The Arts

Nashville: Where to Buy Books

Posted by Liza on Jun 27, 2011 in Featured, The Arts

Nashville has become a bleak place to buy books. Here are some suggestions on where to go. If you live in Williamson County, consider yourself lucky as your bookstores are still open!

Avid Readers Declare

Posted by Elizabeth on Jun 20, 2011 in Featured, The Arts, Travel

It seems like every time I get together with a group of woman, we start talking about the best of something. It usually boils down to the best books, the best old movies (who has time to go to movies these days?) and the best recipes.

Packing with Ann Patchett

Posted by Amy on May 9, 2011 in Featured, The Arts

Ann Patchett, one of the south’s most celebrated modern-day novelists, guest blogs today for StyleBlueprint on the angst of packing for her newest book tour.

Remembering the Flood

Posted by Liza on May 2, 2011 in Featured, Happenings, The Arts

Last week, as heavy rains fell with eerie familiarity, many of us no doubt paused and thought, “Could this be happening again?” Yes, it’s been a year, today, since the Cumberland crested in Nashville and we have just the way to commemorate the day.

Insider’s Guide: Nashville Fashion Week

Posted by Elizabeth on Mar 24, 2011 in Fashion, Featured, Happenings, The Arts

Just like the shiny new bike under the Christmas tree, it’s the event we’ve all been waiting to arrive: the Lexus Nashville Fashion Week is finally here. It is a week of events filled to the max celebrating every aspect of Nashville’s Fashion industry from runway shows at some of the city’s most historic venues to a headline appearance from Project Runway’s Christian Siriano. There’s a ticket waiting for you; it’s time to grab your pass, and proceed with caution. You may never turn back.

Being Claudia Fowler

Posted by Elizabeth on Mar 22, 2011 in Fashion, Featured, Happenings, The Arts

As the Lexus Nashville Fashion Week approaches, StyleBlueprint celebrates one of this area’s most recognized arbiters of style, Claudia Fowler. With a talent for forecasting what’s hip and what’s not, Claudia has earned her stripes both as a stylist to stars like Martina and Tricia, as well as a shop owner. A step through the door of her charming store, Haven: A Sanctuary of Style, in Franklin, and you understand her mojo. It’s everywhere!

Roger Day, Jeff Warren….Oh, to be a kid again.

Posted by Liza on Mar 10, 2011 in Featured, The Arts

Some adults get stuffier and stuffier with age. But, sometimes you come across that special someone, of a certain age, who has the ability to glimpse this wondrous world through the lens of the child within. Two such adults are Roger Day and Jeff Warren. Each produce witty, intelligent and completely fun kids’ music that will entertain the stuffiest of adults.

Who’s Arcade Fire? Why Should You Care?

Posted by Liza on Feb 22, 2011 in Featured, The Arts

Feeling an inability to keep up with the ever changing music scene? Our guest blogger, Cindy Wall, shares her seven step plan for embracing current music on your own terms. If you felt completely out-of-it after this year’s Grammy awards, this post was written with you (and us) in mind.

Tutta Bella: Fly me to the Moon

Posted by Elizabeth on Feb 15, 2011 in The Arts

You’re planning your big day and you need everything to be perfect. After the church, reception and flowers, you need the a photographer who gets it, really gets it. Liza and I want to introduce you to our friend Ashley Hylbert, the official photographer for Style Blueprint. We are so excited because Ashley has started Tutta Bella Wedding Photography with Brydget Carrillo. Her wedding photographs capture the emotion and vibrancy of in a special way. This post is about the pictures–you be the judge.