First Edition: Holiday Dress

So excited to share with you the first edition of my holiday dresses!!!

This is a fall/autumn dress and in early November I'll be coming out with this style as well as two more styles in different colors! I can't wait to share!

This dress comes in XS/S/M/L and you can purchase it here!

Introductions: Janelle

It's time to introduce another of my models: Janelle!

Janelle so happens to be my lovely sister-in-law! She's a fabulous makeup artist, and did a few of the girls' makeup at the fall photo shoot. She's moving to Vancouver in a few weeks, which I'm very sad about, but hopefully that means I get to go visit :)

You can follow her adventures here on her blog

Friday Etsy Favorites

Happy Friday everyone! It's the weekend! I've rounded up a few new faves, I'm especially loving these knit socks :)

1. Knit Socks
2. Organic Cotton Dress
3. Love Ring Dish
4. Vintage Leather Bag
5. Leather Riding Boots

Wore Stories: Striped Blazer

I got this amazing striped blazer on a fall shopping trip with my husband's sister and I am loving it! I'm a sucker for stripes anyway, so I couldn't leave without this!  Here's how I wore it to work:

Shoes: Thrifted
Pants: Dynamite
Tank: F21
Blouse: Dynamite
Blazer: F21
Necklace: A gift

Banana Pancakes

One of my favorites Saturday morning treats is pancakes!!! I spent some time last year experimenting with different pancake flavors (which I will continue to show you!) But banana pancakes is still my go-to flavor :)

What you need:
2 Cups Milk
1/4 Vegetable Oil
2 Tbsp. Honey
2 Tsp. Lemon Juice
1 Tsp. Vanilla Extract

2 Cups Flour (I did 1 cup regular, 1 cup whole wheat)
1 Tbsp. Baking Powder
1/2 Tsp. Baking Soda
1/4 Tsp. Salt
1 or 2 bananas, mashed

Instructions: Measure out all the liquid ingredients into a measuring cup. Set aside, and in a large bowl sift together the dry ingredients. Then pour the wet into the dry and mix well. Once the batter is mixed, you can add the mashed banana(s), and I like to add peanut butter chips or chocolate chips but we had neither! (Peanut butter chip banana pancakes are the BEST!) I use a muffin batter sized scoop to make this size of pancake, it's pretty perfect. Let the batter sit until it is bubbling on the edges, then flip and brown on the other side.

Slather with peanut butter (If you forgot to get peanut butter chips like me!) and syrup!

Yum!

More pancaked experiments coming soon!

 *recipe from the Go Dairy Free Cookbook

Fall Collection: Stripes

Another section of my collection (rhyming!) is striped scarves! I love love love stripes, and I often find knit fabric in stripes that I just can't resist!

Red and Green Christmas Stripe Scarf

Black and Cream Striped Heidi Hood

Navy Striped Heidi Hood

Grey and Red Striped Scarf

Navy and White Striped Scarf

Find all my fall scarf options in the shop!

Weekend Update

This weekend we went hiking in the hills!! I love when the leaves start to change color, especially the yellows and reds! So pretty. Here are a few shots from our walk.

Hope you all had a great weekend too!!
Here's a peek at what's happening this week on Heidi-and-Seek

 Fall Collection   An Outfit Post    Pancake Recipe     Introductions                

And more!

Stay tuned :)

Gravity

I've been catching up on So You Think You Can Dance, and the most recent one I watched was where they did all of Mia Michaels' most famous routines from the show, and this still remains my favorite of all the seasons.

Wore Stories: Fall Sweater

It's getting colder-and what excites me most about this is that I get to wear fall clothes! I LOVE the colors and patterns of this sweater, I couldn't wait to wear it!

Shoes: Ardene, Jeans: Stitches, Sweater: F21, Bomber Jacket: Joe, Necklace: Gift from my mother-in-law, Hairbow: Bronwyn

Friday Etsy Favorites

Happy Friday everyone! I'm so happy it's the weekend, I have no idea what my plans are, but I'm looking forward to relaxing.
Here are some recent Etsy Finds and Faves!

1. Mint Green Hang Tags
2. Warrior Cuff
3. Pom Pom Headdress
4. Triangle Necklace
5. Feather Art Print
6. Rapunzel Scarf

Fall Collection: Lace Scarves

Another item gracing the shop is lace scarves! I did 3 different types:

1. Lace ruffle scarves

2. Lace trim scarves

3. Lace block scarves

Check out these and other pieces from my fall collection here and here for a behind-the-scenes look from this Fall Photoshoot!

Wore Stories: Polka Dot Blazer

This was my shopping outfit this weekend. I haven't really worn this blazer yet so I looked for inspiration on Lookbook, and this is what I came up with.

Bottoms Up:
Boots: Vintage-Thrifted
Tights: Joe
Shorts: George (I turned them into cutoffs)
Black Top: Joe
Blazer: F21
Necklace: F21

Behind the Scenes

I don't know if I've mentioned this or not, but I recently did a HUGE fall photoshoot for my fall collection, and I wanted to share some behind the scenes stuff with you!

We set up makeup and hair in my kitchen, my sister-in-law, Janelle (also one of my models) is a fantastic makeup artist, and has a TON of makeup.  She and another of my models, Joelle (also amazing with makeup) were in charge of making everyone look glamerous!

We started hair and makeup around 11, and I wanted to make sure they were fed and energized for the photoshoot, so I provided fresh fruit, veggies and dip, muffins and my mom brought over cheese and crackers as well as fresh banana chocolate chip cake! YUM!

Then we headed out into the backyard and I snapped a few test shots before we started

It was a really fun day, I had a great time!  It's so different shooting with a group in contrast to shooting someone on their own, there was lots of energy, laughter and music! (Thanks Sonya!)

Hope you enjoyed a little peek behind the scenes :)