Light Up the Loom

Persian and Turkish rugs have been making a huge comeback as of late. I love the way that these ornate and colorful rugs add so much character and hominess to simple and clean designs.  In its past, antique rugs seemed to have been constrained as living room décor but why stop there when you can add a splash of color in your bathroom and kitchen?

My mother is a bit of an interior design goddess so I've always grown up around beautiful things. She has a gorgeous, deep red rug in our living room that I would lie on as a kid. Thank goodness she tucked it away in storage rather than throwing it out when she moved into a more modern and minimalist style. You won't event believe how quickly I got my hands on it once I got my own home!

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Keepin it Cas(ual)

There's a lot of talk on the interwebs about how to spell the abbreviated version of casual. Is it "Cazj", "Cas'", "Cazh"...? It boggles my mind every time. I even looked it up on google and checked out 3 websites to see what people think just so I could use "Keepin it Cazj" for my title of this post! Buzzfeed did a poll  and had their audience vote for which way was the best, and "Cas'" won. All of this debate, reading and wasted time just to tell you that I'm wearing this plaid dress from Madewell to keep it casual on the weekends. yay.

photographer: FENG
stylist/director: Courtney Yeh
dress - madewell | boots - steve madden | bag - danielle nicole | ring - rocksbox (code: heyyehxoxo)

Back to Business

Ever since 2016 rolled along, it's been back to business - which at this time of year means back to back meetings at my 9 to 6, weekend work trips, late night Vibrvncy meetings, recovering from jetlag, less sleep, more junk, and less time to blog. My goal in January was to cook more (that didn't happen). My second goal was to work out more (does doing the elliptical for 20 minutes 3 times a week count?). My third goal was to get my new site design up and running (3 months later, still working on it). In my survival of all these first world problems, comfortable black and white outfits have been my staple set. Comfortable means goodbye to non-stretchy, tight-fitted, high waisted jeans, and hello to everything that feels like pjs but still look put together and professional. Don't worry jeans, I'll be back for you soon. 

Styling: Courtney Yeh

Photography: FENG

Jacket - Pomelo Fashion | Top - Grana | Pants - Asos | Heels - Lucky Brand (similar here)

Sunnies - Quay Australia | Necklace - Rocksbox

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A Trip to the Desert

We took a road trip to Joshua Tree this weekend. Though it's only the beginning of February it was close to 80F during the day and as you can see from my super blue photos there was not a cloud in the sky. We went with our friends Christie and Derek and stayed at an awesome geo-dome, which you've probably seen on Instagram. We spent the morning driving through the park, then headed down to check out Salvation Mountain and watched the sunset by the Salton Sea. Will be posting some photos inside the Dome soon! :)

photo by Feng