Monthly Archives: July 2014

A How-To On Top Knots & Tres-Chic Fashion Thursday Link Up

Last week I posted a picture of me and my top knot. Since I got such a positive response, I thought I would include a quick how-to on creating a top knot. Honestly it’s as easy as 1-2-3. 3 steps and you’ve got yourself a top knot.

It really is easy as 1-2-3. You can add a fourth step of straying your hair, but I like the way it looks all natural.

It’s that time of the week for my link up. Thank you to all 121 of you fabulous ladies that linked up last week!!! A great turnout!!!!! Thank you If you are interested in co-hosting please email me at vodkainfusedlemonade@gmail.com. If you’ve already co-hosted and would like to again, don’t hesitate to email me.

This week’s fabulous co-host is Liz from Look by Liz Lewis

Here are my favourite looks from last week:

Angie from Reasons To Dress

Lexi from Streets of Gold

Tara & Devin from Salt & Pepper Moms

Rules

1. Must be a new post, or fairly recent one. Please link the post not the blog.

2. Please follow me via Facebook, Bloglovin, Pinterest or Twitter.

3. Please follow Liz from Look by Liz Lewis via bloglovin.

4. Please stop by the other blogs and say hi. The idea is to get to know other bloggers .

5. Please link back to my blog or post this button on your blog.

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Maxi Dress Altered

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Here’s the story behind this maxi dress. I bought it last March from Old Navy and I was in love!!!! The colour, fit, style, everything, I just loved it. The problem was that it showed a bit too much cleavage for me. Not sure that showing so much cleavage would be appropriate for a play date. I wore it a few times, even tapped it so that it wouldn’t show so much of the ladies, but whenever I wore it, I felt self conscious. So finally I took it to get it stitched so that way I wouldn’t be so paranoid whenever I wore it. I’m so glad I did, because now I can finally wear it. Remember ladies if something doesn’t fit, get it altered!!!! It’s worth it. It only cost me $2 to get it fixed!!! You can see where it’s been sowed together, but I don’t mind because I feel more comfortable wearing it this way.

Dress (Old Navy). Necklace (My Name Necklace). Bracelets (Stella & Dot). Watch (Michael Kors). Sandals (Aldo).

May this blog inspire you to get your clothes altered to fit you properly. I feel so much better wearing this dress. I’m no longer paranoid that I’m showing too much cleavage and that my ladies will hang out.

Don’t forget to link up tomorrow to my weekly Tres-Chic Fashion Thursday Link Up.

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Happy Hump Day Everyone!!!!!!!

Seersucker, Yellow & Pink

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I’ve been wanting to wear this combination for a while now and on Monday I decided to go for it, even though it was hot. I figured I could get away with wearing a blazer in the morning, before it got too hot. I don’t wear this yellow top very much, even though when I do, I love it. Anyways yesterday I wore it with shorts, statement necklace, seersucker blazer and my pink wedges.

Blazer (Gap). Top (Jacob). Shorts (Reitmans). Necklace & Wedges (J Crew). Bracelet (Stella & Dot). Watch & Purse (Michael Kors).

May this blog inspire you to wear those things that hide in your closet more often. Try different combinations, you never know what will work.

Don’t forget to link up Thursday to my weekly Tres-Chic Fashion Thursday Link Up.

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Happy Tuesday Everyone!!!!!!

It’s A Pink Kind Of Day!!!

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Honestly the calendar might as well say that it’s November!!!!! The past few days have been cold and full of soggy, wet weather. Yesterday we had swimming lessons and then a playdate so I opted for a casual look of leggings, my favourite graphic tee, pink cardigan, pink scarf and pink rain boots. Can you see a theme emerging??? Yup, yesterday was a pink kind of day. As I’m writing this post, I realize that I’m subconsciously wearing Spring colours in hopes of resurrecting Summer. I really hope that this is not indicative of what is to come for August.

Cardigan & Leggings (Jacob). Graphic Tee (JAC). Scarf (Gap). Rain Boots (Joules). Bracelet (Stella & Dot).

May this blog inspire you to do a monochromatic look. What is your favourite casual look? What is your favourite monochromatic look?

Don’t forget to link up to my weekly Tres-Chic Fashion Thursday Link Up here.

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Happy Friday & Weekend Everyone!!!!!!

