Life lately

Pretty sunset | Shopping for flowers at a nursery, I hope my garden looks this way one day | Growing peppers on the patio, they are getting big! | Finally got a bonsai tree, I've been wanting one for forever :) | Hung Buddhist prayer flags on the patio, signify happiness, prosperity and long life | I'm obsessed with clouds! | More flowers I got for the patio | Found this at a thrift shop, I love it! | Another thrifty find, it's a Buddha face candle holder :) | My hair is INSANE when I wear it natural! | I loooove Jamba! Pomegranate is yummy! | Cool old building with a random heart painted on it!

Chatterbox...back to blogging

Took the Max train to the Saturday Market | Loved reading Style by Lauren Conrad, it's my fashion/style "bible" now | Back at work again, which means I rise before the sun, early bird get the worm? | Trying to get back into shape, changed eating habits and exercising everyday! | I cried inside when I had to take off my acrylics for work :( | A sunny day here and there, makes me excited for summer, gonna be drinking a lot of this tea, no more coffee for me | Mt. Hood is always so gorgeous...Oregon is always gorgeous! | Style changed the way I look at my wardrobe...forever! | On one of the last beautiful days I got to sit and play with weeds at the park with my love | I love the look of this pony idea - thanks LC! | Not pro status yet, but getting darn good at the cat eye makeup! | I hope I can be reincarnated as a bird...I bet he thought he was king of the world up there | Being naughty...energy drink or coffee? Neither? ;) | As you know, I'm obsessed with clouds, nature is beautiful | This veg head over here is teaching herself to cook proper meals after 4 years, yay!

Balancing my time with life, family and friends, work and of course the blogging world seems to be my Achilles heel! I'm going to invest in a very handy pocket agenda. Scatterbrained should be my middle name. Maybe it's because I tend to over book myself. This won't be happening again!

As you would know if you've been following my blog for some time, I'm always doing DIY projects. I'm going to start showcasing them on here a lot more. They almost always are fashion/style themed so it will go with the blog. I have a lot going on in this head of mine! It's like I was bit with an inspiration bug or something!

I still haven't launched my shop yet, for reasons of me trying to be a perfectionist all the time. My creativity is flared up for this as well! The only thing standing in my way is precious time....but I'll be handling that very, very soon! Lot's of love fellow bloggers! <3

Chatterbox week 10

First meal in our apartment | My pup from California loves going for rides | I'm obsessed with clouds! | Veggie pizza is my weakness | Loved my makeup this day | My necklaces in a tangled mess! | Diet Coke my addiction | Pomegranate margarita mmm | Flower we bought for our patio | Orange nails for spring | Loving the sunshine | Corona & lime my fav!

Took a mini three day vacation from blogging this past week. I hadn't been feeling well, it may have been from the hectic move in. And not to mention the crazy weather. From sunny to rain and winds. Ugh. I started feeling better yesterday but had no time to do a proper blog post. I'm a quality over quantity kind of person. :) I'll be back to my normal blog schedule tomorrow. I have so many blogs to catch up on. I kind of feel out of the blogashere loop now. Sad day. I hope everyone enjoyed their Easter weekend! Can't wait to jump back into blogging tomorrow!

Don't forget my giveaway ends the end of this week! Enter here!

Chatterbox week 9

Eyelashes I want to get! | Made an oopsie with my tanning mouse | Always always getting Sbucks | Pink lemonade cake mix! | Pretty Nailene falsies | Love this movie! | Giant macchiato to help me move | Raspberry margaritas, my fav! | Fatty eating out a lot lol | Our lovely apartment door, we're # 15! lol :)

Just a short post today. I am still moving things into my apartment and have been purchasing much needed items for it. It's weird, you don't realize how much you need! This weekend is wearing me out, I can already feel the day catching up to me. Tired at 5pm?! I'm thinking about napping...hmm.

My apologies for the lack of keeping up with the blogasphere this weekend. I'll be back to reading/commenting on blogs Tuesday I hope. I miss talking to all of you! Hope everyone is having a good weekend.

Chatterbox week 8

Always painting my nails | Made business cards for when I open my shop online | Reached over 100 followers! | My new shoes that I loveee! | Pictures from the lake by my house | Jeffrey's that I want | My bf surprised me with a new laptop | I am saving to go to IMATS in Canada | Enjoying these sunny days | Downtown Portland looking gorgeous

I had another amazing week of life and blogging. Highlights including: my bf surprising me with a new laptop and reaching 100 followers on my blog. Most of the days were filled with sunshine and it's only making me more and more excited for the warmer months coming. I'm also looking forward to adding more summer clothes to my wardrobe. But who isn't right?

