Here's to a spectacular 2013!
Wishing y'all a happy new year - go out and celebrate!
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28 November 2012
WEDDING WEDNESDAY
Such a cool invitation suite/menu combo for this wedding! Pink and gold and bold graphics - sign me up! (And don't even get me started on the cork + gold table setting....)
27 November 2012
TRIPLE TAKE
It's always such a relief to see stars wearing the same thing in different pictures.
First of all, because it's nice to be reassured that celebrities don't actually wear an outfit once and then throw it away, as it sometimes can seem. (Sidenote: if you happen to know someone that does this, please give their trashman my address). Also, it definitely makes them seem more human to know that they have a favorite pair of shoes that they wear all the time just like we do.
Here, Miranda Kerr has perfected the art of the repeat. She's got a great denim shirt, an awesome pair of black cowboy booties, and a beautiful black bag, and she rocks them multiple times. The color combo of black, denim, and textured gray might seem simple, but as they say, less is more, my darlings. Use this as your outfit inspiration for the coming winter weeks, when the fact that you're waking up before the sun even rises makes it difficult to color-coordinate.
Final touches: throw on some diva-status sunglasses and grab yourself a baby and voila!
You too can be Victoria Secret Angel!
22 November 2012
21 November 2012
DESIGN*SPONGE THANKSGIVING TABLES
Continuing with the Thanksgiving-themed posts for the week, I bring you a little tablescape inspiration, courtesy of Design*Sponge. They tapped some of their favorite artists, designers, and shop owners to style tables for Thanksgiving dinner. It was a great idea, and cool to see each individual put their own twist on things. Above are some of my favorites to get you in the mood for Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow!
clockwise from top left: spartan / furbish / jayson home / eddie ross / john derian / matt armendariz
DRINK OF THE DAY: BOURBON PUMPKIN SHAKES
In honor of Thanksgiving tomorrow, I present the best way to use all that leftover pumpkin!
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20 November 2012
CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE: THANKSGIVING
So here's the deal: you're home for Thanksgiving at your parents' house. Maybe it's just your close immediate family, maybe you've got your third cousin once removed there. Point is, it's Thanksgiving dinner with the family, and you've somehow been volun-told to make a dessert. This is where your life turns into a choose-your-own-adventure paperbacks I used to check out of my middle school library, where picking the wrong thing could lead to DEATH.
(Or, you know, just being ridiculed and possibly cut out of the will).
(Or, you know, just being ridiculed and possibly cut out of the will).
**DISCLAIMER: This is an exaggeration. The author passes no judgement if you make a pumpkin pie, at any point on the homemade to store-bought continuum. Pumpkin pie is delicious. She is merely pointing out that this might be a good chance to actually make one of those recipes you always pin to Pinterest. Also, no matter which option you pick, there is no guarantee of tears of either joy or sorrow.
OPTION 1: Rustic Apple Pie Tart.
I guess it's technically a tart, but it also has the word pie in it, so it counts.
Also, bonus points if you make it in a cute mini cast iron skiller. (via.)
OPTION 2: Bourbon Pecan Pie.
One word: bourbon. Also, it was featured in Garden & Gun, so it's gotta be pretty good. (via.)
OPTION 3: Spiced Bourbon Apple Pie.
I repeat - bourbon. Also a good one for people who don't like pumpkin. (via.)
OPTION 4: Shoefly Pie.
According to the website, a traditional Pennsylvania Dutch dessert. Main flavor: molasses. (via.)
OPTION 5: Sweet Potato Pecan & Bourbon Pie.
Again with the bourbon. And the pecans. Twist! This one's got sweet potato in to as well. (via.)
OPTION 6: Crack Pie.
A recipe from Milk Bar by way of Bon Appetit; so called because of its addictive qualities.
Warning: may require an intervention. (via)
Make the right choice & may the odds be ever in your favor, my friends!
19 November 2012
OH HEY THERE
This is THE perfect winter dress. It's good for Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, sorority rush...the list goes on! Apparently everyone else thought so too, considering it's sold out on Shopbop....hopefully it'll come back in stock soon so I can snatch it up!
(AKA beg my mom to buy it for me).
14 November 2012
13 November 2012
MR. BODDINGTON'S BOOKS
Are these books from a collaboration between Mr. Boddington's Studio and Penguin Classics not the most adorable thing you've ever seen? I saw them over on Matchbook Mag's The Daily Spark and couldn't help but share. Perfect for giving to a book-lover for Christmas
(or just buying one for yourself - I don't judge).
07 November 2012
While Hurricane Sandy did little to no damage where I live, she did bring cold weather with her, and it looks like it's here to stay. It's the kind of cold weather that makes you want to curl up in a ball when your alarm goes off in the morning and stay in bed all day, reading and drinking tea and watching movies on netflix. Alas, that thing called class gets in the way. I'm counting down the minutes to the weekend where I can do absolutely nothing for two days straight. Here are six things that I wish I had right now to help keep me cozy.
05 November 2012
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Just a lil bit of patriotism/xenophobia/kennypowersism for your Monday.
Remember to VOTE tomorrow!
29 October 2012
ROCK ME LIKE A HURRICANE
Yo yo yo, dear readers.
If you, like me, are currently residing on the East Coast, you've been getting all sorts of alerts and updates about the impending Frankenstorm, our dear friend Sandy. Currently, she's my new best friend, as classes were cancelled today!!! (But actually, this never happens). Which means that instead of spending Sunday night in the library and waking up at 8 am this morning, everyone went out to bars last night. Picture a packed bar filled with students in leggings and t-shirts and raincoats, most straight from the library, getting drunk and randomly starting chants of "Sandy! Sandy!". Quite the experience.
