2/27/10

Jacket- Sakks Off Fifth, Jeans-Hudson, Belt- Nordstrom

This is an outfit that I wore last week on one of the sunny days. The necklace that I'm wearing is from a street vendor in Morocco and it definitely spices up this otherwise simple outfit; it adds a littly funky, a little glam I think :)

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Singing in the Rain

Shirt- $10 Store in Santa Barbara, Pants- Forever 21, Belt- Nordstrom, Boots- (as if you haven't seen these already :)) Steve Madden

 

It was raining today, hence the umbrella. I seriously love this umbrella, not only because it keeps me from getting soaked on days like this, but just because it is so darn cute! I tied my skinny brown belt around my waist to give this oversized shirt a tad more shape. You can sort of see it peeking out from under my arms (that I just realized are slightly obscuring it in the photo above… oops ha ha).

I've been on the lookout for an umbrella like this one for a while, so when I randomly came across this one in some obscure pharmacy, it was hard to resist the urge to jump up and down at my luck :)

Clutch

I have been wanting to DIY a big, leather clutch so badly ever since Gemma from fade to black made her own about a year ago (see below).


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And then this little clutch pops up on the arm of Carolina of Fashion Squad and now I am feeling some serious envy.


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It seems like a clutch like the one above would be very practical, but I'm not sure how much use a kid like me would get out of it... though it would work well as a laptop case if it was big enough.. hmm.. I'll try to tackle this DIY once school isn't so busy...

2/22/11 Outfit



This is one of my new favorite shirts that I just recently bought! It is so light/airy and I love the color. These jeans are new too actually. You can't really tell in this photo but they have little pockets on the side of the thighs.

I'm kind of dissapointed because it was actually sunny today (perfect for a photo) but by the time I got around to actually taking the photo it was getting dark so... ugh... more dark photos until the long days of summer reach my part of the world.

2/21/11 Sketch/Update

Above is a quick sketch of my interpretation of an outfit that I saw while I was watching a video of the Free People, or the Urban Outfitters lookbook (I can't for the life of me remember which!).

I was the winner of Going West's recent giveaway! I purchased two pairs of sunglasses and a ring at shopcalico.com and they should be on their way to my house as we speak. I'll post some photos once they arrive :)

2/19/11

Found these fun sandals at Forever 21 a few weeks ago. I can't wait for summer so that I can get some use out of them :)





And I picked up this recycled tote while I was out and about a few weeks ago too because I fell in love with the butterfly details.
Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!

Red Pants

Pants-Forever 21, T-shirt-Delias, Blazer-Nordstrom

Wore my red pants today! I pulled out this old t-shirt from the back of my closet to wear with them.
The weather was really gloomy today, and its only going to get worse tomorrow... I am so ready for spring and summer! Anyone else?

2/12/11

 

 The top that I'm wearing is actually the Forever 21 dress that I wore in this post :) It is definitely one of the most versatile pieces that I own. And I love love love these cat-eye sunglasses! Happy Saturday!

2/10/11

I know I've been coming at you with a lot of art posts recently but I just can't help sharing them, especially when I stumble across an artist as cool as this one. His name is Dan Mountford and I can't share any photos with you directly, but check out the DOUBLE EXPOSURES on his  flickr account. They are amazing! 

J. Crew Spring Inspiration

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J. Crew Spring 2011

2/9/11



A quick photo of the parka and scarf combo that I've been digging. The scarf is from H&M and its a really pretty coral color that pops nicely with the olive green of the parka (I know it probably seems like it, but I swear I don't wear this parka everyday!) The photo is a little fuzzy because it was getting dark and my photographer (aka my impatient sister) was getting antsy. I'll take a better photo of this little combo eventually but right now I am swamped with homework.

Hope everyone is having a great week!

2/8/11

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This is some of the work of artist Brent Hildy that Free People posted on their blog and I thought I would share with you all.

One of Those Days

                                                                                     

Sweater-H&M
Pants-Forever 21

Today was one of those rare, perfect days... I'm at the beach with my family for the weekend and the weather happens to be absolutely gorgeous and I happen to be wearing my new favorite outfit (above). Not to mention I got to spend time with my mom and dad and not think about school or homework or anything else. As you can see its past 11:00 pm and I am still up trying to milk this perfect day of every last second.

My Jewelry Solution

Jewelry can be frustrating. Necklaces always tend to get tangled with each other and I feel like I am constantly looking for the match to an earring. One day I was staring at the framed bulletin boards where I pin inspiration photos (which I haven't updated in probably 6 months) and I thought, why not use it to hang earrings and necklaces. And so that's exactly what I did! I pin inspiration photos to the corkboard with sewing pins, then hang my necklaces and earrings from them. This method is so functional, and makes it really easy for me to just slip on a necklace or a pair of earrings when I am running late (which is much too often). Give it a try, and tell me how it works out!

My slightly messy board...

American Eagle medallion-ish necklace...

H&M earrings...

Forever 21 earrings...

Lucky Brand owl necklace...

P.S. My camera is back, obviously :)

2/1/11

Shorts-Forever21, Top-Lefties

Just got these shorts from Forever 21 like a week ago. They are nautical so of course I love them!

I'm working on upping the quality of my outfit photos. It is so hard because it is either a self-timer situation (like these photos) or a wait-till-my-grumpy-sister-finishes-her-homework situation, and its frustrating because neither of those allow me to control quality. But I'm working on it.

I took the photo below while frantically running down my street trying to catch a gorgeous sunset.