May
03
2013

Michelle’s Fancy ’20s Great Gatsby Birthday Party at the Millennium Biltmore

Watch me frantically edit pictures from Michelle’s LAST birthday because she has another one coming up this Monday! :-O Last May, Michelle celebrated the end of her 20s with a ’20s Great Gatsby-themed birthday party (Oh you clever lady!) at the beautiful Millennium Biltmore.

Jessica, Michelle and me. How freaking amazing does Michelle look?! Jessica and I are idiots and just look like we’re dressed to go clubbing or something. We do not own any elegant ladylike clothing.

And these were Michelle’s bad ass shoes. This lady seriously blows me away with her sweet ass DIY style.

Exploring the hotel with Jessica and Yume. There was a high school prom happening that night, which we were trying to spy on because we wanted to see all the pretty dresses. We weren’t able to crash the actual prom, but we did get to see a constant stream of girls coming in and out of the bathroom in their sparkly gowns and tiaras. Then we stopped spying because I realized I’m a creepy lady in my ’30s loitering around high schoolers. Someone call security!

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May
02
2013

Dinner at the Galley in Santa Monica, Trash Can on Fire, How to Stop Wasting My Life

If there’s one thing I can’t resist, it’s a theme restaurant! I was so excited when Jessica introduced us to The Galley, a ship-themed restaurant that looks like Christmas threw up inside of it. Apparently this place opened in 1934 and is one of Santa Monica’s oldest restaurants. Pretty cool!

Susie, me and Kevin

This was our table. Amazing.

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Apr
28
2013

Tess’s Going Away Dinner Party at Dosa!

Last year Tess and her man moved to New York and celebrated with a going away dinner at Dosa in San Francisco. Mmmm Indian food! Oh and these pictures are exactly one year and one day old, which is my new world record for late blogging.

Me, Kevin, Tess, Nate, Hairy, Twinkie and Jen

This bread was huuuuuuge! I wanted to take it home and use it as a pillow.

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Apr
03
2013

New York IMATS Trip… 2012

I guess since I am going back to New York tomorrow, I should probably post my pictures from last year’s New York IMATS trip, ha! Sugarpill wasn’t exhibiting, but I like to check out all the different shows to see what’s new and say hello to friends, namely OCC! We stayed at the beautiful Night Hotel which prides itself on being super dark and gothic. It was awesome except that it’s SO DARK, we had trouble getting dressed and doing our makeup all weekend.

We were thrilled to learn that Twinkie and Amanda happened to be in town that same weekend for a craft fair.

Amanda, Sarah, Twinkie and me in the hotel bar before heading out to dinner!

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Feb
25
2013

Natalia Fabia’s Miss Hooker Beauty Pageant at the Dragonfly and Group Show at Corey Helford

Taking a break from busy busy work to post some OLD ASS pictures!

Last year we were one of the sponsors of Natalia Fabia’s awesome Miss Hooker beauty pageant at the Dragonfly. I didn’t get any pictures of the actual pageant because I was standing in the back behind some guy’s giant head, but here are the few pics I did take!

Lumi, Natalia and me. Natalia was suuuuuper pregnant and looked amazing!

Ran into Debbi who looked super gorgeous, and got to meet Missy, one of my very first Myspace friends from seriously a decade ago! It was so crazy that we remembered each other. She is as beautiful and sweet in person as I remembered her being online!

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Feb
13
2013

Sugarpill Turns THREE! 20% Off Sale. Party Time!

The terrible twos are over – We’re turning three! Celebrate with us by getting your shop on at Sugarpill with 20% off all pressed and loose eyeshadows.

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Jan
30
2013

Santa Monica Pier

David and Emily were in town for The Makeup Show LA when I realized that I had no idea what David looked like without an OCC work shirt because we only ever see each other at makeup shows. We decided to fix that with a day of fun and sun at the Santa Monica Pier!

Standing on the street corner with Yume and Lauren while David and Emily drove around lost for 100 hours. A very enthusiastic lady approached Lauren and kept asking for her phone number.

Yay you made it, David! And you look thrilled.

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