H.U.M.P. day

I love Hump Day Wednesdays. It's my day off and a day for me and only me, well at least until Eli comes home.  I get to do or not do whatever my heart desires.  Today I woke up late (about 9:45am), talked to my bff (I'm trying to convince her to revive her blog), spent a few moments with a friend who's leaving town today, did some retail therapy online (well just window shopping.. I think I need to go on a shopping ban for a while), visited my favorite blogs,  played with Pooma, went to the bank, and picked up some lunch from Zushi because Eli was coming home for lunch and I was too lazy to make anything. 

Lunch with hubbs, Yummy lunch from Zushi. I haven't eaten there in what seems like years!!!
Lady's Special (shrimp tempura + cali rolls) and Deep Fried Teriyaki Chicken w/ mac salad! and of course Miso soup.

Pooma was being a little beggar and wanted some tempura.. silly dog, dogs don't eat shrimp.  We're kinda wearing matching dresses today too!! ha ha.

Wearing: dress - Volcom

The day is still young.. what to do? what to do?

Love, S

Mele Kalikimaka!

I had a great Christmas. We spent Christmas Eve with my parents and grandma, ate a yummy dinner, hung out, and exchanged gifts.. then on Christmas day Eli and I enjoyed Champy for breakfast :) and a yummy lunch at Lulu's; Truffle Mac & Cheese, Furikake Fries, and more yummy cocktails.

What our tree looked like on Christmas Eve and a quick drawing of our outfits on Christmas day. :)
(I ended up knotting my top up later that day, to show the tulle dress a little more)

At my parents house, Christmas day, before we went to lunch...

Wearing: striped/tulle dress - F21, top - F21, heels - Quipid (gift from hubby)

Hubby wearing: Lady Gaga tee, jeans - Levi's, sneaks - converse, scarf - DIY by me

Mmmmm the yummy Mac & Cheese + Furikake fries with aioli dipping sauce!! Delish. :)

We spent Christmas evening with Eli's parents home with the sis and bro.  They prepared a yummy prime rib and crab leg dinner. It was also the first time we all tried the green bean casserole thingy that people normally make during the holidays. I was really excited to try that, but eh, it was alright. And the night wouldn't be complete without momma Cindy's pumpkin roll! After chillin' with the family we went back to our place and hung out with some friends that were visiting from Vegas and Pheonix. I love the holidays... you get to meet up with friends you haven't seen for a while. :)

I painted these for Cielle and Leah. :)

Last night we went to hang out with Carina.  It was her last night in town. We chilled and ate yummy bbq. She went home to Vegas today. Boo!! I miss her already. :(

Wearing: floral dress + belt - ???, velvet blazer - thrifted, tights - Walmart, Potion buckle boots - Jeffrey Campbell,

suede bag - Tahari (Chrstimas gift from hubby), cupcake ring - BJ

Hubby wearing: white v-neck - Calvin Klein, striped cardi - Buffalo, jeans - Bull Head, dog tag necklace - Tiffanys

I love friends!! Eli, Me, Carina, + Justin.

The Clemons :)

Oh and this is what I purchased with the shopbop gift card that I won from Issa at wewearthings. I've been wanting the Jeffrey Campbell "Potion" boots for a while and now I finally have them. Yay! Thanks Issa.

Hope everyone had a great Christmas... New Year's is just around the corner.

Love, S

Meowy Christmas Eve

Christmas is just a day away and to some in the world, they're already celebrating! Me and Eli are having dinner tonight at my parents. Just the 5 of us; mom, dad, grandma, me & Eli. Oh and Pooma of course.

I wanted to share the Rasta Cuppies I made for our friend Wendy's son's 1st birthday party. I can't believe he's one already.  The year went by really fast!

Rasta Cuppies!!

Me + Wendy (and her hubby, Jaysen in the back). Do we look like sisters? I always get that, but I don't think so. I'm 100% Filipino and she's 100% Japanese. I remember when she was pregnant with her first child, we both went into Starbucks and the barista thought she was my mom! I didn't correct her either and Wendy and I just laughed about it. ;P

Hubby + Me + Birthday Boy ~Kapono~ Isn't he just the cutest!!?!!

The Easleys (Wendy + Jaysen) are such incredible people! They're fantastic friends and amazing parents. They've raised such great kids.

Oooo and I also want to thank Ab from The Owls Closet , she awarded me with the Beautiful Blogger award. Thanks sweet Ab, I feel so special. So now I will need to list 7 random facts about me.

