MERRY CHRISTMAS PALLIES

from me in my room late at night to you! click to enlarge and examine my pores (just kidding they're invisible i'm perfect)

he ate my heart he a-a-ate my heart

MY CHRISTMAS LIST OF 09: THE BUY ME STUFF EDITION

OYOYOYOYYOOYOYOY! OY it's Christmas in two days! Stu has left for his homeland (6 hours away by gross Greyhound) so I already gave him his gifts and he loved them! Less stress! The only thing left to do is bake gingerbread cookies (from Betty Crocker mix HOLLERRRRRRR) and watch The Holiday (so good). I miss my Winnipeg friends like crazy and it doesn't help to see pictures of all the holiday parties they are attending ever so fabulously. TO HELP, I made a Christmas list! I know it's pretty late but my family literally shops on the last two days before Christmas so...I'd say it's pretty on-time.

ON MY LIST (from top left): Leopard scarf, Sephora gift card (mama needs some new makeup!), refill for my beloved Daisy perfume, long knit gloves to wear with my cropped-sleeve jackets (IT'S SO WARM IN VANCOUVER YOU GUYS SERIOUSLY), Chanel Jade nailpolish (trendy love), Official Book Club Selection by Kathy Griffin (aklhkwjhfkyehkjweghk!!!!!! must have), and finally a WII (fun for the whole family! TENNIS)

What is everyone (nobody reads this do they) asking for for Christmas? Recessionista's unite! OMG JUST KIDDING haaaaaaaaa

Illuminati Puppet

Thanks to my picture choosing genius and the extreme prodigy photoshop/patience/collaging genius of Andrew Pull Teeth Chipman, I give you:

THE LADY GODGA COLLAGE OF LIFE

click to enlarge and possibly make this your desktop? probs

P.S. WE'RE SEEING HER IN 19 HOURS

the apple process

Bite

Chew

Show

Smile!

life in plastic

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO obsessed with my Barbie manicure







Sally Hansen is the best nailpolish in the world. OPI and Chanel can suck it.

mixed bag of magic

WELP my wireless router is broken so I haven't been able to blog regularly from the comfort of my laptop but I thought ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, I GOTTA BE ME so I decided to try blogging from the family PC.
1st Problem Encountered: Keyboard keeps changing to French Canadian setting and my apostrophes become èèèèèèèèèèèèè those

CARRYING ON:

- Bad Romance is the best video ever. Not going to do a recap or anything but bff Andrew (aka PULLTEETH) has some awesome screencaps on his blog. My favourite one:


bearskin rug turned coat-with-train
P.S. Still think the song itself is pretty lackluster but the video makes me like it more. Can we bring back Much Music video dances? You know, tweens all in a community center gym dancing while music videos play on a huge projector? Ya?

- I have a GoogleWave invite on its way to my inbox!!!! (FINALLY)

- I got the best new ring, now my profanity is a gift to you!



- Stu is in Hawaii for 9 days because his sister is getting Mauiied (ew sorrrrrrrrrry). I'm not going because I've never met her and I'm also broke. BUT HEY LOOK HOW CUTE WE ARE WITH OUR MATCHING JOE FRESH SUNNIES



- This clown is coming to visit me in Vancouver in 23 SLEEPS BITCHES oh AND we have VIP SECOND ROW SEATS TO GAGA'S MONSTER BALL. WUT.



- I'm making it my MISSION to become this girl.
Need: Hair, shades, fur coat, chanel tshirt, metal sequin encrusted underneath-thing. OK I THINK I CAN DO THE HAIR, I'M ON MY WAY



- Also, I still need a job.

my shoes let me show you them VERSION 2.0

Remember these shoes? Well if you do the math, it has been over a year since I've had them and I've worn them a LOT. I've worn them so much that they were scuffed up and starting to look ratty and I was starting to not want to wear them anymore. Also they're slightly too big so I have to wear them with thick grandpa socks (which is ok on cold days!). So I decided to take matters into my own hands and PAINT THEMMMMMM!

I started off with the plan to mix up a grey that matched and just retouch them a little bit but when I ran out of black acrylic paint I had to think on my feet (PUNNNNN). The grey was definitely not dark enough yet so I decided to just run with it! I painted the front part and then the back heel part using the stitching as my guide. Then I got into detailing and did the trim! It was hella fun. TAKE A LOOK:

Before (sort of before...before they got all scuffed up):


During:


After:



So cute right? I plan on painting them different colours when this colour scuffs and to just keep painting them until they fall apart because I love these shoes!

cutes boots and other stuff that rhymes

LOOK AT HOW CUTE JOANNA NEWSOM IS. I couldn't care any less about Andy Samberg tbh (I actually heard that he's ugly in person. Where did I hear this? I think twitter? Anyone?) but The Newsom is just constantly adorable. I really really need a big warm coat like her's for this winter. Bonus points if it's green, sooooo pretty. WILL BEGIN PERUSING THRIFT SHOPS.

