HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY, NEON TEA PARTY!

This week marks two years of neon enthusiasm on this here blog! I'm so proud to have made it this far, blogging for 24 months, and I don't plan on stopping anytime soon!

To celebrate, here's a list of some things I've been coveting recently: everything from kitschy banners to rings that perfectly balance fierceness and delicacy.

{fabric garland inspiration}

- - sewing instructions here and here - -

{free people's primal scream collection}

- - shop it here - -

{the perfect delicate statement rings}

- - tom binns and cc skye - -

{i'm a sucker for turquoise accents and swirly iron}

- - from anthropologie - -

{my dream house would obviously have a neon front door}

- - tips and more doors here - -

{a daily reminder to love life}

- - from catbird nyc - -

Peace, Love and 2 YEARS OF Neon,

Marisa

want this now: uo graphic tees

The oversized graphic tees at Urban are currently covering the bases of all my interests:

{paris}

{france}

[french, and apparently night life]

{rock}

{roll}

{my childhood}

{my birthday}

Yep, I think they got everything...and I would obviously welcome any (or all) of them as a belated Hanukkah gift.


Peace, Love and Neon,
Marisa

a series: (the neon tea) PARTY time !!

Just got home from a night of birthday shenanigans in honor of my lovely friend Shlie's 21st... hence today's (delayed) post is themed: (the neon tea) PARTY time !!











Peace, Love and Neon,
Marisa

JOYEUX ANNIVERSAIRE TNTP!!

I am happy to announce that The Neon Tea Party turns 1 year old today! So proud to have been able to consistently keep up with my blog for a WHOLE year. Hopefully, this is just the beginning of Neon Tea Party-ness and there will be many more anniversaires to come!

In honor of this joyous occasion, check out my FIRST BLOG POST and leave comments to tell me what you think of the blog and what you'd like to see on it in the upcoming year :)

Paix, Amour et Néon,
Marisa

time out: happy birthday cheffrey!

Create your own FACEinHOLE

I'd like to wish a very happy birthday to someone I've owed a NTP post for a long time: Jeff "Cheffrey" Khasin!! Jeff is probably the world's GREATEST Neon Tea Party fan, and I would like to show him my appreciation by making this post especially for him! So HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the funniest, tallest, smartest, greatest man in the world! I hope that this year brings you much happiness, success and chefability!

Peace, Love and CHEFFREY,
Marisa

WELCOME TO THE THE NEON TEA PARTY!!

What is The Neon Tea Party?

The Neon Tea Party is a blog about all things fashionable, fabulous, girly, trendy and amazing.

Stay tuned for trend reports, restaurant reviews, shopping lists, adventure ideas, and more, obviously.

Also, the banner and layout aren't finalized, but I'm too excited to launch my blog, so this will have to do for now.

In the mean time, check out my new favorite store, pinkyotto -- it just opened on Newbury a couple weeks ago and I'm in love.

I wasn't planning on buying anything, I SWEAR, (I had already been shopping all day and bought two pairs of ripped denim shorts, a tye-dye tank dress and the perfect black halter romper with ruffle at the neck [!!] AND picked up my two pairs of Chanels from the shoe repair), but I was pressured into it by my friends. Obviously I couldn't say no.

After trying on an AMAZING off-white lace skirt with little lace star explosions [obsessed], a grey silk short-sleeved shift with a black lace panel down the front and back and fringe on the bottom, and two other printed silk masterpieces, I decided on this:

Perfectly simple, yet still funky and totally me. I couldn't resist the little owl print. (I had actually tried on another dress in the same fabric.)

Definitely check out the store-- there's no way that you won't find a treasure among the racks and racks of unique printed dresses of amazingness. FYI, there is not one, but THREE locations in New York. (A fortunate discovery just in time to return to the city for the summer!!)

Oh and look for an editorial about the store in the first published issue of The Buzz. I already spoke to one of the owners about doing a collaboration for the magazine!!

Okay, now I actually have to work on my Spanish paper now. Le sigh.

Check back soon for post numero dos.

Peace, Love and Neon,
Marisa

P.S. Check out this video of Boston University's best a cappella group, the Dear Abbeys, performing one of my favorite Coldplay songs. (Who am I kidding? Every Coldplay song is my favorite Coldplay song.)