An Etsy Shopping Post

As some of you may know, I moved into a new place a month and a half ago. I am definitely still in the middle of decorating.

Fine. I'm in the beginning of decorating...the only piece of furniture I have in my living room is my beloved CHOFA (It's not a chair...not yet a sofa. I'm singing these words out loud to a beautiful Britney Spears melody. Holler.)

I need to class this place up like whoa, and I'm not EVEN kidding. I took a looksy around Etsy, browsed through my favs, and found some things I need to order immediately.

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"softly ever after" - Set of 4 5x5 fine art photography prints from GabrielleKai
I actually want everything in her shop! I love the gorgeous colors - everything is so soft, and mostly pink. I am totally obsessed. Hooray!

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Pic 1 - "Poppies with Dragonflies" - Wall Art from PopWall
Pic 2 - "Flower Gathering" - Wall Art from PopWall
Pic 3 - "Bloom Variety" - Wall Art from byrdiegraphics
Since I rent, I want to get a few of these in different designs to stick in my studio and my bedroom. The best thing is that you can customize them in your choice of colors as well. There are so many of these I want, too!

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"Pink and Green Crystal Leaf Spiral Chandelier" from PinkPerch
This is probably meant for a baby's room...but I want to see it hanging in my house.

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"Tiffany's Blooms" - Wood Artwork by curiousmess
I have started prettying up my studio in pink and aqua. This would be a perfect match.

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Finally...something I've already purchased and can't wait for them to show up in my mailbox.

"Pink, Indubitably" - Paper Poms from PomLove
I got 10 of these in a mix of pinks, aquas, and white. Can't wait to get them! I think I mentioned that already.

Have a great Friday!

♥

Mandi

I know they didn't just play "On the Wings of Love"...

Time for another edition of Mandi's Bitchy Bachelor Bulletpoints

• I'm going to start this off by saying 3 important words. Butt. Crack. Rose. Am I the only one who noticed this? Jake went to give the precious Rozlyn her group date rose and he stuck the rose right in his butt crack. Eew. There are too many easy jokes that I want to make...but I will spare you.
• The InStyle Photoshoot. Cute little segment. I felt bad for the Christina chic. You could tell that she felt super awkward, but, she really doesn't seem like that nice of a girl...or maybe she really was just uncomfortable.

• Jake "chose" to take Ali on the first alone date of the season. The magical producers played "On the Wings of Love," Ali cried, it was just beautiful. Not. She does seem like a genuine girl, though, so I'm glad she's happy. Do I think she should be crying and saying she wants to marry this dude after one date? Absolutely not.
• I love the makeshift headboards in the bachelorettes bedrooms. I love that fabric and almost bought it a few months ago. It's so pretty. Nobody has a clue what I'm talking about, so I will stop.
• Vienna looks like Ashley Tisdale.

{{Vienna on the left, Sharpay on the right}}

• Rozlyn looks IDENTICAL to Ella from Melrose Place.

{{Rozlyn on the left, Ella from Melrose on the right.}}

• What was that letter that Elizabeth wrote? Eek. She is being portrayed as a B now, too.

• Michelle? Crazy. For reals.
• My Mom called me after the show and said after she saw the preview, she thought that Rozlyn was having an affair with another girl in the house. I must admit that I first thought that as well. Would have made for much better tv and that poor guy could've kept his job. I'm hearing now that Rozlyn just wanted to see her kid and they wouldn't let her. No matter what, I blame the producers.
• Any new thoughts on who I think he will pick? I'm going to stick with my original three. I'm not feeling the girl named Ella on the show (not to be confused with Ella from Melrose Place lookalike, Rozlyn), but I think he likes her.

Alright done. Thoughts?

♥
Mandi

Just bought 'em...

I haven't been buying much for myself lately...and by that I mean I haven't been buying clothes or shoes or makeup or any of those fun things. I went to get my hair done today (it was baaad...my stylist said she was going to call me and make sure I was ok!) I thought I might as well roll over to DS-DUB just to look around.

Of course they had these booties that I've been scouring the web looking for. I originally wanted them in purple, but they didn't have the purps in my size...so I went with black leathery-look instead. They are still beautimous if I may say so! These look just like them...just a different material.

Madden Girl Raleigh Bootie {{pic via Shoemall}}

I also picked up these flats because my current silver flats are getting gaaroosss. The color of these shoes? DRIZZLE. Like I could pass that up!

