Crystal Cove

My friends and I enjoyed an afternoon hike at Crystal Cove. The view of Newport beach was breathtaking. It was a sunny but breezy day so hiking was very enjoyable. We hiked a total of five miles!!! Also the other hikers were very friendly, they would smile or say hello to us and we would greeted them back (:

That's me on the right, tie-dyed tee with the long pony tail! I really need a trim(: 

The white flowers (on the left) which are California everlasting smell like maple syrup! (:
There were certain parts of the hike that we could smell the syrup, YUM!   

Isn't the view amazing!!

weekend haul!

SPRING BREAK IS HERE!

This also means I am able to thrift and post more!! (: So over this weekend, I went to a local swap meet and I found/bought a few cool things. They were such a steal, the total was under $ 30.

Jeans Jeans Jeans:

left to right:

-light pink, high-waisted jeans with gold zipper detail at the ankles area

- camo skinny jeans

- blue skinny jeans

- faded blue skinny jeans

blouses:

 left to right:

- sleeveless white blouse with zebras EVERYWHERE! (:

- short sleeve, polka dotted, peter pan collar blouse

- vibrant floral blouse

outer wear:

retro double breasted jacket with a white collar detail

retro plaid jacket with gold buttons 

tweed jacket with suede collar and pocket 

 forest green and black cable knit cardigan

navy knit cardigan 

miscellaneous:

- polaroid camera 

- fake flowers for an upcoming DIY project

- distressed briefcase 

collection : rings.

I love statement rings and here are a majority of mine! (: Most were gifts from my friends and family... SO THANK YOU FRIENDS & FAMILY! (:

CLOSE UP TIME!!

 

past memories

Sorry for the hiatus! School has been taking up most of my time and plus I recently do not have a camera with me. It's actually a bitter-sweet situation because I have been focusing most of my time in my school work which had inspired me to think "out side of the box" and to not accept the norm. I will have a later post on this, but for now I would like to share a past memory. There are some pictures of Halloween 2011, which seems like a light year ago!

 So we mustache you a question! What's your favorite thing about Halloween?

My roomies and mine jack-o-lantern family! (: It was my first time craving pumpkins and it was sticky, slimy and loads of fun! 

And yes a post about Halloween in March is random haha. I just really wanted to share these pictures!! 

gifts

There's most of the gifts from the advent calendar!
& the big gift (Dec. 14th) were two dress shirts(:

minecraft cubeecraft

warmer package for the cold weather (:

 My friend hung all three of the ornaments on his tree!! (:
poke ball, pikachu, and minecraft cake ornaments 

You can be as creative as you want with your gifts. You can pick out gifts you think the receiver may need (ex: post it notes, stapler, etc). You can make the gifts too (ex: diy minecraft cubeecraft & diy ornaments). && remember to add a few sweets & snacks to their gifts (:

 (sorry for the quality it was really late at night & with poorly lit rooms)

advent calendar gifts

I love the idea of an advent calendar, but I made a few tweaks and made an "advent calendar gift".

It's hard to tell but each gift has a post-it that is label for each day of Dec (1-14). The gifts end on Dec. 14th because that's when this quarter ends for my friend (gift receiver) and I. But of course you can have as many days you want with your advent calendar gift! (:

I tried to wrap each gift differently^^ (:

Things you will need/ steps in making an advent calendar gift:

1. first decide how many gifts/days you would want
            >>usually advent calendars start Dec 1st and end Dec 24th
2. make a list of gift ideas for the person you making this advent gift for
     or you can always do homemade gifts!
             --there are really cool/cute stuff at the dollar section at Target and
                Michaels which would make great advent gifts! (:
3. wrapping paper, twine, ribbons, etc. any wrapping supplies you would like to use
             >> I got most of my wrapping paper at Dollar Tree
                  & the twine was from Walmart
            && start wrapping!! make it as creative as you want!
4. label the gifts, so the gift receiver knows which gift to open up each day 
               




p.s. stay tune I will post pictures of the gifts later this week(: