It's Official!

I got my vendors license today! The state of Ohio now recognizes Designs by Mandi Boutique as an official business! So excited! 

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Betsey J's Pretty Prints

Prints are one of the most popular trends this spring.  Below are pictures from one of my favorite designers, Betsey Johnson.  Betsey has said that since she spent her childhood in dance classes, a lot of her inspiration for her designs come from the costumes she used to wear when preforming.  (This is probably why I love her, being a past dancer myself.) She is known in the industry for her "out there" sense of style, and creative flair.  If you haven't checked her out recently, click here to go to her website. I really love the green cheetah print one with the cinched belt. Super cute :)

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I need some SPARKLE with my iPHONE

So everyone who knows me, knows how obsessed I am with my iphone.  I've been looking for a new case lately, and I'm really excited to find this one on dinodirect.com. To check them out, click here.  They have them in pink, blue, black, white, red and purple. I'm going to go for the purple one pictured below. The best part about these cases- they are only $4.71!  Usually I'd be very skeptical of something so cheap, but they got pretty good reviews, so what the heck. I'll let you girly geeks like myself know how I like mine when I get it :)

Gimme some SUGAR :)

Fashionistas, if you haven't stumbled upon http://www.fabsugar.com/ you definitely need to check it out.  For about a year now its been my go to site every day for up to date fashion info.  Along with its fashion blog, on their website they also have links to:

 popsugar (celeb news)

bella sugar (beauty news)

casa sugar (home decor news and tips)

fit sugar (health news- one of my favs)

 lil sugar (mom and kids)

yum sugar (food)

savy sugar (money)

tres sugar (culture)

buzz sugar (entertainment)

*geek sugar (tech)

pet sugar (pets)

They update daily, sometimes a couple times a day and always have interesting reads. I could spend hours on there :) Def check it out!

Facebook Fan Page - Check it out!

Designs by Mandi Boutique's official Facebook Fan Page is up and running! Check it out and become a fan!  Here is a sneak preview of the kind of merchandise we will be selling once we get up and running. Let me know what you think!

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Tweet Tweet!  Designs by Mandi Boutique is now on Twitter! Follow me! :)
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Zac Posen for Target!

Today is a day I have been waiting to come for a while now.  One of my favorite designers (Zac Posen) has designed a ready to wear line for Target.  I've been looking forward to this day for weeks! I had my day all planned out.  I would go early in the morning and bask in the glorious spirit of Zac Posen ready to wear designs for hours, trying everything on that they had in  my size.  Finally... a sense of style in this drab little town!
So I skipped into Target on cloud nine, ready to do some hardcore shopping.  I skipped, and I skipped and I skipped...all through the store..but Zac was no where to be found. There had to be some mistake. Today was THE day! THE day everyone has been talking about for the past few weeks. Zac's day! But no....there was no Zac anywhere. 

I was convinced there was some kind of mistake. So I went up to the first sales person I saw and asked them where I could find their Zac Posen line.  I must have just missed it somewhere. The sales lady, an older, heavy set woman looked at me like I was a complete idiot.  "Sweetie," she said. "I have no idea what your taking about." And she walked off.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!

Sooooo..yeah. I never did find out why this particular Target didn't have Zac's line today. Needless to say,

me = extremely disappointed.

If you didn't get to experience Zac's line in person, like me, here are a few of my favorite looks I found online..

images: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/blogs/the-thread/THREAD-First-Look-Zac-Posen-for-Target-81711177.html