F21 Finds

Striped Shift Dress Floral High-low Dress Striped A-line Skirt Faceted Faux Stone Necklace

Baby Shower Invite

Here is a recent invite I whipped up for my co-worker. I can’t wait to see how the rest of the party looks!

2013 Color Run

Doing these short 5k fun runs with my family and friends is becoming my new favorite past time. We did the Color Run at the Irvine Great Park last weekend and had a blast. Our team name was “The...

Jam Packed Weekend Fun

This weekend is bananas. Which is kind of what I need to keep my mind off the events of this week. Work is cray cray too. Here is what’s on tap: Hubby flies out to meet Miles our Nephew. THE COLOR...

New Orleans

Wow, finding time to blog lately has been tough. The NOLA trip was completely fantastic, I’m smitten with everything about that place. The food was made for me (Southern meets French) and there was...

My New Shoes

SHOP

What I’m Reading

Off to New Orleans!!

With my big trip to France on the horizon I was not going to go on this “Let’s celebrate turning 30″ trip with my girlfriends to New Orleans. After a little convincing from my BFF Misha I decided...

LOLA’s 2nd Birthday: Minnie Mouse Clubhouse Style

We recently got back from our trip to visit our god-daughter LOLA for her 2nd birthday! My best friend Brittany did an amazing job compiling supplies and crafting elements for the party. She...

the heART of a home

My girlfriend at work introduced me to a great site to order unique but inexpensive pieces of art for your home. http://www.cozamia.com/gallery Here are a few of my favorites:

Jewels!

You know I love me some chunky necklaces. With the new Spring brights I have been adding to my wardrobe I need to get some fun necklaces to pair with things. Here are a few sites I am using to find...

New Threads For Spring

I am starting to collect some new pieces for Spring/Summer to brighten up my wardrobe. Here is an outfit I picked up at Forever this week: Destroyed Skinny Jeans * Shoes * Woven Tuxedo Jacket...

New Charles Bradley!!

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Baby Nephews

My little nephews are so adorable I just had to share a few pics: Enzo Miles Lots of love to their beautiful mamas and papas too!

Happy Birthday to LOLA!

As most of you know LOLA is my god-daughter. Today is her 2nd birthday, I’ll be headed up on Friday to celebrate with her all weekend. LOLA brings so much joy to our lives, Jon and I are always...

Trip to Las Vegas

I got to take a trip for a whopping 5 days to Las Vegas last week. It was a work trip where we got to play most of the time. Jon was able to join me and my boss and the three of us had a great time...

Healthy Breakfast Idea: Strawberry and Pomegranate Quinoa Salad

Finding a healthy satisfying breakfast is always challenging for me. I usually crave eggs and bacon and we all know nothing can compare to a delicious bacon-y breakfast. The recipe I’m about to...

Have you heard of Mega Bus?

I was listening to the radio last week and this girl started talking about how she took a “Mega Bus” from Los Angeles to San Fran for only $18. The trip only took her an hour longer than it would...

Ladiespalooza 2013

I just scored such a rad house for this years Ladiespalooza trip in Palm Springs! You can check out the house here: http://www.shakennotstirred.info/ But here are a few pics:

New Duds

I happen to catch a 30% sale for Banana, GAP, and Old navy online the other day and picked up a few cute new duds: Women’s Softest Boat-Neck Sweaters – In Coral * now only $16.50!! Women’s Active...

Our New Brew

Jon got to brew another batch of beer recently and as luck would have it the day we went to the brewery our nephew Miles Henry was born. Jon was asked to be the godfather for Miles so he felt it...

New Music: Jake Bugg

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Buy This Book

There are so many good reasons to order this book, besides the amazing eats stored inside you get to support Jennie and her two little girls. I’ve been following Jennie’s blog for about 18 months,...

Mad skills

I love my husband. And I really love his photos.

From Leftovers to Tapas

I hate throwing away food. It makes me so mad every time I have to, reminds me that I should have planned better – so I try hard to use EVERYTHING in my fridge. Condiments are the hardest, I try to...

LOLA’s Bday Invite

I am super excited to be plotting and planning with Brittany for LOLA’s 2nd birthday (I can’t believe she is already 2)! LOLA wanted a Minnie Mouse theme so Britt and I have been pinning loads of...

New Tunes

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Introducing Miles Henry Henning-Smith

Jon and I were blessed again with a new nephew over the weekend, meet Miles Henry – 6 lb. 10oz of adorableness. Jon was asked to be the god-father so he will be flying out to meet his god-son very...

Oscars 2013: My Best Dressed Picks

My #1 Favorite of the night And 2nd place goes to

Quinoa Stuffed Peppers

I’ve been trying to incorporate some really clean eating into our weekly meals and this was a new recipe I made up this week that was a big hit. There are quite a few ingredients but it is really...