Back in the States

Hi everyone!

I’m back!!!
I can’t even describe how amazing our vacation was, but as they say, home is truly where the heart is. I’m reluctant to jump back into reality again, but at the same time, our little routine will be greatly appreciated after our nonstop hectic Euro schedule.

Big thanks to my guest bloggers, Anika, Elissa and Lori Todd. They really held the fort while I was gone and shared some pretty great content. What do you have to look forward in the weeks to come? Some Euro outfit posts, a giveaway and some fun and personalized guides to each city we visited.

I can’t wait to get back on the ball, but for right now, I need to get my bearings.
Melificent will be back in full swing starting next week!

‘Til then!

Week Break

Hi everyone!

Hope you all had a great weekend – I know I did!
My birthday weekend was full of a lot of love, laughter and fun – exactly how I wanted it to be. However, because my days consisted of full-time fun, I didn’t have a whole lot of time to blog. This is why I’ll be taking a little week hiatus just to regroup and recover from the big 3-0.

Don’t miss me too much!
I promise I’ll be back with all the great content you have come to expect come next week!

Happy 4th!


Via; weheartit

Happy 4th of July, readers! I hope you spend it celebrating with your nearest and dearest by some body of water, enjoying some patriotic spirits (PBR sounds about right). Try not to light yourself on fire, and most importantly, have a blast! We love you, America!

Woopsie

I can’t believe I forgot to type up a Lovable Friday post this week!
That makes 2 weeks where I haven’t shared some of my most favorite things, and I’m so terribly sorry!

::bad, bad blogger::

I promise I’ll bring my A game next week, but for now, here is something I have re-discovered and fallen in love with all over again this week: Radiohead’s Fake Plastic Trees. It’s just one of those classics that just never gets old, and makes my heart sad and happy at the same time. I love that music can still do that to me, and I hope it always does.

 

If I could be who you wanted
If I could be who you wanted all the time

Melificent Mentions

So I know I said I would be taking a week-long hiatus, but I couldn’t help but share some of these amazing nods to both myself and the blog. It’s been pretty exciting to see this blog take shape over the past couple of years, and I love having it as my unofficial 2nd job. I’m even more proud of the opportunities that seem to be sprouting all over lately. I can only cross my fingers and hope this string of amazing continues.

Photo credit: Jessica Blaine Smith

Both myself and my girlie outfit for SheCon were featured on Tyra Banks’ beauty and fashion website, Type F. Check out the rest of the slideshow to see other Miami ladies strutting their fashion sense both at the convention and on the streets of Lincoln Road.

I was also published on my first blog outside of Melificent for Ultimate Coupons. I wrote up a post about shopping gluten-free on a budget, which is a topic I am constantly grappling with myself. If you are also anti-wheat, make sure to check it out. Who knows? You may get some pointers! Also, the site has some fabulous ways to cut back on spending without losing style, comfort and fun so make sure to browse around a bit.

Little break

Busy busy little bee this week, so I’ll be away from the blog.
I hope you all had a great long weekend – I sure did!
Our pool party was a success, and I will have a lot of fun photo booth pictures to share with you when I return.

Nothing but love, sunshine & rainbows!

SheCon ’11

I will be attending She Con for the weekend, and I’m really excited about meeting
new people and learning new things about this business. I hope the experience can
make me grow as a blogger and help me bring you better material.

I’ll make sure to fill you all in on my experiences next week!
I hope you all have a fabulous weekend.

Adorable Blog Award

I was so flattered to see that I was given my first blog award from one of my oldest “online” pals, Terri. She just started a really great fashion blog full of cute inspiration posts, daily outfit photos and snippets of her every day life. You should definitely check it out and let her know that I sent you!

The Adorable Blog Award comes with a few rules, and here they are:

* Thank the person who gave you this award, and link back to them in your post.
* Tell us 10 things about yourself.
* Nominate your bloggers.
* Contact these bloggers, and let them know they received this award.

So, again, thank you Terri. I love your posts and have cherished your friendship through the last few years. I hope one day we can meet up for some drinks and gab about cute boys, fashion & blogging.

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Shiny, Pretty, New Thing

I am so happy to announce that Melificent is sporting a new look!

I have my husband and our close friend, Fullman, to thank for the beautiful new site – I am so happy with the way it turned out and am even more excited to share it with all of you. I think this will mark the beginning of a new era for the little blog that could, dontcha’ think?

Feel free to look around and get yourself acquainted with the new features, and if you have a blog you’d like me to add to my links that is not there already, let me know!

ps; I thought this was a worthy enough announcement to skip this week’s hump day, but fear not, it will be back as usual next week!

Blogging Break

No worries, it will be a short one. I just need a quick break from the blog this week to refocus my attention on work. I also woke up sick this morning, so I plan on taking it easy in hopes that I will feel better in no time. I definitely can’t afford to feel under the weather when working with children!

Hope you all have a great week, and -like all the cool kids say- I’ll catch you on the flipside!