Posh & Paisley

Stocking Up For VaCay

Are these not stunning?

I'm in love with them. Everything about them, the colour, the shape, the wonderful paisley... just say beautiful to me!

They remind me of vacation.

Which in turn reminds me to tell you that I'm off to the Caribbean next week!

Should be great. Think of the sand, sun, and all the hot bartenders named Juan!

My awesome friend Stefania is treating me to a week of fun, and I can't wait to go kayaking all day, and spend all evening dancing and dolled up.

I'm definitely going to need a set of these silk wrapped bangles from Cara Accessories to go with this pretty summer dress that I have.

Last time I vacationed with Stef, I got third degree burns and found that she is terrified of cockroaches.

This time I'm stocking up on the SPF and buying fake cockroaches to scare her with. Oh and I'll be sure to take lots of pictures, Juan and hopefully bangles included.

Money Can't Buy Happiness?

I had a pretty crappy day yesterday, so I bought myself a pair of diamond stud earrings.

They were pretty well priced, so I didn't break the bank or anything, but if you happen to have $32,900 sitting around, I'd suggest you buy this beautiful diamond paisley cuff bracelet from Chad Allison.

It'll surely make you feel like a million bucks!

Just looking at it makes me feel great, let alone if I were sporting it out.

Sigh.

Be still my heart, this one's gonna take more than just a few broken piggy banks.

Aisle or Window?

My flight for Orlando leaves at 6am on Sunday Morning. Ouch right? Especially since I'll be out very late, attending a wedding the night before.

I think that comfortable is the only way to go and I'll be wearing a sweatshirt and sweatpants on my flight. Even though I am usually one for dressing all chic while travelling (for this I've been bumped to first class many a times), I think that this 6am flight calls for something a little more low key. 

This paisley sweatshirt from Aeropostale would look sweet when paired with these green terry cloth sweatpants from Victoria's Secret. 

A tiny spritz of some light perfume (so as not to suffocate my fellow passengers) and these Prada ballet flats  would be just perfect.

The whole look, tied in with some bling like this large gold ring by Nancy Gonzalez from vivre.com. will surely set me apart from all the other sweatsuit wearing shlubs. 

Juggling Act

Today is a busy day for me.

I have several exhausting hours of karate to get through, a fabulous birthday party to attend and a house party to get to immediately after.

I love busy days like this, and I feel that I get more done when I'm feeling a little pressure. I am wondering how I'm going to hide all of my bruises though (I've been doing a lot of karate training lately) and what I'm going to wear that can accommodate both parties.

The birthday party is in celebration of my best friend Shilpa's 26th birthday. She is absolutely stunning and her gorgeous skin tone looks great next to pretty much every colour you can imagine, in particularly so next to greens, turquoises and blues. I find that this lovely paisley necklace of stoneware clay, glazed with a beautiful lotus blossom glaze reminds me of Shilpa herself, and would probably look fantastic on her. I've bought her a gift already, but if I wanted the above necklace, I would just have to visit DornickDesigns on etsy.com to find it.

The second party is at the house of this guy I'm seeing. I've told you about him before right? I met him at a wedding, he's cool, blah, blah and so on. I think it's going to be a huge party, and he's got a pretty nice place that I'm going to have to travel an hour and a half to get to. So you see my dilemma, I'm going to have to wear something nice to the dinner, but it has to be suitable for the travel and then has to be relaxed enough for the house party...

I know, being a girl is a tough one these days ;) 

Gold Mine

I am in love with all things gold this season.  Last month I even bought seashells dipped in gold from St. Thomas, as I refuse to bring home any sort of souvenirs that sit around with no purpose.

Chachkas are my number one enemy, and thus I have promised myself that on my travels I will only buy items that I can wear for an extended amount of time.  Big ugly t-shirts with any sort of slogans or sayings are definitely out, as I will never be caught dead in a t-shirt of any kind anyway.  This is why I find jewellery to be quite fabulous as souvenirs, so as long as it’s not cheap looking or made of plastic. They pack well and it always sounds great when you say, “oh this old thing? I picked it up in Copenhagen last August.”

I found this gold paisley necklace on the Style-Scene website via Kaboodle.com and I think that it would look great when paired up with one of those gold-dipped seashells that I picked up from St. Thomas.  Worn on a different chain, I’m sure a plethora of charms and trinkets would look great together, like this one on the right from ylang23.com.

Movie Night

What a pair of perfect paisley earrings huh?

Kinda reminds me of my friend Stef and I.  I've told you about her before right? I met her in uni, she's super smart, super sweet, super gorgeous, so on and so forth...

Well we had yet another fabulous evening out and I'm trying to spend as much time as I can with her before she goes off to New York to do a doctoral program there.

