Style Tips: 9th November 2009

[ 9 November 2009 ]

Romance by Chris Craymer
From Romance by Chris Craymer.

<3 Monday 9th November
Decide to devote your week to romance of all forms. Love for other people, for your home, & most importantly, for yourself. Draw a big heart on a Post-It note & put it somewhere prominent so that no matter what happens, you remember to respond with love all week long.

<3 Tuesday 10th November
Splurge on a really beautiful book of photography to inspire you in your love-fest! Use the pictures as fuel to bring more beauty into your life. (My pick? Romance by Chris Craymer. It arrived this morning & I am totally smitten. Very fitting for a book of this nature!)

<3 Wednesday 11th November
Kiss a postcard & send it anonymously to someone you’ve almost forgotten — but not quite. (Spray your kiss-mark with hairspray so it doesn’t get smudged.) By the way, if you’re in New York City & so inclined, you could send one to the troops for New Year’s Eve, but even if you’re not, you can still participate!

Romance by Chris Craymer
From Romance by Chris Craymer.

<3 Thursday 12th November
Plan a love picnic! It can take place anywhere (in a park, in your bed), just be sure to invite someone that makes you feel a bit swoony. Make sandwiches, don’t forget the cupcakes, & put together a good playlist, too. P.S. Here are some tips on how to have a great picnic.

<3 Friday 13th November
Black Friday! Definitely the best opportunity to do something spooky if your hallowe’en was a non-event (comme moi)! How can you combine spookiness with love most effectively? Simple! Watch The Addams Family. Morticia + Gomez forever! Or maybe you could cast a love spell with Dame Darcy?! If you have paraskevidekatriaphobia, though, perhaps you should just stay under the covers with a good book.

<3 Saturday 14th November
Make or buy gifts for the people closest to you. They don’t have to be big or expensive; in fact, they don’t have to cost anything at all. You can make a necklace for your friend using charms & ribbon, or write a story for your boyfriend using a typewriter you found stashed in the attic. Alternatively, you can go out & buy everyone glittering baubles!

<3 Sunday 15th November
Write a list of 20 ways you can show people you love them (preferably in ways you haven’t shown them before). Then decide to do every single one before December 1st.

“It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themselves up like clams in a shell &, giving out nothing, receive nothing & therefore shrink until life is a mere living death.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

Love letters & feather headdresses,

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  1. Pretty much in love with that postcard to the troops idea. Maybe I’ll give my lips a workout and let my boyfriend be jealous of paper, haha.

    <3 Tiffany · Nov 9, 10:45 AM · #

  2. That lipstick-hairspray trip just blew my mind! I love all these ideas and have resolved to put them into practice asap.

    <3 Limespark ~ Please Feed the Bears. · Nov 9, 10:48 AM · #

  3. Don’t forget our injured soldiers! How hard it must be to spend your holidays recovering from war injuries instead of watching your children or your sweetheart open their gifts, missing out on that kiss under the mistletoe to be lying in a hospital bed. I think there is nothing more satisfying than making a stranger’s day.

    When you are making out your Christmas card list this year, please
    include the following:

    A Recovering American soldier
    c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center
    6900 Georgia Avenue,NW
    Washington D.C. 20307-5001

    <3 Alzy · Nov 9, 10:50 AM · #

  4. I love this batch! I’m for sure sending a postcard to the troops (thanks for listing that!) as well as using Alzy‘s tip.

    Thanks for making me smile this morning, Gala.

    <3 Addie Marie · Nov 9, 10:59 AM · #

  5. Awww, these are lovely Gala! I could do with some more love this week! I might just have an indoor picnic when my boyfriend comes to visit this weekend :)

    <3 Charlie · Nov 9, 11:01 AM · #

  6. Your Monday and Tuesday tips are so relevant!
    Showing the love to the family with a visit, love for the home with plans to spruce, clean and decorate this week and love for myself by dedicating a day to me, myself and I where I’ll make a big list of everything I ever want to achieve and how exactly I plan on doing it. Super excited!

