A little while ago I was given the opportunity by ooShirts to custom design a T-Shirt for myself. Since I live in the land of fashion and design, I though I would take this opportunity to go a little old school and create a tribute T-shirt for my blog.

While browsing their website I got the idea to use a quote for my t-shirt, since I don’t really have any sort of logo and didn’t particularly want to go with a photo. I also love football jerseys and since they had the option to add numbers and a name to the back of the t-shirt I was sold on the idea.

“All I got is a diamond ring and a Fendi purse, otherwise I look like trash”

This has literally described my everyday appearance for as long as I can remember. There is no other quote that is more me, or more this blog!

I also figured that if I was really going to go old school I was going to have to do an old school photo shoot. Only, this time it was much harder to do with a DSLR.

This photo shoot is so old school smelly and I friggin love it haha! You think I can single handily bring back 2006!?

The ooShirt website was so easy to use that it took me forever to figure out just how I wanted my T-shirt to look. With so many options and such great quality shirts I played around with colours and layouts for hours. They even give you the option to figure out how much your custom shirt would cost before sending off the final design. Genius!

The whole process of creating and ordering my shirt was effortless, and even at the very last minute when I realized I had made a mistake on something, I called them up and someone was able to help me and fix my shirt on the spot. Talk about great customer service!

Now I can’t wait to go out and wear my T-shirt! It is so awesome I can’t even tell you!

Thank You ooShirts!

Today is my Blogiversary!

6 years ago today I wrote my first ever post on Blogger.

While technically I started blogging back in February of 2005 the site that I used no longer exists, and at the time, you weren’t a blogger unless you used Blogger. So I made the switch and the rest was history!

In celebration of 6 amazing years in the blogsphere I ordered 6 pretty cupcakes from Heidi of the Cakelicious Cakes Company. Heidi is the Queen of Cupcakes. I have honestly never had a better cupcake in my life! I figured after 6 years I deserved something sweet to celebrate.

Todays Treat – Raspberry Chocolate Cupcakes with Lemon Cheese Cream Icing

Back when I first started on this journey there was a small community of us bloggers who all shared a common thread, our love of music made by Vancouvers own Matthew Good. Through our love of his music we came together organizing Blogstocks and parties where we all meet up and enjoyed each others company (in person, not through our computers)! One of the most amazing nights was seeing Matt Good perform at the Commodore where I was surrounded by people who I only knew through the blogging world. We all knew each other and yet we had never met; something that was so foreign back then.

That night was probably one of the most memorable nights I have ever experience. I mean, it does help that I met Mr. Ciavarro that night too ;)

Things have changed so much since then. Our little community is no more with most people chosing to close down their blogs (though we still all keep in touch) and social networking taking over the world. It went for me becoming friends with someone after finding their blog and enjoying it to all my friends starting blogs of their own.

Technology moves so fast that it kind of feels like I started blogging in the 80′s and in 6 short years is already 2011. I feel so old school haha! It must feel even weirder for epic bloggers like Tony and Raymi who were around way before me. So many people have come and gone yet they are both going strong. Their blogs truly stand the test of time. I just hope that one day I might get the chance to join their ranks as Epic Bloggers.

This blog has offered me amazing things over the past 6 years. It has given me an outlet to express myself, a place to post  my 5 billion pictures and tell my 10 page long stories. I have met some of my best friends through this blog (The Jew & Shazzi B) and even met the love of my life (which IS the greatest gift this blog has ever given me).

I love my blog and I can’t imagine myself ever slowing down.

I’ve made a few changes to my blog the last little while in terms of links. I use my blog as an outlet for my favorite things, so all my favorite blogs and websites that I check out on a daily basis are linked for all to see.  It’s like a public viewing of my “favorites”. Instead of saving them to my browser, I link them on my blog! It’s also fun to share the things you love with others and it warms my heart each time I check my daily stats and see that people use my blog as a jumping off point to read so many others.

Since my list of favorite blogs and websites was getting to be a bit lengthy, I decided to split them up into categories so that it would be easier to navigate.

City Bits - I love being informed about local events happening in and around Vancouver. These are two of my favorite blogs for keeping up to date with everything that’s going on.

Fashion – A collection of my favorite ladies who blog about fashion, with the majority of them being from Vancouver. Daily wardrobe inspiration can always be found here!

Favorites- Lifestyle blogs are by far my favoirte blogs to read. These ladies (and gents!) amuse me with stories and pictures of their life’s adventures.

Food – I think we all know I am obsessed with food. I have found great recipes and info on these blogs.

Fotos – Professional photographers and the like make their mark with stunning photos I love to look at.

Fun – The essential list for spare time / ‘slacking off at work’ blog entertainment.

Inspiration – With interior design and arts & crafts being my hidden passions, these blogs inspire me every day to get off my butt and create!

I love discovering new blogs, so if anyone has any suggestions, please let me know!  However, I do have a personal policy that if someone doesn’t blog for 2 months or more (with out any info as to if they will return) I cut them from my list. Harsh but true. There is no point going through my list to see the same post from Feb 2011 every single day! I like to keep things fresh and current when it comes to blogs that I read.

I guess the older we get and the more our lives evolve the more our interests change. Clearly I am heading into that stage in life where a house full of kids and puppies is (hopefully) imminent. This is becoming obvious to me because some of my new favorite blogs to read are Mom blogs! Family life, changing diapers, adorable pictures, I want to read it all! Four of my favorite Moms who blog are Adelaide, Elizabeth, Rachel, and Trista. Each of them are at different stages in their ‘Mom Life’ and I love reading all the good and sometimes bad that comes along with being a Mom.

As for me, now that I have my new DSLR and the pictures I take actually turn out the way I want them to, I think I will be more inspired to post outfit photos, get more creative with my food photos, and over all put forth blog posts that I am proud of. I actually feel like I’m maturing here, haha!

Anyways, I hope you enjoy the links that I share with you. Pretend I am Oprah and each blog is on the infamous list of ‘My Favorite Things’ ;)

Yup, I got Tumblr.

I thought about it for a long time. I didn’t really get what it was all about, but after chatting with Shaz, and realizing that some of my favorite sites are tumblr pages, I figured I might as well join the craze.

I’ll mainly be using my Tumblr as an extension of my Twitter. It will fulfill my ‘visual’ needs.

As I said in my Tumblr Header, I’ve been scrap booking my favorite magazine images since I was a kid. I would spend Summers going through all the magazines I had saved up that year and would go on a tearing spree. I have numerous scrapbooks filled with my favorite images. Tumblr will be my digital scrapbook.

If you have a tumblr, let me know! I would love to check it out :)

When Melissa asked me to be a part of the Health and Fitness feature she was doing on her blog, I was more then excited to be a apart of it. While my own health and fitness journey has been a short one, I still felt my two cents might be interesting to read, haha! To read the whole article click here!