lace and jean

hiii lovers! hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! so if you remember, last month i mentioned i was getting professional photos taken - well its time to see them! for this photo shoot i choose two new looks i haven't worn yet. so I'll show you one look today & another look this week!

I'm not really going to do a lot of talking because the pictures speak for themselves. the theme for both shoots was hippie/boho chic...this is my more girly hippie look

DRESS: Flying Tomato @ Angel Wings

JEAN JACKET: B.P. @ Nordstrom

SHOES: Steven Madden @ Steven Madden Boutique

BRACELETS: My own mixture

** Today is the LAST day to Enter my Moroccan Oil Hair Products Giveaway. If you haven't entered, you can do so HERE **

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party friends

Hey guys! Just a quick post – here is my Vlog for the second installment of Life After College –

This weeks article focused on friendships - will you have a close knit of friends after all the fun is gone?!

 See what I have to say about it; read my article & share it!

{ there is still time to enter my amazing giveaway HERE }

* I am now accepting Sponsors on MessyDirtyHair....i can't believe the turn out i am getting on this blog from only starting it 2 months ago...so please check out my sponsor page HERE & join The Mess...i am also open to button swaps! Plus all my blog information is on LAFamily.com too for EVEN more exposure!

And lastly make sure you give your mom a lot of loving this weekend…I am so grateful for the relationship I have with my mom. She means everything to me – she’s my rock, my best friend, my biggest supporter & my mentor…I am the women I am today because of her & I don’t know what I would do without her! Love you bevy!!!

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hey! i got something to say!

TGIF!!!! This week flew by! So today I am linking up with the beautiful Ashley of Adventures of Newlyweds for Friday's Letters. So lets's get this started!

dear pandora: i seriously don't know what i would do without you...thank you for playing continuous music & getting me through my day...however when i say thumbs down, i means thumbs down!

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dear boyfriend: thank you for being so understanding & patient with me while i spend late nights on the computer doing blog stuff

dear jen: i look forward to our coffee chats every Monday...the joy you & the kids bring to my life is more than words could ever explain

dear dolce: i love you to death but please stop peeing in my bathroom when you're pissed off at me, seriously do you want the garage treatment again?!

dear ffw: i miss you

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dear dad: i wish for once you would put me before your girlfriend

we're twins!

dear nanny: i am so grateful for the special bond we share, you mean everything to me & i will forever cherish every second we have had & continue to have

dear Lincoln Street Boutique: i can't stop thinking about those pink skinnys' i tried on over the weekend...

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dear hater on twitter: please stop following my every move, we know what you're doing & it's really gotten old...but i am flattered at the obsession you have with me & my blog

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dear blogger lovers: thank you so much for all your support on my blog. i can't even express how thankful I am with all the positive feedback & everything I have gotten from you guys, so thank you & thank you for continuing to read my blog 

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dear june gloom: its not even june & you're here! its not fair that inland OC gets 90 degree weather but us living by the beach haven't seen the sun in days. pleaseee bring the sun to the beach this weekend!!!

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do you have anyone or anything you'd like to write a letter too? let me know below!

and don't forget to enter my amazing giveaway HERE

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Life After College

happy Saturday everyone! today is very exciting for me...but let me tell you why...i was contacted a month ago through this blog about being apart of a new weekly column on the website LAFamily.com. They have decided to start a Life After College section & wanted real people that an audience could relate too....well i was shocked when they contacted me because I have never ever considered myself a good writer but they felt my writing was easy to connect with so here we are...my first article went up today! i am super excited about it, but also a little shy because i am not one to get so personal for the entire world to see but i am hoping with me digging deep in myself & expressing my feelings, it will help others who may be going through the same thing!

So pleaseeeee go over & check out the article, share it, comment, like it, tweet it...haha..they also wanted some of us to do Video Logs so here is my video log...hope this well give you a little more insight on me!

