Ole Years night attire (New Years Eve)

Tank top: J.Crew | Sequin skirt: J.Crew Factory | Flats: Sperry Topsider | Black sequin hair bow ( not shown): Forever 21

Lilly Pulitzer

Ciate: Vintage
China glaze top coat: Optical Illusion

Ciaté nail polish review

Meggyums was kind enough to get me the Ciaté mini mani month and I really loved it. I love the concept of a nail polish advent calender, and considering dad continually ate all of my chocolates from our usual calender, this was good since he pretty much hated it. It gave me a chance to try colours I wouldn't usually try and it's miniature bottles which I prefer. 

Outfits for the Christmas season

my daddy and I on Christmas day in our porch  

my sister and I in front of our Christmas tree before we leave for Christmas eve dinner.

I just thought I would share my festive outfits with you!

Christmas Day:
me- camisole- Target
       skirt- Lilly Pulitzer
       cardigan- New York and Co.
       earrings- H.Stern
       shoes- because it was at my house I didn't wear any that day!
Dad- Oxford shirt- Ralph Lauren

Christmas Eve:
Both Meggyums and I were dressed in full J.Crew save for my belt which is from Lilly Pulitzer.

Vintage saris

my mum's Shalwar

16 of my mum's 20+ saris!

the body of the sari to the left, the pallu (part that goes over your shoulder) to the right
Gorgeous right? It's spun with gold thread

the pallu of another one spun with gold thread.

 

Most of the saris pictured above were bought on eBay. eBay can have some gorgeous (and useless) things, and this just proves it. Next time you are looking for a dress for a formal event, try a sari. Chances are, a used, vintage, formal sari will probably only put you off about US$25 plus under-garments.
The only problem now is trying to figure out how to tie it!

Outfit of the Monday

pretty bangles that I wore with the outfit

shalwar top and black denim leggings, because as you will see later on, the pants that came with it were a tad off

close up

try to ignore the face and focus on the pants

Most, if not all schools, allow you to wear Indian wear to school the day before divali. I simply wore what was pictured above with my trusty brown Birkenstocks. My denim leggings are from Macy's and I got my bangles and Shalwar from an Indian fair (which is exactly what it sounds like).

Tomorrow, the final day of our "celebrations" is sure to be your favourite!

The festival of light

2 dozen diyas, not much but enough

Today is the 3rd and main day of a 5 day festival known as Diwali. It signifies good over evil and light over darkness. Tonight India and Hindus all over the world will light little clay pots known as diyas and welcome Mother Lakshmi into their freshly cleaned homes.
Most Hindus light hundreds of diyas to place all over their yard. They invite friends over and bake sweets to share with their family, friends and neighbours.
Where I live, Diwali is a public holiday and everyone, Hindu or not, lights diyas and makes (or buys) sweets to share and enjoy. (Like my family!)
You and I will "celebrate" the final three days of Diwali together!
So enjoy tomorrow and Thursday's Diwali themed blogs!

Bows on bows on bows

Yay! Aren't homemade bows awesome? Especially when you can use Lilly ribbon to make them. :)

Art showing

On Tuesday I went to a art opening after gymnastics. The artist's name is Shalini and she does really detailed abstract, Indian drawings, mainly of people.
My favourite thing about her work?
She uses nail polish for some of the detailing!

Here's a little bit more about her

The artist herself

one of my favourite pieces

Camisole: Old navy (old)
Skirt: Ralph Lauren (just a plain navy cotton)
Cardigan: Talbots (similar)
Sandals: Lands' End


P.S. Talbots usually has my favourite cardis. I'm 5' 5" and the petite (just petite, not petite small or something like that) fits me pretty well.

my favourite headband!

a simple tutorial on how to make my favourite headband

YAY!

A couple months back my camera was working really slowly, so I thought I needed a new one. I asked for one for Christmas this month. Dad tried to fix it and it turned out something is wrong with the flash.
In July, I entered a regional competition to celebrate my country's 50th anniversary. The prize giving was today, I won 2nd place in my age group (our school was the only secondary group that entered!) and guess what I won...
Yep, a camera!
It's a 14 megapixel Olympus camera.

Here's the poem that I wrote:

Berlin Day 7

Friday:
That day we went to the Olympic stadium of Games of the XI Olympiad held in Berlin. The architecture was amazing for something built around 1936. There were little write-ups posted everywhere on the history of it dealing with the wars, Hitler and so-forth. After that we went to the site of Checkpoint Charlie and saw a line (which runs through the whole of Berlin) signifying where the Berlin wall once stood. I had a crêpe and ate some more brats. Oh, and more ice cream, YAY! We went into a GIGANTIC chocolate store with replicas of Berlin monuments made of chocolate. I can’t believe we went all the way there to buy Trinidadian and Tobagonian chocolate. We ate at a cosy, Italian, family restaurant with nice people.

Pastels with some POP!

