Fall 2014 Sneak Peek

Soo I know I've been MIA....my bad. In my defense, school has taken over my life, and in 3 weeks I get it back (thank goodness!). Even as I type, I'm sitting in class...listening to my professor drone my time away.

It's a sad situation.

But nevermind all that, Fall 2014 has made an appearance!

VeraObsessed has graciously shared the wealth with these pics of the new colors! Meet:

African Violet

Ink Blue

Moon Bloom

Ziggy Zinnia

Soooo I'm really into Moon Bloom and African Violet! They're different, like a breath of fresh air. I was honestly getting a little overwhelmed with seeing paisley prints every season.

PAISLEYPAISLEYPAISLEYPAISLEYPAISLEYPAISLEYPAISLEYPAISLEYPAISLEYPAISLEYPAISLEYPAISLEYPAISLEYPAISLEY

Enough already. I like some of them....but we need a break. Just sayin.

Also, when I first saw these new prints, I instantly recognized Ziggy Zinnia and African Violet from survey pics that popped up last May (I posted about them here and here). Both posts are about two different surveys.

African Violet was then known as "#10" and I wrote:

"...are pretty florals, but nothing to go crazy over."

At the time I couldn't really appreciate the different elements of the pattern. I didn't notice the cheetah spots in the background either. This pattern kind of blended in with the other 7 floral patterns in the survey. Oops.


Ziggy Zinnia was a part of the second set of survey pics. Some people actually thought they were phony...guess not! It was known then as "#1" and I wrote:

"It's different...a little OD on the neon green."

 I stand by that. I don't really like this one. even the chevron in the background can't make me like this print. The colors hurt my eyes...they came from the same color palette as Tutti Frutti...and I hate that print.

Looking at the old survey prints, I spotted something else...we have seen Moon Bloom before as well!!!!

The colors are different, but the pattern is the same! they tried to sneak one by me...ha! This was in the first set, known then as "#16", and I said:

#16 makes me think of pop art, the outlines, the bright colors, etc.. I think I like it...but I probably won't want to buy it on anything.

They changed the bright colors and calmed them down to a nice pink, green, and white scheme. I'm loving it! Here's a closer look at the changes:

 I felt like I won something when I realized that...I'm such a clown lol.

The only newbie of the bunch is Ink Blue. I like that one too. Very mosaic-like, and very different that things we've seen lately.

What do you all think of the new Fall 2014 colors?

Happy Birthday to ItLoV!

Soooooo one year ago today, little ol' me sat down and started a little ol' blog about a brand that captured my interest. One year ago today, In the Land of Vera was born!

One year ago today, I began my rambles about Vera Bradley; the prints, the items, and the sheer joy I got when news came about! I met some new people with whom I could share my love/obsession/fangirling with, and it's been a blast!

In honor of ItLoV's 1 year anniversary, I'm posting a super post about all the things that have been going on:

First thing's first: the summer release...it seems like it came super fast. Last year's summer release was in March too, but I think it was more in the middle of the month...I dunno maybe time is flying by for me because I've been so engrossed with schoolwork and my day job's work....*sigh* one more semester...
Anyways...Summer 2014 was released and it was all that I'd wanted it to be...

Yes! Fanfare, Flower Shower, Flutterby, and Petal Paisley are here! Now that we have official swatches, my favorite out of the group is hands down Petal Paisley, it's the new version of Ribbons to me, but only in the sense of the two prints having the exact same color scheme. There is nothing wrong with that, because I loved Ribbon's colors, so now I won't have to scramble and stock up when Ribbons is retired....unless they decide to retire Petal Paisley in 3 months like they've been doing recently (remember La Neon Rose y'all?) What's your favorite print guys?

But now that we're on the subject of Petal Paisley, I'm super disappointed that it's not going to be the new breast cancer print. WHY NOT? Who the heck knows, according to my VGM VeraObsessed, it's supposedly one of the new Fall 2014 prints. I'm mad at this, because Petal Paisley would have been PERFECT since it's another version of Ribbons, the current breast cancer print. It just would have made sense.

Speaking of Fall 2014 prints...in due time people. I think they're still under wraps so I'll wait till I get the OK to talk about them. Let me just say though that I'm excited for them!

Moving on...

The new baby line!!!!!!!

Adorbs! Positively adorable! Gah these are one of those times where I wish I had kids right now, because it's an official fact now that they are planning on discontinuing the baby line in the fall. DEPRESSED. I AM DEPRESSED. Look at these chubby legged little babies rocking Vera! Why would you stop this????

So stock up now (like I will be doing...for the future of course) because come fall they will be goners :-(

Okay...now for a big one...this is a biggie...

Vera has paired up with another retailer to cause me to just make a bed in the poorhouse. They've teamed with UNIQLO to make shirts with Vera patterns.

Okay...so I'm in LOVE with the tunics. I'm a tunic-loving fool, and I can wear them all year round. In the summer with some shorts or over my bathing suit, in the other seasons with a light sweater over it and some leggings. Tunics are my comfy clothes. However...not a fan of the tees. I don't know, they could have done some sort of pattern play with the tees, or maybe just not slap the print on a tee and that's it. The idea works for the tunics, but not the tees for some reason. I dunno.

