I adore having friends who have a drive for creativity, whether it's marketing, calligraphy, cake decorating, or fashion. It's great to share ideas or even bounce of inspiration off one another.  Here is a little care package a put together that I hope carried inspiration for an old creative friend -





Everything I put together was materials I had excess of. Whenever I go craft shopping I find something at such a reasonable price I buy multiples of it. Everything shown above was from Target, Anthropologie, Dollar Store, and even a few goodies from my homeland.  It only was under $6 to ship but inspiration and creativity goes a long way.

Can't wait to put another care package together.  Until then.. XO

Is brunch & buzzing an appropriate thing to type up as a title?  My weekend was full of shoe shopping for New York, and quality family time in the evening in Sun Valley.  Sundays are one of my favorite days of the week.  Something about Sunday always provides calmness and relaxation (especially in the morning) as I had a lazy start in the morning, my best friend arrived early afternoon and we started our Sunday Brunch.



To start off we had cute little mason jars filled with fresh watermelon mimosas.  I must admit, I had a good amount in me before the food came out.  For the main dish we had the Breakfast Salmon Skillet (shown above) along with Hash with such good fresh cut beef and of course egg among other yummy breakfast foods.  After brunch we continued on with our fresh watermelon mimosas and strolled around.  I ended the day watching Inside Out and finishing things throughout the house.

Thankfully I have Monday and Tuesday off.  I'll be spending the day with one of my dearest friends by the beach in Oceanside.  Tuesday will be filled with running errands and cooking up a few yummy things for the week.  I know I know, i've been posting a lot of food, not to worry, the crafting will come!

Cheers! XO

My favorite baker cousin just had a birthday late last week.  Her brother was such a sweetheart and planned a girls night out in LA this past weekend.  We had the luxury of a limo picking us up and driving us to surprise my cousin at her house.  Soon after the driver took us to our first stop Fig & Olive, where we spent hours sipping on lemonades, cocktails, and indulging in our late supper.  My initial plan was to take her to Sweet Lady Jane's for birthday cake and dessert as the Limo driver pulled up, the line was out the door (it was a small cottage bake shop).  Second choice was to just to have desserts, and tea at urth.  It all worked out, as we made our own dessert sampler ;)

As were all scrolling through our Sunday feed we feel the need to scream for ice cream!  Even if it's gloomy outside the heat is still beaming through the gray skies.  Here are a few of my favorite places to get ice cream throughout LA -











I think before the summer ends, a list of ice cream cookie sandwiches should happen.  Any suggestions?  Stay cool everyone! XO