look book: breaking good

Navy and black. Isn't that an illegal combo? Maybe that's what makes me like it more. I don't think it's that terrible together, especially when polka dots and a humungous yellow flower pin is thrown into the mix. 

What do you think? Am I guilty or innocent?

shirt Style by Marina, skirt Ruche, shoes Michael Kors, flower pin c/o Andria Bird

My flower pin was made by Andria Bird, who also made this pretty headband I wore last year! She's kindly offering 20% off any item in her shop with code "MARA20." She makes some gorgeous bridal and party pieces so go check them out!

I'm happy to say this week went by pretty quickly! Do you feel the same? This weekend I'm celebrating one of my bestie's bdays, couch shopping {the blow up mattress doesn't quite cut it}, and hopefully sleeping in. 

See you Monday!

xox

good food festival

A couple Sundays ago Matthew and I went to the Good Food Festival in Santa Monica with my parents. It was a food festival and conference, with food demonstrations and lectures ranging from growing your own fruits and vegetables, preserving and pickling, and becoming a farmer. Matthew was interested in the last one! I especially loved going to Nancy Silverton's lecture. She's the co-founder and head baker of LaBrea Bakery {that's all over the place now}, and also owns Osteria Mozza and Pizzeria Mozza {my favorite artisan pizza place in LA..remember this post?}. Anyways, she showed us how to make three of her favorite summer salads and I pre-ordered her Mozza cookbook almost immediately after the event! It was so fun to spend a bright and sunny afternoon walking around, tasting local foods and eating at the food trucks. I love food! nom nom nom

an avocado taco from the Border Grill food truck

I especially loved that the Cool Haus truck was there. They make these amazing ice cream sandwiches with your choice of cookie + your choice of ice cream + an edible wrapper. Such a genius idea by the way! My sandwich was chocolate chip cookies with peanut butter ice cream {of course}. It's my favorite combo ever! The.best!

xox

look book: beating the season

LA has been such a tease with these cold mornings leading into these hot days. I am so ready for fall and all I want to do is wear houndstooth, plaid, wool... hmm what other fall textures are there? Anyways, I end up sweating during the afternoons {gross!} but feeling all fall for 5 minutes every morning is almost worth it. I might not be able to do a full fall transition right now but little by little I'm getting there! Especially with my cute new Fall booties!

shirt J. Crew, skirt thrifted J.Crew {!}, blazer thrifted necklace Forever 21, green ring c/o LeMode, cuff gift from Matthew, shoes c/o Blowfish

I might be able to blame the West Coast with being behind in the season but I'm blaming myself on being behind in the times. Let me explain. Did you know that there's an iPhone 5 coming out? I'm guessing most of you will be like, "Of course. I live in 2011," but I had no idea.  Like, no idea! I didn't even know it was a possibility, maybe because I'm still stuck in 3G world, but it pretty much blew my mind. I'm thinking of ways to convince Matthew to let me get it. My phone doesn't hold a battery, the photos are so terrible, it will make me a better wife blah blah blah. The only thing is that he ups me with a "I don't even have an iPhone," emphasis on the "I." It's going to be a battle. Wish me luck. 

xox

Yesterday I was featured on Google's Blog post about the new dynamic views. 

You can see mine in Flipcard here. What do you guys think about it? Would you use it?

giveaway: $50 Credit to Shopkempt-CLOSED

Shopkempt is an adorable online store that carries some great items, like the dress I wore yesterday! 

Today's giveaway is for $50 to spend in their online store. Three of my favorite new items are this chunky gray sweater, 

a pretty purple printed dress, and a bright blue jacket! What would you pick? 

To Enter:

1). Must be a follower of M Loves M

2). Visit Shopkempt and leave a comment with what you'd pick!

For extra entries
3). Blog/tweet for extra entries!
4). Become a Facebook fan of M Loves M or follow me on Bloglovin'

5). "Like" Shopkempt on Facebook or follow on Twitter {tweet tweet!}

I'll be picking the winner at random next Tuesday October 4th! Good luck!

xox

UPDATE: The winner is Jenni Austria Germany! Congrats :)

look book: crew cut

I love wearing sweaters over dresses! It gives the outfit such a different look. I love the print on this skirt and thought it would be fun to pair it with this thick orange sweater. It's crazy how mixing and matching a dress with sweaters/tops or skirts can make a piece so much more versatile by looking like a separate.

dress c/o ShopKempt, sweater and belt thrifted, shoes Steve Madden

You know those weekends where you have a huuuge To Do list and you don't really think you can get it all done, but yet you try? Well, that was our weekend. Except we actually got a lot done, especially on Saturday. Then we got a little lazy.. Saturday night we wanted to just relax and watch a movie but we sold our coach earlier in the week. What to do, what to do? With some genius thinking on Matthew's part we blew up an air mattress and put tons of blankets and pillows on it. It was soo comfortable because it felt like we were watching a movie in bed, but we were in the living room! I baked these massive, cafe-style, chocolate chip cookies {a new recipe} and we watched So I Married an Axe Murderer. It's part of Matthew's plan to make me watch all these funny moves that were slightly before my time. It was really funny and I'd definitely recommend it if any of you haven't seen it.