If you're not as lucky as I am and have to brave the elements, here's a suggestion for a cute and colorful outfit. None of this cutesy little trenchcoat stuff here - Sandy means business. Patagonia rain jacket, Bean Boots with Gor-Tex, and Under Armour Coldgear leggings will keep you warm and dry. A cute doggie sweater and a plaid scarf keep you from looking like Bear Grylls. Throw in a cheeky survival guide for helpful tips and a flashlight in case the power goes (or you have to bash someone's head in, obvs) and you've got yourself a hurricane-proof outfit!
In honor of that, go drink a Hurricane.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY, Hurricane Sandy edition.
Photo from HSM + middle school AIM quote = cheesefest.
ENJOY!
26 October 2012
Sorry that there were a grand total of zero posts between Monday's THOUGHT FOR THE DAY and Friday's THINGS I PINNED AND LIKED. I suck majorly. But actually I'm just busybusybusy like a bee. Next week is super big for me - two big midterms, my best friend's birthday, Halloween, and the huge 200-person event that I've been planning all fall and which I'm still not there yet on. So you probably won't be hearing very much of me until November, but I'll try and pop in and say wassup and show you a pretty picture or two.
Until then, stay classy, San Diego.
22 October 2012
19 October 2012
MUSIC TO MY EARS
THINGS I'M NOT DOING TONIGHT:
Going to see the Avett Brothers
#lifesucks #can'tafforda$200ticket #pityme
So while I cry myself to sleep, I'll leave you with my current favorite on-repeat already-know-all-the-words song:
7 & 7 - TURNPIKE TROUBADOUS
Listen & love dudes!
18 October 2012
ON THE RUN
Running around like a chicken with my head chopped off this week - school work, midterms, planning three events at once, and spending far too much time on Facebook and Pinterest really takes it out of a girl! I only wish I looked this fabulous running around town!
glittery heels > running shoes
16 October 2012
JACK OF ALL TRADES
It's October, dudes, and you know what that means: HALLOWEEN! Halloween is by far one of my favorite holidays, and there's nothing better than celebrating it in college. Instead of wearing one costume and going out trick-or-treating one night, you get to go out all weekend, wearing a different costume every night! It's a dream come true!! (Though with considerably more alcohol than candy). Also, one of my favorite events of all time at my school is Trick-or-Treating on the Lawn, where all of the kiddos from around town dress up and come trick-or-treat at the rooms that line the Lawn on campus. It's literally the most adorable thing you've ever seen in your life. I usually spend the entire afternoon taking stalkerish pictures of nuggets dressed up and toddling around and playing in the leaves.
Also, I'm really excited to finally get to decorate for Halloween! (A dorm and an apartment don't really give you much in the way of that). But now that I'm in the sorority house, we've got a great front porch that is just begging for some cool pumpkins. Here are some of my favorite ideas from the interwebs.
So much spirit!!! And a creative way to show off your house number for the mailman!
These ones are painted, but you could get fancy and carve as well -
especially the silhouette of your state.
(This could easily be school pride as well - just slap the logo on there!)
In this case, all that glitters is definitely gold, my friends.
Either spray paint gold or silver, or spray paint with clear sticky stuff
and roll liberally in glitter. (Make sure you do that on some newspaper or something).
It'll be one glitzy Halloween.
Soooo trendy right now. (But actually).
Get in with the cool kids and paint your pumpkin chevron.
Hint: use masking tape for this one.
Bonus points: carving a pumpkin in a chevron pattern
(Obviously not all the way through - you just scrape it, duh).
So my love affair with monograms isn't really a secret,
but in all honestly, HOW COOL ARE THESE?
Get fancy with a stencil and a knife, or paint it in cool colors.
Nothing says this pumpkin is MINE like actually putting
your name (or initials) on it.
Are you even trendier than chevron?
Do you have a neon Cambridge Satchel and ombre hair and
are just generally way cooler than the rest of us?
Congrats, here are the pumpkins for you.
Use tape for the criss-cross and the dip-dyed.
Click through for instructions on the ombre pumpkins,
because I'm too lazy to explain it here.
Proceed to bask in your own trendiness.
OR
You can always just fuck it all and make this:
ONE.
My only advice? Don't drink & carve.
15 October 2012
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11 October 2012
LESSONS OF A SORORITY HOUSE: LETS GET INTIMATE
Lesson #2 I've learned from living in a sorority house: people have really cute underwear. Namely, my friend Gracie. Living in a house with twenty girls trying to get ready on a Friday night, you end up seeing everyone in their underwear in the awkward post-shower-but-still-haven't-figured-out-what-to-wear stage. I'm always so envious of my friend Grace, who's standing in her room wearing cute matching bra and panties and looking so chic doing her makeup and I just want to be her. She always looks so sophisticated - like how you're actually supposed to look in lingerie. Her secret: buy underwear, any underwear, that matches. It's not about anyone seeing you in said matching underwear (though I'm sure that wouldn't hurt). It's about knowing you're wearing really cute undies, and it gives you that little extra pep in your step.
So now I'm on a matching underwear kick. Like, actually. I tried to convince my mom to buy me a nice set and she laughed at me over the phone and told me I'm lucky she even buys me underwear from Victoria's Secret. Strike out. So while that super sexy VPL set is nowhere in my near future (I had to include it in the round up just for kicks), here are a bunch of other options I've been lusting after. Anthropologie has great sets of underwear, and I love love love the polka-dotted Honeydews that Madewell carries (number 6).
So new goal: get a cute set of matching underwear so that I too can stand around in a house full of girls in only my undies while I blow dry my hair and look damn good doing it. I can't think of any better reason to buy cute underwear than that. (Well, except for, you know, that other one....)
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