Prints of Summer

All we need for summer. Florals, animal, tribal, tie dye.

all via refinery29
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The Weeknd

Been loving the sounds of The Weeknd lately. You can download "House of Balloons" for free here.

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We Have a Logo

After a couple of weeks of back and forth with the AMAZING Viva Creative team, we've finally picked a logo for J. Luxe Boutique!

Mando came up with a few brilliant designs--some simple, some with monograms, and some handwritten options. Surprisingly the handwritten ones were the absolute fan favorites--no question about it. He suggested we'd sleep on it and take a look at our options for a few days, that way, we would "just know."

Well, he was right to say the least.

The personal thing about the logo is that it's my handwriting. Mando had me send his team pages and pages of capital J's, lowercase j's, L's, "uxes," and so forth. When I called him today to give him our final decision, he admitted this was his favorite too. 

Here it is--I hope you all love it as much as we do!

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Dreamy Living

Erin Featherson's NYC apartment.

Saw this table set at a flea market recently. I regret not buying it, but it never hurts to go back and check!

photos via vogue(dot)com

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And More Progress!

Hello all! We stopped by J. Luxe this weekend and we've already made some serious progress! The carpenters have built the frames for the dressing rooms, clothing racks and additional shelves throughout. My dad has gotten really involved in the whole process and we couldn't be more grateful!

Unfortunately we're still waiting on the city for the plans. As soons as they approve us, we can start on the more substantial construction, ie., windows, plumbing.

Leonard, the incredibly talented interior designer we're working with, is having some of our old furniture reupholstered. He said we were going to "whore it out," and I loved that! Couldn't have said it better myself.


We're still receiving some fantastic merch. There are some rose gold stackables I can't wait to wear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ahhhhh!

Dressing rooms

Paint samples along with the mess

This is where we'll hang some of our clothes!



All photos via my blackberry

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"I like to decorate my arms."

Man Repeller's Arm Party post is one of my favorite of hers. She talks about "decorating" her arms then proceeds to show us quite a yummy montage of her favorite bracelet compilations (she even features her g-ma's arm party). One of my favorite photos features bracelets by Mr. Kate. Gosh, I love them..

Here you go, let's love them together.

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And what do you know! Mr. Kate also makes AMAZING earrings, rings, etc. Here are some more!

(All images, Mr. Kate).


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And the Mess Begins!

We officially started tearing down the place where J. Luxe will soon be! The carpenter was so gracious and personable! Life's easier when working with nice people! We also met the lighting specialist, Mary, of Designer's Mart. She brought her boss along. I showed her photos and we told her more-or-less what we wanted. She was ecstatic and had a TON of suggestions!

It's so amazing to see it all start to come together. I feel like I'm dreaming!

I'm pretty sure all of Cincinatti hates us right now...It'll all be worth it when we're done!

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