Here's to a hopefully productive week ahead!

xox

look book: lucky

This is what I wore to the Lucky Magazine Styling Competition on Saturday. I really wanted to look polished since I was presenting my different looks so I had to include a blazer jacket. I think it adds an immediate tone of sophistication. And for the rest of the afternoon I could take the blazer off and still look casual enough!

top Forever 21, skirt Ruche, blazer Urban Outfitters, heels Jessica Simpson, earrings c/o Tacori, bracelets, Banana Republic, Lauren Elan, Le Mode Accessories, Forever

For participating in the competition, Tacori gifted the five bloggers with these beautiful green onyx earrings. I had to put them on immediately since I think they worked perfectly with the outfit. I'm not normally an earring girl {too lazy most of the time} but I love these. They're so pretty! How do you guys feel about earrings?

Tomorrow at noon {Friday} is the cut off for voting and I could use all of your votes! Remember if I win I get to do a giveaway and the winner will win a piece of Tacori jewelry valued up to $3500. So please vote on Tacori's fan page, if you get the chance, by liking my four looks. My first look is here, second look here, third here and fourth here! Thanks so much for your support you guys! Hoping I can get this giveaway for you :)

Any fun plans this weekend?? 

xox

giveaway: $50 Credit to Revolving Styles Vintage- CLOSED

Today's giveaway is for Revolving Styles Vintage, an adorable etsy shop that carries the prettiest vintage items. I love that Anna, the shop owner, adds new items so frequently too! I'm particularly loving this green party dress and the blue floral day dress!

To Enter:

1). Must be a follower of M Loves M

2). Visit Revolving Styles Vintage and leave a comment with what you'd pick!

For extra entries
3). Blog/tweet for extra entries!
4). Become a Facebook fan of M Loves M or follow me on Bloglovin'

5). "Like" Revolving Styles Vintage on Facebook or follow on Twitter {tweet tweet!}

I'll be picking the winner at random next Wednesday September 28th! Good luck!

xox

UPDATE: The winner is...Raegan Alicia Branch! Congrats :)

Lucky Magazine's Style Competition: Recap

Over the weekend I had the incredible opportunity to participate as a featured blogger in Lucky Magazine's Styling Competition with Tacori Jewelry and Bloomingdales. As I mentioned yesterday we had 4 different looks to style--Menswear Mod, Fabulously Feminine, Layered Luxe, and Glamour Girl. My favorite look by far was the Fabulously Feminine look..I want to wear that outfit soo badly!! Tacori's jewelry was such an amazing addition to each look.

Menswear Mod: I wanted to do something a little different from the black/white tuxedo looks so I decided to give it a pop of color with an blue DVF skirt.

Fabulously Feminine: My favorite look! I love the hot pink blouse with the tangerine high-waisted trouser pants. I think the camel colored coat gives the bright colors I nice neutral balance. 

Layered Luxe: Sequin Vince skirt with blue Rebecca Taylor blouse peaking out of a chunky sweater

Glamour Girl: red skirt, Marc by Marc Jacobs blouse and some faux fur

the participating bloggers: Live, Love, LA, Natalie Off Duty, B. Jones Style, and Pepper and Chips

So, I have a little favor of you all. {I promise it's worth your while though!!} If you have Facebook please, pretty please, go to Tacori's fan page and vote for my looks {it will show a picture with text saying which ones I styled}. They're sharing each look until Thursday and then tallying the scores on Friday. The winner gets to pick a piece of jewelry from their new 18k925 line as well as the same piece for a {very} lucky reader! Friends, this is huuuge. You can win a stunning piece of jewelry that can be valued up to $3500. Amazing right?? So please pretty please vote if you have a free second! And tell your friends too :)

Also, I'm so curious as to what you think of the looks- if you have a favorite or least favorite. It's always good to get feedback. 

xox

look book: forever a girly girl

Over the weekend I participated in a Lucky Magazine styling competition with Tacori and Bloomingdales. It was such a fun opportunity and I'll post more about it tomorrow. I was a little nervous, though, because we had to style 4 different looks- Menswear Mod, Fabulously Feminine, Layered Luxe, and Glamour Girl. The only one I wasn't as nervous about was Fabulously Feminine since I'd consider myself to be a very girly girl. I love dresses, heels, polka dots, florals, anything that makes me go, "aw!" This outfit is definitely one of my favorites!

dress c/oThreadcase, necklace gift, coat and shoes J.Crew

I'm loving how cool our beach town gets in the evenings. I have a feeling I'll make good use of my coats this fall and winter..thank goodness! I hope you all had a great weekend!

Oh, I also announced the winners of the Ritual Cleanse and Rack and Sack Vintage giveaways! 

I have some amazing ones coming up for you all too, if you didn't win.

xox