I want to be your Design BFF

Friends!  I'm so excited to finally be launching Design BFF sessions!  I've spent years fielding design questions from friends, family, and online followers, that I finally decided to make it an official service that I offer.

Designing your own home can be paralyzing!  There are so many colors, fabrics, tiles, furniture, and even if you have a healthy Pinterest board of inspiration, finalizing your finishes and figuring out how to put it all together can feel overwhelming.  You need a design bff!  

I love being able to come in and cut through the noise to help you create a space that is joyful and beautiful. Whether you need help deciding on paint colors/tile/etc, are down to DIY your renovation but aren't sure where to start, or need help shopping for lighting, hardware, or furniture, I'm excited to guide you and help you nail down your vision.

Want to know how it works? Head over here to get the scoop.  It's an easy process that will give you direction and clarity and get you moving in the direction of your dream space!  I love creating budget friendly design, so if you don't have a load of cash to drop on your new design, don't freak out.  I'm happy to work with your budget, big or small, to help you make some magic.

One thing I want you to keep in mind is that you don't have to do you transformation all at once.  I'll give you a plan and direction, but you don't have to bust out a whole room in a weekend if you don't have it in your time and money budget!  All of my own personal design projects have taken many months to finish because I spend money as I can, and do projects as I find time (which isn't often as a new mom!).  We all see those crazy HGTV shows where people get a brand new kitchen renovated in a week, but that's just not realistic for most of us!  Give yourself realistic expectations and be okay with doing things a little at a time, that's how most of us do it!

If your interest is piqued and you feel like this might just be the thing you need to help you finally transform your room(s) into a space that brings you joy, head over here to get all the details on how it works!  

style yourself giveaway ends soon!

Hey folks!  Just wanted to pop in and post a little reminder that the Style Yourself giveaway ends on the 28th, so if you want to enter the giveaway make sure to sign up for Style Yourself before then!  I'm giving away 9 different prizes to 9 lucky winners, including:

• $100 gift card to Lulu's
• $75 gift card to Emerging Thoughts
• $25 gift card to ModCloth
• Your choice of shoe from Blowfish Shoes
• Any shoe from Minnetonka
• $50 gift card to Ruche
• $20 gift card to Radiant Cosmetics
• $50 gift card to Spotted Moth
• $50 gift card to Lace Affair

You also get access to a discount code for 20% off any of my other e-courses when you sign up!  If you don't have the time to focus on the e-course just yet, don't worry, you'll have access to it for up to a year and I'm working on making all my e-courses into downloadable PDF's so eventually you'll be able to download it and access it forever!  So while you'll have access to the e-course itself forever, you'll only be able to enter the giveaway in the next couple days.  Want to learn more about the e-course? Click here to find out more about what the e-course entails.  If you have any questions, go ahead and email me!

E-course giveaway will be open until 2/28 at 11:59 pm and can be accessed to enter on the front page of the e-course. all sales on e-courses are final and non-refundable. This giveaway is a work at your own pace giveaway and can be started at any time and worked through as fast or slow as you like. The e-course will be accessible for at least 1 year after you've signed up. You will be emailed your username and password to access the e-course within 24 hours of purchase.

style yourself e-course!

Happy Valentine's day!  Today of all days, the day of love, I'm launching my newest e-course!  As a personal style blogger, I get lots of questions about personal style, how to wear certain items, how to banish the self conscious bug that keeps you from dressing with confidence, and how to dress for your body shape, among many other questions.  I love answering questions like that and I figured making an e-course all about personal style would be the perfect way to put everything in one place! Style Yourself is an e-course all about discovering your personal style, learning how to express your amazing creative and beautiful personality through your clothing, and gaining the confidence to rock the styles you feel like you were born to wear.
Discovering your own personal style is fun and exciting, though we all know how frustrating it can be when you're in the dressing room or standing in front of your closet and nothing seems "you."  It's not always easy, and can take a lot of trial and error trying to figure out what style makes you feel the most and best you.  Hopefully this e-course will help with that process!

In addition to the e-course, if you sign up in the first two weeks, you'll have the opportunity to enter a giveaway with over $400 total in prizes from Emerging Thoughts, Ruche, Lulu's, Blowfish, ModCloth, Minnetonka, Radiant Cosmetics, Spotted Moth, & Lace Affair.  Nine lucky e-course students will win prizes including gift cards and merchandise from those sponsors!  So not only will you jump start your personal style, you'll have the opportunity to win prizes that will let you go out and buy new clothes which match your personal style!  The giveaway is open to anyone who signs up in the first two weeks of launch, so if you sign up before February 28th, you'll be able to login to the e-course and enter to win!
I believe that style is something totally unique and individual, and much more than just what's trendy or walking down the runways that season. Style is about expressing something about yourself through the medium of clothing. Whether we like it or not, our clothing says something about us. We assess things and people around us based on appearance, even though most of us try not to "judge a book by it's cover." When I get dressed in the morning, I feel like it's an opportunity to say something, visually, about who I am to the world around me. And depending on the day, that could be something totally different from yesterday! The beauty of style is that you aren't limited to just one style, though fashion magazines sometimes give the opposite impression. I can wear a vintage 1950's dress one day, and a body-con dress the next!

