EWP Spotlight: ChloeTate

Today I'm spotlighting a super adorbs Etsy shop called ChloeTate.

You know I'm obsessed with correspondence and stationery, so finding a new place to order customized personalized stationery was about the best thing ever.  Especially since I was in need of some new stationery for my photography business.

And, well, before I could do customized stationery, I actually needed a logo.  This business is new, y'all, and I had shopped from one graphic designer to another and was quoted prices that were just too much out of the budget for this stay at home mama.  Enter ChloeTate and I was saved from my logoless-ness.  She worked with me closely going over fonts, ideas, colors, shapes, whatever I needed.  She had to deal with me going "I like pink, but not too pink, and maybe bolder but not bold" and patiently sent me logo option after logo option with the color changed by a fraction of a hue.  And not once did she balk at my ridiculousness. And I must say I am OH SO PLEASED with my new logo. It's exactly what I wanted.

In addition to my fantastically awesome business notes, I got myself a personalized mama notepad, because, hey, why not?  You can pick the silhouette of the boy(s) or girl(s) you have, pick out fonts, pick out colors.  It's all totally custom. And OH SO reasonably priced.  Seriously.

Personalized Mom Notepad, $12 

I'm pretty sure I'm buying the mama notepads for every shower I attend for the rest of time.  So, Kathy, don't buy one, you'll get one in June :)

ChloeTate also features other cute paper items like these super cute mason jar cards, perfect for yourself or a newly married couple you might know.

Personalized Mason Jar Flat Notecards (Set of 20), $22

And I'm so about to buy these gift tags.  I'm a sucker for personalizing gift tags.  

Personalized Gift Enclosure Cards (Set of 40), $18

And as seasons change, so do the products.  She had some freaking adorably cute easter pails for easter, but as Easter has passed, they're not up on the site anymore.  I wonder what products she might be adding soon.  I'm obsessed and I know I'll need them.  Y'all need to check out ChloeTate, it gets the EWP stamp of approval.  

Portrait of an EWP

I've told y'all before that I've been taking an intermediate photography class. Well, last night was the last class and we had to turn in a final - two self-portraits, one that was traditional and of me and one that was a bit more abstract and of a part of me or an object that somehow represented me.

And because I love fashion, this blog, being an EWP, and really high heels, this is my self-portrait:

Snow Day

What does an EWP do with a snowy day? Well grab her Marc Jacobs fingerless gloves and SLR camera of course!

Head over to Meet the Steffens for some fun snowy Chicago pics. If you're into that sort of thing.

Clearly I was too busy stomping around in the snow to find cute bag options for all of you. I would apologize but I'm actually not sorry at all. Ha! You'll get your bags when I'm done playing in the snow :)

An EWP in Spain - Barcelona

Today is the last installment of A EWP in Spain. Today I bring you my pics from our jaunt in Barcelona.

Changing things up a bit, we didn't get a hotel but rented an apartment with some of our friends. Here's the entrance.

Here's our living room with all its fancy Ikea furniture.

Here's our loooooong hallway. "helloooooooo, renee!"

and the balcony

Justin and I took a break from our adorable apartment and wandered the streets of Barcelona.

Here's some dark scary streets in the Barri Gotic. I was starting to get the willies as it got darker.

Much to my disdain, there were no churros to be found anywhere in Barca, but they did have lots and lots of waffles (gofres) which made Mr. EWP very happy.

What do you do when you go to Barcelona? Clearly you go to the aquarium. Especially since it was SO COLD out.

Here's a cute lizard.

And a pretty scary octopus.

Then we hopped on the funicular and went up Montjuic. We liked watching the shipyards from up there.

This is me on the funicular. It was very exciting.

On the way to the Olympic stadium, we happened on the walk of athletes or something. My foot was very excited to almost play footsie with Rafael Nadal.

And here we are at the Olympic stadium from the '92 Olympics.

I'm an Olympic archer. Aren't you impressed with my athletic prowess?

Did I mention that it was really cold out? I had to buy that scarf for 4 euros, I was about to freeze to death. Walking around Spain at the end of November may not have been the best idea...

And on a sunnier, nicer day, we made our way to Sagrada Familia, Gaudi's cathedral.

This man looked so so sad, I just had to have a picture of him. I'm sorry you're so sad, man on the cathedral.

This was the door to get in:

Ceiling:

And gorgeous colors playing off the stained glass windows:

The facade was filled with fun animals, like this angry turtle. I was really excited about him.

Then we got down to business. We went to Spain for one reason and one reason only: to get Laura in her wedding dress.

Here's my bow tying handywork.

Laura was the prettiest bride ever.

Showing off her pink Kate Spade shoes (I'm proud to say I found them for her)

The wedding took place in this gorgeous old cathedral.

And on their way out, the happy couple was pelted with rice. Francesc tried to protect Laura, but it was no use, she was covered in rice.

Here's my blue dress in action with the happy couple.

I'm so glad I spent the money to get a new full length dress for the wedding. The Spanish women really dressed up for the occasion. Their furs and jewels were out in full force. I was happy not to look like an American shlub. PHEW! And Mr. EWP looked pretty cute, too.

And after the wedding, there was one day left for Barcelona wonderfulness. So I went to the Nike store and made out with Rafael Nadal.

And then we went to Casa Batllo by Gaudi.

I luckily did not get kicked out after opening one of the windows. What did they expect me to do after telling me about the pulley system they were on?

And so concludes our big trip to Spain.

I wonder where we'll go this year....