Target Thursday on a Friday Night...

Life has been so busy this week! So I apologize to those out there who enjoy my Target updates every Thursday. I have some exciting news to share from Target as well as featuring a Target outfit from this week.

First,  my Target outfit. I wore this to the office and I got so many compliments! This dress is super comfortable. It's sleeveless, so it was great to wear with a blazer or little black sweater. I had an important meeting this day so I wore a blazer to look official and smart :-)



Dress - Mossimo Clearance $19.58 was $27.99
Black Blazer - Macy's old raided from my closet
Shoes - Mossimo old raided from my closet
Necklace - H&M old raided from my closet

Total Look: $19.58

Sam & Libby - Target's Soulmates...

This might be old news to some but on May 5th Target debut their newest designer shoe collaboration with Sam and Libby Edelman aka Sam and Libby. I have not been to Target lately to check them out (SHOCKER! See, this is how busy I've been), but I plan on going there tonight to get a Mother's Day card so this will be my excuse to check them out.

I've read some mixed reviews on the quality of the materials used on the shoes, but I think they look cute. And like I said I haven't been to Target yet to check them out in person so I may have another opinion later, but that won't keep me from buyin Honey! Check out the full collection here.

Phillip Lim for Target...

Next on the designer horizon is Target's collaboration with Phillip Lim. If you're not familiar with ole' Phil he has designed for celebrities such as Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, and Kate Hudson, His first runway show debuted in 2007 and Target has been courting him for 5 years! Can't wait to see what he does for Target.



Hope you all have a great weekend and Happy Mother's Day to all you mothas!

Date Night - Santa Ana Artwalk...

Frank and I had such a fun date night at the Artwalk in Downtown Santa Ana on Saturday night! We sipped cheap wine and looked at some amazing art! The Santa Ana Artwalk is held the first Saturday of every month.  Most of the art studios and lofts within the Artist Village and surrounding are open to the public for free. Also in the Artist Village Courtyard there are booth/tents where artist can sell their jewelry, pottery pieces and prints as well as a DJ spinning and solo artist singing. Click here for a map of artwalk

This was our first artwalk and we definitely will be going back again!

Here are a few of my favorite paintings that were on display...

 



Elephant in the Room



The Collectors



Church on Route 66



The paintings in this t-shirt store were painted by young Hispanic artists. When you walk through the store to the back room it was a cool art gallery where there was a DJ spinning Spanish rap music and selling Tecate Beer for $2. The paintings were super cool and I felt like part of an underground following.

I loved it!

On the lower floor of the Santora Building, located in the village, there were these really small art galleries and studios. I thought the Art Bar was really cool (I realized I'm saying super cool alot but I can't help it!). It's a hands on mixed media art studio opened to everyone. The Art Bar was created by Nicole Steiman. She is a self taught artist who was previously was a corporate trainer. If you plan on visiting the Art Bar make sure to sign up for their open sessions so they know your coming.

When Frank and I walked out into the street we still had our little white Styrofoam cups filled with wine. As we walked down the street  saw the intimidating police men on their horses and thought we should hang back and finish our wine. So we hung out in the shadows of  a store front drinking our "illegal" open cups of wine, because now we were rebels! After hanging out with cholos, hispsters, and artists we felt like we were bad to the bone! I felt like I wanted to start a band, shave the side of my head and show off my tramp stamp tattoo, as I drank wine from my little Styrofoam cup. Here...I took pics of us feeling that way...

Then midnight rolled around and we turned into pumpkins. We thought when we got home we could start the after party but we were greeted with wide awake kids yelling "Mommy, Daddy!" and my mom looking relieved we were home.  

It was super cool (karate chop kick) night! xoxo

Angelyne the Billboard Queen...

As a little girl in the 80's I used to see this lady with big boobs on billboards all over L.A. I would ask my mom, "Who is that lady"? and my mom would say really fast, "Don'l look"! Her name was Angelyne and I remember she was always in pink. I then found out that she drove a pink corvette and it reminded me of the Barbie car I used to own. Now when I'm in L.A. I don't see her billboards anymore. Whatever happened to her?



I Googled her and I came across this article on PopSugar from June 2011. Everything else I found on Google were just star sighting pictures of her around West Hollywood, looking older and hiding her face from the paperazzi. What an interesting person she was.



Happy Monday! xoxo

Happy Friday!

It's Friday! Yeah Yeah Yeah!! (Picture me jumping up and down waving my hands around). This weekend is going to be pretty busy, but that's fine by me....I live for Fridays!

Tomorrow night my husband and I are going to the Santa Ana Art Walk. We've always been wanting to go but never got the chance to, so we made a point to check it out this Saturday night. All the galleries and lofts in the Santa Ana Art Village open up their spaces the first Saturday of every month. The downtown area has really been up and coming with cool little hip restaurants and bars. I'm excited to be checking it out this weekend.

 

Anyone have any plans for Cinco de Mayo?? We are going to a couples shower for my talented friend Greta Valenti and her fiance Robin Davey. She and her man run the band  Well Hung Hearts. They're super cool people and I'm so happy for her and Robin! You can check out their music here.



I saw this picture on Facebook and it totally made me laugh! Hope everyone has a great weekend!



Target Thursday #5..

Last weekend the weather was so gorgeous! On Saturday my son had his first soccer game during the day and then later on that night I met my two best friends, since we were 8 years old, for dinner at The Cannery in Newport Beach. It was such a nice evening, we sat outside and watched the boats in the harbor as we ate and talked the night away.

A couple of weeks ago I came across this really cute spring / summery dress in the clearance section at Target as well as scoring this necklace on clearance. When getting ready for the evening I wanted to be casual yet cute and I thought this was the perfect dress..(excuse my son's scooter in the background)

Dress - Mossimo Supply Co. Clearance $16.08 was $22.99
Necklace - Target Jewelry Clearance $11.88 was $16.99
Gold Bangles - H&M old raided from my jewelry box
Purse - Vintage raided from my closet
Shoes - Payless Chelsea Flats by Lower Eastside $16.99

Total Look $45.86

The THRESHOLD Look..

During most of my Target "browsing" I also like to check out the home stuff as well. I especially like to check out the Threshold pieces. They sometimes remind me of Anthropologie but on the lower end of the pricing spectrum. Check some goodies that caught the corners of my beady little eyes...

Threshold Gold Candle Hurricanes - Small $14.99, Medium $19.99, Large $24.99

Threshold Gold Accent Side Table $59.99

I love that side table! I'm going to wait a little longer to see if it goes more on sale. Just like the saying - good things come to those that wait!

Xoxo