Artist Spotlight : Katie Evans, Caitlin McGauley, Virginia Johnson, and Ruben Toledo

I hope you all had a Merry Christmas! I am back and now writing from my brand new MacBook Air (thanks Mom and Dad!)!! I've been on Pinterest all day and started to find a bunch of fashion illustrations. Funnily enough, I was just discussing this subject with my family the other day when I gave The Perfectly Imperfect Home by Deborah Needleman (former editor of Domino Magazine) to a member of the family. I recognized the illustrations of The Perfectly Imperfect Home as those of Virginia Johnson from the Kate Spade books: Style, Occasions, and Manners. Naturallly on the subject, I decided to bring up those of Ruben Toledo, who does the Nordstrom and Louis Vuitton ads as well as the illustrations for Nina Garcia's book The One Hundred. As I was roaming around on Pinterest I found some gorgeous illustrations by Katie Evans and Caitlin McGauley who both also do illustrations for Kate Spade, as well as Tory Burch, Hermes, and many others.

Katie Evans for Matchbook Magazine

Caitlin McGauley for Tory Burch

Virginia Johnson for Kate Spade

Ruben Toledo for Nordstrom

xoxo

Sabrina

Today's Pedicure Mishap

Well I learned a valuable life lesson today. Don't wear skinny jeans when getting a pedicure! I rolled up my jeans before sticking them in the hot water and just left them that way until I got home and when I tried to pull them down, they wouldn't unroll! They got stuck on my calves and wouldn't come off! So, I had to cut a perfectly good pair of $200 jeans off my leg. Lesson learned? I think so! My new mantra? Always wear sweats to the nail salon. Here are some of my favorite pairs:

Lululemon Groove Pant

Juicy Couture Velour Pocket Pants

J.Crew Weekend Foldover Knit Pant

xoxo

Sabrina

My Latest Purchase: Hunter Wellies

In 1856 an American from Jersey, Henry Lee Norris, founded Norris&Co in Scotland. Norris&Co later became the North British Rubber Company and which became known as Hunter Boot Ltd. But back then instead of being worn around town by the hottest celebs and icons as a fashion statement, they were distributed to the soldiers in WWI and WWII and worn by all people ranging from the royal family to independent farmers of the region.

So Mom and I splurged. A fun early Christmas buy, but they're also a necessity because I'm guessing the ominous gray clouds will soon relinquish that rain! We bought ours at Madewell (<3) and decided to share.