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 =)  

Tattered Shoot

As promised, we have the photos from last week's photo shoot!  We want to give a HUGE shout out to our friend Julie Lam for recommending us for this shoot.  When we started this blog, we had no idea the opportunities it would bring.  Working with amazing models, photographers, and makeup/hair stylists the past couple weeks has been an amazing experience.  We are humbled by the recognition we've been given and want to reciprocate it to all our talented friends who worked on this shoot with us.  Everyone, support your locals!

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

Summer Love

Today's post went a little something like this: 30 minutes of prepping, 30 minutes of shooting, and then 3 hours of trying to figure out a post name. We ended up going with the best Justin Timberlake song we could think of because 1) It’s a great song. 2) It ties into our theme of Summer 3) We think Justin Timberlake is really hot – wait, what? Sorry, sometimes we come up with very weak justifications for our blog titles. Anyhow, we’re getting pretty fast at this whole ‘posting’ thing. We’ve officially stepped our newbie status of viral blogging to an intermediate level. Okay, not really.

Anyway – today’s post is all about summer attire! With the heat wave that just surged through out Minnesota this past week, we were inspired to showcase our humid formidable attire. This summer is all about bright colors, prints, and stepping up your feminine notch. The pictures speak for themselves. Spot the good deals as well!

Remember that accessories are key to a great outfit. With the right ones you can turn your outfit from boring to beautiful! In this post we showed different ways you can wear the same pieces of accessories. Enjoy today’s post and let us know what more you’d like to see from us!

(Sorry for the picture quality, we had to improvise with our editing program but the clothes are still pretty!!)

 Necklace: H&M, Dress: F21

 Denim Vest: H&M, Maxi Dress($14!) & Necklace: F21

 Dress: F21, Scarf: H&M

 Summer dresses are a must, in every color and length! (Coral dress: H&M, Necklace: F21)

 Tank ($4!) & Shorts: H&M, Necklace: BCF

 Tee & Bracelets: H&M, Shorts: F21

 Top: Nordstrom ($7!), Shorts: Target ($5!)

 Tank & Necklace: H&M, Real Leather shorts: thrifted ($12)

 Pair your summer shorts with fun, bright pops of color!

 Top & Skirt: F21 ($6!), Necklace: BCF

 Tee: Target, Necklaces & Skirt: H&M ($12!)

 Everything from H&M! (Tank top $4!)

 Top: Nordstrom, Skirt: H&M, Necklace: F21

 Summer means skirts! Pair unexpected colors for your fun summer looks!

That concludes today's post.  We are also ECSTATIC to announce we have been asked to style for some local photoshoots.  We wrapped up 2 this week and have one coming up this Sunday.  Chime back in for those updates!  You won't want to miss it :)  Thanks again for all the love and support <3 

Shopumentary

The Tattertales Team is in full vacation mode as of right now. So with that said we apologize for our brief hiatus. We're not only prepping but also recovering from our trips- which we'll be sure to post about! We've since ditched our winter wardrobe and have begun our mass hauling of spring and summer clothes. 

Seriously, we  never thought we'd see the sun and feel its warmth after the long Minnesota winter so we are more than delighted to welcome it any way that we can.

We also thought this would be an opportune time to introduce our first "shopumentary" post! What is it?
Well simply put, its us documenting our shopping trip. Not at all an uncommon activity we do and i'm sure some of you do in some form.

When the Tattertales go shopping its not always together, our schedules hardly ever allow for us to do so unless planned ahead of time, so we make do. Since we can't accompany each other on every shopping trip and yet we need a friends honest opinion to stop us from buying a paisley print tube top on sale for $3.99, we turn to an extension of our bodies, our cellphones. More importantly, a camera phone.

We find ourselves doing this quite often when we're out and about on our own, shopping and need a second opinion. We'll send picture messages of deals we spot or clothes we try on in desperation of an honest opinion or because we're seduced by the sale tag.

Here is the shopumentary of today's shopping trip. We hope you find this somewhat helpful and inspiring because we really enjoy sharing our shopping deals with you guys! Please note, we literally took these pictures while in the fitting room at the stores and with our cellphones, so excuse the picture quality and lighting.

 

TIP: When shopping for deals, never disregard the racks of clothes that aren't your size. Firstly, you never know if some treasure of a deal has been misplaced or hidden in there and secondly, you never know if there's things you can tweak or make fit. You will never find just one size in our closets, seriously we're small girls but we can work an XL just fine. 

 

Yes thats right folks, this is an XL top on Winnie who is normally an XS!

 $29.99 plus 30% off

 $29.99 plus 30% off

 $29.99 plus 30% off

 $19.99 plus 30% off