Tea Collection

Listen to the responses I received after saying that one of my resolutions this year is not to buy new clothes for one whole year. YES, you heard it right, no clothes shopping for a year !

"You are insane !"
"I will give you five months and you will break that new year's resolution"
"Are you on some kind of financial trouble?"
"You must be sick or hallucinating ?"

I burst in laughter with those inspiring comments. I did the same resolution one year and broke it in six months as I had to get a new outfit for an event my husband and I had to attend. Well, the truth of the matter is six months of not buying new clothes gave us a few extra savings and a chance for me to enjoy what I have in my closet.

I was online today reading news about the economy and  came across an advertisement on clothes from a store called  "TEA" .  The name is interesting and my first thought was a place that sells different kinds of tea or tea set collections.   Tea is a company that started in 2002 in San Francisco. They design distinctive fashion collections inspired with their discoveries when they travel around the world. I was drawn with their women's collection - it is free spirited, easy going, culturally connected designed to fit each ones lifestyle. Tea is also a  children's clothing store,  their stores offer  full selection of children's clothes.
 
I quote what they say ...  " We're Tea. We go there. Across the street. And across the globe. To see. To be. To share—especially to share. It's how we bring you the world. "

Visit Teacollections.com or experience Tea in person at one of their Tea Destination Stores. Tea is also available at specialty and department stores, including Nordstrom, Bloomingdales, Saks Fifth Avenue, and more than 300 high-end children's boutiques in the U.S., Canada and Australia.


Today, I broke my new year's resolution. The new arrivals at Tea collection is simply irresistable --- my color and my style  !!!

Submitted by Chay for TSS

Clearance Jeans

I love jeans, especially if they are clearance jeans! It seems like everyone I know always have a pair of jeans or cannot live without jeans. Jeans are very versatile. If the weather conditions are not extreme, they can even be worn for hiking. 

Hiking in Jeans

What is good with jeans is that they can easily cross from wilderness

to city streets. 

You just change your shoes from hiking to sandals, and your bag from backpack to ladies purse, and you're all ready to walk down the city streets without people knowing you just came from hiking wilderness. Whenever I am not sure what to wear, I would wear jeans since it can look casual or dressy with very little changes. 

Dressing Up With Jeans

And jeans last a very long time. The jeans I was wearing in the above picture were already 6 years old, yet I still wear them up to now. The price was a steal from the clearance rack when I bought them several years ago! Though I am basically a jeans person, but I always wait when the price of the jeans already have been marked down. I need not buy the newest release jeans because they never run out of style! What has started as hard laborer's pants before has now become a wardrobe staple all over the world. 

Also, I have never thrown away jeans as far as I could remember since the materials seem to last a very long time. However, because of metabolic slow down, the jeans I had 8 years ago or older were already handed down to thinner recipients. Thankfully, jeans never go out of style, despite the introduction of newer designs. They now come in various fits, such as: skinny, boot cut, straight, tapered and flare. My favorite cut is flare since they seem to even out my legs and trim down my hips. Check out the clearance jeans from Aeropostale, and you may get the fit that you wanted at such heavily discounted clearance prices!

Gorgeous in Blue

Meet the medical doctor in the The Salitype Society Family....

She is gifted with a mind, heart and hands that care, love, touch and heal. Her passion to life and her family is so uniquely hers....

 

Zen and Her Beautiful, Loving Family

"mothering goes beyond carressing one's child, it is about caring for all creatures and teaching kids to love God's gift of nature!" - Zen a.k.a. kulasa

She opened my eyes to the wonderful world of blue...

 

Zen's Love and Passion for Blue and Nature

 

One of Zen's Awe Inspiring Sunrise Pictures   

and I can see why the color blue speaks so much about her....for blue is peacefulness....blue is calmness.. blue is healing!

Gorgeous in Blue

I can see this beautiful lady inside and out glowing in her blue scrubs 

 blue scrub from http://www.blueskyscrubs.com/

and medical uniforms lab coats.

 

Smile that has healing touch!

  Let me share with you some words behind kulasa's heart.

"I am one of those women who dream of things which can not be bought...I dream of the world going back to how it was created a long time ago...pure, green, lush, amazingly blue, dreamy yellow, fluffy white...soft like a baby's touch...I dream of a world devoid of evil and materialism...I dream of heaven...so whenever time and God allow I run to where I feel His presence most...in the beauty of nature...and in the company of fellow dreamers..."-----from kulasa

I honor and share your dreams kulasa.....to the peacefulness and beauty of nature shall we go experiencing heavenly joys of simple life. 

Belated Happy Birthday to you, Kulasa!!

a juicy couture party

a friend has asked me if i can take photos of her party bags and giveaways for her 2 daughters who shares the same birthday month. she came one day and brought all the regalias for the shoot, party theme: juicy couture.

to be truthful, never heard of juicy couture until that day!

the invites

the giveaways

the blings and get-up

cheer's to a great party for these two kids and to midori sour....a drink i gotta have again and soon!

Black Can Be All-Year Round

Black is the most versatile color in my closet. I can do a lot with this color. It can be the base tone for any outfit and can be used all year round in every season. If you’re thinking of hibernating those blacks this summer, think again. Here are creative ways to spice up that drab black blouse and end up looking summerish!

Black goes well with any color. Here, it is paired with green cord pants. Corduroys are crease free, easy to wash and always in style. Throw in a bohemian necklace, add a wooden bracelet and spice up with a textured bag and you’re good to go. A textured bag can add character to your whole ensemble if both your top and your bottom are plain colors.

Same black blouse paired with a short and sassy electric pink skirt! Need I say more? It has summer written all over it. Accessorize with a low peep-toe, slip-on and bright pink necklace and you are ready to hang out with friends for that late afternoon chit chat in a street café.

Your ever–dependable black blouse is still good to go. Capris are always in style. This aqua pair is inviting you to sit in a quiet park –read a book or just breathe fresh air and enjoy the cool breeze of summer afternoons. Spice up your black with a glittery tote and bejeweled flip-flops. Big necklaces in bright colors steal the show and take the attention AWAY from the drabness of that black.

So gather up those accessories and bring out those blacks –they go together well, be it during winter, spring, fall . . . or summer!