life is a saga

Photo Inspiration

2011-04-14T16:04:00.000-07:00

It is such a beautiful day in LA today. Not a cloud in the sky and a little breezy. I am stuck in the library working on homework, so I took a little break to bring some spring inspiration into my life.

bakerella.com

ffffound.com

marthastewart.com

xoxox Saga

I Love You.

2011-02-15T09:55:00.000-08:00

Every year I try to do something nice for all of my friends/family for Valentine's Day. Often we have a dinner party, but this year a lot of people were out of town so I decided to just make some yummy treats for the ones I love.

Adorable spotted baking cups from Sur La Table.

Some of my beloved chocolate molds

Dark chocolate with a creamy caramel filling

Dark chocolate with champagne ganache, Dark chocolate with creamy caramel, Dark chocolate with chocolate ganache, and Dark chocolate with raspberry ganache

White chocolate bars with Oreo cookie crumbs.

Bite size meringue cookies

Chocolate cupcake with vanilla buttercream

Everyone loved their presents, which absolutely made my day. :)

xoxox Saga

Cutest Little Things!!!

2010-11-18T16:26:00.000-08:00

These are the cutest USB drives I have ever seen. You can find them at Colette (www.colette.fr) !

xoxox Saga

One Crazy Week

2010-11-15T10:00:00.000-08:00

Last week was my 21st birthday and my graduation. This meant a lot of dinners, a lot of family, a lot of friends, and a lot of fun. I am completely exhausted now! Here are tons of pictures to recap the week. :)

Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate my birthday and graduation. I love you all!

xoxox Saga

KISS me

2010-11-01T21:40:00.000-07:00

This year for Halloween my best friends and I dressed up as KISS. We didn't go with the classic look, but our own chic spin on it. We also celebrated my friend Ivan's birthday and I made him a skull cake, per his request. This was one of the best weekends I have had in a long time. :)

I hope that everyone had a safe and happy Halloween 2010!

xoxox Saga

Could She Be Any Cuter?!?!

2010-10-12T22:31:00.000-07:00

xoxox Saga

Pretty in Pink

2010-09-22T22:50:00.000-07:00

xoxox Saga

Making Macarons

2010-09-16T11:30:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I met up with my good friend Shayla (www.koushouniette.com) to make macarons. We made a super small batch to experiment with colors. Here are some photos. Enjoy!

We had an amazing day and learned a lot about how color can effect your product. FYI If you put too much red food coloring into your macarons they turn into pancakes.

xoxox Saga

Random.

2010-09-01T13:10:00.000-07:00

I got the new iPhone a few months back and have taken so many random photos that I have done absolutely nothing with... so I figure I might as well blog them. Hope you enjoy! :)

My beautiful new bike.

Umbrella on her new bike.

So sad. The reject cupcakes from work.

Dita Legends new sunnies.

Dita Legends new opticals.

My Mexican brother, Ivan.

My little family. :)

Hello Kitty Green Tea.

My newphew Keegan and his puppy.

Keegan :)

My love.

Daft Beedy's.

My love and his besties on their plane to Acapulco.

Random pic from a shoot with SincerelyJules.

My babies that I dont get to wear very often.

Hope this wasn't too boring.

xoxox Saga

Shoot me.

2010-08-04T18:55:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I did a photo shoot with my good friend Julie. (sincerelyjules.com) She styled the shoot and did an AMAZING job. I wanted to take all of my outfits home with me!!! Check out her blog for some preview pictures. I will put up some of the final pictures on here. Here are a couple behind the scenes shots taken by Julie.

I always have to bring my own shoes because I have miniature feet. :)

xoxox Saga

It's been a long time coming...

2010-07-19T20:09:00.000-07:00

Hi loves! Sorry I have been absent from the blog world for so long. I have finished my kitchen classes at school and just started my internship. For our final we could make any cake we wanted, so I made a super princess cake. I absolutely loved the outcome and it tasted amazing, with lemon chiffon cake, raspberry jam filling, and vanilla buttercream.

