MN Fashion Blogger Meet Up!

This past Saturday the ladies of the Tattertales attended the MN Fashion Blogger meet up in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota!  The bantam event was held at MN's very own Girly Muse's  beautiful vintage styled home (although 'estate' would probably be more conforming).  And though Humidity was in full carnage mode, we all made the best of a great evening with our new fashionable friends!  We wish we could have done a post on Lori (Girly Muse) amazing home decor skills alone, but we were aberrant attempting to document the evening all the mean while enjoying the delicious treats and conversing with a room full of talented women.  We hope the upcoming Minnesota bloggers will make this an annual event so we can continue to grow as a community and support all of our locals :)  

 Lori's beautiful walk in area.

 Lori created a loft style boutique out of an old barn on her property.  It was so cute!  We wanted to live there!

 Minnesota Bloggers in full networking mode :)

 With some beautiful ladies who were the absolute sweetest women!

 There were even hand made fans for everyone.  Very cute and came in handy!

 To show off how creative we all are, we utilized a screwdriver to open this bottle of wine :)

Table of sweets!  Before the loads filled it up even more.

More bloggers =)  All in such cute vintage wear!

We absolutely loved the decor of the barn.

Amy with home owner, Girly Muse.  She was the absolute sweetest! 

 The upstairs loft in the barn.  

 Spying on some bloggers.  Perhaps they were devising fashion plans to take over the world?  I wouldn't put it against them.

Yours truly!  

She had a bridge that led from her house to the barn!  Just when we thought her house couldnt' have gotten any more amazingggggg.

 We just wanted to pretend we were looking at things so we could take a picture on the bridge.

Lights everywhere!

Winnie with 15 year old fashionista Alex!  Watch out, MN, she is going to take the world by storm!

 Amy's turn! :)

The end!

We just wrapped up another shoot yesterday and have many upcoming projects in the work.  As always, stay tuned and thanks for chiming in :)  

Model Mayhem

We have been irrationally and maybe borderline psychotically anticipating the results of last week's shoot.  We teamed up for another fashion photoshoot with our now seemingly fashion familia - make up artist Julie Lam, hair stylist Emmy Ngo, and photographer Mark Meyer (whom are all, by the way, AMAZING at what they do!).  We also worked with the beautiful model Alex Brouhard, who at such a young age seems to be a veteran in the game!  We are continuously grateful and astounded by the wondrous opportunities and networking contingencies that have come across our paths.  We want to give EVERYONE who supports us a very very VERY special thank you.

So without furthur adieu....

Model is wearing: White mesh top & Blue swim suit - Ragstock. Necklace - Old Navy. Black Combat boots - Models.

Model is wearing: Black bandeou, high waisted pants, & accessories - Forever 21. Shoes - Model's.

Pink Bandeou, Leather Jacket, & Destroyed jeans - Bebe.

Accessories - H&M

Accessories - Forever 21

Model: Alex Brouhard
Photographer: Mark Meyer (markimages.com)
Stylists: Winnie Patterson & Amy Xiong
Hair: Emmy Ngo
Makeup: Julie Lam

In furthur news - we just wrapped up another shoot yesterday and have an upcoming one this Sunday, so stay tuned!  And if you're interested in getting into contact for future work with any of the fashion team members, send us an e-mail :)  

Tattered Tuesday

The ladies of the Tattertales are hard at work prepping for a photoshoot tomorrow in the Amazon jungle aka normal Minnesota weather so in the mean time I (Amy) gave myself a therapeutic break to calm my anxiety that sparked from the thought of the mild heat strokes that will occur tomorrow and visited the mall to partake in some shopper savings.  Here's what I found (taken via my fancy 8.0 megapixel Samsung phone): 

Cause I'm an accessories fiend, of course I had to find some deals!

 Feathered Hair Clips (can't wait to try these!) Charming Charlies $4; Gold necklace $3 thrifted.

 Rings $1 each!

 Hot pink watch & set of black bangles, $1 each.
Okay, I understand it's a hot pink watch but for a buck I'm going to plan my outfits around it =) 

 $3 each - Francescas (50% off all jewelry sale!)

Studded Military shirt, Material Girl $5

Green blazer, thrifted $6! Structured taupe blazer, Gap $19

 Polyester tops $9 each, Marshalls
I love the material of these shirts because they look more expensive than they are, they're light for the summer, and you can score them in amazing prints for amazing prices!

Prints, pleats, & neons - big fashion finds for the summer =)

Okay so that concludes my short post for today.  It's safe to say every time I go shopping, I buy a new wardrobe.  Stay tuned for this week's posts which will cover tomorrow's photoshoot and other upcoming events!

P.S. If you are in the Minneapolis area - join me and some friends this Saturday at the Twin Cities blogger meetup!  E-mail me for more info =)