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5/19/13

Graduation Cap Cupcakes

Commencement season is upon us! (Or at least it is here at the UC.) Grads walking throughout campus snapping their photos by the entrance to Berkeley, at Sather Tower, at Sather Gate, and restaurants packed to the brim with families and friends celebrating a person's amazing accomplishment!

It is hard to believe I experienced that a year ago. I graduated early in December 2011 and participated in all the commencement activities then, but I walked two more graduations since I was still in the area when May rolled around. I got my money's worth out of the gown I bought and appreciated being able to experience it 3 times. Each guest speaker and speech was different, but the message was still the same: Do what you love and do it well.

I made these cupcakes last year for a student intern who was also graduating and leaving the office for bigger and better things. I made her favorite flavor of mine that I had once brought to the office before: Apple Cinnamon Streusal Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting. The Caps are really easy to make and I encourage you to try them out for your grad's celebration. These are great to put on a cupcake tower like pictured above or do what my sister did for a grad party and place them on a platter writing out the year of the graduation.

To make the graduation caps: Place a Reese's mini peanut butter cup upside down, add frosting to the top for "glue", place a Ghiradelli chocolate square with the logo facing down, and add lines of frosting to create the tassel on top. I would not recommend using Ghiradelli squares that have a filling, despite being delicious, because those tend to break easily as you unwrap them. Stick to the Milk Chocolate flavor as it matches with the Reese's Cup more. Make sure to decorate with the school colors whether it is with the frosting used on the tassels or the cupcake liners. Have fun and feel free to substitute the chocolate or the tassel decorations on top.

Congrats to the Class of 2013! Hope life after graduation is sweet and you do what you love and do it well!

5/17/13

Ted Baker Celebrates 25 Years

Krystal and I wearing Ted Baker!

I'll have the Langley please!

I was invited by Avanti, fashion blogger at 2 Eyes 4 Style, to attend the 25th Anniversary Party hosted by fashion blogger Krystal Bick of This Time Tomorrow at the Ted Baker San Francisco flagship store last night. Music was playing, cocktails were given away, and to make the event sweeter there was a 25% off discount for your purchase for that day. The discount also applied online, but even though that is over there is still the chance to enter a contest to be sent off to some far off land. Check out the giveaway here.

The top I am wearing is the only item I own from Ted Baker, and had found it at Crossroads. Entering this shop for the first time, I was both in awe and in shock! I really loved the feminine cuts of the clothing as well as all the bright colors and prints, but I could not buy anything since I recently splurged on a Marc Jacobs cross body bag and wallet. If I hadn't come in with that mindset I would have bought quite a few items in the store! For now I have to be content with just having photos of the clothes as a way of taking the store with me. (On a side note: all the photos were taken using my iPhone and I have to admit they didn't come out to bad. I like the idea of covering events just with that instead of bringing along my DSLR camera a.k.a. my boyfriend Mando ;D.)

I ran into Alex from SFShopGirl which was a plesant surprise! We've run into each other 3 times and I expect it will continue happening. I also met a couple of new faces and I am excited to connect with them and run into them at other events too. While I enjoy sharing my love of fashion and baking, I have enjoyed meeting people through blogging just as much. It took me awhile to work up the confidence to start a blog, share it, and now put myself out there in the real world. It is easy to hide behind a computer and avoid making the effort to meet people face-to-face, but I can say from experience that I am always glad to have made it to an event like this. I am lucky to have met so many like-minded, ambitious, and kind women that live near me and I am thrilled at the thought of continuously meeting new amazing people. It is what keeps me inspired and tethered to the blog community.

On a side note, I would love to share news of upcoming events more often, and I am wondering what the best way would be to do that? Twitter? Facebook? A calendar posted somewhere on my sidebar? Let me know what you think would be the most effective tool or what you prefer just in case you decide to muster up the energy and confidence to go to an event in SF!

Thanks for reading!

5/12/13

Black and White School Girl Look

Black Cardigan, Black and White Top, Denim Shorts, Rings and Bracelets Forever 21, Tights C/O HauteLegs, Flats Paris

Somebody at work described me as a Japanese school girl in this outfit. I think it might have to do with the tights I had on courtesy of HauteLegs. They give the illusion of knee-highs, and I love how they completed my black and white look. This is definitely my favorite pair of tights out of the 3 I received because this is the second time I've worn them!

This was another one of those outfits I just threw on without planning it out the night before. Typically I have an outfit in mind that I want to wear, but this outfit came to me just before work. I had initially intended on wearing a white blouse tucked into the shorts to show off the high waist detail, but decided against it after I put on the sweater top with black ruffle detail. There was already a lot going on with this outfit, adding a ruffle blouse and tucking it in to show the detail on the shorts would have been too much. You can imagine me scrambling in the morning trying to put this outfit together quickly so I could still make it to work on time. Adding the accessories did not take long since my jewelry had been recently organized too!

I had been trying to steer away from being too matchy-matchy, but I loved this look and am so glad I was able to wear the black and white flats I purchased in Paris after graduating high school. I just have this thing for shoes, if you don't already know.

Hope you treated your Mom to something nice this weekend!

Until next time,

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