Giveaway Winners Announced >>>

Congrats to the winners!  Please email me at violet_bella (at) hotmail (dot) com with your mailing address to claim your lovelies.  Also, there are still a few winners from the other giveaways I have not heard back from yet... please visit this post to see if you were one of the winners from all of last months giveaways!  Its also the last week to reserve a sponsor spot for April if you are interested.  You can email me at the same email above for those details.

PEACE,
Laura

Blowfish Shoes Giveaway >>>

Im excited to team up with Blowfish Shoes this month to bring one lucky girl a new pair of shoes of her choice!  If you have followed my blog for any length of time, you know how much I LOVE their shoes.  Im drooling over those brown wedges above and cannot wait for them to be released!  

<<< TO ENTER >>>
'like' Blowfish Shoes on Facebook

<<< EXTRA ENTRIES >>>
visit their site and tell me your favorite shoe
follow them via twitter
share this giveaway, via fb + twitter + blog

Please let me know each one that you did in the comments!  This giveaway is for US residents only.

PEACE,
Laura

Threads - Ikat + Fedora >>>

The other day I really wanted to wear this skirt from Kayemkay, which I have been saving for a special night out. Why? I dont know, I guess when I get a special piece of clothing I tend to hoard it for that just right moment. Well, I got tired of waiting, and decided to just dress it down into a super comfy outfit for the day. Im so glad I got it out of my head that this skirt needed to be for a dress up outfit b/c it worked so well casual. The material is s very soft microsuede, so it feels so luxurious, I think that is what threw me off for casual wear. I love love love that it has pockets! And is the pattern/color not the most perfect combo ever??? Ahhhh, love. You can find this same skirt in her shop here

This adorable tee was sent to me from my dear friend Katelyn just b/c she said it reminded her of me!  She was so perfectly right on!  Ive worn it so many times since I got it just shy of two weeks ago.  Thank you Katelyn!!!  Ive been finding any excuse to wear these Blowfish sandals.  LOVE them.  Ridiculously comfy for being so darn cute!  Oh, and how do you like my one little patch of flowers below?  I made James mow around them b/c its the only color I have out there until I get some plants.

<<< outfit details >>>
hat + ring + bangle + tank // forever 21
shirt // gifted (but from old navy)
skirt // kayemkay
sandals // blowfish shoes
necklace // roots and feathers

Time to go to work and bust out some major orders!

PEACE,
Laura

Caramelized Apple & Nutella Pizza >>>

Today I made an out of the blue treat for lunch, apple and nutella pizza!  James parents came over to help us cut up the big tree that fell in our driveway yesterday and after they left James finished working in the yard.  He mowed the whole property.  While he was doing that I snuck in the kitchen to make us some pizza.  I already had the dough made, I usually make it in batches of 4 pizzas, so when I do, we eat pizza for a few days in a row.  But it wasnt until I opened up my fridge and saw that bright red apple staring at me that I knew I was going to make this!  I grabbed it and decided to make a dessert pizza for lunch, and it turned out soooo yummy! 

All I did was slice the apple thinly and caramelized them in a skillet with butter and cinnamon.  Then layered my dough with nutella, spread the apples on top and bake, and then lightly sprinkled with powder sugar.  The nutella did want to bubble and burn a bit, so next time Ill make a thicker crust so it wont crisp up so much.  But it was still soooo yums!  Homeade pizzas are one of my favorite things to make.

PEACE,
Laura