1.  I dream in Black and White (maybe a couple times a year in color). So sad. :(

2.  We live in a two bedroom place and one of those bedrooms are designated just for MY clothes!! and shoes. :)

3.  I didn't get my license (or really drive at all) until I was 20.  My friend acutally told me that he would give me $100 if I got my license before I turned 21, so I guess that was a good incentive. BTW, I never got the $100.

4.  Our wedding theme was Tokidoki inspired.

5.  I'm a big fan of Cookies! All kines. I don't discrimiate.

6.  I had an HUGE girl crush, boderline ObSeSsiOn with Britney Spears. OMG.

7.  Eli and I have been together for 10 years, married for 9 months. :)

I wanted to throw in a #8. I can't whistle!! boo :(

and now, I would like to award the following bloggers:

Myra of Twigs and Honey

Evi of Absolutely Ladylike

Tiffany of I am Style-ish

Coco of Closet Full of Nothing

Giselle of Style of a Fashionista

Tabitha of Fashion Therapist

Michelle of Always Overdressed

Issa of We Wear Things

Lar & Cath of Asian Cajuns

I hope everyone has a Meowy Christmas! :) Don't forget to leave your cookies and milk out for Santa.

Love, S

Bittersweets

Last week Couture Carrie let me know that I was the winner of her lovely Orient Watch Giveaway. Woo Hoo! I've been needing a new watch. Thanks again Carrie!! Can't wait! :)

Photo Credits: http://www.bittersweetsny.com/

I saw these rings in the December issue of  Marie Claire (Miss Lively looks stunning!) and I want them so bad! I want them in all the metals; silver, gold, and rose gold! Ahh Edward, still lingering in my mind.

How awesome is this chubby bunny for hello kitty headband?!? Awesome.

My hubby was in the "hobo" mood last night and lounged around with Pooma. Aren't they so cute!? Pooma loves her daddy. :)

Hubby wearing: longsleeve - Banana Republic, sweats - A&F, beanie - Ed Hardy

Pooma wearing: purple ears, courtesey of Lee's Pet Grooming.

It's almost hump day... which means it's almost Friday... which means it's almost Christmas... which means I really need to finish up my Christmas shopping. :) Have a great day.

Love, S

Styles of Hair Past

I'm excited to announce the winner of the ciellestar giveaway is Nathalie from Accessory Pirate.  Congrats Nathalie!! Thanks to everyone who participated... and don't fret I'll be having another little giveaway soon.

I've been wanting a new haircut / style for some time. I've had long hair for what seems to be forever. I used to rock such fun, trendy, sassy colored short looks... but for some reason I can't commit to chopping my locks. I'm looking for some inspiration...

Styles of Hair Past... I found some old pics (the last one is acutally the most recent, taken on my bday this past July) and these are just a few hairstyles I've had.  I really loved experiementing with color, kinda was obsessed with reds... and my previous hairdresser and friend (who is no longer with us... Miss you Deb!!) would always come up with fun things to do with my hair. I was always up for something and anything new.

I hope to have a new hairstyle by January. Crossing fingers. ^_^ ooooo and I've only recently tried the peppermint mocha latte at Starbucks... OMGosh, Christmas in my mouth... :) Yum

Hope everyone had a lovely Sunday! 5 more days til Christmas..

Love, S

Procrastination pays off... (sometimes)

Quick post...

A few months ago I recieved an order for a custom made money/card box for a 1st birthday party.  I've made money boxes in the past (some include Nemo starfish, Mickey Mouse, pineapple, tokidoki, rasta hearts, cookies, crown, lady bug), but was really excited to do seahorse.  I started this project last night or should I say this morning at 12am and finished a little before 2am!! I'm very happy with the results. :)

The inspiration ~Fisher Price, Ocean Wonders Soothe and Glow Seahorse~

and My creation..

You can see how big I made it!!

Next month I get to finally make my first Hello Kitty one! I'm VERY excited for that one.. and I also get to make a zebra print inspired one for a friend. Got any parties coming up? Orders welcomed. :)

One more thing... today is the last day for the ciellestar giveaway. Enter if you haven't already... a winner will be announced tomorrow!

Happy Friday lovlies. 

