Christmas is around the corner, aren’t you excited for it?
I am supper excited! Not because of the presents I will be receiving and not because of the gifts I will be giving! JK, haha! But it’s because of everything all around you. You will start to see all the beautiful lights and decorations. You will start to hear all the wonderful and joyful songs. You will start to feel the cool nice breeze, may be super freezing cold breeze somewhere, oh no! You will see the new Christmas and New Year’s movies are coming out! You will see all the new special promotions and products’ packaging created only for this special time. Everything is just beyond beautiful with some sprinkles of happy and joy! I can’t say enough about it. All I know is Christmas is near, my loves. We better get ready to welcoming the joys!
One of the most fun things I love to do this time of the year is SHOPPING! Who doesn’t like shopping? Not me! Both window’ shopping and the real shopping, they are so much fun!
That’s why I’m going to take you to a shopping the series on my blog for this Month of November, “Early Christmas Shopping | 30 days 30 presents”. From today forward until the end of this month I will be introducing you to the gifts I personally think are great to give out and use them by yourself. Before you can recommend a product, you have to be the person who is in love with the products first. Then you can to share them with others. That’s my gifting theory!
Shall we start with the first gift? Why not?
Let start the first day with UNDERWEAR! Yes, underwear!
It might sound weird that I recommend you to give underwear as a Christmas present!
Who in the right mind will do that? I do my love!
Most people want to look cool and when it comes to showing off famous designer piece around your waist, one brand that will blink up in our mind has to be Calvin Klein, am I right? I am sure the person who receives your gift will be blushing with joy!
Here me out if you are still a little hesitant!
It’s soft and comfortable. (I’m wearing mine right now! :D)
It’s 90% cotton with 10% elastane.
You get the ability to look cooler when showing off a signature logo to everyone.
Simple colors, black, white and gray.
Reasonable price
Who should you give this present to?
Calvin Klein has their products for both Men and Women. You can give them to your girl friends or guy friends. Your sister will be happy to receive this gift. I recommend only give to someone who is closes to you. People can get embarrassed if they don’t know you that well.
Where can you get them?
It’s no surprise that you can find Calvin Klein underwear almost in all department stores. My tips for you here if you’re considering getting these cuties, I recommend you go shopping at Nordstrom Rack. In store or online both work. You will get the product with a cheaper price, like 40% off. I can’t say enough about how much I love Nordstrom and Nordstrom Rack. You just have to go and experience them for yourself.
Here’s my first day of the “Early Christmas Shopping | 30 days 30 presents”.
What do you think?
Come back again tomorrow to find out what I have to offer! Enjoy the rest of your day! Happy November my loves!
“Let today be the start of something new.” – Unknown
Let’s Get Crazy and Start Planning your New Year’s Resolutions Today! | Free downloadable PDF planner (& November’s Giveaway Details!)
Get ready to say good-bye to October and welcome the month of November!
Time flies by and life has to go on. I know some of you might not want the year of 2016 to end and some of you want it to end so badly and already have new goals and New Year’s resolutions planned out. For me I have mixed feelings, I don’t want this year to be over because I had such a great time taking care of my baby and working on what I love. I don’t mean I will stop doing what I am doing the second 2017 hits! All I want to do from now on is to enjoy every little moment before the year is over. At the same time, it is so exciting to think that 2017 is around the corner. New year, new journey, what will it bring you? More opportunities? More fun? More joys? All I know is that it will definitely bring you more good vibes, that’ s for sure!
There is something I really want you to know about me. I am a plan freak. I love to plan and set goals. Before I start doing something new, I have to have my plan ready. I think it’s such an important thing that you have a plan and you know what you’re going to do. The New Year is close, so today I would like to share with you what I found about powerful benefits of making your yearly goals. My husband and I have been doing it since 2014. Today he agreed to share some of his thoughts on today’s topic too.
Let’s start with a few of my thoughts on what are the benefits I get from having goals
It is a map/ GPS to your success.
Imagine yourself driving to a new destination without GPS or Google maps these days! How crazy would it be? I know you can stop and ask people on the way there but it will take you a little bit longer because you wont know exactly where you are going and what roads and exits you should take. Setting goals for yourself is for the same purpose of having a map in your hands. You will know where you are going with the right directions. If you lost your map you still know the whole picture because you were the one that planed it out. Even though you get lost you will be able to find the way to get back on tract and keep on going until you are at your destination.
It helps remind you with what you need to do.
Like having a secretary or SIRI writing down what you have to do tomorrow. Setting your yearly goals is one more reminder tool you add into your life. Your brain is already working hard everyday. It’s good to have a written reminder that you can always go back and look at it.
Action plan that is specifically designed for you.
Because you are who you are and no one can be you, each person is different. To be able to make your own goals and design your own way to achieve them are the best part. You know exactly what you want, what you don’t want, what you can do and what you can’t do. It’s your goals and it’s your plan that you can take action in your own pace at your own time and ability.
Making you proud of yourself.
Making yourself proud is one of the good feelings everyone needs in their life. Setting goals and achieving them are the best feelings ever. It makes you know that you’re not a normal person. You are special. You can do whatever you put your mind to. It makes you know that you’re awesome! Like that saying, you can do it!
You have purpose in life.
People can get upset and depressed when they don’t know what to do or don’t know why they are here in this world. When you have purposes in life everything looks and feels more beautiful. You want to live longer. You want to enjoy every single thing around you. You know that you are important and you care more about yourself and others.
Having a yearly plan will make you feel so good! Trust me!
Here’s my husband’s point of view he would like to share with you guys.