Rocket Dog Memories Flat {{pic via Zappos}}

Can we talk about The Bachelor for a second?

Alright, I'll admit it...I love The Bach & The Bachelorette.

I've been a faithful watcher almost every season (I skipped Bob and Byron...most of Charlie, too), even though I understand it's fuh-ake. My friends and I at work even had a Bachelor Fantasy Draft during captain DB Brad Womack's Season. It was like fantasy football, only awesome. Nobody won since Brad decided that neither Deanna or Jenni were good enough for him. That's fine.

So, skip ahead to this wonderful season...I want to talk about it's amazingness for a minute. I'm gonna have to break out the bullet points fo real.

• This season is appropriately titled "The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love." Cheese CHEESE CHEESE. The Bachelor, Jake, is a pilot...how cute and quirky is that title? CHEESE.
• The first episode opened last night with a shot of Jake doing push ups and jumping rope on a rooftop next to an infinity pool. It appears that he is in Dubai, but the show claims he is in LA.
• Chris Harrison - who I really do love - claims that this will be the most dramatic season of The Bachelor ever. I'm shocked, I really am. I wonder if the most dramatic rose ceremony in Bachelor history will take place this season as well...say, maybe every week?

Now onto the ladies.

• WHY do the producers insist that they all have these gimmicks when they meet The Bach? Every single girl had to say something so dumb. I especially enjoyed the below exchange:

"Close your eyes, picture your favorite place, where is it?" - Chic

"Right here, right now." - Jake

"Oh, mine is snowboarding." - Chic

How insightful.

• Where do the girls find these dresses? I really want to know, where would you even start looking for something like that? The one girl had boxes and boxes of them that her mother had been sending her.

• Just how many spokes models are there in the world?
• Thankfully the producers didn't cut out the best line in the whole show. When 29-year old Channy whispered something to Jake in Cambodian, I thought it would be another corny airplane line. Well, it was an airplane line, however, not corny. "You can land your plane on my landing strip anytime." Thank you, Channy. We will miss you.
• Who would I pick as my early favorites? Uhm, this is going to be tough since I kind of tuned out after that girl walked into the room in that Frederick's of Hollywood Flight Attendant costume. Anyway, at this point I will say Ali, Elizabeth from Nebraska, and Tenley. As for who is having an affair with someone in the Bach house who is not Jake? Gia or Rozlyn. Jake probably likes Rozlyn. I will give a more accurate assessment next week.

Thanks for listening to my rant.

♥

Mandi

New Shop Items!

Hi friends! I hope 2010 is going just wonderfully for everyone so far. I added a lot of new items to my shop today and will be adding more tomorrow. See below for some fun new mandizzle's!

The Prettiest Hair Pins

Girly Bouquet

Dreamy Pink

Raspberry Cream

Aqua Cherry Sparkle

Black Raspberry Blooms

NEW RINGS

the funky ring

the funky ring

the wild rose ring - Deep Coral

the wild rose ring - Purple

Frosted Shimmer Ring - Pink on Gold

Frosted Shimmer Ring - Clear on Antiqued Gold

the pom pom ring - Hot Pink the pom pom ring - Black

the dazzle ring - Turquoise

Lates 2009! Plus, 1999 flashback!

With some 10 minutes left in 2009 and in this decade, I thought I would take a quick glance back on where I was 10 years ago in 1999 at this time...and it's pretty funny how different, yet how much the same things are:

• Then: A senior in high school who had just turned 18.
• Now: A 28 year-old who has had a real job (that I love) for almost 5 years.
• Then: A lover of pink who was once told that no one over the age of 6 should wear the color.
• Now: A lover of pink who is joined by many (yay!)
• Then: A cheerleader.
• Now: An accessories designer.
• Then: Scared to move 30 minutes away for college.
• Now: Live 3.5 hours away from home (and that's super far for me!)
• Then: Waited in line at midnight for the release of the new *NSYNC cd (ok, that was actually 2001).
• Now: Waited in line at midnight to watch New Moon with my Mom and Aunt.
• Then: Would rather spend time at home with my family than go out.
• Now: Would rather spend time at home with my family than go out (proof...New Year's Even and here I am spending time alone with Cooper, Cooper's friend Rocky and building some shelves for my sewing room. Also, occasionally Skyping with my parents. Nerd Alert? Maybe. I don't care.
• Then: Annoyed people with my shortening of words (the word "whatev" specifically.) Oh, I also called everybody Dawg.
• Now: Annoy people with my shortening of words (basically all words.)
• Then: Obsessed with Carolina basketball...had only seen them play in person one time.
• Now: Have seen Carolina win a National Championship in person!
• Then: Lover of my family, my friends, animals, chocolate, staying up way too late, and basketball.
• Now: Lover of my family, my friends, animals, chocolate, staying up way too late, and basketball.

