I love Fridays: "Party picks"

I'm so sorry I haven't done much of these "I love Fridays" posts as promised, I have another Dear Stella post that is queued up and will be posted this weekend :) Besides that, I also have a series of photos for all of you to enjoy from a weekend party last weekend. I've received notes and emails from friends and bloggers about my first letter to myself - and it fills me with so much happiness to know that a lot of you enjoyed it and were inspired by it! Much love!! P.S I had to purchase space for my blog! Quite frustrating, but oh well - nothing's free forever! 

Note: If you don't want to purchase space for your blogger & you still want to keep your blog, log unto picasaweb.google.com and delete old photos / uploads from posts / blogs that you haven't developed! I did this for a while until I figured that if I really wanted to keep my blog, I had to buy space!

• Deborah Lippman's Candy Shop shade. Three words? Expensive but lovely. I'm also pretty stoked with their Mermaid's Dream. But really...$18 for a single shade? Please tell me they're joking! However, If I found this at a local drugstore or grocer, I'd buy it without hesitation. But if I don't get my money's worth, {which I really want to doubt} I'd be so frustrated! 
• This ruffle dress from Dorothy Perkins is so cute! I love the way the collar is designed, and most especially, I love the colors! 
• Although I don't really think it'd go so well with the dress I chose for this set, {although the twosome is respectable!!} this blazer from Topshop is totally a need. I love the color!! Wouldn't it be sooo lovely if they had one that came in lavender? Or teal? Or banana yellow? Or spearmint?
• OKAY, Hands down on these amazing shoes that I found on Asos {one of the most effective fashion searching sites...!} The pattern, the colors, the...everything! They would look so darling with lace socks!! {I found a stupendous pair in Macy's, they look so good with my Oxfords! Image from my Instagram!} 
• I found the shades on Currently Obsessed and I feel terrible about not saving the link! {Yep, I've lost it!} But won't they look good on any of them warm seasons? Say, a picnic, a trip to the beach, a walk in the park with friends or a swimming meet...

Have a happy weekend!

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Letters to myself: Letter # 1

Dear Stella,

Wondering why you never get anything right anymore? Wondering why everything you do turns out not the way it should? Wondering why you're so afraid of the world?

You lack time alone. You lack time, in general. You never have time to listen, to pray, or to even to feel the wind and figure out how cold it is. You're a perfectionist right now, you stress yourself too easily. You occupy yourself with your perfectionist ways of having to please the whole world. And you forget. You forget about the sweet taste of your unknown favorite ice cream flavor, the songs of Charlotte Church, your favorite scents: lavender, the ocean and spearmint. You forget that there actually is some happy out there, and all it takes is the time to find it.

A little tip from the girl that has been and gone through you? Sing more. Go on a picnic. Start a blog. Get rid of your guilt pleasures. Stop regretting. Learn to accept the fact that you can't please anyone. Learn. Learn. Learn. Learn that this world you are afraid of has a good side, too. Stop pretending to forget that it does {you know it does} and start looking for it. You're only twelve years old once, and you're too young to live under the cold cobblestone roof of fear.                                                                                                                      From, Stella.

Congratulations!!!

First off, I'd like to welcome my new readers!! Welcome to my blog!

The winner of the $75 Gift Card giveaway from Shabby Apple is Mary Kate Anthony - with entry # 312, chosen RANDOMLY by Raffle Copter from 1,331 entries! Congrtulations, Mary Kate! Expect an email from myself and Shabby apple very soon! A big thank you, also, to those who participated this awesome sponsored giveaway, and I promise this won't be the the last one! ;) -cough if you own an store, cough online or not, cough let's talk! cough I am open to sponsorships!- 

Sorry for not updating too much! Tonight, I will have my first Dear Stella post and I will make up for my "I love Fridays" post on Sunday. I haven't been updating because this December, something new is coming out here, I can't wait to tell you all and show you all! I am preparing for it at the moment. :) I won't give out hints or anything - it's going to be one big mystery!

And yes! The big question of the morning! :) We finally have a second post box {that doesn't use our personal address, but an office instead} and it would be so cool to have a snail mailing penpal! We'll have so much fun just sending each other letters and trinkets and things. It would be so nice to keep up with bloggers when school comes around.

That's about it for today!! Congratulations again to Mary Kate!!! :)