Four Years Later

I've lived in Pasadena, California for four years, I didn't picture myself living here. I always pictured myself in a beach town, which is why I lived in Orange County for six years. But when I got a job that brought me out here I loved every moment, though it is very hard to meet people here and while I have made some friends it is still  part of Los Angeles, and in LA everyone is busy and no one has time for relaxing and just enjoying life. It's not as busy as New York, but people are busy and keep themselves busy. So just seeing if someone is free to hangout requires at least a month of planning.

Since moving here I've had three jobs and this is the longest I've ever lived in one apartment. Partly it's because I have a cat and I am just sick of moving every year. From 2006-2012 I moved nine times! Here are some photos I took during one of my walks around my town, I hope that one day I can raise my own family hear and really start making this place a real home.

#Modsummer

 

I took part in the Modcloth, Modsummer photo challenge on instagram. Enjoy the following seven photos from my instagram feed:

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

Back from Vacation!

We have been back for a month now. Sorry I haven't had the time to write about everything we did in England and France. But here are some photos in the meantime:

A Beautiful Mess: 30 day self portrait challenge (2)

I joined the 30 day self portrait challenge on Instagram, mostly because I hate "selfies" and photos of people in general. I thought I would try to embrace it, so that I don't "hate" them as much.  So far I have tried to take them everyday and it's a lot harder than I thought. I realized I hate the way I look in all these photos. So I'll try to work on myself. Haha! Enjoy the following photos of myself.

A Beautiful Mess: 30 day self portrait challenge

I joined the 30 day self portrait challenge on Instagram, mostly because I hate "selfies" and photos of people in general. I thought I would try to embrace it, so that I don't "hate" them as much. So far, I have tried not to make any ridiculous faces associated with selfies. I have also been trying not to smile, because I always smile and I'm sure those photos of me smiling the same way in every photo would annoy my followers too. Above are my photos so far, Enjoy. 

Swap Shop December 2012 (Part 2)

Since I sent the Swap shop package a couple of weeks ago, I am going to assume that it's alright for me to post photos I took of my wrapping of vintage items for Vicki of of Vic and Lily Vintage.Although I won't be sharing what I sent her just yet, please enjoy the photos of my gift wrapping:

Swap Shop December 2012 (Part 1)

Long story short, kind of. Danni from Oh, Hello Friend announced that she was having another Swap Shop this December. I could not pass up this opportunity, especially since I'm such a fan of her shop/blog. We were paired by the aesthetic of our shops. I have luckily paired with Vicki of Vic & Lily Vintage, from Hong Kong. Please check out their blog, here.

This is just the first part of my blog posts of this swap, because I wanted to talk about different aspects of the swap separately. This post is just an introduction to the swap and photos of the lovely packaging that Vicki did! Happily I took some photos before I opened the parcel. The next blog post will be me modeling the lovely vintage clothes that I was given!

Holiday Baking!

I made some Stuffed Cookie Cups that I saw on Pinterest, please checkout the recipe here. Everyone loved them and I was very pleased at how delicious they were! Please enjoy some of my photos:

Mixing butter and sugar

Mixing the dry ingredients

One of the finished Stuffed Cookie Cups, they were all being eaten!

Outing in LA

I had a very busy weekend in LA, I  finally got to see Placido Domingo perform!
Here are some photos from our outing.