1940s Paper Doll

I would love to "borrow" any of these from Miss Carey's closet.  I was going to list my favorites, but looking at it again, I realize that I love them all!  Images via The Paper Collector.

Jack and Jill Magazine, April 1941

To Have Another Language

"To have another language is to possess a second soul."
~Charlemagne (Karl der Grosse)

She Makes Even Winter Look Good

Discovered via Anja, this cute Polish girl knows how to dress for all seasons.  Now, where can I find a super-wide chunky scarf?

Quick New York Trip and Photo Shoot

I just got back from New York where I was shooting something very special with makeup artist superstar, Mally Roncal, and her fabulous team at Mally Beauty.  I've been working with Mally on QVC since back in June and I can say that I'm a HUGE fan of her makeup line and love the whole Mally family.


Here's a few backstage pics from our shoot yesterday:

Stay tuned for more... The rest of the Mally models and I will be on QVC working with the Mally team on New Year's Eve.

Facebook Friends

I found this cool visual online; it provides a graphic of friendships via the social networking site, Facebook.  I think my favorite part is that I can look at the map and see my connection to friends in South Africa, Brazil, Germany, the UAE, Australia, and India.

Click here for full screen view

Oh, worldwide friends, I miss you so!!!

Raise Money for Charity Just By Surfing the Web

Download Google's "Chrome for a Cause" extension for the Chrome Browser and begin surfing the web.  That's all you have to do-- and Google will donate money (up to a million dollars) to the charity of your choice based on how many tabs you open.

The five participating charities are:

• The Nature Conservancy
• Charity: Water (my favorite!!-- started by my friend and visionary, Scott Harrison)
• Room to Read
• Doctors Without Borders
• Un Techo Para Mi Pais

10 tabs= 1 tree planted

10 tabs= 1 book published and donated

25 tabs= 1 vaccination treatment provided

100 tabs= 1 square foot of shelter built

200 tabs= 1 person's clean water for a year

So, what are you waiting for?  Download the extension and start clicking!  This initiative runs through Sunday, December 19th.

Beautiful Women are Invisible.

I finished watching Elegy today via Netflix Watch Instantly.  It is an interesting film, and while I didn't love it, I do recommend it.  It stars Penelope Cruz, Ben Kingsley, Dennis Hopper, Debbie Harry, Patricia Clarkson, and Peter Sarsgaard.

Mark Twain on Developing a Writing Style (i.e., Read!!!)

"Let us guess that whenever we read a sentence & like it, we unconsciously store it away in our model-chamber; & it goes, with the myriad of its fellows, to the building, brick by brick, of the eventual edifice which we call our style."

~Mark Twain in a letter to George Bainton, October 15, 1888