the journey to Fashion Police

today…was..AWESOME!! (above is me being excited to start my day today!) so this morning i woke up at 5 a.m. to go to the fashion police filming!  i love getting up early! and i was up early enough that i WOULD’VE  seen the sun rise!…if L.A. wasn’t so full of smog…so yeah, i didn’t actually get to see the sun rise. but anyway! this morning is what felt like…..a spiritual journey of some sort….first of all, i had to take the closest train to E!’s studio and from there it was about a 30 minute bike ride. i accomplished all of this [plus being cussed out by a homeless guy because i lifted my bike above my head in order to go through the narrow gates of the subway station when the homeless guy seemed to have thought that i should've just gone through the doors--which i didn't see at the time--but for whatever reason he felt very passionate about my "wrong" decision...whatever] so anyway i accomplished this long journey in heels and my fur scarf! once i got off the subway grounds and started biking, after about 5 minutes i realized i went the wrong way so i had to pass the station again HOPING the homeless dude wouldn’t see me and cause more of a completely unnecessary ruckus. the bike ride was long enough that i kept doubting myself thinking this is the wrong way! but then i found myself keep on pushing myself forward as if it was a life or death situation. can i just say, the good thing about being a weirdo and living in L.A., is that you are totally free to be a weirdo. but today, there were people who actually were seriously laughing at me! they actually looked me in the eyes as i rode past them and they chuckled at my life or death journey. by the time i finally got to E!, i was definitely sweating a reasonable amount…so that was cute. but this was only the journey THERE! below are my heels with my bike!

so once i got in the E! lobby, only a few of us were there yet. after standing there for not even a minute, i see Joan River’s walking up behind me and MY GOODNESS i love this woman even MORE than i did before! right when she saw us she was already crackin jokes and she was so sweet. she showed us to some couches that we could sit on until the show starts and everything. while we were waiting we got these name tags! name tags aren’t cool or special or anything, but when i got this name tag…i gotta say i felt like Lebron-status.

so when we got into the studio it was so cool! the audience was only about 20-30 people or so, so that was really cool because Joan and Guliana Rancic were both so personable since there was so few of us. they were so real and sweet. they were asking us questions and every time they weren’t shooting Joan would come over and talk to us. we weren’t allowed to have any food or drink in the studio but Joan managed to pull a huge basket of candy from somewhere and she passed the basket around and then she gave us all these Joan Ranger’s Fashion Police pins! HAHA i love her!!!

i have to say, it was really just a cool experience. for somebody who watches Fashion Police, it was really interesting to see how the show is put together. i was really impressed to see how truly personable everybody on set was…Melissa Rivers and Joan’s co-writer and all the film dudes were all chatting with us through the show. everybody behind the scenes was hilarious! the show is going to be on tomorrow night! i can’t wait to go back again! and next time i go i’ll be sure to get a picture with Joan! i just wanna be best friends with her!

polica.

so here’s the thing…my bro-in-law has got this super awesome blog and every week he posts a “song of the week”! this week he posted this song “lay your cards out” by polica. i…have absolutely no idea how many times i’ve listened to it in the past 5 hours….but its been…a lot. its good stuff. take a listen if you want your ears to have a surprise party!..woooooo surprise party!

closet visit: a friendship tribute

this past weekend i was able to spend an entire sunday with erica and courtney! erica and i went to fidm together for a short time until she graduated, but now i still get to see her as all three of us go to the same church! i asked erica and courtney what it was like when they first met…erica said as soon as she saw courtney she knew right away that they were going to be very close friends. when erica was still at fidm, we would have lunch together once a week and she always inspired me with her outfits and the way she would simply wear things! so when i asked her to do the closet visit photo shoot, she had the brilliant idea of doing a combined shoot with courtney as they’re both great friends and their styles compliment each other really well. it was a fun filled day! i always love  hanging out with two people who are so close, seeing the way they interact with each other is always a really special thing to see. on sunday, we were mainly at courtney and her newly married husband’s apartment then we ventured around different parts of L.A. as well!

