Thursday, January 31, 2013

Valentines Day Jewelry + GIVEAWAYS

Added some Limited edition Valentines Day Pieces to the shop today! The earrings are my favorite, they are just too cute :) So cute that I am giving away 2 pairs for free!

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To Enter this Valentine's Day Giveaway, e-mail me your love confessions and I will choose my top 2. Regardless who wins, I will post your anonymous confessions on the blog on Valentines day! You can send as many as you wish! Winners will be notified via e-mail on Feb. 14th 2013. 


here are a few of my own confessions:

1) I LOVE  stale teddy grahams
2) I LOVE to use my iphone's camera as a mirror (come on, who hasn't?)
3) I LOVE this old pair of Christmas socks from middle school that have a weird monkey on them!

Your Turn!

Happy Confessing!
xoxoxo -Amy


Monday, January 28, 2013

What's for Breakfast : Vegetarian Burritos

mmmm made some super tasty veggie burritos yesterday! One of my new Years resolutions was to cook more and eat more fruits and veggies. So this fit the bill for both. I found the recipe on The Sisters Cafe Blog. They have so  many great, wholesome REAL recipes plus they are all sisters which makes it way too cute! You can find the exact recipe I used here. Happy cooking!

xoxox -Amy





browning the wraps slightly in the skillet before filling them was key
We used Rice Milk instead of regular milk and it turned out fine

Fresh ripe tomatoes have less sodium than roasting the canned version

We overfilled these guys a bit :)



Great start to a weekend morning! Will be making these again.







Wednesday, January 23, 2013

New in the Shop: Emerald Designs


 In honor of this years color Emerald I've stocked the shop with some new limited edition designs! I especially love the tiny chevron circle stud earrings, I'm currently wearing them everywhere :) Hope you enjoy them too!


xoxox -Amy

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Outfits: Time to Fly!

I'll be doing some traveling pretty soon so I was inspired to put together some dream travel outfits! Have you ever people watched at the airport or train station? It's always interesting to see what people are wearing as they travel. Enjoy!

xoxoxo -Amy

Let's go on a trip!

Let's go on a trip!

Pullover sweater
sheinside.com

ONLY ripped boyfriend jeans
$77 - newlook.com

Union jack bag
delias.com

Eyeglass
nordstrom.com

Let's go on a trip!

360 sweater
$250 - julesb.co.uk

Strappy sandals
banggood.com

Circle sunglasses
nastygal.com

Let's go on a trip!

Wallis sequin top
wallisfashion.com

Trench coat
indressme.com

Modstrom skinny leg jeans
$79 - welikefashion.com

Laptop tote
macys.com

Let's go on a trip!


Topshop
topshop.com


Topshop
topshop.com


H m
$9.61 - hm.com


Low boots
modcloth.com


Mango zip bag
mango.com

Sunday, January 13, 2013

How to Make A Japanese House : Modern Architecture

I just had to share this ideabook! These Japanese Architects push the limits of design and are an endless source of inspiration for me. I hope you find inspiration from them as well.

xoxoxo -Amy



Friday, January 11, 2013

What's for Dinner : Nabemono

Photo credit: www.panningtheglobe.com


Tonight I'm cooking a traditional Japanese dish called Nabemono. The word literally means "Cooked things".  I really love this style of cooking because it's not only tasty, it's also delicious and fun! You basically take  various vegetables, seafood, and meat of your liking and cook them together in a communal pot with broth. Over the course of the meal the broth becomes infused with lots of flavor from the cooking items and you can then cook rice in the broth to make a rice porridge. Here is a good basic Nabemono recipe along with some more info if you feel like trying it!

Nabemono Recipe 

 Fun Fact: Chankonabe which is a type of nabemono, was originally eaten in large quantities by Sumo wrestlers to help them gain weight.
 

 Common ingredients for Nabemono








Thursday, January 10, 2013

Objects that Speak

Since I'm still recuperating from this flu, I've spent a lot of time indoors. I was looking around my home and thought how interesting it is how we accumulate objects and how these objects have feelings attached to them. It's funny how certain things become more cherished than others and how something as mundane and ordinary as a found pebble could mean more to you than your most expensive piece of china. What makes these "things" feel the way they do? This is just a rambling post that could go on and on but it is strange when you think about it right? What objects hold meaning to you?

Xoxoxo - Amy