HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Wanted to wish you all a Happy New Year from Zoe, Cody and I! 

NEW MEMBER IN OUR FAMILY!

Happy New Years eve all! i'm sure like many of you the end of the year is a reflection on how the year went. this year was a roller coaster ride for Zoe and I, with many new changes and many new blessings. i am very excited for the new goals and a new year to look forward to. and most of all i'm thankful to Jesus for all that i have!

so with that said one of our many blessings is our new family member in our home Cody!

He was our only Christmas present this year and we adopted him a few weeks before Christmas. he is a Jack Russel Terrier mix with Chihuahua. he has stolen both our hearts and has been Zoe's long awaited wish since she was 5!

With our new home, the fact that Zoe is older, countless prayers, and my flexible new schedule we were in a better position in adopting him. the best part about it was that our land lord does not allow dogs; but Zoe wrote him the most "melt your heart" letter on the top 3 reasons why he should consider letting her be able to have a dog. a few hours later a letter from him arrived, and what do you know; he said she convinced him and wished her a very merry Christmas!

So our prayers came true and Zoe (and I) got our dog! he has brought countless joy to our home. we love him so!

Wishing you all many blessings and a VERY Happy New Year!

BLOG CATCH UP 1: UNIQUE LA SNAP SHOTS

Happy Wednesday all! i had to think there for a moment what day it was, because this last week of the year seems to be flying by!

I'm doing a little blog catch up. i have a few in my pending folder that i just did not get posted. so you will be seeing a few old post, such as some of my outings and "chick night", just feels wrong not to post them!

The following are snap shots of Unique L.A.. the event that Misha LuLu had a booth at a few weeks back. 

Karen & Joe did such a great job at making the booth looking oh so cute and original! complete with a hand made banner from (i think) was a vintage bed sheet or curtain.

It was such a pleasure working the booth because i got to see first hand Misha LuLu fans! it was neat seeing how mom's were raging about the clothes, even some dad's too! i think the highlight for me was when a mom came looking for Karen to give her a Christmas card, which her beautiful daughter was wearing Misha LuLu and told Karen she pretty much only dresses her in Misha LuLu! 

I also heard a story from the previous day on how one girl was so enthusiastic meeting Karen, it was as if she saw her favorite rock star! that just makes me all the more proud working for such a loved brand. there is truly allot of heart and soul poured into it and it's nice seeing how it pays off in the end when a customer lets you know how much they LOVE the clothing! 

Misha LuLu girls! they are all sooo cute!

Karen and i.

Karen and Bela.

The most stylish 6 year old i know. Bela already has "her own style" sense. she knows what she likes and has an eye for wanting something unique and different, just like her mama.

How cute are her shoes. i want a pair! down to the cute ditzy socks..

Citlali of Color Land shared a booth with Misha LuLu there. she has a cute blog you can check out HERE.

Grandma Chol shared a booth too. so much lovely hand made items. she is such a talented crocheter. i bought the cutest beanie for a special girl from her. hand made make such a perfect gift!

Dainty June had a booth there. i saw a dress i wanted from their past collection at a bargain price, except i had no cash and that's all they were excepting...bummer.

Bela and her friends could not get enough of this button booth, they were repeat customers. i had to admit there buttons art was very cute. one of many booths i wanted to shop at!

Carolina from Flea Market Girl was selling their goods there too! they offer the best jewelry at amazing prices. they also carry a bag line designed by Carolina in great leathers, designs, and very well constructed too.

Flea Market Girl bags.

I want the animal skull necklaces and the feather ones. so many great designs to choose from! check out Flea Market Girl on-line shop HERE.

I definitely recommend going to Unique next year! it is well worth the $10 dollar admission fee to be able to buy from an array of very talented independent designers!

FUN THINGS FOR THE NEW YEAR!

Happy Tuesday all! i wanted to share one of the things i will be participating in for the upcoming New Year. i have had so many d.i.y. and re-vamps on the back burner since early this year and i feel allot more pressed to start posting them now.

I also have been motivated by this great Flicker group started by Rachel of Smile and Wave and Elsie of A Beautiful Mess, two of my favorite bloggers! The group is called Project Restyle.

You'll notice the link button like this on the right side panel of my blog. you can click on it and get more details about the group, the mission statement, how to participate, or if you just want to browse entries by members for some cool revamp d.i.y. ideas.

I lOVE the concept of this group and the gals leading it too. vintage re-vamp has always been in the fore front of why i love fashion so much! it is one of the reasons i studied fashion design and is how i got into my first University; by presenting my own re-constructed vintage garments in my portfolio back in 1994. 

So know i want to go back to my basics and get motivated on sharing ideas and start re-vamping the pile of neglected vintage garments in the corner of my room! i also love the idea of bringing a vintage garment back to life and/or giving it a new life; it's part of bella vintage's mission statement.

You can do soo much for a fraction of the price as well and as a single mom being able to do that helps! thank goodness i love wearing vintage!

Please do share in your comments if you join and any links to your own d.i.y.'s; i would love to read them!

