Do Better 2016!

Every year everyone compiles their list of New Year's resolutions and pretty much always fall of the tracks around March or April. After being asked more than a handful of times, I decided that basically all I really want to focus on is to "Do Better" and that this will be my mantra for the year. I can't ask myself to be perfect, or to strive for unattainable goals. All I can really expect from myself is to do better than each day before. Now, there are always things I wish to improve on which you will see below but I honestly can't say I have ever successfully attained any New Years Resolution I have ever set. So, at 26, I have decided not to really set anything and I have a great feeling that 2016 is going to be a great one. I want to read more books, watch less television, take a trip to Hawaii, and maybe even attempt getting into some type of Yoga or Pilates. Will this happen? Maybe, maybe not. All I will be focusing on is waking up each and everyday and do better than the day before. I challenge everybody else to do the same and hope everyone starts their 2016 off right!

Bye Bye Netflix & Chill, Hello Books! 

Aloha!

Xoxo, 

Jessica Leigh

He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not

Yay! Yes, everyone will gasp but my most favorite holiday is just around the corner! Valentine's Day! As much as it has been made into a "Hallmark Holiday," I still find it to be one of the most important holidays to show my love towards those close to me. From the days when I was a kid, making the slotted cardboard desk box for me and my classmates to exchange our handmade cards and candies into was always so much fun. Now, as an adult, hosting a crafting party, sending those valentines off in the mail each year is one of the most fun things especially with me and my craftiness pent up day after day. Papersource is always the place for me to find the essentials for my cards, embellishing antique valentines I have found in thrift shops or even creating brand new ones altogether.

Being in my mid 20's, I can completely understand how this holiday can get expensive but I encourage everyone to get creative! Whether it be a small handmade card or a lush bouquet of red roses, make this holiday fun! Below is a carefully selected playlist that brings the past to the present and will have a great twist of fun for an evening with any loved one. Hope you enjoy!

              

Happy Valentine's Day! 

                             

A cute surprise photo-shoot for Mom is always fun for Valentine's Day! Be creative! Have fun! 

Valentine's Day Playlist

Enjoy!

XOXO,

Jessica Leigh

Blah, Blah, Blog

I debated for a good amount of time whether or not to create a new blog after the idea was constantly swirling through my brain. When I first started reading blogs years and years ago, there were many times when I would wonder how much time  do people actually devote from their lives to this "hobby." What's the point? Entering into this blindly, knowing nothing, I realized that the blogging world starts friendships with your readers, creating a community of smart, funny, ambitious women who more than likely would be some of my great friends if we all were to live near each other.

The blogging world allows you to share your passions, explore what inspires you and best of all, VENT! I debated for a good year and a half whether I would create a blog or not. Would I have actual time to devote to it while adding to my full time job? What would my blog be about? Would anyone even read it? And then I realized, the reason I would write and create this would be to do it  for myself. With that, it would just be something extra if people actually liked it. With this blog, I wanted it to be a place for me to express my love towards my interests, passions, family and friends. I wanted it to be something that would make people smile and warm their soul, the same way I felt after reading some of my favorite blogs. I wanted to write about things very close to my heart. I wanted people to feel inspired to do more.

I may not have been doing this long but I have been blessed to have talked and met with some amazing people. I have become friends with so many wonderful humans that I otherwise would more than likely never have had the chance to meet. I thrive off their positive support. I look forward to the future when I can look back and have this wonderful life of mine documented. I hope you as readers find inspiration to create your own potentially & enjoy.

Xoxo,

Jessica Leigh

Pop, Pour & Clink!

Everything seems to happen so fast. Some good, some bad. 2015 ah, what to say about it. Life didn't change too much. I changed jobs and began working in the bougie town of Beverly Hills at BHLDN as a Bridal Stylist. My family had to put down one of our beloved dogs after being diagnosed with untreatable cancer in late 2014. And I had my heart broken once again in the later days of October.

It's interesting how each year really is just another chapter in the big book of life. As cheesy as it sounds. Some years are good, others are bad. Amazing how as you get older, the years get more complicated, more stressful, beating each day down to the pulp just to get by and make memories. I find that the biggest motivations for me are found in words, whether they be from a book, my own Mom, or even a stranger on the street or even Pinterest. They motivate me, push me to find myself and be a better person. As silly as it sounds, I find solace in them. A glimmer of hope.

These are just a few of my favorites. More to come. I definitely plan on posting more and can't wait for what 2016 holds for everyone!

Xoxo,

Jessica Leigh