[starreviewmulti id=2 tpl=20 style='plain' size='16' average_stars='darkness' average_size='16'] It’s Lindsay! Owner of Broke & Beautiful and Co-Founder of The Demoiselles. Pleased to meet you! Once you guys actually remember who I am, I’ll take away this italicized part. Until then, deal with it! I love learning about independent designers – there’s something magical about a passion [...]

On August 20, my boyfriend went into surgery to have his wisdom teeth removed. Today is August 30, and he’s going back to the oral surgeon for the fourth time to see if his body’s ready to heal, or if his lower jaw is still having a party to which everyone is invited. Our fridge [...]

Shortly after I posted images from Vicarious by Nature‘s Spring ’10 lookbook, I was directed to their newly posted Fall ’10 selection. It’s flawless. There’s a certain beauty to this season’s trends: the muted colors are a welcome break from all that summer neon, and our senses are instead drawn to rich textures and odd [...]

[starreviewmulti id=2 tpl=20 style='plain' size='16' average_stars='darkness' average_size='16'] It’s Lindsay! Owner of Broke & Beautiful and Co-Founder of The Demoiselles. Pleased to meet you! Once you guys actually remember who I am, I’ll take away this italicized part. Until then, deal with it! We are huge, huge fans of sites that support emerging, independent designers – [...]

It’s Lindsay! Owner of Broke & Beautiful and Co-Founder of The Demoiselles. Pleased to meet you! Once you guys actually remember who I am, I’ll take away this italicized part. Until then, deal with it! While Urban Decay may proudly boast the “no testing on animals” sticker on their proverbial, cosmetic bumper, they’ve now attempted [...]

[starreviewmulti id=2 tpl=20 style='plain' size='16' average_stars='darkness' average_size='16'] I seem to be racking up quite a list of places that are, in my opinion, unethical to shop at.  They’re namely big box stores – Target, Wal-Mart* – and trendy chains – Urban Outfitters, American Apparel.  The biggest complaint I get is this: So if I can’t [...]

Remember my open letter to Target about its support of anti-gay legislation?  Well, it appears that the CEO has apologized to Target employees, and a number of pro-equality media outlets have given consumers their blessing to shop at Target once more. I say “appears” because I haven’t actually seen this apology.  I’ve read a few [...]

I honestly can’t remember who found Black Market Baby first: me, who has had them on my Etsy favorites list since time immemorial, or Lindsay, who posted about them last month and has been following them by RSS.  (I never keep up with my RSS.  Does that make me a bad blogger?) Maybe it was [...]

I can never sleep before a trip. This morning, I’m off to visit the TJ Maxx flagship store in Boston, Massachusetts.  Though I’m wasting tons of energy by flying from Seattle, I’m – at the very least – taking a “greener” cab to and from the airport. I’m being sent to Boston as a representative [...]

I so rarely hear about failed pursuits of happiness. Birch Bark Necklace Cluster: $89 People who follow their bliss, who take chances, seem so much more content, less worried, than the rest of us. Blue Peony Dishtowels: $20 They don’t mind life’s setbacks, or worry when their bliss isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.  [...]