Matchbook Magazine

Have you ever found something that is so exactly you to a T?  I found that in a magazine.  Matchbook Magazine is a brand new online magazine (their first issue was February 2011) that boasts 150 pages of amazingness.  The magazine revolves around "The Matchbook Girl" with different attributes described in every issue, like "throws a lavish lawn party, seriously excels at bocce ball, wears polka dots in Paris, mixes cocktails with panache" and "vacations the month of August."  The stories feature different designers whether it is Rebecca Minkoff or an up-and-coming interior designer.

Each issue includes a datebook (complete with Amelia Earhart's first flight and Jackie Kennedy-Onassis's birthday), Wish Lists from the Editors, "What's In Your Bag?" (this month:  Coco Chanel) and Just Married (complete with perfectly preppy and posh details of location and dress designer).

There is a History Lesson section with a brief biography of a proper Matchbook lady (Katherine Hepburn, Ella Fitzgerald, Dorthy Parker, Harper Lee), 10 Things You Didn't Know About (Princess Margaret, Truman Capote, Yves Saint Laurent), and Encyclopedia (The Convertible, Fireworks).

In the Fashion and Beauty section there is the Icon (the striped shirt), Kindred Spirit (Frida Kahlo and her home, medicine cabinet, wardrobe, etc), and the Beauty Counter (picking the correct red lipstick).

Culture and Living includes a Recommended Reading list, a techie gadgets wishlist, recipes, "50 Classics" (coffee table books, office supplies, green products), and "Matchbook Investigates" (asking assorted bloggers questions).

The Features portion includes a variety of different stories.  Articles on designers, both up and coming and already famous.  Designers of homes, jewelry, clothes, bags, make up and everything else you could possibly think of.

I love absolutely everything about Matchbook, but there are certain things that stick out.  Matchbook is new. It is fresh and evolving.  Constantly changing but always consistent.  It is preppy and girly, high-class and down to earth, proper but not too prim.  It is essentially, everything I aspire to be.  The advertisements are a mixture of already-adored brands like Lily Pulitzer and Coach to small boutiques like Southern Proper and Rikshaw Designs.  I also love that every advertisement and product they feature are linked.  So if I fall in love with those 14K Gold Fleur De Lis Earrings on page 16, I can just click on them and it takes me straight to their Amazon.com page to buy them.  It's amazing.

I am a Matchbook Girl, through and through and am officially obsessed with their fantastic magazine.


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What I'm Wearing

The perfect summer day and finally having a semi-decent tan (for the first time in my life) called for the perfect beige sun dress.  Short and lightweight, it is a sure way to stay cool.  I threw on a light chambray shirt, that looks good over everything and added my favorite waist cinching belt to complete the look.  My nude wedges went perfectly with this outfit and I never have the guts to wear them.  They're so tall I feel like I'm going to simply fall over at every step, and usually I do fall frequently in them.  Confession:  as soon as this picture was taken, I kicked them off and continued to go barefoot the rest of the day.  But man, do they make my short stumpy legs looks long and thin or what!?  (Please don't say "or what")

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My Favorite Holiday, My Favorite Weekend.

I haven’t written in this for a very long time I feel, and I truly apologize.  I’ve been uber busy, which is no excuse, but I promise to be better since I have deemed July as the month where I complete the “blog 20 times in one month” challenge of my 101 in 1001.  I spent the better part of last week frolicking around New England, my adopted homeland, for the fourth of July holiday (my favorite holiday).  Partnered with my best friends and super supportive boy, I had an absolutely perfect time.

I got my makeup done.

Did immense amounts of shopping.

Celebrated my 21^st birthday (which is not until next February).

Spent some much needed time with my besties.

Walked around downtown Portsmouth, NH (my favorite town in the US).

Got a ton of compliments on my new hooded sandals, which Josh made fun of me for buying.

Almost attacked by a killer whale.

Watched the boats come in and out of the Portsmouth harbor.

Hung out with a massive anchor.

Went for a hike up a cliff.

Saw some fireworks.

Now I’m back to my other adopted homeland, Indiana, and wonder how I manage to acclimate perfectly to two such opposite places.  I can’t believe how fast summer is passing by, and also how slow summer is passing by.  I’ve been home for two months now, which has passed by in a millisecond, and have another two whole months of summer left, and how long that feels.  But I’m sure summer will finish in a flash and I will be hitting the books for my Retail Supply Chain Management concentration and Improv Acting elective.

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