Art in the Park with Momma

Today, my momma and I drove ALL the way out to Boulder City, a small little town right around the Hoover Dam, to attend the Art In The Park festival. Art In The Park is a yearly event where artisans and artists and hobbyists alike set up booths to display and sell their creations. There, you'll find everything from potpourri and scented salts to great Christmas ornaments and hand made fashions. My mom and I love crafty types of nick nack things, so we loved it!!! These types of things also always have really good food, so of course we indulged.

Here you can see that we ate a whole plate of deep fried potatoes that were so good and so oily and so unhealthy but no cares were given on this day. Aren't we twins?! I love my mom, she's my best friend and I had such a lovely day with her. 

We passed by one of the booths and a piece of artwork really caught my eye and spoke to me. Lucky for me, they had a smaller print of it! Mom bought it for me as a Christmas gift (which means I don't get it until Christmas >:| ) but I love it and can't wait to display it in my bedroom!

Here's me with it!

Here's a closer photo (I posted this in my snap story hence the caption lol) It so is me. I love shoes!!

Alright alright, I'll get to my outfit. 

Outfit Details:

Blue Floral Kimono: Nasty Gal

Black Muscle Tank Dress: H&M

Necklace: Charlotte Russe

Skinny Belt: H&M

Zeal Sunnies: Zappos

Bag (that you can't really see but its the same in all posts): Gypsy Warrior

Shoes: Charlotte Russe

I have to take a moment really quick to appreciate and admire this awesome Kimono. It has the most lovely print on it!

Such a great year round piece to have in my wardrobe. I think it's only like $27 right now at Nasty Gal, go get one!! Totally recommended. 

xoxo

Having a MAGICal time!

Yes, I used that tacky pun. But as you fashionistas are well aware, MAGIC is the trade show that happens in Las Vegas twice a year and is the largest men and women's contemporary fashion trade show in the whole world. And, since I have an amazing job, I was fortunate enough to attend for free! My favorite part was WWDMagic, which is the women's showroom at the Las Vegas Convention Center venue. Honestly, that showroom is like heaven. I got my badge scanned and looked up to see nothing but booths on booths of clothes that haven't hit stores yet. I wish they all did Cash-And-Carry because wholesale prices are so much cheaper than retail prices!

I've also decided that I want to start my own online shop. I have the resources to go to these shows, but I think the hardest part of starting an online shop will be the start up costs. I need to set aside a few hundred dollars, but it's a risk I am so willing to take.

Walking along the showroom floors, I just felt so incredibly comfortable. Going up to booths that grabbed my interest, asking questions to the vendors about their products just felt so natural to me. Here are some photos from my 2 days at MAGIC:

My badge!

The Sourcing convention was seemingly endless. There were about 9 USA booths. So disappointing!! Get it together, Merica.

Fashion Snoops F/W 15/16 Trends seminar

Hanging with my homegurls on the WWD floor!

S/S 15 trends! The presenter for this seminar was the best. This was my favorite seminar I attended during the whole convention. 

The Pool Trade Show floor was awesome!! Every booth was fun and lively. Surprisingly not all bathing suits though.

Walking into the FN Platform they had this clever spot for photos. Like my new white Oxfords? Shoe creds to the Goodwill on Haight St (:

1/4th of the FN Platform... All the floors were HUGE!

Awesome Denim history lesson displayed in a hallway

LVCC decked out for MAGIC 

I'm sad that I was only able to attend for 2 days, because by day 3 I was ready to make a purchase for my shop-to-be! That's okay, it'll be back in Vegas in February, and I'll be ready with a domain name, a business plan, mood boards, social media, everything that I need to be ready with so that these companies take me seriously and want their items to be on my store. I have no clue what I'm going to call it or what styles I'll be selling.... But that's beside the point. All things start with an idea, and that just so happens to be the phase I'm at right now. 

They had so many free resource magazines and printed information, so I grabbed all of it. I have 5 lbs of information to read in the next few months so I don't go in blind! 

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Monday, July 21st

Mondays are always super boring and dreadful (hello, waking up early after an awesome weekend? No thanks!!) so I decided to wear the newest piece in my closet to get me excited about the day. All of my outfits today (yes-more than one!) were a 70's dream! Here's what I wore: 

This super amazing romper is fromUrban Outfitters by For Love and Lemons. I'm wearing an XS. Bag// Gypsy Warrior. Sunnies// Zeal. 

The back has this radical slit that goes all the way to the waistline. The bottom of the shorts has a cute little ruffle too. And the sleeves are bell sleeves!! Underneath I'm wearing an Urban Outfitters bralette as well giving me that cute sky blue strap on my back. 

Before I left for work I threw on this geometric gold necklace that I got from Forever 21 because my chest felt so bare  haha. 

Can't forget about the shoes!!! These awesome nude colored heels are by Candies for Khols and are my go-to heel. Since they're nude, they match literally everything. Totally worth the money!! Nude strappy heels are definitely a wardrobe staple. 

Romper details at the waistline. Everything about this piece is so feminine and flirty. 

This evening, a bunch of my friends and I went to the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas pool for a dive in movie. If you live in Vegas I so recommend it-- only $5!! I decided to take this outing as an opportunity to wear my amazing Seafolley high waist bathing suit. The print on this is a dream and has awesome details like: 

Cute little cut outs! This picture better shows the pattern as well. These cutie cutouts were along both of my hips and down the edge of the triangle top as well. This suit flatters my form so well also. Seafolley is a great swim brand! (I kept my Forever 21 necklace on as well because it matched and I felt glam haha)  

A huge perk of living in Vegas: 

This was the view from the rooftop pool when the sun went down. So beautiful! There is nothing like the Vegas Strip lights. I've lived here all my life and they still enchant me. 

Today ended up being a really awesome Monday!