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Summer Packing with Miranda

Summer is around the corner, literally just a couple of weeks away.  And with summer comes trips and that usually brings the dilemma of what to wear while on vacation. The key to packing for your summer trip is versatile … Continue reading

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Slaw, a creative take on Salad

Like most of my favorite dishes, I had this at a party and came home and made it!  It has since become a staple at my dinner table and one that I often take to parties as well.  I realized … Continue reading

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Flower Power

PRINTS, Prints prints are everywhere this spring!  And they are very eye-catching.  Recently I saw a super cute Alice + Olivia top while out shopping.  It was a very pretty large scale bright floral print, similar to this one. Some … Continue reading

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Color Story: Grey, the best summer neutral

It’s spring and color abounds, yet I’m still drawn to grey.  Grey is a wonderful neutral, more modern than black or white, on which to build an outfit and really pop a bright color or vivid print.  I tweeted this … Continue reading

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Scrumptious Saturday – Birthday Pie

We office (and live) about a block from a fantastic Italian restaurant, which has wonderful deserts.  In addition to awesome tiramisu (from Cheesecake Royale – Dallasites buy a $25 pan for your next event.  Beyond delicious.), they have Cappucino Ice … Continue reading

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Wear Ladylike the Modern Way

This is going to date me, but … when I was in high school I had a navy and white striped peplum dress I loved.  The peplum had box pleats, followed by a pencil skirt that I shimmied down the … Continue reading

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Nautical Inspiration

The nautical look is always good for Spring and it is especially showing up everywhere this season. To get into the nautical feel for the up coming spring trends, Vanessa will be your best friend, pair her with a pair … Continue reading

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Sculpted

That’s what we do with Carissa Rose, we sculpt the body using strategically placed darts, seams, stripes, at certain points we add extra fabric allowances, and we cut certain parts of the garment closer to the body. Maybe its our … Continue reading

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Why we did a Kickstarter Campaign

During the summer of 2011, a member of our staff had the idea for us to do Kickstarter project.  Her reasoning was two fold: To grow our customer base by introducing more women to CarissaRose.com To test the market for … Continue reading

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Scrumptious Saturday – Roasted Red Pepper Dip

A friend came over for dinner and brought a jar of Hatch Chile Pepper Dip made exclusively for Central Market by Robert Rothschild Farm. If you’re lucky enough to live in proximity of a Central Market, then you know that … Continue reading

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