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Wordless Wednesday – April 4th
The perfect roses…
Beach Sweets – Candy, Chocolates & Gifts
Need a little sugar fix? Spent the day on the beach and maybe some jelly beans are sounding kinda tasty? I know how you feel! Over the weekend I was strolling thru Ocean Beach, doing a little people-watching and found myself in need of jelly beans. I guess I was craving Easter candy a little early.
Beach Sweets
5022 Newport Avenue
San Diego, CA 92107
Phone: (619) 222-3322
Lucky for me I found Beach Sweets on Newport Avenue in Ocean Beach. Family owned and operated, this local shop offers yummy chocolates, candy and gifts. Other cool stuff I found here:
- Chocolate Dipped Bacon
- Separate Flavors of Jelly Bellies (you can hand-pick your flavor mix!)
- Pop Rocks
- S’More on a Stick (no grill required)
- Salt Water Taffy
- Chocolates topped w/ crushed red pepper & sea salt (I’m not so sure about this one…)
Great location, friendly staff and yummy treats. It’s not all for adults– kids will adore this place. The good news is- the shop is fairly small so your little ones will be an arms grab away if you need to scoop them away from dipping into too much sugar. Have fun and don’t tell the dentist you went to Beach Sweets!!
Noon Design Shop – jewelry, paper & goods
Noon Design is a great place to buy gifts–they are budget-friendly with lots of jewelry between $10 and $30. And if you need to send a cute card or invitations for a special event they have a phenomenal assortment. Gotta love supporting locally owned and operated places too, right?
- Noon Design Shop
- 4993 Niagara Avenue #105
- San Diego, CA 92107
- Phone: (619) 523-1744
- Web: www.noondesignshop.com
Beauty is everywhere in this shop. It’s lovingly packed with items such as hand-etched glassware, handmade notecards and soaps in addition to jewelry that spans from dainty to eclectic. Great news– the prices are incredibly good. I found earrings under $25 (I’m talking crystal, turquoise, mother of pearl, sterling silver handmade earrings) and incredible crystal pendants for the more adventurous.
It was a treat just being in this shop! I found it by accident a few weeks ago on one of my strolls at the beach. I will definitely be back for a pair of earrings. (Sidenote: I’m at home now– perusing the well laid out Noon Design Shop website and planning which earrings I want luckily my wallet is across the room in my purse….)
Closet – Ocean Beach… style on a budget
Style on a budget for the budget conscious beach babe in all of us. Yes– that’s what I found when I stepped into the Closet this afternoon in Ocean Beach. The weather is starting to warm up and I was looking for some cute dresses and spring t-shirts. I was thrilled to find a table with colorful t-shirts priced 3/$10. And the dresses are priced at a wallet friendly $15 for those of us who can’t afford to shop at Bloomingdales regularly. Jewelry– they have lots of it– fit for any jewelry emergency you might be having. I found trendy & fun rings and bangles priced between $2 and $5. Colorful summer shorties priced at $9.99 and jeans $15.99.
Closet
4949 Newport Avenue
San Diego, CA 92107
Phone: (619) 222-2999
Facebook.com/ClosetSignature
Cheap, easy, fun & disposable clothes– can’t beat that when the price is right. A word to the wise- be sure to try stuff on in this place especially if you have “womanly curves.” Some of the clothes are cut on the slim side.
Huge selection of shoes and handbags in this place too. I seriously stood in front of the “wall of shoes” for a good 20 minutes just taking it all in. I had a great time shopping here! It’s easy retail therapy for well under $20.
Banana Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting
Oh… Wow… These look so good! Once again I’m reading a lot of food blogs! Happy Friday. Cheers everyone.
Incredibly moist and delicious banana bars topped with a luscious cream cheese frosting that’s certain to brighten anyone’s day. These banana bars are incredible…of course it is hard to go wrong when something is topped with a thick layer of creamy cream cheese frosting. Especially when that something is a moist and flavor packed banana bar. These bars get an extra boost of banana flavor by adding a splash of banana extract. Make sure you use really ripe banana in this dessert to get the best flavor. You know, those bananas that you are embarrassed to have out on your kitchen counter so you hide them in your pantry only to find them a week later? Yeah those bananas. The bananas that are so spotted and black you wonder if you should just throw them away? That’s them! 😉
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Wordless Wednesday – March 28
Crack Brownies
Okay, I’m going full-on bad with these brownies!! They look so good which tells me I need a sugar fix– ha. Guess it is better that I’m shopping for food rather than eating it right now. Especially so late at night. Happy Baking tomorrow! Cheers!
One week till, ahem, Schooooools out. For. Summer!
Craziness! I still have exams till the end of April (dear lord) but things are finally coming to an end! Every year it happens the same way, too. It will be early second semester, it’s crappy weather and you want to die you hate school so much, you pray for reading break to come faster, then all of a sudden you realize there is a month left. The weather, though rainy and poopy right now, is at least warm, and when the sun does peak out, is glorious! Time to break out the shorts!
I have also realized that I have an addiction. No, not anything serious, but definitely dangerous to my figure. I can’t seem to stop baking brownies. In all variations. I don’t know what it is, but I constantly am thinking of how to create the ultimate gooey, chewy…
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Wardrobe Inspiration
Check out these inspirational closets. I live in a small space myself so it’s fun seeing how “other people” do it. Always a challenge for me to stay on top of the clutter. Cheers!
love aesthetics
I looove seeing other people’s wardrobes and I love reorganising mine and am always searching for a better system. Maybe because it involves thinking about both fashion and decorating… I’m not sure. I guess the big challenge when it comes to storing pretty much anything, but especially clothes, is fitting everything into a confined space while balancing aesthetics with practicality (meaning you can see everything and take items out easily, etc). I like any kind of open storage; especially things like clothes and jewellery are very decorative and too pretty to hide behind closet doors. I think maybe a lot of space for hangers and some drawers for smaller things and accessories would be the ideal system for me. I would also love to have a separate clothing rack to organise my favourite items of the moment and plan outfits.
What does you ideal closet look like?
Here’s a big…
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Splurge vs. Save: YSL Tribute
My answer– I would rather save! By the way, I really like this $49 version of a stylish shoe. Bravo! (Now I might have some money left over for a pretty pedicure….)
YSL is always known for its classic styles. I personally love their Tribute platform heels but could not afford it ($795). The closest pair of shoes I found is from Charles & Keith ($49).
What do you think? Would you rather splurge, or save?
Inspiration: Ideas for recycling vintage book pages
I love the idea of recycling old/vintage paper and pages from books. This totally gave me an idea to re-cover a cute box I have “hidden” in a cupboard right now. I think I could use some vintage book pages to make it a pretty & decorative addition to my home desk area. Maybe an idea for a future post of my own. Cheers & Happy Upcycle Friday! –jody
See this Anthropologie painting? It’s to blame for my vintage-paper-crafts-craze lately. I pinned it on Pinterest some time ago, hoping that with time I will build up the creative force to go in this direction.
I’m the kind of gal who likes to sleep on things. I started to arbitrarily collect photos and tutorials from around the net with ideas of how to recycle vintage/old paper. I noticed you can do a lot of things with pages from old books: Decoupage, handmade tags, envelopes, scrap-booking, garlands, and so many other ideas.
In a previous post, I spoke about “Recycling, upcycling vintage books”. It was about sketching illustrations while using vintage paper as your canvas.
Here are a few ways to re-use an old book in so many other different ways…
Envelopes look so chic when they are obviously from some old book.
Source: sherlonkahkai.tumblr.com
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