Fashion meets Food

Cake Batter Bars

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Erica

Cake Batter Bars
Ingredients1 box classic white or yellow cake mix
1/4 cup canola oil
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup rainbow sprinkles

Directions
Combine the cake mix, canola oil, egg and add the milk slowly. You want to have a dense batter. Mix in the rainbow sprinkles. Bake in a glass baking dish for 30 minutes at 350 degrees. Or until a tooth pick comes out \”mostly clean\”.

Don\’t Mess With Texas…… the OPI collection

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Erica

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{I happened to have a Don\’t Mess with Texas shirt laying around that a friend bought me}

OPI has come out with collections such as France, Hong Kong, Swiss…etc. Well OPI has come \”home\” to the USA and has created a timeless Texas Collection. The colors are iconic to images of an American summer.

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From the company that brought revolutionary nail textures such as suede, matte and Black Shatter OPI has come out with a new special finish which has a semi-transparent sorbet style. This revolutionary Sorbet Style is featured first in the Texas Collection by OPI which is their Spring/Summer 2011 line. The colors are the perfect lacquers to give fingers and toes a lightly glossed appearance.

The Sorbet lacquers were hard to take a picture of because of their glossed appearance. Below you\’ll find a color wheel that features all of the sorbet shades. This is exactly how they appear. So when picking out a color go by my wheel more than my nail swatches.

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{Ya\’ll Come Back Ya Hear?}

Y\’all Come Back Ya Hear? is a a tangerine creamsicle shade that is perfect for the spring orange, peach and tangerine trend.

{Guy Meets Gal-veston}

Guy Meets Gal-veston is a watermelon pink and is one of my favorites.

{Big Hair…Big Nails}

Big Hair…Big Nails is a rosy peach shade.

{Too Hot Pink to Hold \’Em}

Too Hot Pink to Hold \’Em is a cherry pink and looks gorgeous against a warm skintone.

{Do You Think I\’m Tex-y?}

Do You Think I\’m Tex-y? is a beautiful raspberry shade. Definitely will get you into wishing summer was here.

{Houston We Have a Purple}

Houston We Have a Purple is red-violet shade. As soon as I saw it I immediately thought of a juicy plum.

Below is the rest of the Texas Collection by OPI. On the color wheel is exactly how the colors appear.

{from left to right: I\’m Totally Fort Worth It, I Vant to Be A-Lone Star, Austin-tatious Turquoise, Don\’t Mess with OPI, Suzi Loves Cowboys and San Tan-tonio}

{I\’m Totally Fort Worth It}

I\’m Totally Fort Worth It is a shimmery gray lavender.

{I Vant to Be A-Lone Star}

I Vant to Be A-Lone Star is a sky blue.

{Austin-tatious Turquoise}

Austin-tatious Turquoise is mermaid blue green shade.

{Don\’t Mess with OPI}

Don\’t Mess with OPI is a foresty grass green. Here it is in the sun you get a lighter green however in the house under regular light you get more of a forest grass green as seen in the color wheel above.

{Suzi Loves Cowboys}

Suzi Loves Cowboys is a beautiful chocolate brown. Definitely reminds me of campfire s\’mores.

{San Tan-tonio}

San Tan-tonio is a sandy honey color wear this on your toes and it\’ll definitely blend in with the sand.

Do you like any of these colors?

Got a secret can you keep it? The Official Pretty Little Liars Bracelet

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Erica

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As you may know I am completely hooked on ABC Family\’s show Pretty Little Liars. If you have never seen Pretty Little Liars before it has a mystery aspect to it more intense than Desperate Housewives and the drama and fashion of our beloved show Gossip Girl.

Pretty Little Liars was is originally a book that was made into a tv series. and it revolves around five best friends…. Alison, Aria, Emily, Hanna and Spencer. The main story behind PLL is during a sleepover in the woods, the groups queen Alison mysteriously disappears, and her body isn\’t discovered until a year later. Around the time of the discovery the remaining girls begin to receive mysterious messages from \”A\” and the messages contain secrets that Alison would know or ones as if someone is always with the girls.

So let\’s talk about the main reason you\’re reading this post and that is

the Purple Friendship Bracelet that each girl wears.

Each PLL bracelet is hand woven with special beading thread and needle, and takes over a THOUSAND (1,000) tiny little Japanese beads. Alison\’s work is tedious and precise she is definitely a perfectionist and each bracelet takes her OVER four hours to create.

Alison doesn\’t just create the bracelets for PLL fans in the Us and Canada but girls all over the world buy the bracelet from her. Alison also told me that she gets anywhere from 1 to 15 bracelets ordered by one person. The bracelets are a symbol of the closeness of girlfriends.

What\’s the most popular color? Of course the Pretty Little Liars Purple and the second most popular is hot pink. However you can get the bracelets in any color, name/wording you\’d like.

While time-wise the bracelets are definitely worth more than Alison charges, she keeps them affordable so she can cater to the younger crowd as well.
You can order your very own Pretty Little Liars bracelet here

I may be 24, but I love Pretty Little Liars and had to get a bracelet of my own. Alison\’s beading is absolutely flawless. Bracelets take between 4 -10 weeks to be created… but they are definitely worth the wait. Here is mine.

xo Go out and order your PLL bracelet!

PS you won\’t find these bracelet\’s anywhere but from Alison as she is the ONLY person licensed to create the PLL bracelets!

Five Things and a Giveaway

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Erica

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{Hourglass Cosmetics Aura Sheer Lip Stain}

Do you love lip stains? Have you ever tried them out? I always love giving my pout a pop a color and Aura Sheer Lip Stain in Petal which is a peachy pink is my absolute favorite. I have a variety of lip stains and none compare to Hourglasses. This is definitely a must if you love lasting color on your lips all day.

{name plate necklaces inspired by Carrie Bradshaw}

I have always loved having my name on things from pens and notepads to necklaces. I recently discovered a site that offers some amazing name plate necklaces. If you are looking for a name plate necklace just like Carrie wore in Sex and the City or maybe one with your birth stone definitely check out My Name Necklace.

{feather earrings like Gwyneth Paltrow\’s pink ones at the Grammy\’s}

Since I am basically obsessed with Pretty Little Liars and the fact Aria always wears feather earrings I was so excited to see Gwyneth in some hot pink ones.

{feather earrings at rue 21}

{braided hair}

{cute signs and notes}

xo What are you loving today?

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