Year End

Gifts on Christmas

Polished

Hear Me Roar

Rebel Without A Cause

Shine

Keep Calm and Shut Up

Beauty Basics with Kerasilk Treatment and Maybelline 8-in-1 BB

Exploring Possibilities

A Fighting Chance

Navabi Curvy Blog Award 2013

White Florals

Spooky-oke Night

While my life is mostly boring work day after day, sometimes, I get the chance to go out and meet new people too. Case in point, I got to join the Spookyoke Night hosted by Pinay Curvies at Centerstage MOA where we all came in our plus size costumes and sang the night away. It was also to celebrate the 1st anniversary of our local support group that has been steadily growing in numbers. Woot!

Check out the rest of the photos for Halloween costume ideas! :)

I went as a gypsy! :)

Let Her Know

Army Green

Minnie Strawberry

Made In Korea

I totally forgot to publish this post of what happened during our short trip to Korea for a family vacation-slash-engagement-photoshoot around April of this year! My sister and her fiance were the first two subjects that were captured by my newly-purchased, first-ever Canon DSLR. We played around and tried sneaking away from the tour for a few minutes to get these prenup shots in for their December wedding. It was also a fun learning experience for this newbie photographer and her willing models! :)

Enjoy!

Be A Light

"You're here to be a light - to bring out all the colors in the world."

Red-Legged

Gray Areas

DIY Multi-Chain Bracelet Tutorial

Hello! Sharing with you guys a simple multi-chain silver bracelet tutorial that I did last week. Since arm parties aren't going away any time soon, I decided to make this 3-in-one combo to make the process easier! :)

The Size of A Person's Heart

Unsleeved

Choose to Love

Blog Giveaway: Stylish Gold Accessories

Aren't they purty?

BTS: Model For A Day

Remember me tweeting last week about my photoshoot with friends? Well, here are the behind-the-scenes photos of us goofy amateurs!

One Giant Leap

Chichi's Birthday

What Daughters Should Know

"Because there's nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it's sent away.
You will put the wind in "Win some, lose some."
You will put the star in starting over, and over.
And no matter how many landmines erupt in a minute, be sure your mind lands on the beauty of this funny place called life." - Sarah Kay

Going Boho

Be-YOU-tiful

We all struggle with fluctuations in our self-confidence, especially when we fall short of what society deems attractive and desirable. Sometimes, our confidence is up and out there, and other times, it's hiding in a corner. A reader sent me a letter after reading this and this to share with me her personal struggles with it.

Utilize

Heeled and Booted

PLUS +

(Plus Size Outfits: 1, 2, 3)

All Abloom

Sorry for the none-too-pretty background. Didn't have time to find a better spot as we shot this in between scheduled meetings with my sister's wedding suppliers.

Two Thumbs Up

The Girl In The Mirror

Have you had one of those days where you wake up on the wrong side of the bed with the ultimate bad hair day of all bad hair days and you can't seem to look yourself in the mirror without a depreciating sneer at your reflection? I've been there, and I know just how mean I can be.

Peachy Keen

White Sweetheart

Orange Crush

When Things Go Wrong

This actually happened to me a few days ago. My poor laptop got an unexpected bath from my Starbucks coffee mug. :( Just thought I'd let you know, before someone thinks I've fallen off the edge or something. When one thing goes wrong wrong, I find that other aspects of my life follow suit in a very disorderly manner. The result is total mayhem. (Is this Murphy's law in action?)

Now the 'y' key and number '6' have overrun the whole keyboard so I had to borrow another computer just to type this out. Imagine a blog post that only contains y's and 6's? I got a little freaked out too.

Hoping to have it back in clean and working condition soon!

Hugs,
The Belated Bloomer

Rain or Shine

No Debbie Downer

Days of Blue

Korea: Myeongdong Shopping District, Seoul Tower, Teddy Bear Museum

Here's my once-in-a-lifestime photo opportunity with Prince Charles and Princess Diana bears. I'm not too fond of stuffed toys because my mom gave them away when we were little to avoid sneezing allergies, but (except for the human-sized ones), these bears are adorable!

Click through for the happenings of our last day in Korea!

Black, White and All That Jazz

Maximized

One of my favorite outfits EVER.

Korea: Blue House, Gyeongbok Palace, National Folk Museum, Chicken Ginseng, Hanbok

This installment is all about our super jam-packed 4th day spent in Seoul, South Korea. Click for mooore!

Rainbow Stripes

Korea: Dragon Train, Suwon Hwaseong Fortress, Everland

Let's get back to regular (or should I say unfinished) programming, shall we? Here's the 3rd installment of my Korea trip!

Not Too Sweet

Here's an outfit post (and a bonus close-up of my huge face lol) to give you guys a break from all the travel posts. :)