Birthday Staycation, Valentino & Tres-Chic Fashion Thursday Link Up

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This past weekend I celebrated my 35th birthday. To celebrate, my husband planned a mini-staycation for us. It’s been almost 3 years since we’ve had a little getaway just the 2 of us. He surprised me by booking us a hotel at the Fairmont at YVR (Vancouver airport). We went to Seattle for the day to do some shopping and then we spent the next 2 nights at the Fairmont. We spent Saturday in Downtown Vancouver, going to my favourite shops and eating at my favourite restaurants. We skytrained it from our hotel and it was great. No worries about parking.

In Bellingham, we found a cute sandwich shop called Gandolfo’s. They have a store in New York and it’s decorated to celebrate and honour the men and women who protect us everyday. The service was amazing and the food was absolutely delicious. Everything is home made and they have an huge selections of sandwiches. Next time we head down to Seattle we will definitely be stopping by :).

The menu

I was a bit worried at first about staying at the airport, as in planes are very noisy!!!! I’m here to say that if you ever want a quiet hotel, stay at the airport. It is sooooo sound proof that I didn’t hear anything. I only could hear our adjacent neighbours leave and that’s it. It was so quiet it was unbelievable. Friday night we laid in bed watching a movie and the planes take off. It was surreal!! I really felt like we were on vacation.

The view from our room

We enjoyed ourselves so much at the Fairmont YVR that we are thinking of making this into a yearly thing. It was so relaxing and much needed!!!

On the skytrain on our way Downtown

Like I said earlier, on Saturday we took the Skytrain from the airport to Downtown Vancouver. It was a lot of fun to ride it and we felt like tourists. One of our first stops was to Holt Renfrew. I’ve been talking about these heels forever and my husband humoured me and accompanied me while I tried them on. They are not in this Mama’s budget, yet!!! This is something that I would and will have to save for. I tried on 2 pairs: a black patent one and a nude/pink studded one. They were both absolutely stunning! I had a hard time leaving the nude/pink one behind, but once I’ve saved for it, it’s going to make buying them and wearing them all the more better!!!!!

In heaven at Holt Renfrew trying on Valentino heels

Aren’t they absolutely stunning?!?!?!?!?!? Even my husband agreed that they are gorgeous :). Now to win the lottery!!!!!!!

Our next stop was lunch. We decided to go to Reflections, since I’ve now been there twice and my husband hasn’t been. The food was delicious as always and my husband loved the food.

Our next stop was to get me some birthday cupcakes and then we headed to my favourite bakery, Thierry’s for coffee. Funny thing happened once we got to the bakery, we couldn’t resist sharing dessert. Funny how that happens!!!

My husband surprised me with a rose Saturday morning

For dinner, we headed to one of my absolute favourite restaurants, Vij’s. It’s an amazing Indian restaurant that leaves you not only full, but wanting to lick off your plate.

Thank you to my amazing husband for this wonderful weekend. It wasn’t really about my birthday, it was about us and having some much needed time for ourselves. I really do hope that we make this into a yearly thing!!!!

It’s that time of the week for my link up. Thank you to all 125 of you fabulous ladies that linked up last week!!! Not just a great turnout, but the best turnout yet. Thank you guys so much for all your support!!!!!!!!! I love it!!!!! If you are interested in co-hosting please email me at vodkainfusedlemonade@gmail.com. If you’ve already co-hosted and would like to again, don’t hesitate to email me.

This week’s fabulous co-hosts are:

Amber from Avec Amber

&

Angele from The European Malteser

Here are my favourite looks from last week:

Rachel from Rachel the Hat

Niki from Glossy Blonde

Iris from Love, Iris

Rules

1. Must be a new post, or fairly recent one. Please link the post not the blog.

2. Please follow me via Facebook, Bloglovin, Pinterest or Twitter.

3. Please follow Amber from Avec Amber via Bloglovin & Angele from The European Malteser via Bloglovin.

4. Please stop by the other blogs and say hi. The idea is to get to know other bloggers .

5. Please link back to my blog or post this button on your blog.

An InLinkz Link-up

Top Knot & Beach Bum

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Yesterday as I was looking at my favourite blogs, I came across Emily’s post from Cupcakes & Cashmere on hairstyles for short bob. Gotta say I was really happy to see it. Although I wear my hair down most of the time, sometimes I would like to pull it up in a messy bun but my hair is layered and short. What I liked is that her tutorials were simple, easy and most importantly they were doable!!!! So guess what I did yesterday? You guess it, a top knot! A messy, very quick top knot. My son had swimming lessons and wanted us to stay at the pool afterwards so it was the perfect opportunity for me to try it. Guess what??? It worked! It was very messy, I would recommend spraying your hair with hairspray, but I actually really liked how it turned out. I felt like a bit of a beach bum with my outfit as well.

