Last Friday, I had my mom cut my hair to a bit longer than shoulder length and slightly layered. I’ve been having fun playing with new styles. Now I get to show ya’ll some short hairstyles!

Hope you have a lovely weekend!

What’s your favorite way to wear your hair? What styles make you feel pretty?

Here’s a quick, glamorous hairstyle that looks like you spent loads of time curling your hair. However, you only need to curl a small section of hair, which only takes a few minutes!

What you’ll need:

Watch the video for directions:

Inspired by my sister-in-law and friend, Breanna, who has an awesome hairstyle/fashion/personal blog, I’ve decided to share a tutorial for a quick, easy, and elegant updo that will transform your messy hair into a neat, beautiful, romantic hairstyle.

You’ll need:

• About a million hairpins
• Hair flowers or other hair accessories (optional)

Note: my hair had a bit of texture in it from the previous day, so if your hair is very flat you may want to add some product. I love TRESemmé 24 Hour Body Spray Gel.

And here’s the tutorial:

While I’m just starting my earring collection, I’ve discovered a handy, pretty way of storing them neatly. I simply hang them from a lovely little bowl given to me by a dear friend.

Once my earring collection grows a bit, I’ll have to upgrade to a more substantial organizer. Like so: {link}

How do you keep your jewelry organized?

I am pleased and happy (excited!) to announce that I am engaged to be married! Words cannot describe my complete joy.

Here’s my gorgeous ring. It’s white gold with my birthstone (garnet) and two tiny diamonds on the side.

We have yet to do an engagement photo session, so ya’ll will have to be content with these photos for now.

With love,

Erica Lea

These days, I find myself longing for spring. There is still so much snow on the ground. But patches of grass are beginning to show…

Here’s a bit of cheer: I just purchased this adorable dress from eShakti, my new favorite online clothing store.

What brings you cheer this time of year?

Discovered a new way to curl your hair. It is so easy and comfortable to sleep on. {link}

Photo credit: Amanda Berge

Picked up these cute brown flats for $2. They make me happy. I think they’re adorable with a pair of jeans.

Amanda (my sister) and I found four lovely rings at a small thrift store. Here’s one of them.

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I can’t be sure, but I think it’s silver. I don’t know what the sparkly blue gems could be…

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© 2010 by Erica Lea

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Photo Credit: Amanda Berge

The new style is not much different, just shorter. We both like our new cut very much!

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Copyright © 2010 by Erica Lea