five things

Five things that are making me ridiculously happy at the moment :: New York Color “Park Avenue” // Essie “Set in Stones” // New York Color “Plaza Plumberry” As much as I love the bright nails of summer, I’m kind of looking forward to the darker shades of the colder months. Picked up these three…

golden hour

                  Top: Express via sale; Shorts: Thrifted Jordache w. DIY dip dye; Sandals: Dolce Vita, $30    Sometimes California is so beautiful, it literally takes my breath away. I would do anything to put the brakes on summer, and let it be these glorious last weeks of August for…

art.

Dress: Target, $25 Jacket: Thrifted GAP w/ DIY sleeves, $6 Purse: Guess by Marciano Lipstick: MAC, Ruby Woo   At times, even the most simple things can be artistic.

the brighter the better

Blouse: Loft, $8 on sale Shorts: thrifted Levi, $5 and DIY cutoff Sandals: Tahari, $30 via Marshall’s Necklace: Ann Taylor Outlet, $15 Clutch: Guess by Marciano Outlet, $30 Sunnies: Ray Ban Classic Wayfarer Spent the afternoon at San Diego’s incomparable Balboa Park. I love going there. Everything about it feels so creative, from the amazing…

san diego from my iphone

It’s funny how these days, I tend to take more snaps on my iPhone (thanks, Instagram) than on my actual DSLR. My 7D secretly loathes the day I discovered IG, since it meant the end of the days of me lugging it around everywhere I go. Granted, I still take it with me A LOT,…

home at last

  Dress: GAP via outlet, $8 Blazer: H&M Sandals: Dolce Vita via TJ Maxx, $30 Sunnies: Ray Ban   I’m slightly obsessed with this photo, snapped a few minutes before dinner on Wednesday night. San Diego was surprisingly hot and humid, so all I wanted to wear were shorts and dresses. Trevor looks too good…

life lately

          Clockwise from top right :: 1. Bored in the car on the way to a concert in LA 2. Ringo Starr and his All Star Band at The Greek Theater 3. Dip Dying a pair of shorts on a lazy Sunday 4. My little Daisy bug when she was still…

pretty things

Press Play ::Now be inspired ::                                                     I’m a lover of pretty things. Pretty songs, pretty pictures, pretty light…sometimes life is so pretty and romantic my heart just swells, and…

remembering marilyn

                Blouse: F21, gifted  Skirt: White House/Black Market Outlet, $20 Sandals: Dolce Vita via TJMaxx, $30 Clutch: Guess by Marciano Outlet, $30 Sunglasses: Fossil Outlet, $11   As of yesterday, it’s been fifty years since the incomparable Marilyn Monroe was tragically taken from us. My family was heading to…