22, 2012 by effortless

My parents are in London this week visiting my sister so it was only fitting that this weeks pick is from across the pond.

I have a deep love and affection for ballerina flats. I love how chic and stylish they look and the most important part of them is that they are effortless ( & comfy :) ).

How amazing are these deep navy flats with light pink trim!

Only $65 at The White Ribbon. In thing in the shop is made custom, which means you can get custom colors as well!!!! I would order a pair of chartreuse ones with melon colored trim.

Oh how amazing would it be if all of my Treat yo self items arrived at my doorstep.

Wink, wink Jon.

 

 

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21 Feb

Upholstery bling

Posted on February 21, 2012 by effortless

You all know that I love a good monogram. I’m also in a very serious relationship with nail head trim.

This image marries my two loves:


{Image and design via Domicile ID}

Perfection. These chairs are part of a ROXY store display, but I think it would work just as nicely in a home.

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17 Feb

Powder & Emerald

Posted on February 17, 2012 by effortless

Currently obsessed with this color combo:

{Image via Veranda}

That inspired this painting:

{Image via Him & Her Abstract Art}

If this color combo strikes your fancy hurry over to our shopand check it out. We are currently running a promo till Monday for 20% off with promo code: HEART.

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17 Feb

Enlarged Photo turned Wallpaper

Posted on February 17, 2012 by effortless

I’m always looking for unique ways to display artwork. There are only so many different ways to do a gallery wall. One of my recent favorite ways to display a favorite photo is when a photo is enlarged and used as artwork.

Take a peek at some enlarged photos in action:

{Image via Pinterest}


{Image via Pinterest}

{Image via Pinterest}

I’ve yet to use this technique with a client, but I’m crossing my fingers that I will get to soon. I just got the heads up on a great source where you can get your image turned into removable wallpaper at a relatively inexpensive price.

InkShuffle is a site where you can order easy off wallpaper murals as large as 20′ x 20′ starting at $54.99. You can also download your own image/photo and they will let you know how large you can get your image. I downloaded an image of mine taken from MY Nikon D60 DSLR camera and I was able to get that image to 9 ft by 6 ft for only $222!

So inexpensive and what a great statement it would make. Amazing!

 

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16 Feb

Treat yo self: Week 5

Posted on February 16, 2012 by effortless

I think in a past life I must have been a Southern belle, because I simply adore monograms. I love putting my monogram on pillows, towels and jewelry and now I found a perfect home accessory to adorn with my initials:

This vase is made by Maid of Clay and only $52!

Treat yo self! I think I just might this week.

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16 Feb

Look for Less: Feathers by Paule Marrot

Posted on February 16, 2012 by effortless

Feathers by Paule Marrot has been a long time favorite of mine. I spotted it my first time at the NYIGF at Natural Curiosities‘s booth.

It’s it pretty? I just love how whimsical it looks.

It’s popped up in my favorite shelter magazine:


{Image via House Beautiful}

Along with residing in the home of Bailey from Peppermint Bliss:

{Image via Pepperment Bliss}

It’s a bit on the pricey side so I’ve never actually splurged and purchased it for myself. To be honest I have enough pink in my house and need to pick my battles, but a girl can still dream. I was super excited to find an amazing look for less option:

Hommage a Plumes

It’s available through esty shop Geliz10. This 18 x 24 version is only $186. Plus artist Michelle Jacobson can make custom pieces in a variety of sizes with additional birds/feathers if need be.

Happy Shopping!

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15 Feb

Easy snapshot photo collage

Posted on February 15, 2012 by effortless

As you know my latest obsession has been playing around with Instagram.

I was thinking the other day that it would be so cool to make a snap shot photo collage of pictures of Hudson for our hallway.

Something similar to this:

{Image via Anne McElwain}

I though am not photoshop savvy and wasn’t sure how to accomplish this. Also I tried printing out instagram pics like normal and I chopped off the tops of Hudson’s head. Whoops!

Enter a quick solution…Printstagram!

For only $25 you can get a 20″ x 40″ poster that can fit anywhere from 50-400 images in a grid format!


{Image via Printstagram}

I can’t wait to work on mine!

 

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14 Feb

All you need is love!

Posted on February 14, 2012 by effortless

Hi All,

Wishing you a Happy Valentine’s day from us here at Effortless-Style. I was all set to do a Valentine’s day style plan to share with all, but the day got away from me. In order to make up for that I decided to run a Valentine’s day promo in our art shop!

So if you’ve had your eye on any of our pieces now is the time to place you order. Use the promo code: HEART during check out to receive 20% off.

Happy Shopping!

xo,

Camila

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13 Feb

Special delivery from Boston

Posted on February 13, 2012 by effortless

How sweet are friends that you meet through blogging? This past Friday a package arrived amongst my normal mail.

I saw from the return address label that it was from my sweet pal, Linds that blogs over at Everything LEB. We’ve been friends for years now and share a love for orange and elephants.

Check out what was in the package:

How amazing! It will fit right in to Hudson’s nursery! What’s make it even more special is that Lindsay picked it up in Sri Lanka while she was there this past summer having her second wedding!

Thanks so much Linds! We all love it!

 

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13 Feb

Weekend Recap: Snapshots

Posted on February 13, 2012 by effortless

After over a year of having an iphone and this December upgrading to the newest iphone I finally downloaded some apps. Jon was always making fun of me for not having any apps what so ever so I made it a point to fill up some pages on my phone this weekend.

Favorite app thus far has to be Instagr.am:

I know I’m his mom so I must be a bit bias, but Hudson is one cute kid! I can’t handle his cuteness. He is just so handsome. :)

I did manage to take some pictures of something other than Hudson. One of our friends got engaged this weekend so I decided to make a little mini cake for the celebration. Of course it didn’t come exactly how I envisioned in my head so to fix it’s problem areas I hit with a bunch of sprinkles:

I was scrambling around my house trying to find some sort of topper for the cake and voila after a frantic search my sister found our stash of ring pops! Perfect topper for an engagement celebration. How random is it that I actually have a stash of ring pops in my house?

Some other apps that I downloaded were:
Pinterest: So that I can pin on the go!
Tango: So that I can video chat with all.
Dragon Dictation:To be able to speak into my phone and ramble my massive to-do lists.
Evernote:Suppose to help you get completely organized and on track. It’s been downloaded, but I have yet to sign up. Baby steps. :)

I’m itching to downloading more apps, but have no idea what other apps are must haves. Any suggestions?

 

 

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