I hope everyone has had a wonderful 2009, and I want to sincerely express my gratitude to everyone who has supported me this year...whether personal or Mandizzle-wise, I love you all and cannot thank you enough.

My wishes for the sweetest 2010 for you all.

♥ Mandi

P.S. I will try to find some embarassing 10 year-old photos to post. :)

Happy Holidays!

Here is hoping that everyone had a wonderful holiday! I got to spend some time at home with my family, and it was around 50 degrees on Christmas...which was actually pretty nice!

Below are a few photos we snagged on Christmas Eve and Christmas:

My stud nephew Bradon and I. I love that look on his face.

Coop will let us dress him up like Santa and will even strike a pose. Such a good boy. :)

Birthday Wishes

I've got all I could want on my birthday - I love my fam so much and I am so fortunate to be surrounded by such great friends and of course my little Coop.

My wish for you on my birthday is to enjoy 20% off everything in my store today only! Use the code BIRTHDAY when checking out. :)

In the meantime, I'm going to post some photos of things outside of my awesome fam and friends that make me smile:

Ice Cream Cake

I've said for at least 10 years that I'm going to go get a pig, monkey, and mini horse someday. Today is not that day...but it will happen!

My future husbands...of course {{yes, I'm 28 today...not 12}}

...and sleeping in. About to go do more of it even though it's almost noon! Yay!

Have a great day, and I will be back for more of my loves later.

What up, Elfster.

To all of you who don't know what Elfster is, I sincerely suggest that you open your world to the magic that it beholds. Seriously.

A group of friends from work arranged a Holiday Gift Exchange and we used the magnificent Elfster to set the whole shindig up. It selects who everyone will be giving their gifts to, and it allows you to ask anonymous questions and create anonymous group posts. Pretty amazing stuff (it's much cooler than it sounds, I promise.)

Anyway, we had our exchange party tonight and it was totes fun. We had some drinks (I went away from my regular Dub Z and drank Orange Vodka and Cranberry. I suck at drinking), ate delicious food, and even though I was a Bumpit virgin, I ended up doing 3 Bumpit tutorials on a Flip cam (someone received them as a gift).

My little friend, Stoibs, drew my name and she got me this amazing gift set from Philosophy (because the girl knows how I love my baths.)

I literally used the stuff 5 minutes within walking in the door (after putting the trash out for the first time at my new place, yay!) and it.is.amazing. Thank you, little Stoiby!

Hope you've all had a great week!

♥ Mandi

P.S. Tomorrow is my last day at the age of 27. Any ideas how I should spend it? :)

CYBER MONDAY MANDIZZLE SALE!

Hi friends! Check out the...

CYBER MONDAY MANDIZZLE SALE! HOORAY!

*Get $10 off of every $50 you spend + Free Shipping!

*All items come packaged in a pink gift box. If you need them wrapped separately or have any special instructions, please let me know.

*Sale lasts from 12:01am-11:59pm on MONDAY, NOV.30 only!

HAPPY SHOPPING!

Awesome Giveaway!

Hi lovelies -

Visit the awesome chics at BonBon Rose to enter-to-win a Mandizzle scarf. They are so soft and I wear them all the time! (I mean the scarves, not the girls. :) )

Good luck and thanks for all of the love!

Mandi

We all dream of 7 Jeans...

...and getting 40% off, yay!
Enjoy, lovelies!♥

No words...

((Photo courtesy of vanityfair.com))

Embellished.

I plan on creating, embellishing, and expanding the Mandizzle product line in the very near future. I've been slowly adding new pieces to my collections over the past few months. One project I've been working on for MONTHS are these tanks. Actually, I worked on most of these tanks nearly 7 or 8 months ago, but never got around to listing them in my shop.

They are really a beta version, but I wrangled the beautiful Kiley into posing in some quick photos. What do you think?