Bunnies, butterflies, and booty: Wildfox Swim 2014

I may not have enjoyed the newest collection of clothing from Wildfox, but their new swim line has me falling in love all over again. The collection features a whimsical mix of roses, broken butterflies, flamingos, rainbows, seashells and more! The swim line continues the 70s vibe, but with more fairytale undertones that I personally can't get enough of. The butterfly bikini below is already on my future purchase list; I promised myself if I complete my first marathon, I'm ordering it immediately. 

My marathon isn't until May, so I'll have plenty of time to save up! A few of the items have already been made available for purchase on the Wildfox website and the rest of them will be made available later this month. The look book (images below) featured the lovely Lisalla Montenegro and was shot by  the creative director for Wildfox: Kimberly Gordon. The head designer for Wildfox swim and intimates is the gorgeous Leilani Shimoda, pictured below with creative designer Kimberly Gordon in 2013:

Leilani's instagram is a must follow: @myshimoda

Some of my favorite shots from the shoot are below, but you can view the entire look book online here. 

Ciao ciao, 

Kk

One direction and into the woods

Yup. It happened.

I went to my first pop concert.

How? Well luckily I got paid to do it ;) I took the two older girls I nanny and one of their friends to see One Direction.

The amount of estrogen in that stadium was almost too much, and let me tell you, little girls can scream like no other. I was pretty much dreading the concert because I have no idea who one direction is besides one song but I have to say I was pleasantly surprised! 

First of all, the Irish one is a highly entertaining dancer and second of all, I had no idea they had accents!!! Automatic swoon. 

They also did covers of weezer songs so I at least knew some songs ;)

Less than eight hours later, I was back to work with the lil guys:

Never too far from butterflies.

My lil tree climbers ❤

Are you guys being safe up there?

                                           Wildfox Couture Metamorphosis Butterfly Tee. 

We're always up for adventures :) 

Tomorrow Clare bear and I are going shopping and then doing a photo shoot!! 

Should be oodles of fun. I'm on the hunt for the perfect black maxi skirt. 

I'm also trying to decide between this black crochet bikini bottom or...

This white one: 

Both are by a love story by AF. 

Hmmm, hopefully I decide by tonight :p 

More work to do! 

Cheers,

Kk

Packing packing packing

Ok... I really should post more, I've just been really busy with work then doing late nights packing and sorting (things to store and donate).

I did do something creative this morning though :) I run quite a bit and have accumulated a few numbers/medals/etc. so I decided to make a shadow box to organize it all in. 

My mom made one for my dad as well :) 

Also you may have noticed I have a thing for butterflies... Well my butterfly plants are doing really well! I planted them three months ago and look at them go! 

These are milkweeds I grew from seeds.

And my Blue Chip summer lilac.

And here's one of my favorite "butterfly" of all... Miranda.

I've also been working on a great project with the kids I nanny! The WWF (world wildlife fund) has symbolic adoptions where the money you donate goes to a certain species you choose to "adopt". The donation comes with a stuffed animal and a certificate with your name on it. Each child picked the animal they wanted to "adopt", and we've been having a lemonade stand around town each day trying to reach our desired donation amount ($50 for each animal). 

The kids have raised a little over fifty dollars so far and I'm so proud of them!! 

(Click here to go to the WWF website)

We all deserved some sushi after all that hard work ;) 

Ok... Gotta do some more packing. This move is going to be extremely interesting because I'm moving down for three weeks with just a suitcase because I can't move into my apartment until after my program starts... So I'm crashing at a friends for a bit. Should be fun :) 

Ciao ciao

Kk

Bay--sac town--- city of angels

Put a few hundred miles on my car this weekend, got back from Hawaii and in a few days was already on the move again :) First to Sacramento to see one of the lovely brides to be Ash.

After Sushi!!! And some hot tubbin and cards against humanity we decided we needed a post midnight snack. 

The next day I zooooomed down to LA, just in time for a four hour dinner at Michael's on Naples with Spencer =) 

Here's a semi awkward picture of my outfit, getting to wear my new butterfly tank I got in Hawaii. I still can't believe I rallied after that drive, but I'm so glad I did! Michael's was phenomenal! We had a six course meal which included duck and venison (best venison I've ever had) and finished with an amazing cheesecake dessert complemented with Lemoncello. I studied abroad in Italy and had plenty of real Lemoncello so I know my Lemoncello and Michael's NAILED IT. 

So clearly we had to get another glass, and the staff even brought us a tray of berries to compliment it. Needless to say, the staff and food were heavenly. 

Spencer even met Michael the owner on the way out! Can't wait to go back again soon!

Next day harbor view: 

Check out some pictures from the Wildfox Sample sale that friday: 

The next dinner we went up to downtown LA to visit some friends. View out:

View coming back in:

And check out the crazy way the lights matched up with the music we were listening too...

Sunday morning I went on a run and ran into some really sketch cats... 

Then Monday Tash and I road-tripped back up to the Bay. Here's my comfy road trip outfit... 

and the shirt I came home to... Ebay I love you

More posts later... only a few more weeks until I'm in LA permanently

Ciao Ciao,
Kk