infatuation statement necklace

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Outfit details:

Shoes: England

Pants: Urban Outfitters

Top: Thrifted, DIY

Coat: Thrifted, London, ON, Jackpot vintage

Hat: Queen st. Toronto

Necklace: Hattitude jewellery www.GotHattitude.com

I love hats in the fall. What's your favourite go-to clothing or accessories piece this fall? The autumn is cool enough that your head does not sweat from the heat of the hat, but yet warm enough that you don't need a wooly hat to keep your ears warm against the snow and wind. Fall is a great time of year for layering. I love the little details, like rolling up pant legs, with big socks. With vests and statement necklaces. Statment necklaces are the number one essential piece you MUST have in your wardrobe this year. I think they are amazing and take any outfit from a blah to a zing! Autumn is the perfect season to get your fashion on. 

I just got back from England 5 days ago, and it was my first time in Europe. I had goosebumps the entire time. No one prepares you for the majestic feeling you have walking into a building that is over a 1,000 years old. It was incredible.

I loved how everyone dressed in London, in fact one of my favourite things to do was just sit on the tube and watch all the different people that would get on and see what they all were wearing! The men in europe are so stylish, every single man in london was dressed to the nines. I hope you all had a wonderful past two weeks. What's your favourite place in Europe? England? London?

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eighty's crop tops

Outfit details- 

Skirt: Vintage

Top: Sentamentalist vintage clothing in London, ON

Purse: Vintage, Chez thrift, bolton

shoe: Seychelles

I love tie cropped eighty shirts, and long flowy skirts, I guess that's why I've featured two long skirts on the blog this week. This purse is one of my favourite items. I find the shape just really neat. I also love anything navy since it's such a hard colour to find. This is a very summery outfit and makes me enjoy the last day of August. I really don't want the summer to end, but I heard September is going to be hot, which is good, since August was a bit of a rip off with how chilly it was. 

 I spent all this week preparing for the wedding show that I am in next weekend. As well I spent this weekend hunting down fifties attire for a creative I'm working on, an engagement editorial shoot. I'm super excited for this shoot, as of course I love the fifties! We are shooting at an old retro diner and a carnival fair. FUN. 

I hope you are all headed to somewhere with a beach this weekend with the heat! My lad and I have special anniversary plans out of town. 

Have a wonderful long weekend. 

p.s. don't forget to check out my bridal boutique click here or my regular jewellery online shop click here for some new vintage upcycled pieces that went up on the shop this week. I'm quite bug eyed for this necklace (wink wink) www.GotHattitude.com

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a cottage sunset photo shoot!

This is what happens when three friends get together and the sun is setting perfectly at the beach....we decide to have a photo shoot. A cottage sunset photo shoot! 

This past weekend was a weekend filled with swimming, laughing, smells of bonfire, delicious food, sandy hair, and flea market finds. How was your weekend? I hope you got to enjoy this beautiful weather we have been having! 

Congratulations to Angela for winning the two handmade hair bows by Victoria. 

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a field full of sunflowers

Outfit Details:

Dress: Thrifted, The Sentamentalist, London ON

Belt: Mothers

Sweater: Grandmothers

Necklace: Handmade by me, Hattitude Jewellery 

I thought my neighbours farm field was the perfect place to take this photo since this outfit reminds me of a farm girls dress. It reminds me of Little House on the prairie a little. My boyfriend bought me it last week at a local thrift store in London, Ontario and I've been living in it ever since. It just is so easy to wear. I love it with a little yellow anchor necklace that I handmade from a vintage brooch. Summer is still here after all! 

My neighbours are the sweetest people and have a huge sunflower field and a beautiful wheat field. I was scouting out locations for my wedding creative shoot, that they have graciously allowed me to shoot in their backyard, that I am organizing for tomorrow afternoon. I can't wait for the shoot! I'm so excited to make some beautiful photos and create a love story through images. I am working with the very talented Samantha Hurley of samanthahurleyimaging.com photography. 

Follow me on facebook to see sneak peeks from our wedding creative tomorrow! 

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Don't forget I am having a giveaway of two lovely handmade hair bows, by the lovely Victoria. Click here to see her facebook page for other cute hand sewn items. Check out the give away by Clicking here. 

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it's give away time!

Outfit details

Dress: Thrifted

Shoes: Winners

Earrings: Weezi, London, ON

Hairbow: Handmade by Victoria Speirs

Necklace: Handmade by me, Hattitude jewels

I love my hair bow. I think these hair bows are the perfect thing to throw on to complete an outfit. You know me, I am always one to accesorize rather then spend a fortune on a dress. I like to spend my money on accessorizing and I think hair clips and jewelry are the perfect item to do just that with. 

It's been over a year I think since I posted a give away. This is the lovely Victoria Speirs she makes beautiful hand sewn items and specializes in baby blankets, burpies, pretty much all things babies! She is so talented and if you have not checked out her FB page where she sells all things handmade, including wedding buntings. She is really is a jack of all trades and I LOVE seeing her posts pop up on my facebook home feed. She is such a talent to the handmade community!

Here's how to win these awesome hair bows, similar to the one she made me in my outfit post above. 

1. Like Victoria on her facebook page (trust me you won't regret it, her posts are always insanely adorable!) Click here. 

2. Like Hattitude jewellery (my handmade jewellery company specializing in custom work for bridal parties) on facebook. Click here. 

3. For EXTRA entries you can share our FB status about the giveaways 

4. For even MORE EXTRA entries you can follow Victoria and I on instagram @victory_speirs and @hattitudejewels

Don't forget to come back here and leave 1 or 4 comments telling me which you did, with your email address included so I can email you if you win! 

Winner will be chosen next Friday on August 16th, 2013 on random.org

Good luck everyone! 

a vintage man's vest and a cute bow tie

Outfit details:

Dress: Frilly Lizard

Shoes: San Francisco

Vest: Vintage

Necklace: Handmade by me, Hattitude jewellery

This necklace is a faux leather bow tie, with a heart shaped pendant and an old vintage gold button on the necklace. I love this necklace. It's VERY unique and I usually get a lot of compliments on it. 

As for socks...Do you like the sock look that's been trending on the blogs lately? I love wearing knee highs or fun ankle socks! My boyfriend bought me some awesome socks, hamburger and french fries in love...pardon? AMAZING. I can't wait to sport them on the blog to show you. We had a lovely day walking around downtown where we live since he got the day off of work and it just so happened to turn into a BEAUTIFUL day. 

I hope you all have been enjoying your summers. It's been a few weeks since I've last posted. Summer time is SO busy. I went to two weddings last weekend. One of my second cousins got married and my boyfriend's sister got married. They were two of the most beautiful weddings. It really was a lovely lovely time. 

Follow me on instagram @hattitudejewels or my facebook page www.facebook.com/hattitudejewel to keep updated on wedding photos, outfits of the day, photos of my cat and manfriend, and the latest from my bridal boutique and online jewellery shop. 

Tuesday I am shooting a wedding creative in the sunflower fields by my house. I'm super excited to be collaborating with a wonderful photographer, Samantha Hurley. Check out her site here.