New Years Eve 2013

2013 started off with a bang with not 1, not 2 but 3 New Years Parties!

I stopped by "The White House" for a party being thrown by my dear friend Sarah Shreves

Next stop was a Junior High party with some friends from church...N'sync, Spice Girls and lots of awkward outfits...so good

And then over to another Sarahs for some New Years Shananigans...

And then the clock struck 12

Outfit: Skirt Jcrew ; Shirt H&M ; Shoes Steve Madden

Drip Drip Drop November Shower

Drip Drip Drop little november shower! 

So thrilled to have been able to wear my wellies today!

Outfit : Boots; Kamiks Tights; Target : Skirt; Thrifted Similar here ; Sweater: Zara : Scarf H&M old similar here 

Fancy Picnic Birthday

I know I say this all the time but I truly have the greatest friends! Yesterday about 30 or so of my people drove from all over southern california to celebrate my birthday with me and I definitely felt celebrated. 

I am so thankful for the people I get to walk through life with. Teachers, Lawyers, Social Workers, etc...people from all different walks of life who God has weaved into my story and allowed to be my friends. I am truly blessed.

Dress: old similar here 

Enchanted

Its been a crazy week! Last week as I was walking downtown to my next fashion show, I was struck by how truly enchanted I am by the life I get to lead.

The girls and I ventured downtown to the Vibiana for the GenArt fresh faces in fashion show. I of course came armed wearing my favorite lipstick. Ruby Woo by MAC cosmetics.

A night out in Los Angeles isn't complete without a celebrity sighting. True to form, there was David Arquette in the front row.

After the fashion show, I headed over to Little Bear for a benefit for Two Wings.

Two Wings uses education, mentoring and life coaching to empower at-risk youth and survivors of sex trafficking in achieving their dreams in the greater Southern California region.

And then came day 2 of LA Fashion Week. This dress is made up completely of corn kernels by the very talented Jlynn of JHauss!

Gorgeous!

Directly following the fashion show we drove down to Orange County for 31 Bits launch.  It was so fun to dance the night away with old friends and new friends! I am so beyond thankful for the unique people God throws into my life. I met Summer earlier this year at an event and knew instantly this was a woman I wanted to know. She loves Jesus and fashion and lives in my hometown of San Diego! Girl after my own heart. I also recently met Candace Cameron Bure through some work related stuff and I just think she is great!

Dress: Forever 21 old ; Shoes Steve Madden Girl old ; Necklace 31 Bits 

Friday night I met some friends and ventured off to the Santa Monica Pier to watch 500 Days of Summer from the pier.

Myself and Natalie (my roomie) watching the movie. Shirt: JCrew old similar here

Darling Magazine Launch

One of my very favorite things about the life I get to lead is the people I get to meet and the projects it turns into. About a year ago, I found out about Darling Magazine and instantly fell in love with the hearts of the women behind this project. The magazine is so empowering and beautiful. It leaves you feeling beautiful and inspired and excited!

You can imagine my excitement when it opportunity arose for me to use my own talents and work towards getting some press for this fab magazine. The launch party was a little over a week ago and it left me feeling excited, empowered and inspired. Check out some of the pics from the very talented photographer (and my dear friend) Sarah Shreves.

It was a pleasure to host the fabulous blogger and my new friend, Hallie from the fab blog Hallie Daily

The gorgeous editor in chief, Sarah Dubbeldam

My outfit: Green Top: Old Madewell; Necklace: Old J.Crewhttp://www.jcrew.com; Leather skirt: Thrifted similar from asos

Being a tourist in the city I call home.....and a very scary man

Yesterday was one of those magical days where my love where my love of this city got completely re ignited. My friend Jill and I decided to hop on the train and enjoy the city. I can walk to the train from my apartment so the fact that I don't really ever use the train is a little silly.

The first leg of our trip was....interesting. We are sitting there for a few minutes when we hear them announce over the loud speaker that we are at the South West Museum. I perk up because I LOVE museums. We are bantering back and forth about what sort of museum we imagine this being when the man sitting directly across from us says its an "Indian" museum. Firstly, I don't use the word Indian unless I am talking about people from India. The man corrects himself and calls it the Native American Museum and we spend the next 10 minutes or so marveling and what the Native Americans were able to do without all the technology we have today, like building pyramids. This led to talking about the Great Wall of China. Did you know that at any given time there were 10 million people working on the wall and that it only took 10 years to construct? Pretty amazing. All the while a very umm, intriguing looking man sat and very clearly listened to everything we were saying without giving any input. Imagine a guy, about 6'4 with long white hair and not all of his teethe. Union Station quickly came and Jill and I exited the train and said goodbye to our new friend. I am not 5 ft off the train when the aforementioned traveler approaches me and with anger in his eyes says "Do you really think Indians have any value?" Okay...disclaimer. I am 5'0 and 110 Ibs soaking wet. I am also fearless and know full well that when it comes to arguing about things related to social justice or basic human rights I am pretty equipped to win. I am never what people expect and mostly people don't expect this little fashion girl to have any education or opinion about anything outside of what Louboutin's would look better. I can only imagine that my face got all sorts of twisted up and I said very adamantly "of course I do, they are people and people have VALUE". Reality then kicked in and I realized that this was a very large and potentially crazy man and potentially not someone I could have an educated conversation with. I found a hole in the crowd and quickly scattered away. Half frustrated that I wasn't able to "educate" this man and half relieved to have made it away.

We then made it over to Olvera Street. I had never been before but have always been struck by it from the street. I have been missing out because it is very much alive and a gem in this city that I call home. There were Mariachi's and people dancing. There were Churro's and other mexican pastries and every shop window was filled with vibrant traditional outfits. It was the sort of place that I knew I could spend day at if you let me.


to be continued....