Birthday Treats

Today is my birthday and every time anyone asks what I want to do, I just tell them I want to eat ice cream. That would make for a good birthday. I’ve got a Baskin Robbins cake in the freezer with one of my favorite flavors and I can’t wait to wake up and eat it. For breakfast, you ask? Yes… and lunch… and dinner. I would like a constant stream of delicious ice cream. Then I can be rolled onto the plane for Vietnam. It all works out perfectly in my head. On that note, I need to get to sleep so I can wake up and start the celebrating. Now where did I put that tiara…?

Hearts,
Kimberly Grace 

BC Footwear + Instagram = <3

BC Footwear asked me to be their guest instagrammer for the weekend. So starting today and going through Monday, you can see all my posts for them on Instagram under @bcfootwear and #canigetabc. It would mean the world to me if you would check them out. Thanks Loves!

Hearts,
Kimberly Grace 

Lately…

Lately, I’ve been:

• Making a whole bunch of flower crowns for Emerging Thoughts.
• Gearing up for my Vietnam trip (aka planning outfits in my head).
• Missing my parents and sweet pup, Otto, a whole bunch.
• Figuring out what I want to do for my birthday (May 22!).
• Trying to organize but never really getting anywhere. 
• Dreaming of moving in the Fall and decorating a new place from scratch. 
• Soaking up all the new music I can get my hands on. 
• Appreciating the little things.  

Hearts,
Kimberly Grace 

Do you know where the wilds things go…

Ahhh downtown LA. I need to spend some more time there. Definitely tons of wild things in those parts. While Keiko and Helena were visiting, we went downtown to visit with the Corey ladies. I usually save downtown for my hair appointments, art walk, and the occasional flower crown hunt. But there really are some great restaurants and bars as well. 

I was working an event at Beauty Bar (RIP) one night, back when I was still new to town, and was given some advice: “Don’t get stuck in your bubble.” Basically, LA is made up of lots of little areas. You’ve got the west side, valley, downtown, Hollywood… and in all of those sections, there are even more smaller parts. There is so much to explore and discover. I’ll be honest, I didn’t fully listen. I’ve definitely found a few gems and just kept returning to them. But after trying all these new places while Keiko was here, I have a new mission to try even more. I want to be the restaurant expert when friends come to town. The only way to do that is to eat my way through them. And I’m ok with that! 

Hearts,
Kimberly Grace

Outfit Details:
Dear Creatures Constance Dress: c/o Emerging Thoughts (on sale!)
Apology Accepted heels: c/o Emerging Thoughts
Bear Bracelet: Sea of Bees 

Crafts and Cocktails: Part 2

This is just a continuation post from the last one. More detail shots of the DIY stations, as well as Elsie and Emma from A Beautiful Mess. They were so cute in person and it was really nice finally getting to meet them. Any party with food and drinks is awesome in my book, but throw in some good company and DIY, and I’m sold! Alexis helped me by taking some of the photos. I tend to get distracted by my surroundings and forget that I should be taking pictures. “I get by with a little help from my friends.”

In other news, I’ve gotten sick again which is really annoying. Keiko comes to visit soon, so I need to get healthy and stay healthy. Off to bed I go!

Hearts,
Kimberly Grace

Crafts and Cocktails

This past Saturday was the Crafts and Cocktails event with Zooey Magazine, Seychelles, and Ruche. I grabbed Alexis and Liz and headed down for some DIY and sugary fun. The place was packed! There were tons of treats when you first walked in (Alexis and I were particularly fond of the lemon bars). There was a cupcake decorating table and OPI nail station in one room. In the other, there were fabric wrapped hanger, shoe clip, and bow making stations.

The entire event was pure eye candy. Lots of beautiful little details everywhere. The backdrop for the photo booth was made out of cute little vintage saucers (I really want to make a backdrop like this for shoots!). There were beautiful dresses and skirts from Ruche hanging in each room. And since it was in the Seychelles office, there were also tons of incredible shoes everywhere too. I got to see the new items for fall and was completely drooling. I can’t wait for them to come out!

I have a ton of photos from this day that I wanted to post, so “part 2” will be up tomorrow. 

Hearts,
Kimberly Grace

Outfit details: 
Dress: c/o BB Dakota
Necklace: Sea of Bees
Carriage heels: c/o Seychelles 

Flowers in her hair…

So it’s official: The Ella and Dany crowns are available over on Emerging Thoughts!

I’ve already started filling some orders which is pretty awesome. I’m excited to come up with a few new designs in the next couple of weeks. You should see my apartment though. It’s like a carpet/ maze of flowers. I have a feeling it’s only going to get worse. 

Thank you to everyone who has checked out the crowns, and if you bought one, I’d love to see how you styled it! 

Hearts,
Kimberly Grace 

a little bit closer

Over the last few weeks I’ve been working on some new flower crowns for Emerging Thoughts! I’m very excited that we’ll be putting them up on the site later this week. Going downtown to look for supplies was super exciting AND stressful. I never knew there were stores just filled floor to ceiling with flowers. It was intense!

I’ll definitely be keeping one of each style for myself! I love them and hope you guys do too!

Hearts,
Kimberly Grace 

Outfit Details:
Dress: Kimchi Blue (UO)
Pansy flats: Seychelles 
Flower Crown: Can I Get A What What for Emerging Thoughts (coming this week!) 

Happy Hour: Loopy Shot

Since my birthday is fast approaching (well, sort of… it’s towards the end of May), I figured the next installment of Happy Hour should be last year’s birthday shot of choice: Loopy Shots!

There are so many flavored vodkas out there, but when I tried Three Olives’ Loopy vodka, it was love at first sip. I had to hunt it down at first. I tried grocery stores, liquor stores, and finally found it online at Liquorama.net. I recently found it at a BevMo, so you probably won’t have to search like I did. It’s delicious when mixed with Sprite, but also as a cereal shot. For that, all you need are the following:

Loopy Vodka
Frangelico
Cream (We used half and half)
Fruit loops (we used generic) for garnish (optional) 

Step 1: Fill the shaker with ice.
Step 2: Fill with an ounce of Loopy, 1/2 ounce of Frangelico, and a 1/2 ounce of cream (or half and half). 
Step 3: Shake the shit out of it.
Step 4: Pour into your shot glass (or these super cute mini cereal bowls!)
Step 5: Garnish with fruit loops. This step is optional but definitely adds to the charm! 

That’s it! Super easy and delicious. I bet this would also be good with the Cake flavor that they have. Maybe that will be this year’s birthday shot of choice. 

Hearts,
Kimberly Grace

P.S. Thank you to my boyfriend, Will, for being my bartender for this shoot!