This week I started getting things ready for my shop I will be opening online. I've mentioned a few details before but for anyone who missed them: I will be starting a jewelry shop soon and if all goes well I'll be adding dresses. I have so many great ideas for it. And I cannot wait to get started.

A friend and I have made the decision to save up money to go to IMATS in Canada this summer. The tix are not expensive but we need to save up for gas and room money. And she also has to get a passport. And of course, I'm sure we will be shopping as well. I'm hoping they don't sell out first! *crossing my fingers*

I've got my giveaway ready and I will have it posted and live tomorrow. I will tell you what it is then, as well as details on how to enter. I hope you guys like it! The rest of today will be spent getting posts ready for later this week. Talk to you guys tomorrow! :)

Chatterbox week 7

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Bought only necessities | Made a golden Peter Pan collar | Got a free drink | Eating healthy again! | My March Birchbox | Studded flats I made | My kitty flats | Redid my fake nails | Obsessed with Sbucks gold card | My monkey onesie pjs | Enjoying the sunshine | Very cool clouds | St. Tropez Bronzing Mousse | New flatforms | Pretty eyeshadows

Another successful week in the blogasphere for me. I've stuck to posting everyday in a timely fashion, gained a few more readers and I'm enjoying blogging more than when I first started! I also had a great week outside the Internet. Spent time with my wonderful boyfriend and had a much needed shopping trip. I have quite a few products I'm reviewing currently, and some new ones I purchased just yesterday. Expect my Birchbox review in a couple days. I've finally had the chance to use everything in it.

In other blog news, I have reached 99 followers! One more and I will be doing a giveaway! Any suggestions on the giveaway? Thank you lovelies! You are all so sweet, the giveaway is to show my appreciation.

I'll be moving shortly and I am so excited! The bf and I finally decided we are going to wait on buying a house. We are going to look for an apartment and will probably be moving into the city in a few weeks or less. This just means more shopping for moi!

Chatterbox week 6

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Bf & I like to make silly faces | Compulsively doing my nails | Sun came out, so I could have cold Sbucks | Learned a lesson to never try to wrestle Michael | I'm a huge animal lover | I love pink everything! | Really starting to love my curls | I have an addiction | The infamous bun head | Leaving behind the flat iron | Went out with the bf for drinks and fun times | I love polka dots!

01 My forgetfulness messed up the flow of how I normally do my blog posts. Here are a few photos that help sum up my week. I'm in love with the instagram app on my phone. I post everyday! Follow me, I need to follow people too!

02 Today is being spent doing DIY projects and tying up loose ends that I've let go for quite a while. Didn't get much sleep last night thinking about all of it. I've been an insomniac for a while. It doesn't help matters when you get most of your ideas when you are trying to sleep. I made about twenty notes in my phone on things that need to get done.

03 If you've been a follower for a little while, you might have read my mention about my guest blog post for Frock Stock, an online fashion boutique. My post date is the 29th and my topic is a DIY one, 'Clay Jewelry.' I'm excited! They have a guest blogger every day this month. I definitely urge you to check it out. I've spent a greater half of the morning making clay jewelry, can't wait to tell everyone about it!

04 Just a quick mention that a giveaway is in the works. I cannot believe I'm almost at 100 followers! I honestly never thought I'd get more than a few really. As a thank you to you guys I've been putting together this giveaway. More info soon, as it won't begin until I've reached that lovely 100!

05 You may have noticed that my blog has begun to lean more towards fashion. It started out as mostly DIY, a few beauty posts and an outfit here and there. I guess I'm just in the process of finding my niche!

Chatterbox week 5

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New stache ring | Chocolate dipped macaroons | New acrylic nail set (review soon) | Finished nails with new glitter polish | New bracelet | Going to dinner with the bf | Portland and its infamous gloominess | Tried Indian food for the first time | New fish tale skirt | Ice cream date with the love | Gorgeous skies after shopping trip | Oregon blonde beer, dinner date with Michael | Trying on new clothes (post soon) | Sephora purchases | Michael and I while drinking, enough said | Delicious Cadbury Egg

I've been M.I.A. for a few days. Spending time with the bf and of course purchasing new clothes and beauty products. I'll be making up for the lost time this week. I have lots of post outfits and reviews to share. Tomorrow I'll be photographing for them all day. Tweet me loves!

Xo,