When a friend gave me a bottle of leg makeup, my initial reaction was "this is ridiculous."

It sat in the back of the closet for 2 whole years, until one evening last summer when I decided to try it out.

Here's the product I'm talking about: 

Guys. I can't believe I'm saying this. It's kind of amazing.

You spray it onto your hands and rub it on your legs. It doesn't make you look tan, or really change the color of your legs at all. It evens your skin tone and mattifies (kind of like you put...

Once upon a time, I thought, 'hey! maybe I could gromit a cap!' And so was born the Holey Dad Cap. $35 and FREE shipping. Handmade by yours truly.

Once upon a time, I was making a new cap. And I was loving where it was headed, but it wasn't quite right. 

Think, Emily-Girl, think! AND THEN I HAD IT!

Add more ants.

And that's how she was born. Most things creative are trial and error. My caps very often evolve over weeks. I make them, let them sit, even take some pictures of them, let them sit, look at said pictures, decide what needs changed, edit, and then list them in the shop!

All of life is like that, no?...

This summer, you will find me in a cap and sunnies. The specific sunnies I will be wearing are made by Norma Kamali. My husband got me them for my last birthday. They replaced the exact pair I had for the seven previous years. [They're your basic cat-eye, tortoise shell, bit-of-amazingness that I won my while visiting the opening of Norma Kamali's flagship store in Manhattan. She used to be my favorite designer in the whole wide world, and so my sunglasses have always been a reminder of the epic day I got to meet her.]

I...

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