happy birthday, LRW!

View More: http://ashley-caroline.pass.us/littleredswellbranding A little over a year ago, my friend Courtney and I decided to start little red's well. One part style, one part wellness, we worked our asses off to create content that we were craving on the regular. A year later, this blog has had a major facelift, shifted its focus solely onto fashion, doubled its readership, and turned into a full fledged business. I could not be more proud of what we do here at LRW.

If you've been a reader since day 1, you'll know that Courtney is now writing for online publications, writing her first book, and has her own blog here. Working together allowed us to each find our own vision for what we wanted to write about. My eternal thanks to Courtney for helping me start this wonderful adventure that is LRW.

Let's take a stroll down memory lane...here are my 10 favorite posts on LRW:

1. The inception of the closet makeover.

2. My style philosophy.

3. Birthday words.

4. My first shoot with Ashley Caroline Photography.

5. A happy admission.

6. The makings of a career change.

7. Quitting my 9-5 job.

8. Dressing for your audience without changing your style.

9. What being a vegetarian means to me.

10. How LRW got her name.

Oh, what a year it has been :)

ALSO! In honor of this momentous birthday occasion, I am giving away a prize EACH WEEK THIS MONTH! Prizes will be announced on Mondays, winners will be announced on Fridays. The prize will be different each week, and believe me, they just get better and better and better.

A week from Friday, October 10th, one lucky winner will receive:

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The best body scrub IN THE WORLD! Seriously, this stuff is pixie dust and the fountain of youth in a bag.

To enter, leave a comment below. Winner will be announced next Friday, October 10th!

Thank you so much for reading LRW. It has very literally changed my life.

xoxo,

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top photo by Ashley Caroline Photography.

and the winner is…!

It's official! We're a week into From Scratch for 50 Days: A Creativity Challenge, and it has been inspiring to say the least. We've Instagrammed, we've tweeted, we've liked and loved and commented. 7 days in and you guys are crushing it. 7b10a8c25fe5a6413ae7b180c4d7d6c3

This challenge has me thinking a little differently about every day.  Noticing things I wouldn't normally notice (New York City is so wonderfully peculiar if you really open your eyes), and feeling that itch of creativity when I would normally be reaching for my phone.

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Thank you all to those who have participated thus far.  Since we're not fans of hard and fast rules, if you haven't tried the challenge yet but want to…well, there's still 43 days to make beautiful things (or rough, random, messy things)!

And guess what? We're rewarding you all for getting involved. That's right…we've got 5, count 'em, FIVE prizes to give away to the most committed participants in #scratchfor50.

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For the third place prize, we're giving away THREE handmade initial bracelets to three lucky participants.

For the second place prize, we're giving away a feature here on little red's well. It's only fair that our readers learn all about you! Nowadays, everyone needs a platform - and we want to give it to you.

The Grand Prize! A FIFTY DOLLAR GIFT CERTIFICATE to one of our favorite stores…Nordstrom!  50 days, 50 dollars. Make it rain!

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Yup. This just got real. It's on, friends. 43 days and counting…show us what you got.

What would you create if you knew you couldn't fail?

 

all images via Pinterest, gif via PopSugar.