Summer Book List 2015

Here is my Summer 2015 Book List, I'm starting to read "The Invention of Distance" and I hope to finish the rest by October. We'll see how far I get, but my work schedule is finally becoming lighter by the day.

Strawberry Banana Smoothie Recipe

 

Happy Spring... almost Summer. I thought that I'd share with you my Strawberry Banana Smoothie recipe.

• 14-16 Strawberries
• 2 Bananas
• 1 cup of Coconut water
• 1 table spoon of Honey
• Add ice as needed

Improved About Page!

I've been working on a "better" blog throughout this Summer. Besides working on improving the text and images of my blog posts, I decided to focus on my About page next. Luckily enough, I saw the DIY Writing Workshop by Sarah Grear! I am so happy that I attended this workshop, I learned a lot about writing for a blog and met some great people and Etsy sellers there!

In addition to my new About page, I also added places to submit your email into my new mailing list. Check it out, here! I've also added an Instagram button on the right side of the blog. Shockingly, it's the app I use the most and I didn't have a link to it on this blog.

Amgen Tour of California

I have attended the Amgen Tour as a fan before and as a fan of cycling I really wanted to help out since it came over my town of Pasadena this year (the locations change every year). I took some photos and this great video of the race!

 Bradley Wiggins

 Peter Sagan

Art Tour da Art Photos

I thought that I would finally post some of the photos I took from the Santa Monica Museum of Art Tour da Art annual event! I love this event and I after volunteering for it last year, I got to participate this year, I wish I could do both! Below shows us getting ready to bike around Santa Monica:

Square Dancing at the Santa Monica Bay Woman's Club:

Live Performance from Laura Heit:

Musical Performance at the Popwagon:

Renegade 2012

I can never take enough Renegade photos, I'm too busy Shopping! But Renegade has a great photos on their Flikr, click here to check them out! Here are two booths of note, one that my friend wanted me to take to for Wedding ideas, and the other (below) I think is a creative way to use Tickets! Color me impressed!

Here are some of the lovely items I purchased (Photos taken by the stores that created them):

The Naked Bird

Paper Pastries 

(Photo taken by me as I could not find this product online)

Oh, Hello Friend

Paper Parasol Press

Nan Lawson

Lizbeth Navarro Ceramics

Treasuries

Thank you to all of these lovely Etsy Treasury Curators for featuring some of my items!

My Vintage Belongings (Fashion Edition)

These Vintage Brown Leather Sandals that I found in a thrift store in Pomona, CA are amazing! They fit like a glove and make all of my Spring/Summer outfits completely adorable.
Below, is my Brown Leather Braided Vintage Belt. (I have a huge collection of Vintage Belts) this one is my favorite to wear with my Spring Dresses. It matches the Sandals perfectly and is small enough for my waist.