We started a low key evening, doing some light window shopping at Holt's and before we knew it, I was getting into a heated argument with a bunch of teenagers at the movie theater (we decided to see Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay). Basically we stole their seats, and one of their friends had to find another seat.  Now I know what you're thinking, that Sanaz is one big fat meany, but seriously, there were no seats left, and these kids were saving like 16 seats for their friends.  Anyhow, turned out that 15 friends showed up and we had taken two of their seats, so one of them had to sit down in front. I'm surprised that they didn't beat us down after the movie was over, and I was pretty sure that Stef and I were going to have a Roldie and Kumar night of our own.

Which by the way, I've always been a huge fan of John Cho and Kal Penn, I think that they too are a perfect pair and thought that it was by far the funniest thing I had seen in a long time. I've already read a bunch of reviews and blogs about how stupid the movie supposedly is (no duh, didn't people see the first one?) but Stef and I both thought that it was freakin' hilarious and the stupidity was definitely done on purpose.

So moral of the story? Stef and I really are a perfect pair, Harold and Kumar are perfect too and the paisley earrings are from UnicornKidsStudios sold on Etsy. Speaking of Unicorns... There are a few of those in the movie, along with Neil Patrick Harris, a whole lot of nudity, crude jokes and tonnes of racial references to ensure one terrific evening out. Oh and I think the rich Persian dude refereed to as Raza Said is supposed to be Reza Saeed... not that I would want my Persian heritage associated with his hairy goods (you'll have to watch the movie to understand what the heck I'm talking about).

All in all, good times had by all... well, maybe except for that poor lonesome teenager that I sent to the front row.   

Sisterly Love... For Paisley

Today my sister told me to start buying jewellery for her.  Not as gifts, but instead to buy the things that I would think she would like and she would pay me for it.  Sounds like a job offer to me! Like the dream job in fact, to spend my days spending other people's money. Heaven.

This stainless steel paisley cuff bracelet by Kon Zuc would be first on my list of purchases, that is if I was certain that my sis was serious. I'm worried that I'll buy it and she'll decide that she doesn't like it, I guess it's so beautiful I could always keep it, or just try to pawn it off to my other 2 sisters.  I'm telling you, being one of four girls is awesome, there is always a buyer for those impulse buys that turned out to be too good to be true.

Now I was about to post this fabulous lucite bohemian paisley cuff from jacarandastyle.com that I liked better, but I couldn't enlarge the image without losing out on the resolution quality.  So here it is in a thumbnail version.  I'm positive that any one of my gorgeous sisters would approve of this one, hands down. 

You're Looking Smart, Paisley!

I have discovered a gem of a designer.  Magdalena Borejko has a gorgeous jewellery line on Etsy called Magdalena's Atelier. I guess it's only fitting that she seems to be obsessed with gems herself.

Speaking of Gems, I met up with a good friend of mine for lunch today. I always feel fabulous after I meet with Stef, and I always feel really lucky that I have her in my life.

I met Stef in one of my electives in Uni, and found her the only normal person in the whole 500+ people lecture hall. By normal I mean that she was always amazingly dressed and just smart to boot.  I'm sick of people assuming that if you are interested in fashion and always put together, then it must mean that you have no lights on upstairs.

I personally think that a person with book smarts is not all that intelligent if they happen to fail Fashion101.  The perfectionist in me believes that you have to know about everything and anything to be a truly well rounded and well read person, and fashion is definitely an important thing to know something about.

Fashion makes HUGE contributions to the world economy, makes lives go round, and studies have shown that first impressions are what counts most. Then how is it possible that fashion knowledge is still considered a faux pas by some?  I say go ahead ladies, flaunt your fashion know-how, but just make sure that there is enough book smarts under your belt to tackle any misconceptions about the correlation between looking good and brain power.   

Bling it on

I love the jewellery on cruise ships.  There is probably millions of dollars worth of it in the shops and of course on the passengers themselves, so I think it's only fitting that I post this 9ct gorgeous paisley brooch. 

Paisley Bling = Love

Sometimes I look at my overflowing jewellery boxes and wonder if I've even worn half of the things I own.  There are multiples of everything, from earrings to brooches, necklaces and bracelets... I feel like the crazy cat lady, except my 'cats' don't meow...they twinkle!

I think it's the way that my ears tingle, the way my cheeks colour and the way that my heart races when I spot the perfect piece to complement an outfit. 

And since I'm a firm believer that each outfit requires it's own unique piece of jewellery to fit the scale and colour of the outfit, I find it hard to tear myself away from a lovely creation once I've found it.

This M2 Design Diamond Love Paisley from Max&Chloe is gorgeous and would look great with a little black dress like this one that I own.  I like the necklace's quirkiness and that it's interesting enough to only need a pair of solitaire studs on your ears and perhaps a simple ring to make this outfit shine.

I would personally like any necklace in gold better, but this time I might have to make an exception.