a dose of inspiration

Goodness, I've got some amazing friends. I'm beyond blessed to have such incredible and ambitious people surrounding me, it's almost unreal! I've never felt it so much as when I was sitting across from Lauren during a little coffee date yesterday. She's the co-founder of The You Are Project and also pours her heart out on her personal blog. She's a super talented programmer and has recently added "magazine editor" to her already-impressive resume. A MAGAZINE! It's always been a dream of mine to have a magazine, this girl is actually doing it! After a night of talking with her, browsing around Target, sharing our future home-design dreams and lots of laughter, I'm feeling more inspired than ever. Check out her blogs, you'll also feel inspired, I promise!

xo,

e.m.

lark & lace x the you are project: six ways

When The You Are Project asked me to do a guest post for them, I was beyond excited! I met these girls months and months ago at a coffee shop. They heard me talking (you can't blame them for overhearing, I'm a loud Italian girl from Jersey, remember?) to a friend about my trip to China and my planned return and they struck up conversation with us. I've loved them from that day, I adore that kind of boldness and look up to it so much! For my guest post on their blog, I decided to showcase six ways to style your little black dress for the fall. Check out my post and their blog, it's all sorts of wonderful! I love what these girls stand for and I'm honored to be supporting them. (To learn more about that, check out their mission statement.)

xo, e.m.