Here are a few photos:

I also have to share two adorable photos with you. The first is my boyfriend's friend's daughter with the birthday cake I made her. The second is my 9 month old nephew, Keegan, eating with a Teletubbies hat on. Both of these photos make me smile. :)

P.s. I got the new iPhone, so my photos are going to be much better

and I will be posting more often. :)

xoxox Saga

Versace Spring 2010

2010-07-05T13:07:00.000-07:00

I am usually not a huge fan of Versace shoes...but the shoes for Spring are incredible! I am absolutely OBSESSED! How can you not love these?

photos via style.com

xoxox Saga

TURQUOISE & CAICOS

2010-05-16T21:06:00.000-07:00

Loving the new color from Essie. It matched my Tiffany boxes perfectly. :)

Get it here !

xoxox Saga

THE Perfect Way to Get Ready for Summer

2010-05-06T23:58:00.000-07:00

Now, I am not saying that I am a health or fitness guru, but I do try to eat healthy for the most part. (except for the fact that I have at least one sweet a day) I will admit that getting into the routine of working out, to be ready for bathing suit season, is not my favorite thing to do... BUT I think that I have just found my solution...Cirque School Workout Classes! A veteran of Cirque Du Soleil has opened up a gym in LA that combines circus arts with full-body fitness workouts, with a cardio warm-up and an intense Pilates cool down. Not only does this sound incredible, I think you might be allowed to wear Cirque Du Soleil inspired workout gear. Check out their website cirqueschoolla.com . I will see you there!!!

xoxox Saga

Got that YSL feeling.

2010-05-05T09:45:00.000-07:00

For some reason I woke up in a YSL mood today. Too bad I can't wear my Trib Toos to school...Other than that disappointment I found this bag that I love and also an article on the AMAZING compound in Morocco.

via StockholmStreetStyle

Secret Garden

(Click the link above for the entire article)

xoxox Saga

GOLD

2010-04-29T00:36:00.000-07:00

I have always been a red nail kind of a girl. I am branching out and loving it.

xoxox Saga

Under the Sea Sugar Showpiece

2010-04-25T15:25:00.000-07:00

Last week was a week of sugar. We were all assigned to make an "Under the Sea" themed sugar show piece that had to include a blown sugar fish, blown sugar bubbles, straw sugar, three casted pieces, pressed sugar base, net sugar, coral sugar, and pulled sugar seaweed and flower. This was the result:

xoxox Saga

I am officially the WORST blogger EVER!!

2010-04-12T23:22:00.000-07:00

I honestly think that my last post was over a month ago. I have been sooooo busy with school and moving. (photos to come) My boyfriend and I had a huge move from an amazing downtown LA loft to an equally amazing duplex in Beverly Hills. We have decided that it is neither an upgrade or a downgrade but an amazing change. I am guessing that our dog Umbrella is voting upgrade considering she now has a yard. (I don't think I could have better neighbors than Chanel)

I am now in my second to last lab class at school and am trying to take in every moment. I am so happy to be close to graduating, but I am going to miss school so much. I love being able to wake up 5 days a week and spend all day doing what I love most with some of the best teachers possible. If only classes went on forever........maybe not.

Anyways, this weekend we had a party at the store (www.barracudashop.com) and I made a ridiculous amount of cupcakes. All with hand piped logos out of royal icing. The photos aren't the best...but they will do.

This weekend is COACHELLA!!! So I will have lots of photos to share and there is another party at the store next week. If you are in LA for sure stop by. It should be amazing...and I am making more cupcakes and cookies!!!

xoxox Saga

:)

2010-03-25T09:09:00.001-07:00

Yummy Shoes

2010-03-18T22:16:00.000-07:00

I have been super busy with sit down classes in school right now, so there has been no time for anything!!!!

BUT!

I did have time to fall in love with these....

xoxox Saga

Macaroons at McDonalds?

