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Monthly Archives: July 2013

welcome to the dark side

By Marlene | Published: 30. July 2013
It has taken three years, but today is the day. The day my mother will look at this blog and go into total shock. Because her daughter has bought flat shoes. Not just flat but sensible shoes. Voluntarily. Mama? I don't know how this happened either! (more…)
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big love for the suede shopper

By Marlene | Published: 26. July 2013
It might be silly, but I actually start giggling every time I click "publish" and see the picture in the first post come up so big in the new blog layout. SO BIG. When we were playing around with the layout, I was wondering how it would work with different types of picture. So I'm excited to find out what it will look like when I put „The Nora” in two [...]

en vogue

By Marlene | Published: 24. July 2013
Remember how I said the other day that I had some big news and that it took some serious self-control on my part to not just blurt it out? Well, I don't have to hold back any longer. Things moved along a lot quicker than I had anticipated and so I'm allowed to tell you today that Spruced is now a partner site of German Vogue. Pardon me, VOGUE. If caps were [...]

summer beauty: nail polish

By Marlene | Published: 23. July 2013
Perhaps I should thank my neighbours instead of calling the police. They've decided to host a little get-together on this beautiful summer night. Although they wouldn't call it that. They'd call it a paaaaaaardy! My neighbours are 20. They drive me insane not least because they have turned me into a cranky old lady. But that's another story for another [...]

sparkling new

By Marlene | Published: 21. July 2013
It's not New Year's Eve. But it kind of feels like that around here today, because Spruced has spruced itself up a little more. (more…)
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