Style Tips -- 27th April 2009

[ 27 April 2009 ]

Style Tips

<3 Separate your planner or journal into sections. Mine, for example, has each day split into 3 parts: iCiNG, social & personal. For some reason, putting each actionable item under a heading makes everything much more manageable. I learned this trick from my friend Livia, who is very clever! Her day is split into 5 sections: money, career, artistry, relationships & being a woman in the world. Come up with headings which make sense for you, or are applicable to things you want to achieve!

<3 Cut the tags out of your underwear. There is nothing worse than an errant tag to mess up an otherwise perfect outfit!

<3 Use Big Huge Labs’ Mosaic Maker & Flickr to make a vision board. Set it as your desktop background & start making things happen!

<3 Learn how to read tarot cards.

<3 Plan a Friday the 13th party. (Next one is in November!)

<3 Stop being shy about your talents — tell the world!

Style Tips

<3 Invite your favourite person over for a slumber party.

<3 Decide that you’re done with making excuses. If you want to get fit, for example, you don’t need to join a gym — start doing push-ups in your living room or go for a run around the block!

<3 Buy a really bright umbrella for brightening up dreary rainy days.

<3 Smile when you write emails. I swear it will come through in your writing!

<3 Buy a glass top for your table or desk, so that you can put pictures down & press them under the glass. Instant inspiration, instantly changeable, instant happy!

<3 Stock up on vintage caftans in which to lounge around the house. (Ebay & Etsy are good for that kind of thing!)

<3 Go to a trimmings shop & buy things to glue to headbands or pin into your hair.


Love letters & feather headdresses,

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  1. I’ve divided my journal into 3 into activities related to health & fitness, social life & love and work and education.

    I’m a lot more organised now! x

    <3 The Love Diaries · Apr 27, 07:54 AM · #

  2. Fab! My dining table has a glass top with plenty of room underneath for photos.

    <3 Ez · Apr 27, 08:00 AM · #

  3. I colour-code the tasks I write in my diary to categorise them, it works for me plus it makes the page look prettier!

    I actually need to buy a new umbrella this evening, so I may well look for a nice bright one!

    <3 Vixel · Apr 27, 08:01 AM · #

  4. My birthday was on Friday the 13th this year (February) and we had a blast! Highly reccomended.

    <3 Alicia - Sea of Ghosts · Apr 27, 08:03 AM · #

  5. This is brilliant and perfect between my EFT and these amazing style tips I am having a GalaTastic day!You make my day on twitter!

    <3 Eloise · Apr 27, 08:03 AM · #

  6. Love the idea to divide journal into three sections. It inspired me to actually pick up my abandoned journal.

    <3 Lorelle · Apr 27, 08:23 AM · #

  7. In terms personal journals I have two – an emotional journal and a creative journal. It’s just the way I like it :)

    <3 Halia · Apr 27, 08:34 AM · #

  8. I too do the seperate lists for my daily to do list! sometimes i think i should be a virgo.

    <3 mel · Apr 27, 08:38 AM · #

  9. I always love your style tips, and I especially like the first one. I’m giving that a try, starting today!

    <3 dee · Apr 27, 08:41 AM · #

  10. One of my favorite parts of your websites are the style tips! Beautiful, numinous new things to add to my to-do lists.

    You would love this Dali tarot card deck I got in Bruges. They probably still have some left in the museum in Paris if you get a chance to go again some time!

    <3 Claire · Apr 27, 08:51 AM · #

  11. You make me want to buy that children umbrella I sell at the toyshop where I work! It has all the colors of the rainbow, and a beautiful ladybug-shaped wooden handle!

    <3 Poire Gourmande · Apr 27, 09:09 AM · #

  12. All great ideas as per usual Gala. Things like this give me a little bit of glee every day. :)

    However, some advice for all you ladies out there – always unpick tags if you can! Trust me putting down a few dollars for an unpicker has saved me from many itchy and uncomfortable tags and the possible outcome of having that annoying little nub of tag still left behind when you cut it…If you don’t have an unpicker try just getting little tiny nail scissors to snip at the stitches instead. Just be careful not to be too rough else sometimes you can make little baby holes where the stitches once were. (You can see I’ve spent way too much time getting rid of errant tags over the years hehe!)

    <3 Lauren · Apr 27, 09:15 AM · #

  13. Clare — Hermes do tarot cards, I want some of those. Haha. & I bought my first deck of tarot cards when I was about 13, it was a unicorn deck! I don’t have them any more though…

    Poire Gourmande — I used to have a great selection of children’s umbrellas. My favourite had bunny ears sprouting from the top. Sooo cute.

    Lauren — Good tip! Very clever!

    <3 Gala · Apr 27, 09:32 AM · #

  14. Awww Gala, you could totally make a book just of your style tips! I think they are my favorite of all your regular themes! High five sister!