Thank you Emily for a very realistic and easy tutorial on creating a top knot. I’ll definitely be sporting it more this Summer, especially when we are at the pool. The key is to use a lot of bobby pins and spray your hair. I’m also really excited to try the braid as well. I’ll let you know how that turns out.

May this blog inspire you to try a top knot.

I know you guys really like the posts where I do one item different ways, so please send me emails at vodkainfusedlemonade@gmail.com or leave me a comment on which items you would like me to feature different ways.

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Don’t forget to link up tomorrow to my weekly Tres-Chic Fashion Thursday Link Up.

Happy Hump Day Everyone!!!!!

Striped Maxi, Denim Vest & eShakti Giveaway

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Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes. I had a wonderful birthday weekend. I’ll post more about it on Thursday.

The weather has kind of cooled down so yesterday I wore my maxi dress with a denim vest. It wasn’t cool enough for a jacket, the vest was perfect. So the next time you’re finding that you don’t want to wear a cardigan or blazer, try adding a denim jacket to your outfit. It’s a great way to change up your look.

Vest (Old Navy). Dress (Gap). Purse & Watch (Michael Kors). Necklace (My Name Necklace). Sandals (Aldo). Bracelet (The Bay).

I’m excited to be joining Amber from InDuffinitely Me to giveaway 2-$25 giftcards to eShakti. Please follow the Rafflecopter instructions below. Good luck!!!!!

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I Feel Pretty & Style To Inspire Link Up

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I wore this outfit last Wednesday and I’m not sure but I felt very pretty wearing it. I’m not trying to sound vain, but it did. I think it’s the colour of the skirt and how you can twirl in it. I felt very feminine, girly wearing it. Anyways do you guys ever wear something that makes you feel pretty?

Top (Gap). Skirt (My Girlfriend’s Closet). Necklace (My Name Necklace). Sandals (Aldo). Purse & Watch (Michael Kors). Bracelet (Stella & Dot).

I’m really excited to be co-hosting with Rhea from rhea, et cetera for her Style to Inspire Link Up!!!

NOW FOR THE LINK UP

Fellow fashion bloggers, we are all part of
this amazing community where we can share our own style and check out
other bloggers’ style through our own personal space in the web. Through
blog hops / link ups, we discover more blogs to follow, and more
outfits that inspire us to shop our closets and come up with a similar
outfits!

That is what is amazing about blogging… in
our own ways, we inspire and are inspired by our fellow bloggers’ style
posts! This is the reason for this weekly blog hop called Style to Inspire,
with hopes to be a weekly collection of style posts that reflect the
bloggers’ personal style, in turn inspiring new outfit ideas and new
connections with fellow fashion bloggers!

Welcome this week’s co-host, Agi of Vodka Infused Lemonade!

{Rhea Et Cetera} {Vodka Infused Lemonade}

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1) Please link up a direct link to a fashion post you would like to share.

2) Please follow your host Rhea EtCetera via BlogLovin or Facebook and your co-host Vodka Infused Lemonade via BlogLovin or Facebook.

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Essentials To Make Packing Easier

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It’s taken me many, many years to learn the art of packing. You don’t want to see the size of suitcase I had when I went to Europe 14 years ago. It was ridiculously large!!! Not sure what I was thinking!!! Just my shoes took up 50% of my suitcase. Now I’m older and wiser and since having my son, I’ve had to learn to really only pack the essentials.

Above are 8 items that are must have when packing. They facilitate packing and help keep your things organized and easy to find.

Having a large tote when travelling is a must!!! I can’t travel with anything smaller than a tote. It allows me to pack my passports, travel information, make up, book, phone, charger, magazine, IPod and many other things. I hate travelling with a bunch of carry on bags. My one tote is the perfect size to fit everything that I need to carry on the plane.

