The 4th Annual Two Point Oh! LA Blogger Picnic

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LA's premier fashion, beauty and style blogging group, Two Point Oh! LA (TPOLA), hosted it's 4th Annual Picnic poolside at
Isis Living in Glendale.

Kelsi Smith, founder of TPOLA, really outdid herself this year. There was a burger/taco bar, sundae and dessert stations and some wicked mixed drinks!
[Sorry, yet another reporting fail -- no photos. I don't think you want to see my melted sundae, do you? Really?]
Lulu's, Sole Society, and Chilli Beans all had setups adjacent to the pool.
There was also a special private gifting suite/patio upstairs:

Everyone loved the patio's groovy retro swing chairs! So good for posing!

Jacqueline of TGIF Guide

Laurie of LaurieBstyle

I already discussed the great *totes from Thursday Friday that we were given to hold our collections of goodies.
Here's an summary of what I snagged:

clockwise from 11:00 inside the bag:

*Neutrogena Shine Control Primer
*Clean & Clear Morning Burst cleanser
*Glytone Rejuvenate facial cream
*Stur water enhancer [taking that to work!]
*Capwell necklace
*set of Pati Dubroff  lip balm crayons
*lipsticks and eye powder from Jouer

I will go into greater detail about the items as I use them.

Mostly, I hung out with Marla of Marlita on the Run and Roni:

cute couple alert!

And, of course, I sketched:

What came to mind, as I thought about the event, was the difference in my sketching this year compared to last.

2012 on the iPad, 2013 starts out analog

Kelsi last year on my iPad

This year, I set myself the challenge to improve my fashion sketching and to work out a method for "on the fly" live sketching. I have figured out that I'm most comfortable sketching with a brush marker on paper and then coloring the drawing in Photoshop. Color/print reference I get with photos -- my own or Instagram/Twitter feeds. Hashtags such as #tpola4thpicnic make it super easy to get intel!

this year's Kelsi

I'll be "painting" the rest of my sketches this week.
Keep an eye on my Twitter feed, where I'll post when I upload them to SpyGirl's Society6 page. 

A big THANK YOU to Kelsi, all the staff at TPOLA, and all the generous gifters for a really fun event!

V-Day Shenanigans

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Remember how I was kvetching about not getting comments on my outfits at work?
It took this! I snagged THREE!
Some thought it was for Chinese New Year.
Some guessed correctly that it was for Valentine's.

I wore this on Wednesday (2/13) because I don't go into the office on Thursday,so the confusion is understandable.
The Lucky tee is very old and getting faded.
I got the Chinese jacket in San Francisco's Chinatown.
I have not seen this style jacket in either LA or Hong Kong (circa 2004). Believe me, I have looked!

Here I am, sitting in my car at lunch.
Like my smiley blankie in the background? That's my sun shade.
Oh yes, FCC guidelines require that I say my sunglasses frames are c/o DITTO.
The prescription certainly wasn't c/o -- it cost me $650!!!

A close up that I Instagrammed. The necklace was made from a Slinky!
I got it at the Santa Monica Art Museum gift shop - they no longer carry them.
It didn't last on my neck all day. It started to drive me crazy.
The skirt was a dress in the morning. I hacked off the top as I put my ensemble together.
So much better as a skirt.

WOW! You get a close-up of the "torture" clogs and the pom pom socks.
The clogs I bought in a shopper's frenzy to wear to the Lucky FABB West last April.
They are too tight. This is the second time that I've worn them.
I deliberately sat at my desk all day and didn't fetch any color printouts.
Vickie gave me the socks from her church resale shop in Providence, RI.
I think they go great with the clogs. I was hoping they'd help stretch them out.

How about that? Head to toe info! I was a proper Fashun Blogger today!
All I'm missing are RED LIPS!

Don't miss the action over on Patti's Visible Monday!
How much red and/or pink will we see this week?

Speaking of Patti, she had a contest and I was the winner!
OMG!

I let you know what I think of it after I try it out.

Highly Visible @Guess x @MarieClaire Event, part 2

Guess and Marie Claire hosted an event at South Coast Plaza that included

a live DJ, free manis, mini makeovers by NYX, and sweets and libations.

I showed you my sketches, here are the photos.

First, my outfit:

haha -- you weren't expecting Elvis, were you!

We won't say anything about the drive from West LA to the South Coast Plaza
except that it was the height of rush hour and took 1.75 hours to go 46 miles.

upon entering Guess, I was offered some water -- much needed!

we were also given a key, with the chance of unlocking a $200 gift card!

consolation prize

handsome gent with libations

handsome gent with cake pops

DJ

the mani station

the NYX makeover station

the products that Gabriel used on me

"I feel pretty, oh so pretty..."
with Gabriel

NOW WHAT? All dolled up with no place to go!

Bloomingdale's Missoni window was a good photo opp
(I like those dotted purses!)

I gassed up at Costco -- and coordinated too!

Finally, I took loads of selfies at home on the back porch under the florescent light.
This is my favorite of the bunch.

Once again, I'm an inept reporter and completely missed the Marie Claire promotion.

I think Guess was also launching a new perfume and I overlooked that too. Oh well.
I loved my NYX makeover! Thanks Guess, Marie Claire, NYX and Gabriel!

Linking up with Patti's Visible Monday
Go see what the gals are up to over there!
[4/3/20] also with Shelbee's On the Edge linkup