Grace A Memoir

I recently read the book Grace A Memoir by Grace Coddington. The Vogue Fashion Director shares her story and how she got to the place she is at. It is a truly good book for any fashion fanatic or just anyone who loves to read life stories. She tells how she began in a small town, started modeling and ended up being where she is now. I recommend checking this book out to give you a little insight on what really goes on behind the scenes of Vogue and how people can come from anywhere and become a major name in the fashion world. 

If you want to see more, check out the movie, The September Issue that features how Vogue puts together the astounding magazine normally containing over 900 pages of fashion. It shows the life of Anna Wintour and Grace Coddington and how Vogue comes together. 

Happy Thanksgving!

I hope everyone out there is enjoying a lovely Thanksgiving! I love Thanksgiving and love everything about it! 

So, Enjoy your turkey and enjoy the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (always one of my favorites on Thanksgiving) and mostly enjoy each other!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade circa 1930

What is your favorite part of Thanksgiving?

Winter Packing

With the upcoming holiday season, everyone will be traveling around spending time together. It is now time to start prepping for the holidays with a perfectly packed suitcase. I always end up over packing and always regret bringing something that I never use, but I'm trying to actually think packing through and packing items that not only are "suitcase friendly" but also are versatile.
Here are some of my favorite picks for winter.

J Crew Hooded Parka

This parka is a winter must, a heavy coat is a necessity for winter. 

Patagonia Fleece

I love this fleece, I got it recently and absolutely love it, it is nice a cozy to wear during winter.

J Crew Camp Socks

Everyone loves a good thick sock and during winter they are a must-have. 

Hunter Rain Boots

Everyone needs a pain of good rain boots that can be worn in the rain or snow and Hunter provides some of the best ones.

Hunter Fair Isle Cuff

A perfect match to your Hunter boots would be a nice Christmasy pair on Hunter socks to give your feet a little extra warmth.

Enjoy xx

Colorful Blondies

One of my friends had surgery recently and to cheer her up and sooth my baking needs, I decided to come up with the colorful blondies to give her a little cheering up with a happy dessert.
You could also substitute any other treat, nut, cookie or anything you would like instead of Oreos and Sprinkles.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup of unsalted butter, melted

1 large egg

1 cup light brown sugar, packed

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

1 cup all-purpose flour

Oreo Cookies

Rainbow Sprinkles 

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 F and line a 8 by 8 pan with cooking spray, butter, or aluminum foil. Heat butter to melt and add egg afterwards. Wait a minute to add the egg to the melted butter so the egg doesn't cook in the hot butter. Add the brown sugar, vanilla and mix until smooth. Add the flour and stir until combined but don't over mix. Stir in the Oreos and rainbow sprinkles and mix in evenly. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until slightly firm and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Remove from pan and enjoy!

Enjoy xx

Favorite Autumn/ Winter Makeup

I'm not a huge makeup person. Don't get me wrong, I love wearing makeup and I love doing other peoples makeup, but I don't love waking up early to put it on everyday. Recently, I have discovered a couple of new fall makeup pieces that have caused me to fall back in love with makeup. 

The Smokey Warm Palette

I love all of these colors and I love how they all mix so well together to give you the perfect natural eye but with a little shine.

eos Sweet Mint

Defiantly one of my all time favorites, eos is able to give you a lovely smooth feel whilst giving you a burst of sweet mint. 

essie- Miss Fancy Pants

I love this color, it provides a lovely middle color in-between grey and nude and this color will look great on anyone. 

Bobbi Brown- Smokey Eye Kajal Liner

This eyeliner is actually amazing, normally I am terrible at applying eyeliner and end up giving up all together. But this eyeliner is super smooth, really pigmented and easy to apply.

Burberry Brit Sheer Rollerball

This is defiantly one of my favorite fragrances. It is light and fresh and the rollerball is perfect for travel.

What are your fall makeup pieces?

Happy Veterans Day!

In honor of Veterans Day, here is a video showing some fabulous home-comings! These always make me cry my eyes out and I hope you enjoy!

Here is another video of actress Madison Pettis's brother coming home and her brother surprising her on a talk show:

                 

Happy Veterans Day!

Humans of New York

For a couple of months now, I have been following Humans of New York (HONY) on Facebook and Tumblr. It is a brillant idea that shows you all of the interesting characters of New York City. 