EDIT: How could I forget to mention her boots? Hollerrrr if you still dig fringe, cause I do.

hair hair everywhere

Why is Stockholm Streetstyle such a relative TREASURE CHEST of beautiful hair? I swear if I didn't only have like 100 dollars in my bank account I'd go out and get my ends dyed blonde you guys. IF ONLY...

I MEANNNNN -Taylor

As much as I tried not to resort to ugly yellow-border watermarked Just Jared photos, I had to because they were the biggest and best available to showcase the wonderment that was BLAIR MEESTER AT THE LOUIS VUITTON SPRING 2010 SHOW IN PARIS, FRANCE, EUROPE, WORLD, UNIVERSE.

One time a really drunk girl in a dive bathroom told me I look like Leighton Meester and all at once I was like OMG THANK YOU and OMG I DON'T THOUGH. I really really really don't at ALL and I'm not saying that cause I have low self-esteem but because I look completely different. But it was a nice thought!

Anyway tangent aside, can we just talk about her shoes and sox combo? SO pretty. Want to wear now. And I'm so jealous that she doesn't look weird and lumpy when she belts a vest over her dress. My much larger chest area completely abolishes that prospect for me, unfortunately.

The Meest has a history of floral, albeit much crazier, pieces. Check Her Braveness out at the Met Costume Gala:



Kinda scary, no?

Just pretend I was never gone

Sooooooooooo ummmmmmmmmmm lets pretend my blog didn't go away for like half a year can we? Good.
I'm a littttttle ashamed that this picture of Lindsay Lohan made me restart my blog but the WHOLE truth is I've been planning a bit of a comeback for a while now cause I miss this thing so bad.
Can we just focus on Lilo tho:



Okay so obviously not everything about this is good (like how her shirt unfortunately says "Avant Garde") but the overall this is LINDSAY and fabulous and looks totally comfy. The love of comfy is something I share with Lohan.

I've decided this fall (I can't even begin to call it Winter yet, it's been so nice in Vancouver and will prob continue to be well into November (knock on wood)) I'm going to live in leggings. I literally had a dream about wearing these high-waist leggings:


here: http://store.americanapparel.ca/rnt349.html?cid=905

Do you guys ever have fashion dreams? I have them sooooo much. So next time you see me I just might be wearing these (and maybe a crop top...)

WELCOME BACK ME

don't let it get you down

"BREAKING NEWS: LA LANPHEAR HAS TRADED IN HER HEELS FOR DANCING SHOES!!!
AFTER SEVERAL RUNINS WITH THE PLATINUM BLONDE, SHE’S MADE IT CLEAR THAT SHE JUST WANTS TO DANCE. LOL. I KIND OF SUSPECTED IT WHEN SHE EXCITEDLY DANCED HER WAY OVER TO ME AT ALEXANDER WANG AND THEN DANCED THE FOLLOWING NIGHT AWAY AT CLUB SANDWICH. SHE TOLD ME OVER DINNER LAST NIGHT THAT WHAT WAS CONSIDERED TO JUST BE WEEKEND SHOES HAS NOW BEEN REPLACED AS HER EVERYDAY SHOES. THEY’RE NOT BY ANY DESIGNER IF YOU’RE WONDERING, JUST SOME LOCAL FIND AT A SHOE SHOP. SHE HAD THE METAL HEEL REPLACED WITH A WOODEN ONE AND NOW SHE FAITHFULLY WEARS THEM EVERYDAY. SHE SAID SHE WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE LONG TERM EFFECTS OF WEARING SUPER HIGH HEELS AND WOULD RATHER BE COMFORTABLE DURING THE LONG HOURS OF FASHION WEEK, THAT’S UNTIL PARIS FASHION WEEK ARRIVES AND IT’S A WHOLE DIFFERENT BALL GAME. YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST: JUST DANCE, DON’T WOBBLE."

From Jak and Jil


Of course, Jak and Jil is talking about the super stylish and badass Kate Lanphear, Senior Fashion and Style editor for Elle US.

I just love how she found non-designer shoes that she loved and had them re-heeled to make them wearable for every day. It's fun to DIY sometimes but if you don't have the skill-level for something like a drastic alteration, tailoring or shoe modification, don't let it hold you down; you can always get it done somewhere close by, usually for cheaper than you'd think. When my favourite pair of Payless lace-up oxfords lost one of the pieces on its heel, I took them into a shoe-repair shop and had them fixed (the noisy plastic heel-caps replaced with new, better, rubber heel-caps) within a day and for only 6 dollars! I was amazed at how cheap it was and so far my heels have held up swimmingly. It's also nice to frequent local family-owned businesses like seamstresses, tailors and shoe-repair shops because in this economy, they HAVE to do quality work and bring in clients to stay afloat so you know you're getting the best service that can be offered.