    And a book of photography? Not quite a book (more kinda, Flickr…) but I’ve been scouring like made for inspiration for art in my flat and so far had great success.

    I’m thinking I may have to follow your tips throughout the entire week now!

    <3 Amy · Nov 9, 11:02 AM · #

  7. This is by far my favorite Style Tips to date. :)

    <3 Aimee · Nov 9, 11:06 AM · #

  8. sweet post. we do need more love and positive thoughts in this world.

    <3 Pam · Nov 9, 11:27 AM · #

  9. I really like the last idea. I’m gonna get on the case :)

    <3 Helena · Nov 9, 11:36 AM · #

  10. Ooh, a picnic! My husband’s birthday is on Wednesday and we both have Thursday off together…maybe a love-birthday-smooch picnic? Hmm…

    <3 'Becca'lise · Nov 9, 11:44 AM · #

  11. this is cute, and exactly what i needed to read tonight (feeling very lonely, and very single, this cold dreary december) time to treat myself to a candlelit dinner – the food might not be anything fancy but i can still make the surroundings pretty as…!

    <3 rachel · Nov 9, 11:59 AM · #

  12. I love this! i will definately fill my week will an extra serving of love! =)
    Gala have you ever checked out chictopia.com? i came across this site last night and i am in love my favorite chic person is the worldugly blogger she taught me how to wear mustard yellow haha www.chictopia.com/photo/show/1…

    <3 AndyMandy · Nov 9, 12:16 PM · #

  13. Yes! So nice. I just made my little post-it note heart, cut it out, “laminated” it with packing tape and stuck it on my monitor … in fact, I think I’ll tweet you a pic of it. hehe Thanks for the inspiration. Here’s to love!

    <3 Mary · Nov 9, 12:49 PM · #

  14. I love this post! This is exactly what I’ve been striving towards lately, thanks so much for the fun ideas!

    <3 Jessica · Nov 9, 01:05 PM · #

  15. Hooray! I love these! My life has been one hell of a love-and-stress-fest for the past week and a half. I’m making a book from scratch for me and my boyfriend’s 1-year anniversary (based on I Carry Your Heart by E.E. Cummings), which is this Thursday—unfortunately, we go to schools in 2 different states, so we won’t be together on that day. :( That makes me super especially sad because your tip for the 12th would have been perfect! Thank you, though—as always your style tips are perfect perfect perfect and will keep me going throughout the week.

    <3 Lady Laalanne · Nov 9, 01:14 PM · #

  16. thanks for sharing that nyc postcard event! i’m definitely gonna do that.

    horay for love!

    <3 danielle · Nov 9, 01:35 PM · #

  17. Gala! When I read the Postcard paragraph, my heart melted. I’m going to buy a postcard tomorrow and do just that. Hopefully he will smile when he reads it. We haven’t spoken for a while ..
    Thanks Gala,

    x Lucy

    <3 Lucy · Nov 9, 01:59 PM · #

  18. these are great! perfect for my mood right now – i’m loving everyone and everything lately.

    <3 Sarah · Nov 9, 02:03 PM · #

  19. How psychic Gala! I was just watching Adams Family last night on a whim and was re-enchanted by the great Morticia/Gomez love affair.

    <3 M · Nov 9, 02:42 PM · #

  20. yay!! Style tips! Love love love this batch of tips! I think a week dedicated to love is just lovely. I’m definitely going to make presents for all my favorite people and write a list of ways to show people how much I love them. You’re just super spiffy, Gala!!

    <3 Jacqueline · Nov 9, 02:42 PM · #

  21. I just love how inspiring you are.

    <3 V. · Nov 9, 03:38 PM · #

  22. I was just going to comment on how much I love this article, your first love & sequins I received this morning and how inspiring you are to me, but then something happened, and my comment disappeared before I could post it.