Meet Brandon Stanton, a New Yorker that had an idea in 2010 to collect the ultimate portfolio. He wanted to collect 10,000 pictures of different New Yorkers and collect their stories. That plan now has turned into the mecca that is HONY. With nearly 1 million followers combined, HONY has become extremely popular and has just released a book that hit the Number 1 spot on The New York Times Best Seller List.

        

HONY shows how everyone has a backstory. It may be a sad or inspirational story but everyone has one. Brandon is able to capture the beauty of the people around him and here are some of my favorite pictures that he has taken.

You can check out the book on

Amazon

or

Barns and Noble

Enjoy xx

  

Banksy

If you already haven't heard of Banksy, I would check out some of his work. British street artist Banksy's identity is still a mystery but his work is certainly not. He is known for his controversial work but then the work that he does sell, goes for thousands. There is something very intriguing about not knowing someones identity. You are not able to tell what type of person they may be or they seem like and something about that is interesting. Banksy has currently been in New York City and everyday of October, he promised a new design. He didn't disappoint but many of his pieces can be very controversial. Whilst in NYC, he set up a booth of original artwork and pretended to sell it as fake. The pieces worth up to $60,000 (some more) went for $50. Only few bought the pieces but you can check out the video here:

Here is some of Banksy's other work:

You can check out his website: 

http://www.banksyny.com/

My Music Ep. 2

I haven't posted some of my favorite music in awhile so here is another set of music that I am currently loving!

xx

Jack Johnson- Better Together

A classic song that I have revisited and fallen in love with again by the amazing Jack Johnson. This song provides a nice chill tune to listen to on a Saturday morning or on the way to school to put you in a good mood.

Sweater Weather- The Neighborhood

One of those songs that is upbeat and catchy and I love to listen to driving or I love to dance around my house to this song... anyone else?

 

My Body- Young the Giant
Another upbeat song that I find it hard not to dance all around whilst listening to it and then also singing all the words when I hear it in the car.

The One That Got Away- The Civil Wars

This song is one of those chill songs that you can become engrossed in and I feel like it is one of those songs that is perfect for long road trips or to play when you have a perfect day by the fire. 

Little Wrecking Ball- Mash up of Mumford and Sons and Miley Cyrus
Now you may be thinking, "What the heck is a mash up of Mumford and Sons and Miley Cyrus doing on this list?!" I understand that, but go with it. It is a pretty interesting mash up that takes two completely different songs and puts them together and makes something very interesting.

Enjoy!

People to follow on Pintrest

I am obsessed with Pintrest and I'm sure many of you lovely readers are too. I love how you can spend hours at a time pinning the most random yet useful things that you possibly can and maybe that's why I have a problem. People will even come up to me and say, "Wow Elizabeth, you really got crazy on Pintrest last night!"... Yeah, yeah I did... oops :)

So, for all of you crazy pinners out there here are some of my favorite Pintrest accounts!

Enjoy xx

nicole song // A Californian grad student whose pins range from adorable puppies to the latest fashion trend... what more can you ask for?

real simple // The magazine comes to life to show you simple tips and tricks from how to decorate a living room to how to properly curl your hair.

SORTED food // This is a group of British men, yes, you heard me right. SORTED food is 4 best friend that have come together in order to provide great food. They have cookbooks and a successful Youtube channel under their belts and here they show you what they are making in the kitchen.

Ellen DeGeneres // Can you ever go wring with Ellen? Ellen's board is full of hilarious pictures and adorable moments not only from her show, but from places that she learns about and her kind heart will make you smile by seeing the amazing things she does. 

While you are looking at these lovely boards, go ahead and check out mine :)

My Pintrest

Update

Firstly, I apologize for being completing terrible about posting this past month. I have been super busy but I promise that I will be better. The month of November will be a super busy month full of very exciting things for Little E. I have a bunch of new things coming for all of you and I hope you all will enjoy. During Thanksgiving I will be going to St. Andrews Scotland for a week and I hope to show you everything that I do and every little treasure that I find. Thank you so much to everyone who kept checking bad here to see if I had updated only to find I hadn't. I am sorry about that, but I promise that things will get better and there will be more updates!

Thanks so much for checking out Little e!

xx