* I am now accepting Sponsors on MessyDirtyHair....i can't believe the turn out i am getting on this blog from only starting it 2 months ago...so please check out my sponsor page HERE & join The Mess...i am also open to button swaps! Plus all my blog information is on LAFamily.com too for EVEN more exposure!  

andddd my amazing "Kelly's Favorite Things" Giveaway starts next week so get excited!!! the first giveaway is valued at $100 :)

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so juicy

happy Friday lovers!!! well its not my Friday, its my Thursday but still TGIF...so today is day 2 of my shopping excursion in Oahu, Hawaii

today i will be showing you the fabulous displays of Juicy Couture and one product in particular that i just died over...as Rachel Zoe would say, it was bananas!

i have been a juicy fan forever! when i first discovered juicy i literally felt the store was designed around me...everything from the princess look, to the gumballs in jars, to the pink & sparkly walls....i was in juicy heaven....i def have had my fair share of Juicy purses in all kinds of fun colors & for awhile I had every color sweatsuit, I'm telling you i was obsessed!

and then as usual i started to move on to something new...again i felt that juicy was becoming to young for my age & i started venturing into Tory Burch & Louis Vuitton....but that didn't mean i dismissed juicy completely like i did with Kate Spade.......Juicy Couture will always have a special place in  my heart so i continued to look online & shop the store...i got a few things here & there but there was nothing i was really excited about.......until now.

as usual the Juicy Couture store was freaking adorable with all their displays but what i was most excited about was the purses....but first a few pics from the store

how freaking cute is this little section!? what i loved was the painting of the women was wearing actual fake eyelashes...so freaking cool....but enough about the store, now onto my new MUST HAVE for this summer...

Introducing the Sunshine Shimmer Madame Daydreamer

i mean how freaking fabulous is this clutch?! the colors are beyond amazing & perfect for summer...what i loved even more about it was even though it was a clutch it still had enough room to fit your daily essentials...there are actually 2 different zip pockets for all your stuff. The clutch is soft & doesn't feel uncomfortable under your arm...& the bow on the front just completes the look for me...i love bows, i think they're so fun & flirty....my favorite thing about a bag like this is, since I wear a lot of black its the perfect amount of pop to add a touch of color to my outfit

so what do you think? are you a fan of this fabulous, fun clutch? will this be added to your must haves for the summer...& if so what color would you want? If you're like me & dying to have this bag right this freaking second just click HERE ...you can thank me later

 * I am now accepting Sponsors on MessyDirtyHair....i can't believe the turn out i am getting on this blog from only starting it 2 months ago...so please check out my sponsor page HERE & join The Mess...i am also open to button swaps!

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vibrant & bold

hello lovers! so today is day 1 of my shopping experience while i was in Hawaii....as i wrote in the previous post I was overwhelmed with the amazing designer stores they had in Oahu. It wasn't just that they had fabulous designer stores everywhere, but the way they were styled & merchandised was just breathtaking. now obviously my pictures will never be as amazing as it was in person but i still hope you can get a feel of how vibrant &perfect the displays were. It was literally like being at an art museum to me.

so today's store is Kate Spade. Its funny because Kate Spade was actually my first designer purse! Remember this bag....

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it was the classic Kate Spade purse that everyone seemed to have. They were very popular back in the late 90s & they came in many different colors & designs. However, to me, I felt like after this bag she started to go downhill....not in a bad way, just the bags weren't as cute anymore & didn't seem as youthful. i kinda stopped being into Kate Spade because I didn't care for the direction she was going in.

However in 2006 Liz Claiborne took over Kate Spade & there was a complete makeover! Kate's current Spring/Summer line is to die for. Its SO youthful & fun....and right on trend. I was SO excited to see that the line has started catering to a younger generation as well as keeping the classiness of Kate Spade still alive.

i hope you enjoy her new line as much as i do!

that is the bag & boxes wall! isn't it incredible?!?

every single detail of this store was PERFECT...i am not kidding. there was not one shirt un-folded or one piece of jewelry out of place.

everything was so vibrant & bold...it was just a beautiful blur of color...i LOVED her new smaller bags, like the one I am wearing in the photo..it was trendy, simple & chic...and even better the prices were not outrageous at all.

i am so excited about Kate's new line & looking forward to see what else she does in the future!

what do you think of her Spring/Summer line? Do you see anything you must have? Comment below, I'd love to hear your thoughts!

Also I am now accepting Sponsors on MessyDirtyHair....i can't believe the turn out i am getting on this blog from only starting it 2 months ago...so please check out my sponsor page HERE & join The Mess!

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