Top: Random house brand (similar)
Shorts: J.Crew
Cardigan: New York and Company (similar)
Ballet Flats: Lands' End (similar)
Earrings: Claire's (similar)
Handbag: Lily Bloom (same style, different print)

Mum loved this top while I was a little iffy on it. It was 10€ so we bought it. I thought it look a bit like a pyjama top, but when I got home, I realized the blue in the top and my cardigan were the same. I just had to add the shorts and it was perfect! Some may find it a bit too much, but I will wear my Lily Bloom purse with just about anything! The leopard print is fairly subdued, so I think I can get away with it. It's so colourful it can match with almost anything! I love how the earrings and the shoes match perfectly.

P.S Forever 21 and Claire's have some really nice costume jewelry for reasonable prices

Berlin Clothing haul

I didn't get much stuff when I went to Berlin, but I got a couple of things so I thought I'd show you. 

Berlin Day 6

Warning, on Thursday we went to a concentration camp.

On trend: sequins

Now onto some good sequins...

Clockwise from top left:
Skirt: I have mixed feelings about this skirt, on one hand, I love how sparkly it is, on the other hand, is it too sparkly? Tell me what you thing about it in the comments!
Dress: Embellished collars seem to be the trend these days, and I have to admit, I like it. J.Crew does it perfectly!
Skirt: Some how, I hate the dress, but love the skirt. What about you?
Top: J.Crew has mastered sequins! For all you temperate dwellers, this sequined top is perfect for sparkling up winter!

 

 

 Of course, needless to say, sequin ballet flats belong in the good! Love them!

Sorry about the end. blogger is giving trouble

Surprise! New post today! Yay! (and a post tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday!)

Trending now seems to be sequins, no matter what your style.
There's a good way to do it, and a bad!

Trying to post once a week- 2006 photos

 I know it's been a while since I blogged but have been really busy with life. Had gym on Friday, raced opti yesterday and our San Juan 28 today in a fun race, gym tomorrow and tuesday. (You get the idea.) I thought I would just post some random photos from 2006, (me-7 years old).

where it all began

Meggyums and Mimiums!

"down-d-islands" (DDI)

Sunset DDI

liking the outfits?

fat puppies and their mummy!

Kapootz!

fur ball stampede!

Last photo a reference to Corgi stampede

The matchbook girl... August

Berlin Day 5

Ahhhh... School starts back tomorrow, but we shall continue on, unfazed.
So let's get on with Berlin Day 5.

Berlin Day 4

Tuesday: 

 That day we spent the ENTIRE day in the Technical Museum of Berlin. Mum and I ate a kinda pizza thing for lunch. It was delicious! Dad spent the entire day in the ‘Air and Space’ and ‘Shipping’ section. About an hour before the museum closed we finally got to go to the ‘Jewellery making’ and ‘Film’ section. It was really interesting, all of it. Mum got vexed with the man in the gift shop. It was so funny! I wanted something-wurst (in Germany, anything involving sausage has ‘wurst’ at the end) and we saw a Spanish restaurant with sausage so we ate there. It was horrible! They served us marinated cheese which was just ordinary cheddar in olive oil. Mum crossed off the tip on the bill.

bad photo but, ORANGE OPTI!

LEGO ship?

posing for the pinhole camera

inside the pinhole camera

Dress: Lilly Pulitzer
Ballet Flats: Sperry's (similar)

just an update

I know I haven't been blogging but after my adventure (Berlin, don't worry I'll finish my tale) we needed a relaxing vacation, so my uncle rented a house down the islands (like having a summer home by the sea). These are small islands that are not permanently inhabited, but have purely weekend and vacation homes. Oh, and one of them is the prison island!
Tomorrow a couple of my friends are coming over for an online shopping party (no credit cards involved) and spaaaaaa day. I'll fill you in with pics.

Have you checked out Lilly's summer sale. I know my sister's credit card has!

Berlin day 3

Monday:
We took the train to Friedrichstraße outside of which was a very sad memorial about children who took trains to concentration camps and to England to survive. We walked down to the Reichstag, through Tiergarten –passing by a Soviet memorial- up to the Brandenburg Tor. There was free entry to the Guggenheim so we went in. The same way there’s fugly, there’s fart. It was just rubbish- LITTERALLY! We walked pass lots of pretty, old buildings on our way to the World of Chocolate by Ritter Sport. YUM! Didn’t make our own chocolate because there wasn’t any dark that day and the line was too long. The deserts in the café were so delicious. My mousse shaped like a giant block of Ritter Sport was worth a trip to Berlin. They made me walk around with 2 kilos of chocolate that day. Had dinner at Kaufhof, Schnitzel is kind of disgusting.

housekeeping fixed Bashful perfectly!

Berlin, divided- as told by Dad in front of the Reichstag

Russian war memorial in Tiergarden

Nommmmm! nom nom nom nom!

Chocolate mousse!