How I Spent My... Valentine's Day

1. A special gift for my Valentine [see what's inside here]. 2. Yellow roses from my Dad. 3. Gluten free pizza, wine from a Santa Barbara wine tasting trip + House Of Cards. 4. Canton Box Company art.

Hope you all had a special Valentine's Day and a great three day weekend! We had a nice day on Friday having lunch with my mom, a visit with my dad and then a night in watching season 2 of House Of Cards and The Good Wife [just catching up on Netflix!]. We spent the rest of the weekend doing some things around the house and ordering some new decor pieces [like this Serena & Lily rug, hoping it works!]. I also made a new Pinterest board, In Our Home, if you want to follow along as I decorate our house! A closet clean out sale later this week and hoping to share photos of Hudson's room which is the first completed room [and most important!] in the house.

P.S. A fun feature I did is up on Sweets & Celebrations, check it out here. XOXO

Fabulous Friday: Happy Valentine's Day!

[a pretty pink tree in full bloom in our backyard]

Happy Valentine's Day and Friday! So much fun that a special day falls on a weekend and can be turned into a three day celebration! Hope you spend the day surrounded with love from friends, family and coworkers. It's also President's Day weekend so I'll be sure to update with any good deals but for now use code HEART214 to get 25% select style at J.Crew! XOXO 

What To Wear: Valentine's Day Inspiration

Red Valentino Dress | Diane Von Furstenberg Dress | Splendid Dress | Stella McCartney Dress | Charlotte Olympia Be Mine Clutch | Christian Louboutin Spike Clutch | Bing Bang Baguette Ring | Michael Kors Pave Heart Bracelet | Tai Dual Stone Bracelet | Charlotte Olympia Suede Heart Pumps | Nars Lip Pencil In Dragon Girl | L'Agent By Agent Provocateur Bra | Nars Lipstick In Schiap

The last minute count down to Valentine's Day is on and hopefully these will provide some pretty inspiration for outfit ideas! I love the idea of wearing a simple white dress and pairing it with rose gold accessories, light pink ballet flats [try this pair] and a bright lip. If you want to show a little more skin at night, this Rachel Pally crop top and skirt combo would be adorable with some neutral pumps. Tomorrow I'll share a cookie recipe [gluten free too!] if you want to bake a sweet treat for loved ones or coworkers for Friday. XOXO

Gift Guide: Valentine's Day Gifts For Her

Sugar Paper Card | Aerin Amber Musk Perfume | Bobbi Brown Illuminating Powder | Gray Malin Pink Umbellas | Marysia Swim Bikini | Find It In Everything Book  | Urban Decay Naked Lipgloss | Isabel Marant Earrings | Elizabeth and James Leather Shorts | Jimmy Choo Pumps | Anita Ko Rose Gold Ear Cuff | Miu Miu Clutch | Missoni Home Pillow | Diptyque Limited Edition Rosa Mudi Candle

Valentine's Day is just around the corner and these pink treats would be perfect for the special lady in your life whether it be for mom, your best friend or you! A card and some homemade goodies would be a great way to go too, check out my Monster Cookie Recipe from a few years back here [it's still a favorite, try subbing almond butter for peanut butter for a different flavor]! XOXO

How I Spent My... Valentine's Day

Baked some festive treats for our family.

Snuggled with my baby boy.

[he's wearing this Baby Gap onesie]

Received some gorgeous flowers from my hubby.

Wrapped a gift for my Valentine. 

[this was inside... we love the chopped salads at La Scala and now we can make them at home]

Opened Hudson's first Valentine from his Auntie.

Hope you all had a great day yesterday! We are continuing our Valentine's celebration this weekend with a dinner at BLT Steak... I've never been but it looks delicious. Enjoy the long weekend! XOXO

What To Wear: Valentine's Day Date

Happy Valentine's Day, sending you lots of love! I hope you are extra sweet to everyone you come in contact with today. You never know, you might just brighten someone's day by being extra nice! Above are a few of my current favorite red and pink dresses from Shopbop and Net-A-Porter... they would be the perfect attire for a fancy Valentine's Day date! XOXO

Gift Guide: Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is one of my favorite holidays to celebrate and it's only a day away! I love the girly pink, white and red color scheme that pops up around this time of year and wanted to share some of my current favorite rosie hued items. Aren't those Valentino studded heels pretty amazing? All of the links to shop the items in this post below! XOXO

DIY: Valentine's Day Printables c/o Bloom Designs Online

My sister, Jenny of Bloom Designs Online, created these adorable printables for Hudson to give to our friends for Valentine's Day! Check out her post with all the details on how to put together these sweet treats and visit her etsy shop to purchase everything you need to make this easy DIY for the 14th. A last minute Gift Guide for Valentine's Day up tomorrow! XOXO

Happy (Early) Valentine's Day!

Came home to these gorgeous flowers from my Dad from Mark's Garden for Valentine's Day.

Cute "I Do" Hanky Panky from Mom.

Never gets old.

And on a self indulgent note, I'm in a contest on Refinery29's site for the "Hunt for the next Style Blogger"-would love your support and votes- Nicole, La Canada... my friend Amber of Amber's Notebook is on it too so let's give her some love! http://styleblogger.refinery29.com/.

Red Carpet: Valentine's Day Premiere

The gorgeous set up for the premiere's after party- SO festive, love it!

Emma Roberts in Jenny Packham and Jessica Biel in Oscar de la Renta both looked lovely at the premiere for the ensemble film Valentine's Day.

Their co-stars- Jen Garner, Jessica Alba and Anne Hathway- attempted to put their best fashion foot forward but something was a little off with each of their looks... Alba's new haircut is horrible for such a gorgeous girl and ruined a fab dress in my opinion plus I feel like we've seen this look on both Jen and Anne before. Can't wait to see the movie, I will be dragging the bf to it in NYC this weekend (more on my weekend in a future post).