The Crafty Practitioner's Oscar Fashion Awards 2014

Best Dressed Girl of 2014 Oscars-

 I find that Giuliana never lets me down. She is gorgeous and this dress compliments her perfectly. The color is luxurious and the fullness of the gown is so complimentary to her body frame. The neckline shows off her collarbones and with the detail of the bodice of the dress I am so glad that she didn't wear a necklace with it. Having her hair pulled back and a gorgeous glitzy earring was the way to go! Kudos Giuliana, you get my highest mention tonight. You took my breath away and out dressed all the stars, in my opinion! (Did I mention that she was my best dressed at another award show already this year? She is ON POINT!)

Best Dressed Man of 2014 Oscars-

Is there anything to say other than YUM! He is just so hot. Bradley Cooper looked classic, sophisticated, and edible.

Was she TRIPPING ON ACID when she chose this?

I certainly hope not because she is pregnant, at least I hope that is the situation ;)

This is, by far, the biggest mess of the night. That silhouette is all wrong for a baby bump. You need to accentuate it without making you like a man with a beer belly. She needed elastic under her bust to pull the dress in and no elastic under the belly. WHAT A MESS. This designer needs to hide.

Stop it with the statements already-

Can't you just let us like you Pharrell? Your music is awesome, you never age, you are usually good looking then 2014 hits and your hats and shorts appear. COME ON! This isn't classy, formal, fashion forward, anything of the sort. BLAH! Worst dressed man of the night.

Like a glove-

This dress looks like it was made for Idina Menzel, she wore it that way too! The color and fit was perfection. BRAVO! Hot Mama! This was a close contender for best dressed for me. Did I mention that I love Rent and Frozen? ;)

Human Blueberry-

Silk Pajamas? Turned to a blueberry at Wonka's Candy Factory?

Either way, I hate it.

Work, Bitch!

Hot Hot Hot! Kate Hudson knew what she was doing when she picked this, she looks like a million bucks!

Searching for a Stylist-

I am now certain and Anna Kendrick doesn't have a stylist and will be hiring on. This was a total miss and with her body there is no excuse for that.

Gravity won't take her down-

Sandra Bullock just doesn't age. She is gorgeous and her skin is flawless. This color is GREAT on her and the hairstyle was perfect. This was SO much better than the color blocking disaster at the Golden Globes, we will consider that a momentary judgement lapse because she is usually on point.

His hair & Her dress than looks like it has hair-

Nope, no no no. Brad needs to get himself together. And her dress is just not ok. I hate the sheer top part, I don't like the elastic waist placement when you see her from any other angle and I am not digging the sleeves. This power couple missed the mark for me.

Perfect HAIR to compliment the dress-

It is no secret that I love braids. This dress is so pretty and I love the loose, pretty hairstyle with braids and wisps! Maria Menounos looked etherial!

She used to be so pretty-

What happened Portia? Ugh, so bad. looks like a witchcraft map made out of cookie dough.

I love LACE-

and I love Julia Roberts!


Who did you love and hate this red carpet?

Book #1 for 2014: The Fault in our Stars

This book was beautiful. I so appreciate an author who can take something that is heart wrenching and broken and make it beautiful... that is exactly what John Green did with this novel.

Don't let me confuse you, I cried multiple times during this book, UGLY cried. But each wave of sadness was followed by something profound and thought-provoking.

I don't want to give anything away and ruin this book for anyone so please read it! This needs to be on your list of books to read in 2014!

5/5 Stars

Must Read List for 2014 & Happies and Crappies

I am really trying hard to get myself into reading. I love reading but the hard part is finding time to read and staying awake to do it. Now that I will be working more than 40 hours a week on top of everything else it will only be harder but I really want to do it. So here are some of the books that I really want to read in 2014. If you have any that you would like to suggest or any comments about any of these PLEASE let me know in the comments!

Losing Hope (Hopeless #2)- Colleen Hoover

The Dinner- Herman Koch

The Fault in our Stars- John Green

Slammed- Colleen Hoover

Hunger Games Mockingjay (#3)- Suzanne Collins

So, what would you recommend? What is on your list to read for 2014?

I am also linking up for Happies & Crappies today. I love this linkup, so fun!

Happies: - New job, woot! I will posting about this tomorrow. - Feeling like 2014 will be a year of growth - DH went to the grocery for me today, hath hell frozen over? Love it! - It snowed a lot today and I love snow!
Crappies: - Currently my throat hurts. - I have been having bedtime insomnia lately... ambien please! - My son woke up 5 times tonight after I put him to bed, arg.
That's all folks! {loony toons anyones?}

Resolutions for 2014; A Link Up!

Happy 2014 Everyone!

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Follow your host (ME!) and link up your post! It really is that simple. I thought it would be great to start off the new year by sharing our resolutions {or goals} for 2014 with all of our blogging friends. I always think that if I put them out there then I am more compelled to actually stick to them or try and complete them.

I tend to like GOALS better than resolutions because I feel like resolutions mean that you are "giving something up" or starting something right then on the 1st. These are things that I want to work on throughout the year so I am calling them goals.

• Read 10 Books- Last year I set a goal for myself to read 12 books {1 book a month} and I did not complete my goal. I started out well but things got really busy. So, I need to lower the goal and try really hard to hit this one. I must say I would't mind blowing this one out of the water!
• Become More Organized- I need to be organized in the way that I plan my life. My planner will help me with this. Now that I will be at a new practice and balancing that with all the other parts of my life I really need to have everything written down in one place.
• Take my Blog in a Focused, Forward Direction- I have started working towards this goal already. I purchased and started taking the Content Brew course offered from MomComm. Loving it!
• {Sort of along the same lines} Execute and Follow my Editorial Calendar
• Build my patient base at the practice that I am joining- I need to build patients that are MY patients who call and specifically request to see me. I am a fabulous provider so I know that I can do this. Bring it on!
• Protect Myself Emotionally- Try to do things for me. I need to be more emotionally/spiritually stable. Infertility has taken so much from me but I cannot change that. All that I can do is live my life around who I am now. So if something is just too hard then I just can't do it. I must stop pushing myself into doing things for others that really really hurt me. I can't continue to suffer in silence.
  
  
  
  That is it folks!
  
  
  HAVE A GREAT NEW YEAR!!!