Love, S

p.s. I want one of these sooo bad!! I hope I find it under the tree.. if not I'll be getting it for myself for the new year... It's my inspiration to sew more.. and begin designing :)

Mopey Monday

I've been battling a darn cold for the past few days. Last night was horrendous and I will spare you the details. Ew & Ugh to say the least. :( We did have our annual holiday party this past Saturday and it was quite fun! Well, as much fun as a sick person can have. :) This year employees got to bring their families (not just spouses) and the it was a carnival theme that included; carnival games, pony rides, bouncy houses, popcorn, cotton candy, hot dogs, live music by local band Nuff Sedd, psychic stations, massage stations, prize giveaways (I got a GC to Melting Pot, yum!), a festive holiday dinner, and even a train ride on the Lahaina Sugar Cane train that took us to and from the carnival location. It was a fun afternoon. After the party we visited with our friend Tasha and her Ohana.  They're visiting from Redding, CA.  She has the best and most adorable baby boy, Jed. He is a gem! As soon as I met him I fell in love with him. She is such a great mother.. it's crazy to think how grown up we are now; married and with kids (well, she has the kid, not me, not yet at least!!) Tasha and I have known eachother since elementary days.. so it's been about 20 years of friendship! Wow! It's great to be able to still be so close to friends from your childhood.  Some people grow apart, but I'm glad such a beautiful woman like Tasha, remains in my life. :)

I'm feeling woozy again, so I must end it here. Hope everyone is having a better Monday than me.. drinking lots of fluids and plopped on my bed resting is where I will be... :) Take care lovlies oh and don't forget to enter my ciellestar giveaway (see below post), you have till the end of the week!!

Love, S

p.s. Here is the only pic we took on Saturday at my company holiday party.. I look a mess, ha ha!! but that train ride was fun! :)

p.p.s. and here is the lovely Pooma sporting one of her winter coats. She's so stylish isn't she?!

CielleStar ***GIVEAWAY***

I'm happy to announce my very first giveaway!

(a lovely pair mother of pearl hoop earrings accented with fresh water pearls, 14k gold filled wire and chain)

Enter for a chance to win a lovely pair of earrings designed and created by my beautiful friend, Cielle of ciellestar.  Her designs are one of a kind and are inspired by her travels and also the beautiful island we live on, Maui.  (Remember these delicate earrings, here... she designed those too!!)

***For a chance to win***
- simply visit Cielle's Etsy shop and leave a comment below (make sure it's on this post) on which item is your favorite and why.  You'll have until next Friday, December 18th to enter. Please remember to leave your email addy so I can contact you if you're the lucky winner!

Good Luck!

Love, S

Thank you, WeWearThings

This really must be my lucky week, because I was fortunate enough to win another fabulous blog giveaway. The lovely Issa of wewearthings. announced that I was the lucky winner of the ShopBop - Rachel Roy giveaway. I feel so special that she chose me because of my lovely comment... and it's true I love dressing up or playing dress up for any occasion. It's always better to be overdressed than underdressed. :)

Check out Issa on her blog.  She's got great style, adorable pooches, and is a fashionista whose feet are so lucky to walk in the beautifully crafted Christian Louboutin Very Prive Studded Peep-toe Pumps! Thanks Issa for choosing me, I really appreciate it.

I wish I had a more interesting backdrop in my home to take pics, but I guess in front of my closet will do for now.... agh, my hair is a mess (it's in it's "natural" state, no flat iron action)

Wearing: dress - Bella Lulu (local boutique), black tights - Macy's, boots - Charles Albert, belt - outlet @ Las Vegas Outlets, bracelets - F21 & Betsey Johnson

Love, S

I won, I won!

I can't believe I'm even admitting this... but tonight, I went to watch New Moon AGAIN. That's number 3, OMG!! My lovely sister, Leah treated.. and the hubby stayed home :) I promise, I will not be watching it in the theatre again... but I'll more than likely be purchasing the dvd when it comes out.  ha!

When I got home I found a lovely surprise in my inbox.  Dina from Dina's Days emailed me to let me know I won her Stephanie Johnson clutch giveaway. 

Oooooooooooooooo!!! I was so excited. I yelled for Eli to come and see what I won! I really couldn't believe it, because I've never won a giveaway. I can't wait for the clutch to arrive. Definitely check out Dina's blog... great fashion finds, inspiration, oooh and a scrumptious baklava recipe that I'm dying to try. :) Yum. Thanks again Dina!!

Oh gosh, I can't believe it's past 1am.. I've got to get to bed. Good night and sweet dreams.

Love, S

p.s. I got this tunic a while ago (maybe a year), and although I was drawn to the lovely eyelets and puffy sleeve, when I brought it home, everytime I put it on I couldn't help but feel like a quarterback because of the puffy sleeves. Agh! But I think I finally feel great it in.. oh and it's soo comfy. :)

Wearing: tunic - In My Closet (local boutique), seamless stirrup pants - Last Exit (Macy's), boots - BCBGeneration, ring - Italy (miss you Deb!!), bracelet - F21

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Dreams can come true

Dreaming of the day I can "afford" an awesome pair of Red Sole heels. One day. :)

"I would hate for someone to look at my shoe and say, 'Oh my God! That looks so comfortable!'..." -Christian Louboutin

and oh my goodness, even Barbie gets to rock the red soles!.. take a look here. Jealous!

