Palm Springs {Outfit to Card}

It was my girlfriend's birthday last week and I'm a bit late in making her card. I was inspired by this spread in Lucky's Feb Issue. When we were in college, we used to drive to Palm Springs on the weekends when the weather wasn't so great in LA. I love the style there - mid-century modern, mod, retro, old school glamour, you name it! I've been visiting PS since I was 5 years old (you could say it was my 2nd home), and I can honestly say it never got old going there. I haven't been in a few years now, and I'm itching to get back. *sigh*

But enough reminiscing, and on to the card. Have you seen the outfit to room posts out there like this one, where you take a room's decor and turn it into an outfit. I tried to do something similar for my card. I used the outfit above as inspiration. I love the hot pink jumpsuit with blue print (tough to see in the photo) and then the pop of green in the handbag. I've already bought two jumpsuits to wear this spring/summer, but this one is simply Divine!  

I found some left over buckles from my wedding invites and thought this would make a nice belt look. I stamped the background and drew the hat.

This is my pop of green inside - It was too much on the outside, but perfect inside

Materials:
Paper: Raspberry Fizz, Sweet Blush, Ripe Avocado, Spring Moss (Papertrey Ink)
Stamps: Guidelines too, Polka Dot Basics 2, Birthday Bash Sentiments (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Cerulean (Colorbox), Orchid (Colorbox)
Ribbon: Michaels
Rhinestone Buckle: found online (can't recall the place)
Punches: Fancy Square 1.75" and 1.5" (McGill)

Beauty Routine

Hi All! It's been a few days since I've been on the blog. Work got a bit crazy last week and I just didn't have the time to post. But, I'm back and thought I'd kick off the week with some of my beauty must haves. I love all these items and use them regularly.  What are some of your favorite beauty products? I'm always on the hunt for new stuff.

1. Jo Malone Vintage Gardenia Cologne 3.4 oz $105 - Nordstrom.com
2. Chloe Rosebud 1.7oz Eau de Parfum Spray $85 - Sephora.com
3. Jergens® natural glow Firming Daily Moisturizer - Target (I've got pale skin and this one looks the most natural and allows me to go out without tights and not blind people)
4. Olay Total Effects 7-in-1 Anti-aging Eye Cream Line and Dark Circle Minimizing brush $20 - Amazon.Com (can't say enough about this, it works beautifully)
5. Fructis Style Full control Anti-humidity hairspray- Target
6. Living Proof Straight Making No Frizz Styling Cream $36- Sephora.Com (with curly hair like mine, this makes blow drying straight MUCH easier
7. Essie Nail Polish, Big Spender $7- Target
8. Evian Mineral Water Spray $10 - Sephora.com (I love this to "set" my make-up when I'm done)
9. Arcona Skin Care - Basic 5 - Arcona.com (been using for years and honestly makes my skin look amazing)
10. Clarisonic Mia Sonic Skin Cleansing System $149- Sephora.com (feels and looks like a mini facial everytime)
11. Sonia Kashuk Eye Makeup Remover $10- Target (hands down the best eye makeup remover I've found, not greasy and takes everything off)

Themed Drunch {Sunday Funday}

Sunday was the 5th Themed Drunch party held by a few of our friends. What is themed drunch you say? It's endless food and mimosa brunch with a costume theme tied to it. My friends organize these a few times a year. They pick the date, send out the randomly generated costume theme (we're supposed to keep it a secret) and then we show up at the bar for brunch dressed in our creation. It's called drunch because with endless mimosas,you tend to over indulge as your glass is never empty- aka drunch. This time the theme was cartoons. Past themes have included seasons (don't just think spring, summer, fall - you've got to get creative like say football season), school, heritage and careers. This was my first time in attendance, and let me tell you - these people get creative! I went as Daphne from Scooby Doo. I recycled this costume from about 10 years ago when a bunch of my friends and I went as the Scooby Doo Gang for Halloween. My mom made the dress...pretty snazzy huh? (i'm just impressed it still fits!). I even toted around a Mystery Machine as my purse.

Here are a few of the other cartoons in attendance:

Fred (from Scooby Doo) and Dilbert

Daphne, Fred, Dilbert, Jem, Mo (Bartender from Simpsons) and you can barely see Spongebob in the back

Spongebob - not the easiest to navigate in

Jem, Rugrat, Daphne and Spongebob

Others in attendance included Miss Piggy, Peppermint Patty, Linus, Woody, two Carebears and a second Spongebob (or should I say SpongeBetty!)

Black and White part 2 {Birthday Card}

Last week I posted about this birthday party where the theme was black and white. Well, you know I can't got to a birthday party without making a birthday card. To stick with the theme, I made it in black and white as well:

Materials:
Paper:True Black (Papertrey Ink) Stamper's Select White (Papertrey Ink)
Stamps: Modern Basics, Simple Sentiments, Cupcake Collection (all Papertrey Ink)
Dies: Cupcake Cupcake Collection (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento) Frost White (Colorbox)
Ribbon: Michaels
Glitter: Ultra Fine Prisma (Palette)

Tick Tock

Blouse-Gap, Skirt-Anthropologie, Boots-Nine West, Lion Necklace-Local, Chains-Jewelscapes, Watch-Coach, Bangle-Forever21, Bangle-Gift from my Girlfriend (I've been wearing it non-stop!- thanks Elena) Earrings-Forever21

Happy Friday! Do you all have big plans for the weekend? We're going to dinner with friends tonight. Should be fun times.