I'll be back tomorrow with a "what i got for Christmas" post. not to many things, but things i sure do cherish!

source: link and picture from abeautifulmess.com

CRUSHED VELVET AND FLORALS

Woo-Hoo Christmas has now past and gone and we are now looking forward for the new year! can you believe it?! my family has left and it looks like Zoe and I are spending New Years at home. we will be having a Sushi Dinner (Zoe's favorite) and watching the Rose Parade close by our home on the 1st. it was such a rainy week last week and i hoped to do allot more with my family then what we did. but it was definitely great to see them and i put blogging and Bella Vintage updates on the back burner while they were staying with us. my apologies, i will try my hardest not to get so behind in the New Year.


I LOVE blogging so much and have much creativity to pour into my blog in the coming New Year.


I will start this week with a "what i wore post" wearing one of the pieces from le Shop. this will be a new weekly post where i will take my perspective on how i wear vintage garments from my own Shop.


Unfortunately & fortunately due to a hectic weekly schedule i can't always do "modeled" photo shoots but i always want to show the item styled and not only on the model. 




This has become my favorite new wall to shoot at. i am wearing what Zoe calls "my gorilla coat". i love how warm it keeps me, it works!










The heathered blue tights are another favorite. i purchased them at a thrift store over 15 years ago, can you believe they have lasted this long! i don't know the brand but boy i wish they made ALL tights this great quality, sniff*.




I love my flea market girl mushroom necklace. only $5 buckaroo's! you have to go check them out at the Melrose Flea Market or online at their Shop. This was a gift from Carolina owner of flea market girl whom she runs with her husband. i purchased a feather one i need to show with an outfit soon.





{vintage 90's crushed velvet floral dress, found here at le Shop. heathered blue tights purchased at thrift. my so called "gorilla coat" forever 21, thrift purchase. western studded clogs. flea market girl mushroom necklace.}

I hope you all had a blessed Christmas! 

CHECKING IN

Hi All!

I have been gone for a week, i hate when i go this long without blogging! i have so much to blog about and the post ideas just keep piling up. getting to the pile at this moment has been the challenge.

Production and sampling at Misha LuLu is on full force along with family coming in for Christmas and the endless rain that has been falling on California just makes things a little more hectic.

I will be working this week on trying to balance a better schedule. 

Meanwhile I wanted to mention "My Christmas Wish List" i compiled for  Karen on the Misha LuLu blog: 

I love how she did this collage especially the way she cut me out and stuck me back in the 70's! check out the full post HERE and other "Christmas Wishlist" post series she's been doing on le Misha LuLu blog. their are some great list on there! an eclectic mix of wants!

Be back tomorrow on some of my catch up blogs!

WEEKEND IN PICTURES: LITTLE TOKYO

On Saturday Zoe and I hung out with our friend Stephanie in Little Tokyo in L.A.. it ended up being a beautiful day with great weather which made the outing better. 


I have to say one of the best things about L.A. is that there is a variety of cool neighborhoods to go explore in; and Little Tokyo is definitely on my top favorites!

It was nice to get some much needed girlfriend hang time for the both of us. Zoe, Stephanie and I could not be bigger weirdos together. yeah, we are full of silly!


It's pretty neat when my friends are also Zoe's friends I can't be blessed with a better array of girls like this in our lives! it's sooo great to go have fun time with them.


Stephanie is also an amazing voice teacher and is Zoe's voice teacher. Zoe soon will have some great pipes, although she had some pretty good ones to begin with. so if any of you are in need of a good voice teacher in L.A. let me know, I highly recommend her!




i love this picture it's so funny and telling at the same time, i am so petite next to this beautiful 6"1 woman. i look like a little girl next to her, she can crush me!




silliness. 




Pop Killer is a cool shop full of kitschy items, oddities, vintage and local designers.




Our masked super hero Stephanie wearing a beanie from Pop Killer.




I'm sure the decor is nothing like Japan, but it's very pretty and full of great treasure seeking shops.



We were on the hunt for cute kawaii stickers, which we all love; your never to old for kawaii stickers! we also found new panda snack flavors, "double chocolate" mmm. and cappuccino sticks! we heart Japanese snacks, they are the best!






I love all the cuteness around. i wanted to take pictures inside some of the shops but sometimes the shop owners get a little crazy paranoid with the picture taking. next time i'll have to just take the risk getting yelled at. 




Of course there has to be a Sanrio shop! the items here "seemed" better priced here then in the malls. f.y.i. if you live here or are in town.






Like i said, cuteness even on food machines!



We stepped into what was "makeup heaven" to me. Steph was telling me how great these NYX Cosmetics products are. they are professional quality at a fraction of department store brands price. she knew of no other place around that carried it but here. before she would have to order it on-line. 



i am not a big makeup person but when i saw all the amazing colors and different types of makeup you can play around with at BARGAIN prices, i was  officially sold on having some fun with it now! 



Look at all the pretty eye shadow colors, sigh*. can't wait to come back and buy some. 



I ended up getting a rose color lipstick for $3. it went on smooth and matte, great for $3 in my opinion!

We had so much fun!


XoXo