I purchased a passport holder a few years ago when we had my son and I had to carry 3 passports, plus other travelling documentation and information. I even use it when we are travelling within the country. It just keeps our information organized and together and I don’t have to worry about losing something.

I purchased this make up bag a few years ago and I don’t know how I travelled without it. It keeps all my make up and toiletries together. The best thing about this bag is that it can also hang, making it easier to store when you’re travelling. You can just hang it on something. For a girl that has a lot of make up, this bag is perfect. It even holds my travel size shampoo/conditioner, moisturizer and face wash.

Toiletries bag is the next must have to help you pack. I like this florescent yellow one (please excuse the water stain on it, it’s well loved :)) because it’s big enough to fit the rest of my toiletries that don’t fit into my make up bag. Ie my razor, perfume, soap, deoderant, contact solution, glasses, etc… You get the idea.

A shoe bag is super important. I only recently discovered them when I bought my first pair of Toms. I love them because they keep your dirty shoes away from your clean clothes. I used to just used plastic bags, but these ones are much cuter and environmentally friendly.

I purchased this jewelry roll last Summer and I’ve used it countless times. I used to travel with jewelry boxes and jamming all my earrings into one box, my bracelets into another and my necklaces into another. This way I can keep all my jewelry together, neat and organized. Less chance to losing something.

Travel size toiletries are also a must. Try finding your products in a travel size or purchase plastic containers and fill them with your shampoo, conditioner, soaps, face wash, face moisturizer, etc. Again these are a must!!! You can also find many of your favourite products in travel sizes. It’s much easier to pack, store and travel with.

Other suggestions to make packing easier:

Make a list of things you need to pack and include everything and I mean everything ie. underwear. This makes packing easier and less stressful because you have a list of everything you want to pack.

Plan ahead. Know what the weather is going to like at your destination. It will prevent you from packing many unnecessary things. Plan your outfits ahead of time, again making it easier to pack and dress once you’re on vacation. If you’re like me and some days you have a hard time deciding what to wear, allow yourself one extra outfit, that way you won’t feel like you don’t have “anything to wear”. Also pack clothes that can multi-task and be worn with other items. This also will reduce too many things that you won’t really wear or need.

Don’t pack at the last minute!!! Give yourself time to pack in peace and quiet, without interruption and the fear that you’ll forget something. Even if you have your stuff picked out and in a laundry basket ready to be put into a suitcase is a great start and will be extremely helpful when you pack.

May this blog inspire you to use this as a guide to help you pack. Packing is not easy and can take years to learn how to do it efficiently. Believe me, it’s taken most of my adult life to figure out how to pack properly.

I hope the next time you’re planning a trip, these suggestions will help make packing easier.

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Happy Friday & Weekend Everyone!!!!!

Laid Back Birthday Celebration & Tres-Chic Fashion Thursday Link Up

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This past Saturday I had a small, intimate birthday celebration with a few friends. The past few years I did a bigger thing with more people, but this year I just wanted to keep it quiet and simple. We headed downtown to Reflections, this amazing patio restaurant in Georgia Hotel. It’s located on the 4th floor and is absolutely gorgeous. A few months ago a friend and I went there for the first time and I feel in love with the scenery and the food. We had an amazing time. I had a glass of Sangria that was the size of my head. Needless to say between the heat and the size of the Sangria, one was more than enough. After dinner we headed to Black and Blue for more drinks and dessert. Again this restaurant did not disappoint. They had a fridge full of aging meat. It looked absolutely delicious. For those of you vegetarian, just ignore the above comment :). Thank you to the ladies for taking me out. I had a great relaxing evening celebrating my 35th birthday. My husband has something planned for this weekend as Saturday is my actual birthday. Can’t wait to see what that sneaky monkey has up his sleeve

Dress (RW & Co.). Necklace & Bracelet (J Crew). Purse (Nine West). Heels (Aldo). Bracelet (Stella & Dot).

Thank you ladies for a great start to a week of birthday celebrating!!!!!!

It’s that time of the week for my link up. Thank you to all 113 of you fabulous ladies that linked up last week!!! A great turnout, I love it!!!!! If you are interested in co-hosting please email me at vodkainfusedlemonade@gmail.com. If you’ve already co-hosted and would like to again, don’t hesitate to email me.