UP STYLE!

     DIY!- ELEVATE YOUR STYLE!

Add a pop of color and elegance to your living or work area!

We purchased this simple and pretty boring ceramic bowl from the after-Valentines Day sale at Target for a few bucks and up styled it with a few easy steps and tools! We had decided upon purchasing it that this would look so great with a succulents in it! The final product is a Jonathan Adler inspired piece! Just see below! 

Tools needed: 

• Spray paint (gold/silver/whatever you want!) 

• Soil 

• Succulents 

This goes to show that you can purchase anything and make it look expensive! Grab a few ceramic pieces that you think are boring and want to get rid of and give them a facelift! This new piece looked perfect in our new black bookshelf case! 

    When in doubt UP STYLE!

III.

Victor and I celebrated our 3 years this past week! YES THREE YEARS! TRES!!! It is crazy looking back at these three years, and everything that has happened! I sometimes find myself thinking back to the years BV (before Victor) and how I would have never thought I'd be where I am now. In these three years we learned a lot about each other, met each others family members and friends (and learned a lot about each one of them)  and took a huge step to moving in together! I remember being excited and nervous taking this huge step but now a little more than a year later I love it! I love our small studio, and even though I would like a bigger space I'm content with what we have. I love coming home to our home and coming home to him.

The day of our anniversary (November 7th) Victor surprised me at work with a 3 DOZEN rose arrangement! I could not believe it and I was so excited, that it was borderline nervous! My heart was pumping so fast and I was in shock. No one has ever done that for me and I have never been in that situation. If anything I usually am the one to bust something like that so it was such a wonderful feeling! Plus he got to meet some of my coworkers!

Later that night we celebrated by taking the train downtown to Bottega Louie, such a cute french restaurant and bakery. It reminds me so much of NY and a restaurant where Carrie Bradshaw would likely visit with her girlfriends. The food was incredible and so was our waitress Zoe. She was adorable! After dinner we walked downtown and stopped by one of Victors favorite spots "The Standard Hotel". Of course we took advantage of the photobooth! As soon as we got home we exchanged gifts and it was so funny to see that we kind of got each other almost the exact same thing. I gifted Victor one of Andy Warhols early work (illustrations for a children's book) and an instagram projecter from Projecteo that showed some memories of our 3 years. He gifted me a view master with some favorite photos of us! CRAZY! The surprise didn't stop there, Saturday he surprised me with an all day pass to the mini theme park "Pacific Park" in the Santa Monica Pier! 

Take a look at our photos below:

These gold glittered gift tags are avaiable on our Etsy shop: PALM TREE PUNK!

 p.s I just downloaded this super kawaii app called    Korawia and I am obsessed with it!

 
 
HERE'S TO MANY MORE YEARS ALONG THIS WONDERFUL TALENTED BEAUTIFUL MAN 

^ . ^

NEVER ENDING.

  

The past two weeks have been NOTHING but celebrating my birthday. This year has been a never ending birthday for me and I am taking each surprise as they come! Victor planned the best surprise party for me! EVERYTHING was handmade and very creative! I just never want to remove the decorations EVER. There's actually still a couple of decorations up. The week of my birthday we went on a cruise (the 16th to the 20th) and it was my first cruise. I loved it and enjoyed the 24/7 buffet! Victors mom gifted us the trip and all 3 of us had a great time! Look out for more pics of the cruise on Victors blog! As if the cruise wasn't enough, my good friends Koko and Jackie planned the BEST SLEEP OVER EVER. I always wanted to attend a sleepover as a kid but having a strict mom that DID NOT HAPPEN. I was so happy to experience that at 23! It only took 23 years! YIPPIE! The slumber party was INCREDIBLE. They had wings, wigs, funky glasses, pizza,  AND Koko made us each a Mean Girls tie dye t-shirt! Everything that I absolutely L O V E ! They decorated their apartment so cute and it was like my very own barbie play house! We played games, acted a fool, and were going Vine crazy! The night was so perfect that I even uploaded my very first 'instavideo'. One thing could only describe this slumber party, and that is that it was:  "SO FETCH!".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23 OVER SEA

 SLUMBER 

 

I THINK FOR NOW I AM DONE CELEBRATING MY BDAY! 

(but EVERYDAY is a PERFECT DAY to celebrate your age and life!)