City of Angels Day 2

Day #2 of my LA trip.  I visited a total of 4 places in just one-day, so was very excited and thrilled to get to see so much of LA in one day.  I hung out with blogger Deanna of A California Dreamer and she was super sweet to show me around her turf ;p.  Started off the day with some deelicious brunch at Blu Jam Cafe.  Warning: the french toast photo will make you very very hungry. :)

The cafe was on Melrose, so walked around the area to different shops, including Wasteland, Slow Vintage, Crossroads, and Urban Outfitters.  LOVED thrifting there, wish I could take Melrose with me ;p.

Afterwards, drove to Venice beach!  And I must tell you, I was SOO happy to see the beautiful beach and blue skies.  I rarely get to see these kind of beaches in the bay area, so it was a veryy nice change.

The beach houses were to-die-for.  One day, I will own one..and everyday will look out my bedroom window to beautiful beach scenery :).

Walked along Venice beach and visited diff little shops..and doing what bloggers do best, brought out our big DSLRs to take photos :).

After hanging out with Deanna, met up again w/ my roomie and her bf, for reservations at a cute gourmet french restaurant, Comme Ca in west hollywood.

Later that night, we visited the CityWalk at Universal Studios, def really cool to see at night with all the lights. 

Whew, and thaat was my entire Day 2 at LA.  Definitely had a fun time visiting all these places with great company, thx so much Deanna for showing me around!  And once again thx to my roomie for bringing me everyywhere.  This makes me miss LA, we will meet again city of angels.

Thank you so much again beautifuls for all the support on my blog, it really means a lot to have you all as aamazing inspirational readers.  Hope you had a lovely week and TGIF!! I'm going to attend on Friday the F3 art, fashion, and craftsmanship event at Oakland Cotton Mill! w/ other bay area bloggers.  

PS. Next LA trip post will be on my first LA blogger meet-up :).

♥, Kathleen.

  

Rodeo Drive, baby.

About 2 weeks ago, I visited my roommate Kaylie, for my trip to LA..and there were soo many places/things to do packed in just those 6 days -- in reality, the things I did should've been spread out in a span of 2 weeks lol.  But, thanks so much to my sweetest roomie for showing me around LA!  Enjoy this photo overload of my LA trip..first day there! :)

We first stopped by The Grove, an outdoor shopping area.  First off, I just need to say that the weather there although really hot..I looved it lol.  Just coming from windy/semi-cold bay area weather, it was a nice change! :)

We visited the Farmer's Market inside the grove, and there were all these really cute shops with miniature tea pots and cupcakes..and better yet, cute little animal candles! lol

We ate at the famous italian restaurant, Andre's..their spaghetti was superr delish, and loved the sign on how important Pizza really is ;p.

Next, visited Rodeo Drive.  First time visiting!  And of course reminded me of Pretty woman, the inspiration behind the title of this post :).  It was so pretty and couldn't exactly buy anything at the stores (I have to wait until I'm a millionaire for that), but I enjoyed walking around the beautiful area :).

Visited this cute chocolate shop that sold Eiffel Tower chocolate sticks.

There was even this little alley way, felt like I was in another country even.

Then later, visited also Robertson Blvd. (other place with lots of shops) and not photographed here, Beverly Center (a big mall with lots shops on every floor).  Whew, tiring talking about what i did..imagine how tired i was lol.  We ended up going to like 3 or 4 parking garages and it was the most I walked ever in a longg time. We saw a billboard sign that summed up our day perfectly -- "Eat, Shop, Love."

Stay tuned for more posts on my LA trip! :)  

Tonight am attending the Sneakpeeq "Sip and Sample" sample sale event in sf w/ Chanda of PancakeStacker and Cindy of Design3rd.  Hope you're all having a great week so far lovelies!

♥, Kathleen.

  

Cotton Candy.

Light pink c/o Crystal Hearts Vintage sheer blouse, Light purple American Apparel chiffon skirt, Ivory vintage Chanel purse, various thrifted rings, Nude Zara buckle suede wedges.

I described my outfit today to my boyfriend, saying it was good enough to eat because it reminded me of cotton candy lol.  The colors are soft, delicate, and pretty.  I am seriously IN LOVE with this light pink sheer blouse from Crystal Hearts Vintage.  And I am very excited and happy to announce Crystal Hearts Vintage as my newest sponsor!!  