When creating goals for yourself, there are many benefits to be had. A major benefit I would like to mention today is that creating a goal gives you a sense of purpose and keeps you motivated in life. When planning a destination in life, it requires both a point A and point B. If you do not know where you are going, how can you move forward in life? By having an end target in mind, you can focus on what’s important and be sure you achieve that goal. This is significant because when tough times come, and try to throw you off course, you can remember what you’re fighting for by looking at your goals. Special thanks to my lovely wife for letting me “express my artistic ability of writing” on her blog and not altering it in anyway, love you!
So those where the exact words from my lovely husband. 😀
Now, it’s time for my husband and I to start planning out and setting our goals for the next year. I recommend you do it too. Start sooner it’s always better!
I forgot to mention, getting a cute planner is a good idea too! 😀
Here I have a PDF version of New Year’s Resolutions Planner for you to download.
We can work on it together. Do it sooner so we will be ahead of the game.
For those of you who are waiting to hear about November’s giveaway, it will be Kylie Cosmetics lip kits (Candy K and Dolce K) and glosses (Like, Literally and So cute). The winner will get all five. To enter the giveaway, you have to subscribe to my email list hereand follow my Instagram Account @thevibescloset here. You have to do BOTH to enter. Last entry date is November 20th, 2016. The winner will be announced on December 1, 2016 via Facebook and Instagram.
Good luck my love! See you tomorrow for our 30 days blogging the series!
“Don’t be into trends. Don’t make fashion own you, but you decide what you are.” – Gianni Versace
If you didn’t known this already, we finally closed the deal with our house and we’re in the process of decorticating. My studio will be the last room to get my sprinkle of good vibes on.
Here’s the plan. I’m planning to set one of the corners in the room to be a small minimal closet space for Blogging, Vlogging and displaying my dream.
So I was thinking, why not show you whats on my mined. We can compare the results in a later post when everything is in places.
I decided to create a Moodboard, I named it “Dream Closet Drafting Moodboard”. I’m making this moodboard with the help from Pinterest to plan out what I want to do to my small corner and how it will look like. If you’re looking to decorate your place, this would be a great tool to have your hands on and have some space to express your imagination.
Because it is a closet decoration, I came up with 5 different sections that you should keep in mine when creating this moodboard. I’m going to explain to you about them one by one.
Style
This section will be about your go to style. What’s the final look you’re going for? Glamour, minimal, feminine, vintage, classic or any other idea out there that I can’t think of right now! Lol! Just go for the one you like the most!
Color
Pick 3-4 main colors that you would want to use for your closet.
What vibes or theme you have in your mine? Pinterest is a good place to go chasing all the vibes.
Pattern/ Texture
This section will help you with the feeling you want your closet to have. If you want it to be warm and cozy, you will need a nice fur rug, wool coat, knit throw and other warm and cozy elements representing that theme. If you prefer an industrial feel which is raw brick wall, straight line patterns. geometric elements, and something shiny, you will find them on Pinterest too. Just type your keywords, for example “cozy + comfy + texture” here’s what came up on my screen search.
Decor
In this section, imagine what you would want to have as your decoration pieces in your closet. I would pick some fashion quotes. Fashion Magazines, shoeboxes and plants. Plenty more ideas you can find from Pinterest that will amaze you.
Furniture
Last section is furniture. You won’t need a lot of furniture pieces in here unless your closet is super spacious. For me I will need a floor mirror, stool, hanging rack and maybe a small shelf.
Now let’s see how to create your own moodboard.
Start your project by using Pinterest like I mentioned above.
Create a board and give it a name. This board will be your main idea collecting space. Search and pin only the pictures you’re in love with. We will need to use some of them later throughout the process. Here’s my board that I created for this project. Click on the image to see more details.
When you search for pictures please keep those 5 topics in mine: Style, Color, Patterns/ Texture, Decor and Furniture. Pin at least three pictures for each topic.
After you are done gathering your ideas now it’s time to put them together. I’m using Adobe Illustrator program to create my moodbdboard. If you don’t have one, you can download their 30 day free trial version here.
After 30 days of trial if you don’t like it, you can uninstall it or just leave it there. You won’t be able to come back and use it again unless you get a membership like me. You can learn more about it here.
After you’re done downloading the program, follow the installation instructions and you are good to go.
Now it’s time to get the template I’ve created for you. You can download it right here in my online library.
Start the project by opening the Template file you’ve downloaded earlier.
Go back to the Pinterest moodoard you’ve created.
Choose the picture you want to put in your closet’s moodboard.
Have your cursor over the image. You’ll see the zoom icon. Click to make the image bigger.
Then Right click the images in Pinterest and copy.
Paste your images to your Illustrator moodboard and resize them to the size you want.
Place your image in front of the rectangular shape.
Then click on the shape you want the image to be inside, send it to the front: Object>>Arrange>>Bring to Front.
Select both the image and the shape, right click and select make clipping mask. Repeat this step until you fill the rest of your board.
Don’t forget to name your moodboard too!
After you are finished with your project, you can save the file as .png, or .jpg so you’ll be able to share on your social media or print it out as a picture. Here’s the steps to save your work:
File >> Export >> Export As…
Save As: Type your board name in this area
Where: choose the folder you would want to save your file to.
Mollie Larsen is the creator of All About Good Vibes—a feel-good destination that inspires women to love, care and be themselves. Growing up she loved dressing up, taking care of her skin and helped supporting others. She believes in positivity and seeing good in all situations. Her biggest achievement of the day is putting her babies to sleep early, relaxing and watching her favorite shows with her husband.
