Besides the fun egg hunts and yummy brunches, Easter is perfect time to put on your prettiest spring dresses.  These three pairings show how your style can complement the holidays.  This weekend promises gorgeous sunny spring weather in LA.  I’m looking forward to watching my nephews hunt for eggs and donning my Sunday finest for a lovely family brunch.  Hope there is lots of fun and springiness to your weekend!

Easter egg found here; Anthropologie’s Blooming Whin Shift dress found here

DVF Maja Two Dress found here;  Handmade Ukranian Easter egg found here

Hand etched Easter Egg found here;  JCrew Teddie dress found here

Fountain Ave. Community Garden, Los Angeles

There are many goals I’m working on this year and one of them is to create a community garden in Pasadena.  I’ve been working with a group of dedicated residents and community leaders to get this thing off the ground and we’re coming close.  We had a meeting at the Fountain Avenue Community Garden in Los Angeles and it was quite inspiring to see what they’ve done in a short amount of time.  It takes a lot of work to put together a project like this, but I just gotta keep my eyes on the prize.  I’m definitely learning a lot about growing foods and building public spaces.  Once we have it built and I have my bed, then it will mean lots of fresh, local and organic veggies and fruits for all my recipes!  I can’t wait to share more once we break ground!

Hello little friend.

This past weekend was jam-packed with fun!  Luckily, I was able to get a lot of rest to recover from my cold/flu too.  The rest helped me to eat a LOT at an epicurean crawfish boil that one of my best friends threw.  They cooked 30 pounds of the sweetest Ridgeback shrimp, crawfish that flew in from Louisiana, and lots of other goodies like sausage, corn and crab.  We were stuffed!  This is a great idea for those who have an outdoor stove and a huge pot.

Homemade banana pudding for desert!

Mint green and coral via Flashes of Style

Whew…deep breath.  Another week down.  This weekend I need to refresh myself.  In between my community garden meetings, hanging out with friends at a crawfish boil and preparing for our vintage premier party for Mad Men (aren’t you excited?!!), I plan to take lots of deep breaths and remember to appreciate the little things that are fabulous in my life right now.  Sometimes you need to energize yourself with style and I think a breath of minty green is what I should be wearing this weekend.  These five mint green styles are inspiring me to be cool, calm and collected.

ALC Molly Shirt found here

Quirky mint green high-top sneakers found here

Alexa Chung’s mint green nails

Mint green chairs give a relaxed vintage feel