    <3 Choirinmychest · Apr 27, 09:44 AM · #

  15. I’m wearing my bright red headband tomorrow!

    <3 Christine · Apr 27, 10:08 AM · #

  16. “Cut the tags out of your underwear. There is nothing worse than an errant tag to mess up an otherwise perfect outfit!” i’m morally at a brink here. On one hand, we have an awesome piece of original advice. Then again, i don’t know gala…the holocaust was pretty bad. i’m just being constructive! which is worse? hmmm?

    i kid. not sure if holocaust jokes belong to sparkly iCiNG. haha. :S LOVE, lots of love xoxoxo

    <3 splendiforaptor · Apr 27, 10:39 AM · #

  17. i am a nerd for all things related to gtd, so, hear anyone’s ideas on how to become better organized is pretty fantastic. i make my own agendas out of plain moleskines, so, i can easily decide how i want to seperate my day off – when you a find a working strategy, it really, really helps!

    i have an inspiration mosaic on my wall, hrn, i should get one for my desktop!

    <3 melissa dominic · Apr 27, 10:50 AM · #

  18. I love the idea about dividing up your planner. This is SUCH a great idea and I’m definitely going to start using it immediately. Thanks!

    I also think the idea about smiling when you write emails (or posts) is great too. I’ve heard of this suggestion for talking on the phone or doing phone interviews, but I also think it works for writing too. Thanks for this great tip.

    positivelypresent.typepad.com

    PS – Love the image at the top. It’s beautiful and so attention-grabbing!

    <3 Positively Present · Apr 27, 10:53 AM · #

  19. My deck is the World Spirit Tarot from Llewellyn … used to work for those crazy cats, and even have a woodblock print of one of my favorite cards from the artist. LOVE that deck, and should really get back into reading.

    <3 Sal · Apr 27, 11:10 AM · #

  20. i love style tips – my favourite icing feature! love the idea about dividing up the journal and i think i will stop making excuses tonight and do some yoga. thankyou gala!

    <3 Kate · Apr 27, 11:58 AM · #

  21. I just (finally!) bought this umbrella and now I’m happy I get the chance to use it whenever it rains! It’s pretty wonderful because normally I hate cloudy days.
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    <3 Marissa · Apr 27, 12:27 PM · #

  22. love your style tips as ever. i’ve been thinking aboout headbands/head decoration alot recently and i love your idea. the collage-y website is also so cute. i’m making one now! xx

    <3 Maya · Apr 27, 12:53 PM · #

  23. i like the picture of simone you used! shes such a talented girl.
    these were really great tips, especially the smile while emailing one. im going to have to put that one into motion right now!

    <3 JazN · Apr 27, 01:19 PM · #

  24. “Stop being shy about your talents — tell the world!”

    I’m about to do this…I’m going to announce my etsy shop on facebook to all my friends very, very soon, despite my nervousness.

    Feel free to check out my new etsy shop, Wondercat Accessories: www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=...

    <3 Ash · Apr 27, 02:44 PM · #

  25. The Mystic Dreamer Tarot is my love right now – I look forward to reading professionally (while wearing pinned trimmings in my hair!)

    <3 Austin Chic · Apr 27, 05:00 PM · #

  26. loved the mosaic maker idea! i made one and printed it out with things i aspire to be and the things i love. =)

    <3 Nina · Apr 27, 07:10 PM · #

  27. Oh my- I had never heard f a caftan before i read this, and I SO want one now!
    Great tips, as always. Style tips are my favorite of your articles. =]]

    <3 Caitlyn · Apr 27, 07:14 PM · #

  28. This is a great batch of tips!

    Were you using a self-timer to take these photos, is that why the hipsters were so amused?

    <3 Molly B · Apr 27, 09:51 PM · #

  29. who is the beautiful girl in the picture?

    <3 trixie · Apr 27, 10:17 PM · #

  30. Love the journal separation idea, are you able to show us a pic of a sample page of a journal/planner set up like this?
    I get way too excited about organisation-related style tips :)
    Thanks!
    T xxx

    <3 Tara · Apr 28, 04:34 AM · #

  31. Fantastic tips Gala!
    I’ve done two without even trying – had someone special over for a sleepover, and I made myself some cute head bands.

    xxx

    <3 Lou · Apr 28, 05:54 AM · #

  32. You Should add on to write a Snail mail to a good friend far away. It relaxes me and makes for a great keepsake when you get a letter back all handwritten and decorated!

    <3 Esther · Apr 28, 07:54 AM · #

  33. Great tips, Gala! I used to read tarot once and now I get no time at all to do, maybe I should make some.

    <3 Freya · Apr 28, 09:53 AM · #

  34. I love these tips. Thanks for sharing them! I already do the headings in my to-do lists, and it really does help me.

    <3 Korin · Apr 28, 04:06 PM · #

  35. Yay style tips!!

    I did the first one last year and thought of the umbrella one the other day, funnily enough! The last one is my favourite though :)

    <3 cassie · Apr 29, 04:31 AM · #

  36. I like to colour-code my diary – right now I have blue for academic, purple for meetings/appointments/calls to make, green for social, and orange for misc. Really brightens up a dull to-do list!

    <3 Nicola · Apr 30, 05:17 PM · #

  37. you have such an amazing calling to share all of your wonderfulness. thank you for heeding to that call!

    i have a mosaic maker desktop right now thanks to you!

    kisses

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