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{Deliciousness from Petite and Sweet’s Launch Party}

Happy Friday Friends!

This week has been a busy one for me, but actually pretty relaxing at the same time.

I attended the prettiest, most delicious, launch party put on by Petite and Sweet for the debut of their Sophisticated Sweet Tooth customizable candy boxes (seen in the above picture)! It was enough to give me a sugar high just looking at everything – not to mention tasting it. If you’re looking for a great Valentine’s day gift; friends, this.is.it.

My younger sister and I started to set aside an hour or two a week to draw. While I was in fashion school I took a few classes on the topic, so I’m actually quite good (in my bias opinion) at drawing clothes, but I need some practice drawing the fashion figure itself – so that’s what I’m working on (in the above photo). I know one or two hours a week isn’t that much practice time, but it’s a step up from my big fat zero before.

If you’re looking to learn how to create fashion illustrations, I really like this book (and this one will help too!).

This week I previewed Dear Frankie’s swimwear collection (made in Canada – yay!), and fell in love with this one piece swimsuit. The colours are fantastic! If you follow my instagram (@asideofvogue) you probably saw my post of this swimsuit in a more neutral colour – but still every bit as fun and psychedelic.

This week I made the decision to make two changes to my life; two things that would improve my life for the better. My two things were to stop pressing the snooze button and to work out every day. No excuses.

I used to set three alarms and now I set one (and do not hit the snooze button), and I work out everyday – even if it’s just something really quick and simple. I’m quite proud of myself and I feel great!

The photo above is me on the first day since I decided to make these life changes – and I’m pretty sure it will be one of the few days that I actually run outside in the cold. I am wearing SO MANY LAYERS of clothes to keep warm (and I was!) but I hated the feeling I got in my throat from running. Plus, I was paranoid of slipping on ice. So, I think until the weather warms up a bit, I’ll stick with working out indoors.

If you’re not as wimpy when it comes to running in the cold weather, and are looking for great workout clothes to keep you warm, I really love my Bench ‘Warm As Pie’ Gilet vest and my Running Room Jacket.

Indigo has come out with their Valentine’s day collection, and I couldn’t help but swoon over pretty much everything! I was excited to find out that when you spend $30 online you get a Love Is All You Need Pillow for free (you add the tote to your check out cart and then it gets deducted automatically). Can you say, #jackpot!? 😉 I am a huge lover, so it clearly doesn’t take much to excite me around this time of year. Really though, it should be Valentine’s day every day; wouldn’t you agree?

Cheers to the freakin’ weekend everyone!

xo
V.

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