Showing posts with label thanksgiving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thanksgiving. Show all posts
This post is sponsored by Nordstrom and ShopStyle
Growing up in Venezuela, we didn’t really celebrate thanksgiving. When I moved to the U.S, it was instantly a Holiday that I liked celebrating because it reminds us to stay thankful, to revisit the year, and remember the good while spending it with family and loved ones.
I married a Puertorican, and they do celebrate Thanksgiving…their own way. The dishes are a bit different, but oh-so yummy. So I’ve learned that I have to be prepared for the most delicious eating. That’s why this dress from Topshop I got at Nordstrom was perfect for the occasion; it is roomy but it is still very cute; family appropriate but young and fun; and easy to layer if you live in colder weather.
Walking by Nordstrom, I had to get this green velvet handbag (similar here) with the chunky chain- it brings the greens in the floral dress and it is also perfect for the Holidays.
Last touches? The HONEY earrings and the fisherman hat. I think they really bring the whole look together
You all know that I love matching with my little boy, even if we are in the same color palette. He was also very comfortable in his corduroy pants and grey sweater by Tucker + Tate, also from Nordstrom.
Also, did you already get your Holiday shopping done? I still have to buy everyone’s Christmas gifts. Nordstrom has their own curated gift guide section with categories like “Gifts Under $100” or “Gifts For Him”. Here are a few of my ideas for what to get:
FOR YOUR LITTLE ONES
FOR YOUR BEAUTY OBSESSED FRIEND-COUSIN
FOR YOUR BEAUTY OBSESSED FRIEND-COUSIN
FOR A GUY IN YOUR LIFE
Nordstrom is having their Cyber Sale happening now! Make sure to check it out here to get up to 50% off.
If you’re still in need of more Holiday outfit ideas for every occasion, visit my brand new Nordstrom Looks page by clicking here.
When you live away from home, your friends become your family. Reason why, even though everyone is spending the actual Thanksgiving with family, we wanted to do a dinner together, celebrate, and feel thankful. I love hosting parties and having people over at our place...reason why I was excited to partner with Stella Artois again this Holiday season and treat my friends to dinner and drinks.
The party planning process started with the decorations. To get in the Holiday mood; my husband, my cousin (who is living with us at the moment) and I took out the Christmas decoration and spent the day putting garlands everywhere around the house. We also took out our small Christmas tree (hey, I wish I had the space for an actual, and huge, tree). After that, I was so inspired I got little wreath pieces for the plates, gold silverware, and paper Christmas trees as name tags for the dinner table. Then it was time to cook, I'm not the best cook or baker- but my cousin and I baked the most delicious gingerbread cookies and decorated them too.
The drink star of the night: Stella Artois. I always have Stella Artois beer at home and it's always a hit, especially with the guys. But to take this dinner/party to the next level, I was excited to try their new Cidre- it's sophisticated, dry, not to sweet, delicious, perfect for the gals... someone has a new favorite (hint: me!).
Are you hosting a party this Holiday season? I hope this inspires you treat your friends and have them over...because life is too short to not celebrate every second of it! Cheers!
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| TARGET ugly sweater FUROR MODA white skirt SHOEDAZZLE black booties H&M necklace TARGET bag FOREVER 21 hat Bracelets: BCBG, Cartier, Jeweliq & Michael Kors |
A couple of weeks ago, I finally found a ticket to go to Venezuela for the wedding of one of my closest friends. The tickets are so expensive that I decided to stay the whole month of December. Reason why Thanksgiving ended up being extra special. It started early at midnight when a group of friends came to my house for an "ugly/Christmas sweater" christmas. We had so much fun until the sun came out. After that I headed to a Thanksgiving lunch with Gabo's family; I have mentioned before how delicious it is! After recovering from the food coma, I headed to an event for Abercrombie that I was hosting for Black friday.
2013 has been a crazy year...full of emotions, big decisions, bigger opportunities, and even bigger happiness. I feel extremely thankful and blessed!
I found this sweater at Target's men section... and I had to have it! Even the whole "ugly sweater party" theme was an excuse to wear it. Gabo also found one with skulls wearing Christmas hats! Here's the link with all the sweaters; there's also one with a nutcracker that says "let's get cracking". Even though it's a men's sweater, you can add super feminine pieces to make it girly!