There are no rules. Many of us were taught "fashion rules" as kids. Don't wear black and brown together, don't mix prints, no wearing white after labor day, etc. etc. This e-course is about throwing the rulebook out and starting from scratch– starting from YOU. Personal style is something that should emanate from within. Your passion and personality should dictate your personal style!

In this e-course I'll cover topics including wardrobe basics, finding your style inspiration, dressing for hot/cold weather, layering, mixing prints, and tons of other fun stuff! Let's go!

Session List:

 Personal Style: Catalyst for Confidence
 Thoughts On Style
 Wardrobe Basics
 Your Style Inspiration Board
 Vintage Style
 Bohemian Style
 Tomboy Style
 Classic Style
 Rocker Style
 Fashionista Style
 Jessi Arrington on Personal Style
 Embrace Your Inner Pin Up
 Your Body Shape
 Tips for Thrifting
 Expand Your Wardrobe by Swapping
 On Remixing
 How to Mix Prints
 My Closet Tour
 Spring + Summer Outfit Ideas
 Hot Weather Styling
 Fall + Winter Outfit Ideas
 Cold Weather Styling
 The Evolution of Style
 Thoughts on Style and Age from the Advanced Style Ladies
 Expressing yourself at work



Any questions? Don't hesitate to email me!

e-course giveaway will be open until 2/28 at 11:59 pm and can be accessed to enter on the front page of the e-course. all sales on e-courses are final and non-refundable.  This giveaway is a work at your own pace giveaway and can be started at any time and worked through as fast or slow as you like.  The e-course will be accessible for at least 1 year after you've signed up.  You will be emailed your username and password to access the e-course within 24 hours of purchase.

INDIE Autumn Sale! And more...

Fall is starting to appear, and what with school starting back up, the weather cooling down, and the excitement of the upcoming season brewing, I've been thinking about goals and giving my creativity a jump start.  And, since I'm trying to jump start my life, I thought I'd put INDIE on sale in case any of you want to jump start your blogging.  So!  INDIE will be on sale for the rest of September!  I've recently updated a ton of content on INDIE, including adding some new sessions, so take advantage of this deal and sign up for INDIE for $10 off the full price*!  If you're already an INDIE student, you don't need to sign up again, just go ahead and login to the e-course and you'll have access to the updated content!  Wondering what INDIE students have said about it?  Check out these testimonials!

Thanks so much for this inspiring e-course!! Enjoying it and learning so much- working on implementing several of your tips! Sometimes it's easy to feel so overwhelmed out here in blogland, but listening to each of your unique voices has been empowering. Thanks girls!
- Love Fox Vintage

So glad to have signed up for this! I learned so much more than what I would have figured out on my own. Tieka, Elizabeth - you girls rock and should be proud of what you do. Thank you!
- Kaye

I have been meaning to get started on my blog but my hectic tax season haven't allowed me to do so. I am really glad I attended this conference and got to know all the info I could possibly need to get started ..THANK YOU so much Teika and Elizabeth!
This was really worth it!
- Reetika

I agree with everyone. This was awesome! There was so much information to absorb. I'm hoping that I will have more time to look at all of it. Thanks again!
- Carrie

This course was perfect and i still find myself coming back to it for reference.
I'm buying a DSLR this week and can't wait to put all the great photography tips into action!
- Grace

I've really gotten into my own blog lately, though I have been reading personal style blogs for years. I attended the INDIE E-Conference and I learn so much about blogging. Thank you for all the hard work you and Tieka did, it was so wonderful!
- Brittany

INDIE features a ton of information for the fledgling to intermediate blogger with sessions on how to find your blogging voice, HTML tricks, how to work with sponsors, photography, DIY blog design tips, video blogging, blogging ethics, and so much more!  Want to sign up?  Click here!