it was such a fun day of inspirations. courtney and erica are both artists and i loved being in courtney’s home where her and her husband have paintings and sculptures and photography and candles and all beautiful things that they’ve made! i vote creativity!

to visit erica’s blog go HERE

to visit courtney’s blog go HERE

yay!

geometric pen holder diy

all year, i’ve never really had anything to hold all my pens and markers and scissors and things of that sort in, so now i FINALLY do!!!! when my roommate was done with this coffee tin thing i was about to through it out then was like “hmmmm…i could PROBABLY make use of this…” so i did!  woo hoo! i love geometric patterns. i wanted to do something more detailed but i couldn’t find my little paint brush and my normal one was way to big but oh well! i like the simplicity of the way it came out…

its been such nice weather the past couple days! i actually found random tan lines on my shoulders today…i’m down with that.

i’m feeling peachy : pinterest update

oh pinterest, you refresh my soul. i’m sorry i haven’t blogged in an oddly long time. i always try to never go too many days without an update, but i’m back at school so its been a really busy past couple of weeks. but anywho!! i love peach!! and lately, what can i say, i’ve just been feeling real peachy. so this is my inspiration for today!

if you want to follow me on pinterest or check out some of my boards my page is right HERRRRR!

closet visit: rachel dewey

i am pleased to say that my friend, rachel, is the very first 23 skidoo closet visit!! this post (with more to come) is inspired by the actual blog closet visit. something i loved about visiting rachel’s closet and home is not just seeing what was in her closet, but even more so, i love the way rachel wears her found pieces and items.

when i asked her where she loves to shop the most, she said there isn’t any ONE place, but she basically will buy anything that’s under $10. which, if i may say so myself, she does VERY successfully! i discovered that rachel probably has one of the most diverse closet’s when i would ask where her items would come from. most things are from various thrift stores, honeymoon’s, india (when she lived there for a little while). she likes to think that many of her things have a story behind them, which was proved true every time i asked where something came from!

i can honestly say that rachel’s house is the most AMAZING home i have ever been in. it is so collective and has so much character! her and her husband are both artists so all around the house there are tons of their own paintings, and tons of their sculptures, even a good portion of their furniture is made by them. this one below is a painting that rachel did, then they made this secret jewelry wall holder to hide behind it!

she inspires me so much. what a cool lady. to get more of rachel’s work go to her blog HERE.

i’m very excited for more closet visits to come! i love being inspired by other people and seeing what gets them inspired as well! so much fun!

vintage hair week: day five

there are SOOOO many ways to use scarves on your head! and this is one of my favorites that i think is really fun! although, i usually don’t do it this way as much as i do others. this style is actually very comfortable. i don’t know, your hair and head just feel safe and secure in there. its a nice feeling. in fact, sometimes i will just wrap my head in a scarf like this to sleep in and it feels so nice! haha. give it a go!

vintage hair week: day four

so, i actually was planning to do something else today, but i ended up kind of just making this one up on the spot! its basically one long victory roll that wraps around your head. i like it though! what do you think? i have just a couple more days of VINTAGE HAIR WEEK! if there is any specific hair do you would like to see a tutorial on, i would love to know and feature it on here! please do not be shy. we’re all friends here! HEEEEEEE!

vintage hair week: day three

to start this style, you will tease the back of your hair and pin it half up half down, just like it was shown in day two’s hair style!

more recently, i’ve been wearing my hair in these two styles. i never cared to wear pig tail braids since i got out of elementary school or something like that. but i think this is a more “grown up” version of it. ha. and sometimes instead of doing normal braids and if i’m not in a rush to get my self ready and situated, i will do fish tail braids! fun!

vintage hair week: day two

done! i went a good year wearing my hair like this in different variations. sometimes i like to add cute little bows or clips or feathers or scarfs too! this hair style can look really nice but it is honestly so easy! i’ve worn it both very casually and dresses up. good stuff!