I'll be back later to discuss more news....my bf's dragging me away from the laptop...

Laters,

Shay

Upcoming Promos - January

My love VeraObsessed blessed me with the upcoming promo dates for this month (love ya!)

January 9th

Spring 2014 Launch

Introducing 3 new colors in addition to the previously previewed Clementine: 

Blue Bayou, Citron, and Julep Tulip. 

January 9th-11th

Vera Bradley “Tech Case” Promo

FREE Vera Bradley Tech Case with a $65 or more regular price Vera Bradley purchase. 

 January 9th-11th

Vera Bradley “Handbag Exchange” 

Receive 20% OFF a New Vera Bradley Handbag or Tote when you trade in a gently used handbag from any manufacturer to be donated to charity. 

January 16th-22nd

Vera Bradley Mirror Cosmetic Promotion

Receive a FREE Mirror Cosmetic ($28) with a $100 or more regular price Vera Bradley purchase. 

January 30th

Vera Bradley Sweetheart Coin Purse Promotion

Receive a Sweetheart Coin purse for the special price of $18 while supplies last through Feb 14th. 

(Regular price is $28) 

You can also sneak a peek at my  "Upcoming Promos" sidebar on the left for the deets!

Happy Birthday VeraObsessed!

I could NOT let this day go by without showing VeraObsessed some love: 

 She's where I get my 411.

I can fangirl to her about Vera and she will totally get it. 

Retirement Sale? YAY!

She's my Vera Godmother...and today is this awesome gal's born day!!!! 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY VERAOBSESSED! 

...and like any true citizen in the Land of Vera, she celebrates in style. 

Jealous!!!!!!!!!!!!

If it weren't for her, I would not have been inspired to even create this blog.
Seeing her love for Vera made me want to share mine too!

HUGS

Be sure to give VeraObsessed some love guys! 

Walking in a Vera wonderland....

*waves*

This is going to be a bit long I think, and there's going to be quite a few gifs to express my feels, so here is my warning to strap yourselves in lol....

First things first:

So if you are reading this, it's clear who won the design battle, Canterbury Magenta of course! And look at how FAB it is! Thank you guys soooo much for your input! Some people wanted a different print, and I've been wondering what print you guys would have liked. I love designing new layouts so comment below with what prints you'd like me to create a layout for next and I'll hop to it!

Secondly, onto real Vera news...its happened guys! Venetian Paisley (VP) and Canterbury Magenta (CaMa) are here, and they are such beauties!!

 Honestly, I wasn't too crazy about VP at first...it looked like way too much going on. In those cases I have to wait so see it on merchandise to make a real judgement. I felt the same way about Heather and Jazzy Blooms and I ended up LOVING those prints. Seeing it on items changes things a little for me. Granted, I'm not totally in love with VP still, but it doesn't abhor me like Tutti Frutti did/does/itneedstogoaway.

How I feel about Tutti Frutti i'm not sorry.

But VP is very likeable. I can see why some of you citizens are totally taken with it! It especially looks nice on the hipsters, and that cute Double Take tote! Plus, I absolutely love the chevron interior print! I'm a total sucker for stripe, and chevron is no exception!

Now CaMa is frickin GORGE on stuff...I want everything in it! I love everything about it; the colors, the design, the SIMPLICITY of it. Of course the fact that it's magenta kicks it up an extra notch. Canterbury Cobalt is nice too, the blue pops out as well, but I'm a girlie girl, so pink wins! I also love it because it's a black based print, so it can be a heavy-duty job print, like for work or travel.

GIVE ME ALL THE THINGS!!!!!!!

I'm honestly torn between stuff! Do I want a hardshell case or a soft one? Do I want the Stay Cooler or a Lunch Bunch? Glenna or Vera? OR PLEATED TOTE?!

Decisions, decisions! Gah I need a second job!

Why? Because on top of that, they have also given me kitchen things in Bittersweet and I NEED THEM OKAY?! Here's my itty bitty very RED kitchen....there needs to be some touches of Vera in there!

Can you visualize it?? I can! It was like they made it for my kitchen!

Also released were some of the holiday items, like the ornaments, warm fuzzy slippers and boots, and CUUUUUTE pet accessories!!!

Some people went APESHIT on the release day. No, really, they went nuts, because some of this stuff is STILL sold out! These pet accessories didn't have a chance, they were snatched up within a few hours. Thank goodness I don't have my dog (yet) or else I would have been devastated.

Moving on, November 21st is a big day. It is the re-release day of Pink Elephants! VeraObsessed has me drooling over her Insta:

Pink Elephants was a Spring 2007 Breast Cancer Awareness color, and it's just ADORABLE! It's hard enough trying to decide what I want for Christmas...this is not helping! You know how much of a sucker I am for pink....

November 21 is also the release of more holiday items like this:

VeraObsessed posted this via @tlglass42, and HOLYMACARONIIWANTITNOOOOW!

