http://www.stripesandsequins.com a fashion & DIY blog for the sparkle obsessed Tue, 21 May 2013 13:56:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.stripesandsequins.com/2013/05/santa-barbara-snaps.html http://www.stripesandsequins.com/2013/05/santa-barbara-snaps.html#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 18:00:24 +0000 Grace Atwood http://www.stripesandsequins.com/?p=12438 I often think that I was supposed to have been born in California but somehow ended up in New England.  I mean, the beachy, laid-back (at least in summer) lifestyle of the Cape is actually very similar to many of the places I’ve visited in CA, but visiting CA always [...]]]> http://www.stripesandsequins.com/2013/05/santa-barbara-snaps.html/feed 11 http://www.stripesandsequins.com/2013/04/cabana-day-dreaming.html http://www.stripesandsequins.com/2013/04/cabana-day-dreaming.html#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:00:05 +0000 Grace Atwood http://www.stripesandsequins.com/?p=12043 Happy Monday, friends!  The bf and I are back from a long weekend in the Bahamas.  I took three days off of work and can honestly say that I don’t remember the last time I was so desperately in need of a vacation… have been feeling pretty burnt out.  (Same [...]]]> http://www.stripesandsequins.com/2013/04/cabana-day-dreaming.html/feed 23 http://www.stripesandsequins.com/2013/04/getting-away.html http://www.stripesandsequins.com/2013/04/getting-away.html#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:00:42 +0000 Grace Atwood http://www.stripesandsequins.com/?p=11974 And I’m off to the beach for the rest of the week/weekend.  All I can think of is rosé day by the pool, catching up on a pile of magazines, and some quality time with my man.  Here are some of the things I’m packing, and some of the things [...]]]> http://www.stripesandsequins.com/2013/04/getting-away.html/feed 32 http://www.stripesandsequins.com/2013/01/lust-list-snowbunny-chic.html http://www.stripesandsequins.com/2013/01/lust-list-snowbunny-chic.html#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:00:12 +0000 Grace Atwood http://www.stripesandsequins.com/?p=10299 Next week, the boyfriend and I head to Sundance and I could not be more excited.  Over the past few years this has become one of my favorite parts of the year.  While Stef doesn’t have any films in the festival this year, he has a few other exciting projects [...]]]> http://www.stripesandsequins.com/2013/01/lust-list-snowbunny-chic.html/feed 7 http://www.stripesandsequins.com/2012/11/ireland.html http://www.stripesandsequins.com/2012/11/ireland.html#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:00:01 +0000 Grace Atwood http://www.stripesandsequins.com/?p=8916 I’ve really been dragging out these vacation photos!  As we head into the weekend, I wanted to share the last of our Europe trip.  While in Northern Ireland, we took a little road trip up to the coast, where we visited the Giant’s Causeway.  It was definitely one of my [...]]]> http://www.stripesandsequins.com/2012/11/ireland.html/feed 6 http://www.stripesandsequins.com/2012/10/barcelona-the-sites.html http://www.stripesandsequins.com/2012/10/barcelona-the-sites.html#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:00:33 +0000 Grace Atwood http://stripesandsequins.com/?p=5472 {always under construction… Sagrada Familia.} Barcelona was a lazy vacation.  As much as I would have loved to spend our days running around the city and seeing everything it had to offer, we were both pretty exhausted and wanted the trip to be more about relaxing and spending quality time [...]]]> http://www.stripesandsequins.com/2012/10/barcelona-the-sites.html/feed 4 http://www.stripesandsequins.com/2012/10/barcelona-the-food.html http://www.stripesandsequins.com/2012/10/barcelona-the-food.html#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2012 06:00:03 +0000 Grace Atwood http://stripesandsequins.com/?p=5375 {our last meal in Barcelona – meats at a sidewalk cafe.} We left Barcelona a week ago and I’m still thinking about all of the amazing food we enjoyed.  When visiting France, you must indulge in a cheese plate as frequently as possible.  When visiting Spain, you must enjoy a meat plate [...]]]> http://www.stripesandsequins.com/2012/10/barcelona-the-food.html/feed 14 http://www.stripesandsequins.com/2012/10/barcelona-walking-around.html http://www.stripesandsequins.com/2012/10/barcelona-walking-around.html#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:00:02 +0000 Grace Atwood http://stripesandsequins.com/?p=5296 Wearing: Joie top (on sale) // BCBG Wrap // old Levi’s 501 cut-offs (similar – on sale) // Rebecca Minkoff Bag Just popping in to share a few more snaps from Barcelona. (We got to Northern Ireland safe and sound last night and are enjoying some quality time with our [...]]]> http://www.stripesandsequins.com/2012/10/barcelona-walking-around.html/feed 8 http://www.stripesandsequins.com/2012/10/sunset-in-barcelona.html http://www.stripesandsequins.com/2012/10/sunset-in-barcelona.html#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2012 18:00:10 +0000 Grace Atwood http://stripesandsequins.com/?p=5280 One of the most magical parts of vacation so far has been watching the sun set every evening in Barcelona.  We’ll be out and about, walking the streets (usually by the beach which is lucky) and the sky will just turn these lovely candy colored shades of pink and blue. [...]]]> http://www.stripesandsequins.com/2012/10/sunset-in-barcelona.html/feed 8 http://www.stripesandsequins.com/2012/10/a-postcard-from-barcelona.html http://www.stripesandsequins.com/2012/10/a-postcard-from-barcelona.html#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:00:29 +0000 Grace Atwood http://stripesandsequins.com/?p=5246 I know, I know, I said I was going to stay off the blog while I was gone.  But then Stefan wanted to put the football game on last night and well… I figured I’d share a few photos from our trip so far.  Barcelona has been incredible so far. [...]]]> http://www.stripesandsequins.com/2012/10/a-postcard-from-barcelona.html/feed 13