2010-03-12T09:42:00.000-08:00

Apparently now in France you can get a macaroon with your Big Mac. They are made by the same company that owns Laudree, so they have to be at least be edible. Very cool!

xoxox Saga

Sugar, Sugar, Sugar

2010-03-03T17:49:00.000-08:00

Last week in class we made small sugar showpieces. It had to include straw sugar (wood branch), two pulled sugar roses, one stylized flower, casted base, and a ribbon. I tried to make mine black and white, but it wasn't possible because black turns purple when put into sugar. I honestly am not a fan of the way these sugar sculptures look. They just seem so dated. Once I brought it home I smashed on the ground in the alley way. It felt great. :)

xoxox Saga

Chocolate Box, Truffles, Hand Dipped, and Bon Bons.

2010-02-23T21:28:00.000-08:00

Last week was entirely dedicated to chocolate. I love making chocolate because if it's beauty and potential to be completely perfect.

Port Truffles

front: Cassis Semi-Sweet BonBon middle: Carioca Hand Dipped back: Orange Semi-Sweet BonBon

Carioca Semi-Sweet Hand Dipped

xoxox Saga

Wedding Cakes!!!

2010-02-16T20:36:00.000-08:00

In class we spent all of last week working on our wedding cakes. It was a requirement to make gum paste flowers, cover the cake in rolled fondant, and have three tiers. I decided to make an all black and white cake. Since there is only one flowers that is naturally black in white, and that is an anemone. I also made black and white jasmine and babies breath as filler flowers. As a trim I used a black velvet ribbon.

Here are some other cakes in the class

This hideous one is our class cake...It is 5 tiers and decorated with everyone's extra flowers

It is so much fun making such beautiful things that are completely edible!!!

xoxox Saga

Concrete Creations

2010-02-07T12:08:00.000-08:00

As I was doing research to find inspiration for my wedding cake I came upon these wonderful concrete rings. They are created by a group of graduates from the Industrial Design Department of the National Chang Kung University in Taiwan. In 2006, they created these rings which are inspired by architecture and urban life.

http://www.22designstudio.com.tw/

xoxox Saga

Chocolate Children's Theme Cake

2010-02-07T12:05:00.000-08:00

In class last week we made a children's theme cake. We could choose any theme we wanted, but everything had to be made of chocolate. We were required to have 3 chocolate figures, one pastillage piece painted with cocoa paint. It was a super fun cake and EVERYONE did such an amazing job. My theme was Princess and the Pea, which surprisingly only about 1/3 of the class knew what it was.

xoxox Saga

Acne Pre Fall 2010

2010-02-03T17:11:00.000-08:00

The Acne Pre Fall show was perfect. Beautiful flowers and beautiful shoes.

These shoes are AMAZING!

To see more great things from this show visit

http://caroline.feber.se/art/173039/acne_presentation_at_stockholm/

xoxox Saga

Princess Cake

2010-02-02T22:24:00.000-08:00

At the end of last week we made a Princess Cake. Princess Cake is a Swedish cake that is often used as a birthday cake for girls. It is a white cake layered with vanilla buttercream or whipped cream and raspberry jam or fresh raspberries. It is then covered in green marzipan and topped with a pink marzipan rose. My cake has vanilla buttercream and fresh raspberries on each layer.

xoxox Saga

The Dreaded Croquembouche!

2010-01-30T10:26:00.000-08:00

At the beginning of this week in class we made
a Croquembouche, which is a classic french

wedding cake. The base is made out of nougatine
and the top is made out of cream puffs.
At first I was dreading making this cake,
but it actually ended up being super fun!
...partially because we got 2nd place in the
class competition. :)

(if you look closely you can see the butterfly that is made completely out of sugar)

(the 1st place winner and my favorite out of the class)

xoxox Saga

Kitchen Time

2010-01-27T09:04:00.000-08:00

I am finally back in the kitchen. I have a lot of cool cakes that I am going to be making in the next 3 weeks. Can't wait to post them!! :)

xoxox Saga

Oh Paul.

2010-01-25T23:05:00.000-08:00

I went to the grocery store and saw these great bottles of water. Paul Smith x Evian. I couldn't resist, so I bought a few.