Now to find some gold disco shoes at Value Village...

Breaking the silence

What better way to end blog-strike 2009 (not on purpose lol) than a delicious photo of Justin Timberlake with beard and glasses?

this is criminal

http://www.babybangshairband.com/

Before:

After:

Babies better watch their backs, people are trying to make them look terrifying and unnatural

girl power

Even though I was approximately 2 years old in 1991 when this episode of House of Style first aired, I'm still allowed to be nostalgic for the 90's right? No? Well I'm still allowed to love how female-positive they were.
...And to want every outfit Deee-Lite's Lady Miss Kier ever wore.



p.s. Is everyone aware that House Of Style is coming back? It's going to be hosted by Chanel Iman. I'm not sure how I feel. I feel kinda funny.

rly prty song

no words necessary

Hello Dear

rock my world

oh. my. god.

Ladies and gentlemen, I have arrived:

I wish it were really him and not some bot :(

Follow me on Twitter! (haha)

iawtc

this made me lolololololol


from Lolita

there's something in the air

I'm deeply sorry for my inexplicable absence. Honestly I don't know what came over me. But readers, donut fret because I have found a pair of shoes so spectacular that they jolted me out of my no-update-blog phase so here I am.
Strongly contemplating using my Paypal account for the very first time (yeah, I've never really shopped online...except for that Dashboard Confessional hoodie I made my parents buy me in 9th grade. Oopsy)
These heavenly beauties are from Mod Cloth. Somebody take my mind off these shoes I'm about to explodeholyshit

how did you survive your insufferable friends

Jenny Lewis will forever be the cutest thing since babies.

him

You know that Phil Collins song You'll Be In My Heart off the Tarzan Disney movie soundtrack?
Well it totally applies to this legendary man doing makeup at Marc Jacobs this week:

Why does he have the shortest bangs EVER and the roundest best glasses on? Because we're in love.

Just look at the 80's glamour this great artist achieved:




For one so small,
you seem so strong
My arms will hold you,
keep you safe and warm
This bond between us
Can't be broken
I will be here
Don't you cry

'Cause you'll be in my heart
Yes, you'll be in my heart
From this day on
Now and forever more

on drugs at the dentist

So listen; I've had a special place in my heart for Thakoon ever since his Resort 2009 collection with the sheer little knee highs and sparkly skirt skort.
This place in my heart grew 10-fold upon seeing this look from the Fall 2009 collection:

YELLOW FUR

is this real life?

markus jaycubs

I can't help but feel like Marc Jacobs Fall 2009 RTW collection was somehow inspired by Lady Gaga.

I also can't help but die of amazement because I love it so fucking much.


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You are hereby invited to my funeral February 20 at the first day of London Fashion Week. There will be canapés and pink cocktails. Lady Gaga may or may not be reading my eulogy.

[EDIT] BONUS LATEST SNAP OF LADY GAGA o u know just running some errands, havin trouble fitting her shoulders through doors no biggie really

golden girl

Seeing photos like this makes me wish I weren't too lazy/poor to accessorize. Send me some cheap jewelery to wear on my wrists and fingers? I'll take anything you got.

photo from Jak & Jil

could it be?

Liv-liv Palermo on the Sartorialist?
Gag me with a spoon

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house of mirrors

I smell a lawsuit

An open letter to Nylon Magazine:

Dear Nylon Magazine,
Are you avid readers of my blog Guns at Home? Do you remember that post when me and Andrew took pictures in the field of canola and I wore the Mickey Mouse hat? Did you tune in when I was visiting Winnipeg and took a photo of my innovative shoulder piece made of antlers? You must have this blog in your bookmarks because that is the ONLY EXPLANATION FOR WHAT I FOUND IN THIS MONTHS ISSUE OF NYLON FEATURING THE OSBORNE SIBLINGS.
ALSO, WHAT'S THIS I SEE? KELLY OSBORNE HAS BLACK HAIR AND RED LIPS? I, OWNER OF GUNSATHOME.BLOGSPOT.COM ALSO HAVE BLACK HAIR AND (FREQUENTLY) RED LIPS. I'm going to try to breathe for a minute but please expect a Cease and Desist order in the mail in 5 to 10 business days.

Thank you for your time,

Stefanie, owner and sole blogger of http://www.gunsathome.blogspot.com copyright reserved trademarked patent pending