And to go along with the INDIE sale, I'm also offering a discount on my featured ad through the end of this week!  Just use the code "INDIEDELIGHT" for $50 off a Featured Ad**.  The Featured Ad stays at the top of my right sidebar during the entire month, and is the only ad that also gets a featured sponsor blog post!  And if you want to offer a giveaway or discount code, you can also take advantage of those as well.  Only one Featured ad runs at a time, so the first person to use the code will get their ad up immediately, but uses after that will have their ad scheduled for the following months, make sense?  If you have any questions, don't hesitate to email me!

*INDIE discount valid through 9/30.  $10 off full price of $30.
**Featured ad discount code valid through 9/22.  $50 off full price of $150.

Lovely*Brave E-Course!

Hello everyone! I said last month that I'd be debuting my new e-course in March, and true to form I procrastinated till the last day in March to open registration for it! Well, part of it is procrastination, but mostly I've wanted this e-course to be really amazing, and as such, didn't want to rush creating the content. This will be my first e-course of this kind and I'm excited to finally release it!

I believe that there are three areas of our lives that can contribute to living a whole and fulfilled life. These three areas are Adventure, Beauty, and Love. The adventure of chasing after your dreams and pushing yourself out of your comfort zone to achieve great things, the beauty of loving yourself and living a healthy life, and the love which teaches us to care for ourselves and others in a meaningful and effective way.

Adventure consists of chasing after your goals, whether they're career goals, physical goals, emotional goals, etc. Chasing after your goals involves tapping into your passions and pushing yourself out of your comfort zone. I believe we'll never reach our full potential as human beings as long as we live ensnared by fear. We must confront our fears in order to grow, and as uncomfortable it may be at first, once we step into growth, we incorporate new skills and enjoyments into our lives which we wouldn't have had we stayed in our cozy, safe comfort zones.

Some examples of sessions we'll be moving through in the Adventure section of the e-course are:

Your Comfort Zone & Growth Zone

A Personal Mission Statement

30 Day Challenge

Lies we believe, Truths to combat them

Beauty is about embracing ourselves wholly, not just our exterior appearance. Beauty is about the person you choose to be, and this beauty expresses itself in many ways. Obviously appearance is one way that beauty can be expressed, but it can also be expressed in kindness, service, confidence, etc. I believe that beauty is an essential part of life. Beauty comforts (why do we bring flowers to those in the hospital or to those grieving?), beauty inspires (think about all those gorgeous inspiration pictures in your pinterest boards or on your walls), beauty invites others in, and beauty is everywhere in nature including in us! And I believe beauty is most found in our vulnerability, when we let down our guard and allow others to experience our true selves.

Some examples of sessions we'll be moving through in the Beauty section of the e-course are:

Character and Strength

Personal Style & Confidence

Unconventional Sexiness

On Body Hate

Love isn't just about men or finding a husband/wife/companion, certainly not! It is so much more, and we do a disservice to love by pigeonholing it as just romance. Love is the will to extend one's self to nurture your own or another human being's growth towards becoming their full, whole self. Sounds a lot different from what we see on TV and in movies, where love is purely selfish and focused on immediate pleasure, eh? We must actively revamp our views of what love entails in order to grow ourselves, and in order to be able to enter into relationship with other people in a healthy and nurturing way.

Some examples of sessions we'll be moving through in the Love section of the e-course are:

Your Love Language

Ways to Love Well

What Love is and is not

Your Communication Language

Ways to Love Yourself

In this E-Course we will spend one month on a journey towards expanding ourselves towards the women we want to be. It will be extremely introspective and meditative, push you to stretch outside of your comfort zone, as well as have activities and journal prompts relating to each of the 3 growth areas where you'll put the things we're moving through into practice in a practical way.

Lovely*Brave includes...

One month –30 whole days– of growth inducing lessons, videos, and activities.

3 Live Chat Sessions (1 for each section) where you can login and chat with me live to ask questions, share stories, and more!

Access to the Lovely*Brave forum, where you can share your experiences, make friends with other Lovely*Brave ladies, and learn from each other's stories!

Videos, articles and DIYs to accompany each section.

The format for this e-course is 2 session posts each day for one month, so it's not an e-course where you'll have all the sessions available to access once you complete registration, like the INDIE Blogger e-course. I wanted this e-course to move slower to give time to absorb the sessions and to allow for introspection, growth. Once each seminar is posted you'll have access to it for the duration of the e-course, so you'll be able to review past seminars but you won't be able to skip ahead! The course will start on April 15th, and until then there'll be a fun (and optional) DIY project for you to work on to prep for the course! Once you register, I'll email you the login info within 1-2 days so you can start working on the DIY project. Registration will be open until April 14th for this session and will then be closed until the next session starts. If you have any questions about the e-course, go ahead and email me at delightfully-tacky@hotmail.com, tweet me at @delighttacky, or leave me a message on facebook!