(Paul Smith Women Spring 2010)

xoxox Saga

AMAZING!!!

2010-01-18T00:05:00.000-08:00

xoxox

Saga

Apple of My Pie

2010-01-15T22:03:00.000-08:00

I love eating and making pie. I thought this was just lovely and I hope you do too.

(www.cakespy.com)

I have a long day ahead of me. Working at Barracuda and a shoot. Time to dream about pie.

xoxox

Saga

Imogen Morris Clarke

2010-01-14T21:43:00.000-08:00

This beautiful Brit is not even legal!! She was born March 24, 1992. We literally saw her on just about every runway, such as:

Erdem

Pringle of Scotland

Oscar de la Renta

3.1 Phillip Lim

Marc by Marc Jacobs

DKNY

Diane von Furstenberg

Versace

It is even said that she is set to be in the next Chanel show!!!

She is so beautiful. I am really looking forward to what is to come for this young lady.

Alberta Ferreti

British Vogue

3.1 Phillip Lim

Alexander McQueen

Carolina Herrera

Isaac Mizrahi

(all photos courtesy New York Mag.)

xoxox

Saga

"Daddy, I Need A New Boat."

2010-01-12T12:43:00.000-08:00

He said NO.

Love all of the Chanel Sport pieces. I can just see Coco now....

(chanel.com)

xoxox

Saga

Prada Spring 2010 RTW

2010-01-11T19:18:00.000-08:00

This collection just screams SPRING!! The shoes and bags are amazing.

(click to enlarge)

xoxox

Saga

Long/Short Weekend

2010-01-10T22:51:00.000-08:00

Just a quick post to end the weekend. This was such an exhausting weekend.

Saturday: Woke up early to get my oil changed. Worked at Barracuda for 8 hours by myself. Went to Julie's (from sincerelyjules.blogspot.com) birthday party. Photos coming soon.

Sunday:Woke up early to go to the Rosebowl...but couldn't get myself up to actually go. Instead I met up with my parents at Ikea and ran in to my girlfriend Emily. Rushed back to Barracuda to work for 4 hours. Went grocery shopping and finally home to watch Desperate Housewives and Brothers and Sisters.

SOOO TIRED!!

xoxox

Saga

Shoes and Food...How Can You Go Wrong?!?

2010-01-07T09:38:00.000-08:00

Though I am not the biggest fan of all Christian Louboutin shoes, I love that he is doing collaborations with food and beverage companies. Many of these products are from a while back, but every time I look at the photos I get excited.

Christian Louboutin x Piper Heidsieck

Piper Heidsieck and Christian Louboutin produced this box sex that includes a bottle of champagne and a Louboutin shoe with a crystal heel.

(highsnobiety.com)

Christian Louboutin x Laduree

This collaboration makes my heart flutter. My two passions are pastries and shoes. Christian Louboutin teamed up with world renowned French patisserie Laduree to make beautiful black and red macaroons. If I had these....I don't think I would be able to eat them.

(vogue.co.uk)

Here are two other photos that I loved that combine Louboutins and food.

xoxox Saga

Word of the Day: FABRIC

2010-01-06T09:12:00.000-08:00

(iain crawford)

(solve sundsbo)

(zena halloway)

xoxox Saga

Back to School

2010-01-05T10:30:00.000-08:00

Now that I am back at Le Cordon Bleu life is a little bit more scheduled, just the way I like it. The only down side is that I am not baking all day, and instead I'm in academics. Here are some of my favorite white photos I have in my library. Enjoy :)

Maison Martin Margiela Line 22

Lace-up Oxford

xoxox Saga

An Amazing Video: Jay-Z On To The Next One

2010-01-02T13:44:00.000-08:00

This is such a good music video... so much artist inspirations.

(thathipsterporn.tumblr.com)

HAPPY NEW YEAR and WELCOME TO 2010!

2010-01-01T23:42:00.000-08:00

My boyfriend and I had some New Years festivities at our house. The night was full of good people, good food, and good times. :)

xoxox Saga