Sunburst

Hey loves! I am definitely enjoying summer and I just celebrated my birthday and it was pretty awesome:-) I just feel blessed to be able to celebrate another birthday and enjoy this lovely summer weather. Summer always makes me think about sunshine and this yellow blazer is like a big burst of sunshine. 

It is a very bold beautiful yellow, but looks different depending on what lighting I am in. I am a huge fan of stripes, so I paired them with this yellow blazer for a fun summer look. I recently organized my wardrobe and didn't realize how many striped tops I have, but I definitely wear them all. I don't like a lot of prints, but I have always been a fan of stripes, dots and leopard.

Yellow blazer: Chadwicks, Striped tank top: Forever 21, Black purse: Steinmart, White Pants: boutique: old, Shoes: BCBG Paris

Summer and sunshine makes me smile, but I hate extreme heat. I think the perfect temperature is 75 or 80.

I love blazers and they are definitely a versatile piece to have in your wardrobe and you can dress them up or down. I have loved blazers ever since I was in high school

I love the retro look of this purse, but now I am about ready to retire it because I have had it so long and worn it so much that I am getting tired of it. Do you have items you wear so much that you don't want them anymore because you are tired of them?

I hope you are taking advantage of the beautiful weather and all of those bold gorgeous colors in your wardrobe. I love bold color all the time not just in summer. How about you?

Have an amazing day!

Yellow POP!

Hi sweeties! I really had fun putting this post together and I have lots and lots of photos that I hope you enjoy:-) I love bold color and adore these bright yellow pumps and plan to rock these until the heels fall off...LOL.  I am wearing a cute shrug that you might remember from this post and I thought the yellow was the perfect complimentary color for navy and denim.  I have my mother to thank for my amazing handbag. My mother has great taste and has my taste in handbags and accessories down to a science. Last year she surprised me with not one and not two, but several Junior Drake handbags. If you have never heard of Junior Drake you are missing out on a great designer.  I love up and coming designers, just as much as the well established brands many of us love.  These bags are made from rich buttery soft leather and amazing silky fabrics that are bursting with color! There  are so many great styles to choose from and if you live in California there is a store in Santa Monica. You can check out her amazing handbags on her website by clicking here.  Since my mother blessed me with so many of these amazing handbags, you will see me wearing them in some of my future posts.

Shrug: Steinmart, Yellow Pleated Cami: Bebe, Handbag: Junior Drake:, Pumps: Urban Original

 

 

 

 

 

 I seriously have a love affair with Gelato...

Feeling Orange, But Sometimes Blue

 

Happy Monday! I am riding this Cali heatwave in Orange with a touch of blue. I have a great track for you to listen to that is just perfect for today! Now you have to promise to listen to it. K?  I hope you enjoy the pictures:-)

Dress: :Love Culture, Purse: Handbag Heaven, Shoes: Random Boutique, Shrug: Steinmart, Jewelry: Indian Boutique

Spring Fling

Happy Monday Beautiful Ones! I hope you had an amazing weekend and I hope you enjoyed your Fathers Day celebrations. It is very hot today, so I pulled out a cute and simple colorful sundress and some comfy wedges. Tomorrow is the last day to enter the giveaway. Please enter to win an amazing cardigan from Danielle Celeste Couture and if you already entered, Good Luck!

 I found these cute little red wedges at payless! Recession proof shopping y'all...LOL

This gorgeous purse was snagged from Aldo. I love it!

Black Cardigan: Body Central: Multicolor Sundress: Random Boutique, Red Wedges: Payless, Bracelet: F-21, Ring: NY Street Vendor, Purse: Aldo

Have an amazing Monday!

True Colors

This is a very special post and I apologize that its such a long one. I wanted to write about being happy. Exactly one year and three weeks ago today, I was diagnosed with Leukemia. That is a life altering word. Leukemia. At that monent, the things that I thought were so important  meant nothing to me. I no longer cared about what people thought of me, or how much money I had in the bank or in my retirement plan. I could only think of one thing.

I could die.

And then I started thinking about what I might miss, like seeing my son dance at his wedding reception, or one day holding my grandchild and teaching him or her about the joy of cooking, the way I do with my son right now. I thought about my younger years and all of the time I wastred worrying about what other people thought, or trying to live up to impossible standards.  After that grim diagnosis, I took a trip with

two of my closest friends and tried to forget about the diagnosis, but I kept thinking about losing my hair and going through chemotherapy re-emerging as a bald, frail shell of my former self.

I wouldn't be human if I didn't have those thoughts. I might sound melodramatic, but the very thought of laying in the ground in a wood box with dirt as my blanket, twisted my mind into a pretzel.

I continued life as normally as I could and had only shared the news with my mother and a couple of other people.  I went to work every day trying to pretend like nothing was wrong. The thought that kept coming back to me was that I could be knocking on heaven's door and I wasn't ready. There were dreams deferred, places I hadn't seen, my son and I hadn't made home made brioche yet. After three weeks of thinking I had Leukeaia, my doctor told me I had been misdiagnosed.

Three weeks is a short amount of time under normal circumstnces, but an eternity when you think you have a debillitating medical condition. Those three weeks felt like thirty years to me. So the facts were in, I was misdiagnosed.

Do you know what that meant? I now had another chance to go back and live life more fearlessly. So I am jsut happy to be here. HAPPY! Do you hear me? Ok, so what does happy look like?

It looks like me in a colorful dress enjoying a beautiful day of sunshine!

I wanted to put on something bright, colorful and pretty to rreflect the joy I have on the inside to be here

another day. Can you feel my joy?

I hope you continue with me on my journey back from what was a devastating 2010, as I blog about the things I am most passionate about. These things are a part of my healing process. I hope that you come along for this journey so that we can look fabulous, cook amazing food as I share my recipes, and you can listen to me flow about the things in life that move me.

This is my food, my fashion and my flow...

Dress: Steinmart, Purse, LA Fashion District, Shoes: Urban OG

"I see your true colors shining through, I see your true colors, thats why I love you, so don't be afraid to let them show, true colors are beautiful like a rainbow"

This song by Cyndi Lauper is the song I have sang to my son every night for the past two

years and now he looks at me with his big brown eyes and sings this to me. And then he says: "Mommy" and I respond, "Yes Sweetheart?" and then he says " I see your true colors mommy"

Happy Monday Lovely Ones! The world is your oyster!