It's a flipping robe! A fuzzy warm robe! I cannot with this! Can you imagine this with those Cozy Slippers they have already available?! It supposed to be made from the same material as the Throw Blankets! Holy shit thats insane! Do you know how soft those things are?! I'll never leave my house, or I'll show up to work in a damn robe all winter!

Those throws make you snuggly!

It's retail price is said to be $58 (affordable!) and it'll be offered in Heather, Venetian Paisley, Midnight Blues, Tutti Frutti (ugh) and Ribbons (yay!). Honestly, I really wish they'd throw me a bone and include Olivia Pink in cute stuff like this! Good thing I love Ribbons and Heather or I'd be a little ticked! The colors are the same ones that are offered for the slippers so it makes sense...but aww.

Theres a couple more things to talk about, but I'll take a breather and come back later with more.

Happy holidays and Happy shopping y'all!


P.S. - Just speculating, Cyber Monday is coming and you better hold onto your hats! They've been counting down for a reason, and I have a feeling/hoping it's going to be for a goooood reason!

Baby on board!

I'm currently sitting on a bus on the way to grad school, and I felt the need to randomly update before I'm bogged down with work. This is my first post from my phone, so let's see how this goes. I can't add my tags yet, I'll add them later.

I think I've posted a lot this month...October is turning out to be crazy as hell, in both good and bad ways. Here's some good for ya:

So a few posts ago I threw out into the universe that the powers-at-be in Veraland might be wrapping up the baby line. I figured since they were retiring Lola and Lilli Bell, which are two out of the three prints on the line. WELLLLLL I like to be wrong in this case!

As always my Vera-godmother Veraobsessed dropped one on me and I am loving this:

Do you see?! Not only are there baby clothes in Clementine and it looks like Flutterby, but I SEE BABY BOY CLOTHES! 

My feels! I can't contain them!

Yes, from what it looks like, they are launching a line for boys! I'm thinking that it's in Venetian Paisley, I'm making out the blue and white chevron from the interior print it comes in. But VeraObsessed thinks it's Blue Bayou since the other colors are Spring 2014 colors as well, which makes sense. Score for them, because there are some citizens of Veraland that have baby boys, it's time for all babies to be dressed in Vera equally!

Also a cute surprise: the bottom rack has some SWIMSUITS on there!!! OMG I can't! Can you imagine cute little legs running on the beach with a Vera swimmie on?! I die! This is making me want one of my friends to hurry up and have a baby already (because I'm not lol)!!

So there is some hope for the new items replacing the retired stuff. They've gotten a couple brownie points since the retirement bomb dropped on us, here's to hoping that there is more good stuff up their sleeves!

Sidebar: *waves* to my visitors from Facebook! Thanks to VeraObsessed for sending you guys my way! 

Out with the old, In with the New

So my last post I was a little manic. Sorry not sorry. I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one who was pissed, quite a few people feel that it's getting a bit crazy. Plus, every other day is a discount, sale, or huge coupon in my mail! I'll never complain about a coupon, but they sure send them at the wrong times for me! I just paid rent!

But anywhoo, now that a few days have passed and I've calmed a little, I'm trying to see the silver lining in all of this: new items! I wasn't too excited about this at first. I was VERY skeptical because they were taking things I LOVE off of the line, my faves wouldn't come out in new prints and that made me grrrrrrrr....until my Vera-Godmother VeraObsessed (via Donna) shared this with me:

*hyperventilating*

Guys, you all KNOW how much I love Olivia Pink, so of COURSE I'm sold on this! This is just one of the new winter items to be released on November 7. It's a Gym Bag and it's making me forget why I was missing the Small Duffel. I LOVE the addition of pockets outside and netted pockets inside. So convenient!

Here are some of the other items set to be released:

Squeeeeee!

I see slippers, I see PJs, I see a cute little jewelry box that is just waiting for my things! This stuff is niceeeee!! A few things are replacements for the styles that have been or will be retired. The Turn Lock Satchel is the new Bowler, the Small Gym Bag is the new Small Duffel, and the Pleated Tote has come back from the dead... it's ALL good!

This isn't all of them, all I can say is that there are enough things coming out that have me seeing a little less red, and will have me hoping for more green to buy this stuff...unless they decide to retire this stuff next season or something (I kid, I kid).

Gah those slippers look so comfy! Like my feet will feel like they're walking on clouds! As usual, I'm hoping EVERYTHING comes in Olivia Pink. Especially the PJs and slippers!

OOO and how could I forget about the stuff for home?!?!

Good lord there are APRONS, RECIPE BOOKS, AND TOWELS WITH CUTE LITTLE DESSERTS ON THEM! How adorable are these?!?!

Now my kitchen is red, white, and black, so as much as I would love to have an Olivia Pink kitchen, it's just not in the cards....but that's what Bittersweet is for! I see it on the table in the pic so I'm hoping that it comes in the apron and towels as well.

Also coming out soon are the holiday items! I know there are robes (soft, fluffy and plush ones), The Radko Ornament (cutest Santa holding a Venetian Paisley bag...but it's limited, only 750 exist so get it while you can!), and they're bringing Pink Elephants back for this November 21st release, maybe only for the Holiday gifts?

Looks like Vera-Land citizens will be spending a lot this Christmas!