The lovely and stylish Liana of Fashion Bag 411 is the owner of the new online vintage shop which has its Summer 2011 Grand Opening of 15% off all orders now!  Enter 'grand15' at check out!

I'm really happy to have Crystal Hearts Vintage as a sponsor, love supporting my fellow bloggers.  

So I bought this lovely AA chiffon floral skirt while I was away in LA and visited the Crossroads in Santa Monica.  Santa Monica beach btw, was sooo beautiful and the weather was perfect (coming from the windy sf bay area lol).  And also, I bought these Zara buckle wedges at Old Town in Pasadena during a blogger meet-up (all the details I will save in a later post! stay tuned :p).

But funny story with these wedges, as you may know, there's a huuge Zara sale going on, and shoes were on sale for THEE best price ever.  I've been coveting these particular wedges for a while now (ever since I saw Aimee of Swellmayde wearing them :p).  At the sale, this girl grabbed them before I had the chance to even notice they were there.  I kind of (ok im not creepy) but I did stalk her around the shop for a little while lol, hoping she'd put them down. this is how it turns out when you reaaally want shoes.  And luckily she put them down!  aand even better, turned out they were my size!! They're my most fave shoes at the moment, for $60 from $109..i'm a happy camper.

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An LA post is coming your way soon!  I'll start them this week, prepare for an overload of picture sharing :).  I hope your weekends were fun!  So glad to be back and blogging again.  Apologize again for the absence, right when I got back from LA last Monday, I was assigned to work 9-5 everyday..so was super tired when I got home :p.  But neways, on to browsing your inspiring blogs!! Have an amazing week ahead lovelies!! <3

PS. Don't forget to enter the Vedette Shapewear Giveaway on my blog, 5 readers will have a chance to win a Vedette Shapewear piece! :)

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Also! Congrats to the winner of the 365hangers $30 Gift Card Giveaway on my blog..Winnie of Chic Escape! can't wait to see what you pick out! :)

♥, Kathleen.

  

Vedette Shapewear Giveaway!

White H&M straw floppy hat, Light pink Vedette Shapewear Tatienne body suit, Brown thrifted belt, Ivory DKNY top, Light pink ASOS quilted bag, Light blue thrifted Levis, Tan Sam Edelman Valin wedges, Silver Chloe+Isabel necklaces.

Hi Beautifuls!  I really apologize for the absence, lots and lots of things have been happening this past week, spent 6 days in LA!!  Walked aall around sooo many different shopping areas, visited Santa Monica and Venice Beach, met lots of bloggers and so much more.  Also, while I was in LA, the lack of posts were due to internet probs, but I will definitely share with you my LA trip in blog posts to come! <3

I wanted to share with you though an amazing Colombian lingerie brand by designer Ramiro Vargas called Vedette Shapewear.  All garments are made from the perfect combination of compression garments to slim the body, and the sensuality of lingerie to make each shapewear look fashionable and pretty. 

The way shapewear is made is very unique so it fits perfectly with any body type.

Now onto an exciting collaboration with Vedette Shapewear! 
They're giving FIVE lucky Inspirafashion readers a chance to each win a surprise Vedette Shapewear piece!

Vedette Shapewear Giveaway
Here are the rules to enter: 

1) Giveaway is open to US READERS ONLY
2) Like Vedette Shapewear's Facebook Page
3) Like Inspirafashion's Facebook Page
4) Leave a comment with your email and if you've liked both facebook pages.

Additional entries:

- Follow @vedettestore on Twitter (+1 entry)
- Follow me on Twitter, @Kathleencarla (+1 entry)

- Tweet about this giveaway with " I just entered to win a @vedettestore Shapewear on @Kathleencarla's blog!  Enter to win too! http://bit.ly/jdlQYl " (+1 entry)

If you did any of the above, please let me know in your comment as well.

This giveaway will run until Tuesday, July 19.  The five Winners will be chosen at random and will be announced on Thursday, July 21 on my blog, twitter, and facebook.

Good luck Beautifuls!  Thank you so much again for all your support.  More exciting blog posts ahead with my LA trip!  Can't wait to share with you :).  Have an amazing week ahead lovelies.

♥, Kathleen.