    Well, there you have it; you are an inspiration to me! Thank you!

    <3 Mausumi · Nov 9, 03:56 PM · #

  23. i love style tips, and this week’s might give me the guts to take a risk! i hope it pays off…

    <3 Kate · Nov 9, 04:19 PM · #

  24. I like this! I just learn the Spanish for hugs and kisses today as well, so I will practice them all week on people. :D

    <3 Amelia · Nov 9, 04:35 PM · #

  25. Awww. I love these tips so much! Thanks Gala :)

    <3 x Corrine/Frock & Roll x · Nov 9, 04:36 PM · #

  26. I love this idea I definitely need to ad some love to my life.

    bissou bissou

    <3 Staar · Nov 9, 04:51 PM · #

  27. Aw, thank you! I’m so stressed about the week ahead, but this article made me feel a lot better. I loved the postcard to the troops event, and I’m definitely going to send a postcard.

    <3 Miss Sofia · Nov 9, 05:26 PM · #

  28. this was a goooOOOd one!

    <3 ss · Nov 9, 06:07 PM · #

  29. This is your BEST style tips yet. I really really truly think that the world would be a better place if everyone followed these tips this week, or better yet for the rest of their lives.

    <3 Twinkle · Nov 9, 07:31 PM · #

  30. I agree, these are definitely your best Style Tips yet! Monday’s almost over here, but I’m ready for the rest of the week now. My roommate and I were just talking about how single we were feeling, and this helps so much. :)

    <3 Natalie · Nov 9, 08:50 PM · #

  31. I went one better and wrote little love notes and positive affirmations on an entire stack of heart-shaped post-its, then stuck them all over the house (in the cupboards, in books, underneath tables, on the walls, in the refrigerator, on the washer and dryer, ect.) for my roommates and myself to find. It was a great way to start the day and they’re loving it too. :)
    I’m so looking forward to filling up the rest of my week with love!!!

    <3 Kid K · Nov 9, 10:10 PM · #

  32. I love picnics!!!: xveganxparty.blogspot.com/2009…

    This was a really good Style Tips.

    <3 Micco · Nov 9, 10:13 PM · #

  33. Ohhhhhh! I think that book’s lovely! Thank you for the tip, I’ll buy that one! :-)

    I’ll start spreading some lovvvvveeeeee!

    X.
    Love,
    Fem

    <3 Femke · Nov 10, 01:27 AM · #

  34. I love love love the idea of getting an inspirational photography book. I’m a big fan of the ole coffee book and happen to have four already but any excuse for another is fine buy me =]

    <3 Coletta · Nov 10, 02:31 AM · #

  35. I like the idea of getting an inspiring photo book, however I’m quite tempted to buy a bunch of inspiring prints instead, and decorate my work area with them! I know a book will get buried under my vast collection of “stuff” but on my walls they’re always there to look at :)

    <3 Vixel · Nov 10, 03:47 AM · #

  36. paraskevidekatriaphobia BEST GREEK WORD EVER! :D

    <3 Kerry · Nov 10, 04:13 AM · #

  37. Usually, I just like reading these style tip articles, and smile at the cute ideas they inspire, but this time I’m actually tempted to try several of these! Thanks, Gala!

    <3 Miranda · Nov 10, 11:07 AM · #

  38. I had forgotten about this entirely- but, thinking back to it, heres what i’ve done today:

    -Drawn a big heart on a barren patch of wall in the tunnel system under my college

    -Baked a cake for a friend.

    We had originally planned to do this when he vanished for a day. We were all worried, since we see him at least twice a day every day, and then he was just gone. It turns out he was feeling pretty sick so he isolated himself in his room (our guess was right!) but by the time we could make the cake, he felt better

    we still made him the cake anyway. complete with hand drawn card.

    we filmed ourselves making it :D <3 Marg · Nov 11, 01:20 AM · #