This week Ramesh and I started a body re-define workshop our trainer is hosting for next 30 days. Basically during the week we don't eat carbs - we focus on protein, vegetables and legumes/beans. After the first two days of sugar cravings, it got MUCH easier. In fact, I'm rather enjoying it and feel really good. What got me thru those first few days was knowing the sweet victory I'll enjoy on Saturday. We get one free day a week to eat anything we want... and yep, you guessed it...we picked Saturdays. I can't tell you how much I've been looking forward to this day! I think we are going to start the day with a big gooey donut. We've been writing down what we want to splurge on for that day all week. I'm afraid we might make ourselves sick. BTW-you can have 2 glasses of red wine a day. How sweet is that? I'll keep you posted on our progress. We're only on week 1. Have a fantastic weekend!

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Black and White {Birthday Party}

Dress-Jovovich-Hawk for Target,Boots-Nine West, Owl Necklace-Forever21, Necklace-Vintage, Watch-Michele,
Bracelets-vintage, nomination, Ring-Silpada, Jacket-Limited, Purse-Be&D

Saturday night a girlfriend hosted her birthday party at this great bar in NE Mpls. There were DJ's playing amazing house music and everyone was dressed in either black, white or black and white. I saw this as the perfect opportunity to break out my new Jovovich-Hawk for Target dress that I talked about here. It fit the bill perfectly except for the fact that it was so cold I had to double up on the tights. The party was great and Nikki looked amazing in her red dress and old hollywood glamour hair. I love that everyone was in black and white but the birthday girl was in red- what a way to stand out!

Brain.Dead.

Blouse-Forever21, Sweater-Banana Republic,Jeans-Paige, Shoes-Seychelles,Necklaces-Forever21 and local, Watch-Coach, Bangles-Gift from sister in law, bracelet-local

It was a long, but exciting week last week. I moved to a new job and am in the middle of transitioning my old one to my old team. It's great to feel energized again and be learning something new. The downside was that by Friday I was a pile of mush. I forgot how much it takes out of you learning a new job. New people to meet, processes to learn, a team to hire, and strategy to create! Happy Hour? um yes please. So that's where I headed after my long week and let me tell you... that beer tasted damn good! 

Tucker

Dress-Tucker for Target, Sweater-JCrew, Tights-Gap, Boots-Target, Belt-Target, Earrings-Limited, Necklace-Juicy Couture, Watch-Coach, Bracelet-Local, Bangle-Forever21, Bangles-Gift from my sister-in-law

I'm loving my Tucker for Target (say that 10 times fast!) dress that I recently purchased and talked about here. The only drawback is I see it on EVERYONE at work. That's what happens when you work for a company that collaborates with cute designers. I haven't seen it mixed the way I've got it on today though, so that makes me feel better. I'm going to get a ton of wear out of this little number. Outfits are whizzing through my brain even as I type this. Would it be wrong if I just wore it everyday but remixed differently? No?  Well, maybe not such a great idea. My co-workers might think I'd gone off the deep end. But, here's an even better idea-what if Target took part in the 30 for 30 and gave me 30 items to remix for 30 days? Talk about marketing campaign for their clothes! How fun would that be? I might have to get on that!

Cropped

Blouse-Express, Tank (over blouse)-Target, Cardigan-Vince, Pants-JCrew, Socks-JCrew, Shoes-DV by Dolce Vita, Necklace-Tiffany&Co, Chain-Stella&Dot, Necklace-Forever21, Ring-Silpada

I'm loving the plethora of cropped pants available right now. I used to worry they'd make my legs look short and stumpy, but I've gotten over it and I'm embracing them with full force this spring. In fact, this is my second pair in a week! I've been itching to wear these for sometime and decided that snow or now snow, I was going to make them work. Since it was so cold out I had to pair them with socks, but I kinda like them that way. What do you think? Are you a fan of cropped pants?

Golf Pants

Blouse-Gap, Sweater-Forever21, Vest-Jovovich-Hawk for Target, Pants-Pure Joy,Shoes-DV by Dolce Vita,
Earrings-LimitedNecklace-Juicy Couture, Watch-Coach, Bracelet-Local, Bangles-Gift from my sister-in-law

So that snowstorm I was telling you about...it hit us and it made me really crabby. What started out as torrential rain turned to sleet which then turned to snow. I wasn't one bit happy looking out my window to see white covering everything. In rebellion I broke out what I like to call my "golf pants". They're so obnoxiously loud, I love them. I've have them for over 12 years(!) and I'm still making them work. Being that old, could I consider them vintage? hmmm.