How was your Thanksgiving weekend!!?
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Hace dos semanas conseguí un pasaje para Venezuela para venir a la boda de una de mis mejores amigas. Los pasajes están tan caros que decidí quedarme todo diciembre en Venezuela. Razón por la cual Thanksgiving fue bastante especial. Mi "Día de Acción de Gracias" empezó en la madrugada con una fiesta de "Suéteres navideños feos". Ahí compartí con un grupo de amigos hasta el amanecer...todos con nuestros suéteres navideños. De ahí seguimos a un almuerzo con la familia de Gaby; ya les he contado que la mamá cocina riquísimo y este año no fue la excepción. Después de pasar unas horas descansando por la comilona, fui a un evento en Abercrombie de Black Friday en el cual era la anfitriona.
Este año ha sido un año lleno de sentimientos y emociones...ha sido un año de decisiones difíciles y grandes alegrías. Me siento extremadamente agradecida y afortunada.
El suéter lo encontré en la sección de hombres de Target...¡ y me fascinó! La idea de hacer la fiesta de "suéteres navideños" era una excusa para usarlo. Gabo encontró uno de calaveras con gorritos de Navidad...buenísimo. Les dejo el link acá para que los vean todos. También quería uno que sale un cascanuez y dice "let's get cracking". Aunque el suéter es de hombre; considero que con una faldita y accesorios, se ve femenino.
¿Cómo pasaste tu día de Acción de Gracias?!
I never post an outfit the exact same day I wore it, I don't know I like to save them. However, to stay relevant and in the Thanksgiving spirit...here it is! I'm so thankful for so many reasons; I'm healthy, my family is healthy, I have the most amazing family, boyfriend and friends....but I also want to thank each and every one of you for being so amazing with me. In Venezuela, where I was raised, we don't celebrate this holiday...it's more about Christmas. But the past couple of years, I've had the opportunity to spend this day with my boyfriend's family... very Puertorican Thanksgivings ( and you have no idea how delicious the food is!). Today we spent the whole day with them and we ate like there was no tomorrow.
Let's talk about my outfit- it was a little chilly in Miami so I wanted to wear something kind of cozy. Also, I've been into darker colors lately... I really wanted to wear black to make the shoes pop (I absolutely love them, I think they are my favorite pair of the moment). I finished the look with gold accessories and my dream Chanel Bag. I got it a while ago and I don't wear it as often because "I want it to be in perfect condition"- but that doesn't make any sense, I saved so much in my first job and for so long to buy it... that the least thing I can do is wear it! So you'll see it more often! I hope you had an amazing THANKSGIVING! xoxo
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Generalmente me gusta guardar los outfits un par de días pero quise publicar lo que utilicé el día de Acción de Gracias hoy mismo. Me considero una persona tan afortunada y tengo miles de razones por la cuales dar gracias; aparte de mi hermosa familia, mi novio que me apoya tanto, y mis increíbles amigos ...quiero agradecerles a ustedes por todo el apoyo que me han dado en el blog. En Venezuela no celebramos esta fecha...pero he tenido la oportunidad de pasar varios "sangivin puertoriqueños"- gracias a la familia de mi novio ( y no tienen idea lo rico que es el arroz con gandules que hace la mamá de mi novio!). Hoy pasamos el día con ellos y comimos hasta que no podíamos más....estaba todo exquisito y la pasé super chevere.
Hablemos del outfit- el día estaba fríito en Miami- y no se, siento que ando en una onda más "oscura". Estaba empeñada en utilizar negro, cuero, negro y más negro para que el foco del outfit fueran estas sandalias... creo que se han convertido en mi par favorito del momento. Terminé el look con accesorios dorados y mi cartera Chanel. Les cuento de mi cartera; era mi sueño tenerla y siento que no la uso por "conservarla en perfectas condiciones"- ahorré tanto en mi primer trabajo y por tanto tiempo que no se porque me pongo con bobadas. Así que la verán más seguidito! Espero que hayan pasado un super día! Besos y abrazos grandototes!
