*UNDER CONSTRUCTION*

While the fairies are spreading their dust over my page please check out my Zaarly page over at:

www.zaarly.com/corinaistheparty

Go! Gawk! Enjoy!

XOXO

Food Rules Everything Around Me (right now)

Wow! When it rains, it pours! GOOD FORTUNE that is! I have been so busy with my makeup clientele and have been lucky enough to have had word of mouth really pick up with my baking/sweet making! For example, I was excited to be invited to bend at this months' Downtown LA Art Walk! Whaaaaat? I'm so pumped! I've actually never been, but all my friends rave about how fun it is. If its even HALF as fun as I hear, tomorrow should be super fruitful! Since I receive the email very last minute, my sweet friend Christina at my local Starbucks hooked me up with all these amazing yummeez! Staying awake should be easy peasy now! Hopefully, tomorrow is as fun as the OC Choclate Festival where my booth was right next to my new friends Lovely Sinfully Sweets! (They were on cupcake wars)!

Alrighty, well tahtah for now! I can't wait to post pictures from tomorrow! And I still owe you pictures from the festival. I didn't forget- they're coming!

XOXO

The West Coast Is The Best Coast

Give me the traffic! Is that really all people think about when they hear "L.A."?!? They must forget that our freeways run along our beautiful valleys and beaches, thousands of palm trees and are surrounded by our sunny skies!!! We have plenty of stores with TONS of options.... No matter what you're in the market for! All week I keep hearing about how "people" don't have traffic where they are from. Lets not forget everything else that is not available everywhere else. I seriously went to pick up some dry cleaning and there was also a fried chicken place, a gourmet hot dog place, a salad place, a coupler fast food joints, a yoga studio and a dentist all right there in the same complex! I love all the culture that is surrounding me at all times!!!

When I go on vacation I always see traffic and wonder if people just don't realize they're sitting in it because its not wasting their "vacation time". But it's there people.

There is A LOT I wish we had here. But I'm pretty happy with everything just the way it is!

XOXO

New York is....

NOT LA.

I just spent the last 2 weeks in NY and Chicago.  Exhausted does not even start to express how I feel! But do you know what does? FULL! (And if inneedofafootmassage was a word, THAT would be the primary feeling!)

I went with my brother to visit my sister in NY and at one point we literally thought someone had stolen our cards! ....then we realized that it was all food....that we had eaten....-awkward-

We really ate our way through NY though! From the original Halal Guys (who had remarkable gyro and chicken bowls) to Magnolia Bakery (with unforgettable red velvet cheesecake and a banana pudding to die for) and every stop in between!

We definitely went to just about every major stop and all the famous neighborhoods.  We even had a chance to see Paul Rudd preform on Broadway! It was amaaaazing!

But CHICAGO! CHI CITY! That's is what I call "vacation"! All the glitz and glam of NY without all the crazy hustle and bustle....(and they have Magnolia Bakery too)! We enjoyed two night at The Hyatt right by the lake and two more nights downtown at The Intercontinental. Ugh!  The Michael Jordan Steakhouse was IN OUR HOTEL! Can you say "room service"? We sure did!! (The garlic bread with blue cheese fondue sauce is so good it should be on bucket lists!)

Well, pictures are soon to come! For now I have to get back to baking. I have prep work to do for The O.C. Chocolate Festival and Zaarly is sending over a photographer to get pictures of my baking on Tuesday! Busy, BUSY week ahead!

I hope your goes as well as mine!

XOXO

Carmageddon Kills L.A.

So Sunday was our second coming of the ultra-ridiculous "Carmageddon". That's where one of our major freeways (the 405) partially closes for construction during one weekend.

Partially.

         

 ONE.

                   

Weekend.

And people thought only rain made Angelinos forget how to drive. Nope! Apparently construction does it too -_-

Well, luckily I was staying away from all that and just baking my heart out! I was asked to do  makeup at a fashion show and was lucky enough to be given a vending opportunity.  So you better believe I jumped on that!

I decided to make cheesecake and truffles. Not just plain cheesecake and chocolate truffles, NO.  The cheesecakes were Pumpkin and Oreo. Then the truffles were Red Velvet covered in bittersweet chocolate and dusted in gold and Cake Batter covered in white chocolate and topped with colorful non perils.  The table was a hit and the decorations were adooorable (if I do say so myself).

 

 How yummy?

 

 

Today though, a photographer came to shoot my pictures for my storefront that is going to be featured on Zaarly.com when it launches it's Los Angeles site coming up this month! Very fun! I'm always on the other side of the camera.... plus, I didn't have anyone to do my makeup.  Not as glam as the usual photo shoots I'm on, but definitely more fun! 

I also just found out that I am boarding a 7 a.m. flight TOMORROW to New York to go see my little sister.  I'm so SO excited!!!  Fabulous, fun pictures to come!  I had an awesome week and hope you all did too!

XOXO

Treats! Treats! They're good for your heart!

I had QUITE A WEEK!

I did makeup for a new product that was shot by a crazy photographer in a super sketchy studio! But luckily, I went with a friend, the production artist was amaaazing, and the model was a sweetheart! It was my first packaging shoot too so I'm really looking forward to the finished product!

Then I made a test batch of some Cake Batter Truffles! They came out pretty adorable. I'm selling them a fashion show in Pasadena on the 30th! I'm very excited! I'll be doing the models' makeup AND was given a vendor opportunity! YAY!!!

Other than my school and work I've been swamped with making the decorations for my booth. I'm going with a peacock color scheme for the decorations. And I'll be selling Cake Batter & Red Velvet Truffles as well as Pumpkin & Oreo Cheesecakes!!! Nomnomnom!!!!

So super busy lately, but can't wait to post pictures of it all!

For now enjoy the picture of my truffles and come get some at The Terrace in Pasadena on the 30th of September!

XOXO

Nice to meet you too!

HI!

You know when you think you have good stories?
     You enjoy making people laugh?
          People tell you "you should write a book!"?

Maybe not....Well, that's me! But there is nooo wayyy I'm picking up a paper and pen to put down my stories any time soon.... So I'LL BLOG!

(That's what you do now, right?)

So I'm a makeup artist/crafter/foodie/accessory designer/traveler/music lover/perma-student/sister/daughter/friend. I'm interested in everything! :)

I live with my younger brother and our lives are constant adventures! We have a younger sister and the 3 of us were made by 2 crazy-adventurous parents and are Southern Californian, Los Angelinos to our core! Sunny skies and palm trees are the only way to live! <3

I hope my stories & pictures entice you, get you hungry, get you motivated, make you laugh, teach you something new, and just all around entertain you!

XOXO