Weekend Highlights: SheCon

I was really looking forward to SheCon. Since revamping the blog, I needed some pointers on how to grow my readership and possibly monetize it. So I thought this would be the perfect place to gain some knowledge and network with people in the industry. Unfortunately, I was sorely disappointed on many fronts.

Before I continue, I want to say that I only attended Friday from 9am until noon-ish. That is when I decided I had enough. Maybe it got better afterwards, but from friends’ accounts I don’t really think it did. With that said, I thought the event was very poorly thought out. Attendance was extremely low (I’d say there were about 60 people at the Guy Kawasaki panel), and the quality of material presented was crap. Aside from Kawasaki (who actually recommended the Bieber movie as a must watch), the speakers seemed really off target and not very knowledgeable or well-rounded. I can honestly say I learned nothing from their presentations, sadly. I don’t want to go into too much detail because I don’t want this to be a slam fest, but suffice it to say that it was a huge let down. Huge.

Thankfully I was able to make the best out of the situation and spend some quality time with friends that I don’t get to see too frequently. So it wasn’t a complete waste of a day. However, I really hope that SheCon is able to take all the feedback and improve upon it for next year because the concept was really great and had the potential to be something pretty special. Here’s hopin’.

Have a great week, everyone, and congratulations on surviving the elusive rapture! ;)

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!

To Crop Top or Not?

I remember back in my undergrad days, showing off your belly was totally in vogue.
In fact, I think my mid-section got more airtime than my own face during that time.

And now it seems that the trend has come back in crop tops once more. I’ve seen a lot of young girls sporting the look, and it isn’t always flattering, but I have to admit that I’ve been tempted to purchase one of these lately. I haven’t because I think I may be too old to rock them – my tummy definitely doesn’t look like it used to back in the day, but I’ve encountered some pretty cute styles out there. Then I saw this adorable ensemble on Lookbook, and I kind of fell in love:

So what do you guys think?
Should these tops be left to teens & college students in their early 20’s or
can an almost-30-year-old own this look?

Share in the comments!

SummerTime

This is what May in Miami looks like.
I am so excited that my pool is finally open for business because I’m hoping this is what the rest of my weekends will look like this summer. I got to don a bikini, show off my tattoos, catch up on my reading & doze off in the warm sun. And that’s exactly why I won’t have any fashion posts this week – unless bikinis count ;)

Lovable Friday!

1. Brightly colored pumps

I guess we can all thank Gwyneth Paltrow and her hot colorful heels at the Grammy’s for this new trend. And I’m not really complaining. These babies are a great substitute and at $32, you can’t deny them! Too bad I’d probably fall on my face with those serious stilettos. I’m going to have to start practicing ;)

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Happy Hump Day: John Corbett

Carrie was a nutjob not to end up with Aidan. Sure, her and Big make more sense, but Aidan was just so perfect. Who would reject him? Crazy lady. Anywho, thankfully he’s decided to come back to TV on United States of Tara as the husband of a woman struggling with dissociative identity disorder. And for nearly 50, he is flippin’ hot, is he not? And the man is a staggering 6’5. With all these good looks, I have no idea why I couldn’t find more pictures of him online! It was a struggle to just find these that I included under the jump. Do I need to introduce the world to this man’s hotness? It’s all your fault, Bradshaw.

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Squeeworthy: Ardent Sparrow

If you are a fan of Etsy to the extent that I am, you are really going to hate me for introducing you to Heartsy. And I’m really sorry for what I’m about to do, but you know what they say: misery loves company. And my wallet is definitely miserable, but my heart is happy with all these amazing deals! Heartsy is a Groupon-type site that posts deals for certain Etsy stores.

I fell for the Ardent Sparrow deal a couple of weeks ago, and am so happy I had that weak moment. They specialize in beautifully made romantic jewelry such as earrings, necklaces, rings and bobby pins. It was so hard to choose only a couple of items – in fact, I’m pretty sure I scrolled through their entire inventory 3 times before making a decision. But I did, and it was a pair of these gorgeous leaf earrings and a white gold plated love necklace.

And the best part is, I still have a wee bit of credit so that means one more glorious piece of jewelry in my future! I hope this discovery does not ruin any of your bank accounts, and I am readily anticipating lovingly insulting comments down below ;)