Shoes: c/o Sole Society
Skirt: c/o SheInside
Sweater: c/o Romwe
Necklace: c/o Karen London
Ring: Ebay
Bag: Chanel
Sunglasses: c/o Furor Moda
Spike bracelet: c/o Jeweliq
This is my sixth "Thanksgiving" in the US- and I'm still not used to celebrating it. But who needs a excuse to celebrate and eat AMAZING food? The past three years, I have spent thanksgiving with my boyfriend's family and they are from Puerto Rico- so the food and traditions are more puertorican than american. My bf's mom cooks delicious, as you can see on the pics below.. everything looks (and was) SO good! After having an early dinner- or more like a lunch- we passed out for a couple of hours! Then at night we went to the movies to see Breaking Dawn (I'm not a Twilight freak but I did enjoy the books- specially the last one so my expectations were high!). Do you celebrate thanksgiving? If you do, I hope you had an amazing one! Anyways.. HAPPY FRIDAY! xoxo
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Este es mi sexto "Día de Acción de Gracias" en Estados Unidos- y todavía es una fecha a la que no estoy acostumbrada a celebrar- pero quien necesita una excusa para descansar y comer riquísimo. Nunca he pasado un "Thanksgiving americano", el primero fue venezolano con halladas y pan de jamón- el segundo en casa de una amiga mexicana y los últimos los he pasado con la familia de mi novio a lo boricua. La mamá de mi novio cocina exquisito y abajo pueden ver lo delicioso que estaba todo! En vez de cena, almorzamos como a eso de las 2 y comimos muchísimo, todo el mundo se quedó dormido- finalmente terminamos el día en el cine (vimos Breaking Dawn, a mi me gustó bastante- especialmente porque fue el libro de Twilight que más me gustó). ¿Celebran thanksgiving? ¿Cómo la pasaron? FELIZ VIERNES! :)
Hey everyone! I'm so excited about this giveaway because thanksgiving is all about giving thanks- and I can't even find words to express how thankful I am with each and every one of you for all your support with this blog. I have been working with ROMWE for about two months now, and I'm so impressed with their products- everything is affordable, cute, and very trendy (and the best part: FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING).
THE PRIZE:
One of the haute couture pieces you can see in the picture above.
How to enter?
You just have to sign up for romwe.com (click here)- then come back to this post and leave a comment with the following info: which piece would you choose? + name and email address (we need it in other to contact you)
Just one entry per person and the giveaway ends on November 27th- it is an international giveaway, everyone can enter! The lucky winner will be chosen via random.org and ROMWE will mail the prize to the winner directly. GOOD LUCK!
FUN COUPONS:
Coupon 1："Thanksgiving1" Save $15 for $60+
Coupon 2："Thanksgiving2" Save $25 for $90+
Coupon 3："Thanksgiving3" Save $35 for $120+
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EN ESPANOL:
Hola a todas! El día de acción de gracias o thanksgiving se supone que sea para dar las gracias por todo lo que ha pasado el respectivo año, y yo estoy muy agradecida con todas ustedes y esta es mi forma de darles un regalito de "agradecimiento". Llevo ya dos meses trabajando con ROMWE y estoy fascinada con las cosas que venden en su tienda- son piezas diferentes, económicas, y muy a la moda (y aparte hacen envíos GRATIS a todas partes del mundo). EL PREMIO:
Uno de los abrigos "haute couture" (exclusivos) que ven arriba!
¿Cómo participar?
Solo deben registrarse en romwe.com (click aquí); luego regresa a este artículo y deja un comentario en este artículo con: la pieza que escogerías si ganas y el email con el que te registraste (que aparte será usado para contactarte).
Solo un comentario por persona y pueden participar hasta el 27 de noviembre del 2011. La ganadora será escogida con random.org y ROMWE se encarga directamente de contactar a la afortunada y mandar el premio. ¡SUERTE!
CUPONES (si no te aguantas y quieres comprar algo YA):
Cupón 1："Thanksgiving1" Ahorra $15 de $60+
Cupón 2："Thanksgiving2" Ahorra $25 de $90+
Cupón 3："Thanksgiving3" Ahorra $35 de $120+
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