Good night and sweet dreams.

Went to B&N tonight to pick up the Dec. issue of Bazaar and Nylon. Oooo the beautiful Mr. Pattinson. Scrumptious!!
Wearing: gold jacket - Ross Dress4Less, white pocket tank - Old Navy, skinnies - Levi's, sandals - Style & Co. (Macy's), necklaces - Betsey Johnson & Claires, bow ring, F21, bag - Karina's Boutique

Isn't he lovely... hee hee.

Love, S

It's Aloha Friday

The first week of December flew by! a few more blinks and it'll be 2010. How crazy is that? Seriously where did the year go?

My toe is doing much better today, but I still haven't gone to the doctors.  I'm very hopeful that it will heal on it's own. I've told it many times today, that if she gets better.. she'll get a new pair of heels. hee hee.

I had to say goodbye to Mr. Monk tonight. I'm so sad, but I'm glad he finally found out what happened to Trudy. Good thing, I've got Neal Caffrey to ease my sadness. ;P  Matt Bomer is beautiful eye candy. hee hee.

My lovely friend Cielle opened up her etsy shop. Check out her beautiful, made with love jewelry, here.  Stay tuned for a lovely giveaway. :)

This, this, and this is so lovely!

I still love this beautiful dress from J.Crew.

I'm sorta in love with this BJ jumper.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

At least I can wear pretty flat sandals for now, until BigToe is completely healed :) Pooma wanted to say Hi again.
Wearing: LBD - random ??, ruffled cardi - Go International (Target), sandals - BCBGirls (from Bff), necklace - Claires

I was hungry for something lemony, so I whipped up a mini layered choco cream lemon pies, topped with mini morsels... missing whipped cream... but still oh so yummy.

Love, S

Cake-a-licious

Here's a pic of the delicious cake and cupcakes I made for Wendy's daughter, Kamoana's 4th birthday party... :) I hope to be posting pics of the fun wardrobe I created for her!! Soon!!

Love, S

Photo credit: Wendy Easley

Like, TOEtally

My left big toe is sad. :( I won't be wearing any heels for a while.. SUPER SAD. :( Hopefully a while means like a week. I'm trying to schedule an appointment to see the doc tomorrow, because my big toe is in a funk -- it's soooooooo swollen. I'm not really sure what's going on, but that toe has never been the same since my BFF, Jo stepped on it on the day of my wedding. Ouch!! I still love her regadless and she acutally calls it "My toe" (meaning her toe), because everytime it acts up and gets sore/swollen, I call her up to remind her how she ruined my cute big toe!! :)

I hope the doc gives me some good news! Wish me luck.

Love, S

Wearing: big bow tunic - Urban Outfitters (like 5 years ago! dug it out of my closet), soft and sexy wrap - Victoria's Secret, seamless leggings - Wetseal, peepTOE patent flats - Blowfish, bow ring - F21

Pooma was so excited to see me when I got home from work today!! But she's always excited to see me. :)

Thrifty Tuesdays

While we were driving home from the gym tonight, Eli noticed that the moon was full. I looked at it and told him, actually it's a "new moon".  We giggled to eachother, because he knew what I was referring to.  I suggested that we go watch New Moon (second time for me, first time for him) and to my surprise, he said ok.  I was thrilled -- crazy I know. I'm a 27 year old "in love with a vampire." ha ha. Guilty as charged.  We caught the last show and to my surprise it was Thrity Tuesday's at the box office.  We hardly ever go out to the movies because it's so overpriced, but we got $5 tickets tonight. Woo hoo!  The second time around for me was even more exciting, but Eli begs to differ. Every time I looked over he was yawning, laughing at inapropriate times, or asking what was going to happen next. If it wasn't the second time I watched it, I'd probably move a seat away from him.. Ha ha!! :)  I asked him if he liked it when it was done and he was like, "Yeah, it was ok." and smiled.  I didn't expect him to love it like I do, but I appreciated that he took me to watch it again. :) He's the best hubby ever.

Before we went out we caught the Victoria Secret fashion show -- Eli was hypnotized!! ha ha. I don't blame him.. I was too.  The show was spectacular, it never disappoints.  Gorgeous women and fabulous fashion. 

Love, S

Hubby wearing: shirt - Diesel, jacket - Buffalo, jeans - Levi's, sneaks - Converse
I'm wearing: sweater dress - Thrifted, tights - George (Walmart), boots - BCBGenration, bag - Karina's boutique, silver flower ring - F21

I love all the pearls on this sweater!!