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Las Vegas. Sin City. Home to sky-high heels, all night gamblers, over-the-top glitz and glamour shows, and of course, the biggest wholesale fashion trade show on the West Coast! Last week Lavender Crush had its first booth in the Las Vegas POOLTRADESHOW. The show is a part of MagicWWD, and is pretty much a massive beast of fashion vendors, boutiques, and mainstream buyers from around the world. Cue ALL the excitement and, of course, ALL the anxiety. I've manned booths for other brands at these shows a zillion times during my years as a wholesale fashion rep, but having my own booth with my own jewelry collection brought...

Summer is the perfect time to hit the reset button. To rest, reboot, and come back refreshed and ready to take on the world. Right? Well, I took a vacation to visit family for a week in the midwest, and I had a blast! The weather was great, the grass was actually green, and I got to kick back, relax, and enjoy some good Wisconsin beer with people that I love.  But you know what wasn't such a blast? Getting back into actually working again. If taking breaks to reboot is supposed to be like hitting the refresh button, why is it always so...

With a summer heat wave sweeping the nation and no pool to cannonball into, this week was the perfect time to concoct a different, yet equally refreshing way to beat the summer heat.  Inspired by the fresh strawberries and spearmint in my garden, I came up with this awesomely refreshing summer drink. Although it's similar to a berry mojito, the ginger beer gives it a nice kick and a welcome change.  BONUS: the coconut water is hydrating and will help prevent a hangover! What you'll need: 1 pint glass 2 strawberries (1 sliced, 1 unsliced for garnish) 1 handful of mixed berries (I used blackberries, raspberries and blueberries)  1 handful...

I relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area from Los Angeles last month, and this question has been on my mind quite a bit lately: How do you make new friends as an adult? Ever since the move, it's as if my surroundings perpetuate this curious question. Every time I talk with somebody, listen to a podcast, overhear a conversation, or open Facebook, I wonder HOW even more. As a young kid, friendships were easy. I lived on a block with 5 or 6 other girls my age and since they were the only ones around to "play house" with, we inevitably became friends. It wasn't something we thought...