Fashion Inspiration: Ready to Shine!

This holiday season is all about sequin dresses, pants and skirts...!! My rule when using sequins is to keep it classy and simple, nothing too tight... or too short, and always keep accessories to the minimum!

What are your rules?

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American Express Giveaway + Holiday Shopping Challenge

I am so excited to announce that Everything Fabulous has partnered with American Express to celebrate the season in style! American Express is committed to making the most out of the holiday season, that is the reason they have created Small Business Saturday to support local business and Membership Rewards Program, a great resource to learn how to use points and save big time this season!

As part of the Holiday Shopping Challenge, American Express will give a lucky winner a USD 250 Gift Card Certificate  that will be announce in my next post where I would share ways I was able to stretch the holiday budget by using American Express Reward Points when shopping for 5 of my loved!!!

How fabulous is that?

How to participate:

1. Leave a comment on this post and share things and tips you do to stay within your holiday budget!
2. You can also Tweet about the giveaway here is an example:
" Get a chance to win USD 250 gift card with @americanexpress via @everythingfab http://ow.ly/7JEZG "
Come back and leave a comment!
3. Facebook about is and come back and leave a comment!

Bonne chance!!

* Giveaway is open to US residents only.

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Hair Inspiration: Ballerina {...sock} Bun + How to Video

I am such a fan of romantic chignons, messy buns, chestnut bun and now the ballerina bun... but thought the latest was totally out of my reach with my thin hair.... until I discovered the ballerina-sock bun! Love it because it looks so much thicker and fab!

Have you ever done it before?

Here is the video and step by step:




Tip: to keep your sock doughnut from unrolling...simply tide some rubber bands around it!

{Images via Pinterest, Video via Breath of Color, tutorial via Made in Pretoria}
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A Brand New Week + Street Chic Sequin

..... hello gorgeous!! Ready for a fabulous new week? I have a day packed with meetings and to-do lists but after a relaxing couple of days... I'm ready to have a great week, keeping in mind that:

" The happiness of your life

depends upon the quality of

your thoughts!"

~Marcus Aurelius

How cute is this sequin sweater with an open back? You can buy it {here}

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{late} Weekend Links

How are you lovelies? Hope you had a long relaxing weekend...!! We literally spent most of the weekend just relaxing at home... with some quick shopping trips here and there.... I bought 10 pine wreath.. and love how the smell of fresh pine!

Here are a couple of links you might like:

DIY: Rubber Stamp Holiday Cards
Diet: Winter Cocktails with Sneaky Calories
Flowers: Time to Plant for some Whitepaper bulbs, you can buy them {here}
Fashion: Advent Calendar + Printables
Style: Red Snood
Decor: Pink bookshelf
Fashion: Celine New Bags
Wedding Inspiration: Polo Photo shoot!
Online Magazine: Anthology
...inspiration for the week!

Ready to start your Christmas decor? See you tomorrow... I have some exciting news to share this week... I just can't wait!!

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Decor Inspiration: A Traditional-Chic West Hollywood Home

What a lovely house....love the whitewashed floors in the entrance against the black door! The dark blue toilette, always a fav or mine! ..... a great example on how blue and whtie ginger jars and big baskets are always oh so very chic!

Hope you are enjoying your weekend! I'll be back later on with links to share!

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Giving Thanks...

To fabulous memories and full tummies...Hope you have a lovely Thanksgiving today!!!

From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU!!!! For reading, commenting, sending me an email and sharing this little space with me!

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Food: Walnut, Caramel and Chocolate Ganache Tartelettes

I've decided this year I'm going to change the typical thanksgiving dessert.... and I am going to do individual apple galettes with vanilla ice cream and these decadent walnut, carmel and chocolate ganache tartelettes...! Not only I think the presentation looks divine but I think it would be fun for each one to have their own mini dessert! I'll let you know hoe it goes!

What will you do for dessert?

Here is the recipe:


Flaky Pie Crust with Walnuts {Makes 6-8 tarts}
Ingredients
* 2 cups all purpose flour •
* 1 cup ground walnuts •
* 125 g {1/2 a cup} butter •
* 1-2 egg yolk {if the eggs are big one will do it}
* 2-4 tbsp cold water {do 2 tbsp per egg yolk}

1. Mix flour and diced butter Until Everything Comes Together.
2. Add the yolk and water and mix until you have a smooth dough.
3. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and put in fridge for at least 30 minutes.
4. Preaheat the oven to 200 ° C {400°F} and position rack in the center. Lightly grease the pans. Roll out the cold dough (about 3 mm thick) on a floured surface. Slightly cut out out the rounds that are bigger than your pans.
5. Transfer dough to pans and make holes in it with a fork.
6. Place the dough with a piece of parchment paper on top and fill it with dry beans or rice.
7. Bake for about 10-12 minutes until the edges are golden brown. Remove the parchment paper and rice / beans and bake for another 5 minutes.

... for a sweeter dough, add 1-2 tbsp of granulated sugar!


Caramel Sauce
Ingredients
* 2 cups sugar •
* 125 g butter •
* 150 ml heavy cream

1. Heat the sugar in a saucepans without stirring. Once the sugar starts melting and becomes a lovely amber brown color, swirl a few times.
2. Remove from heat and swirl until all the sugar is melted.
3. Heat the cream in another saucepan. Meanwhile start adding diced butter to the sugar. Be very careful so you do not get caramel on yourself, it is HOT!
4. Once the butter is added, it will start to curdle a bit, but just keep stirring and it will come together.
5. Put the saucepans back on the heat. Add the cream, a little at a time. Be careful, it will spit and spatter like crazy!
6. Let the caramel boil for a couple minutes and then remove the pan from the heat. Let cool store in the fridge.

* to cut on baking time and have more of a taste like home {not to mentioned is delicious} I am going to do it with real Dulce de Leche!

Chocolate Ganache {Makes enough for 4 tarts}
 Ingredientes
* 1 cup heavy cream •
* 1 cup chocolate (chopped or chips)

1. Place chocolate pieces in a large bowl.
2. Heat heavy cream on medium high until it comes to a boil. Remove from heat and immediately pour cream over chocolate and stir until completely mixed and glossy.
3.Allow ganache to cool before pouring over cakes as a glaze. The longer you allow the ganache to cool, the thicker it will set.

To assemble tartelettes:
Pour 2 tablespoons of milk jam at the bottom of each tartelet. Refrigerate for about 30 minutes. Spoon some chocolate ganache over the milk jam until you reach close to the top. Refrigerate a couple of hours before serving to let the ganache and milk jam set.


{Image and recipe via Call Me Cupcake}

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Tablescape Inspiration:Gold Details

.... golden accents make the tablescape immediately feel more glam and elegant! Some simple plate chargers against a white tablecloth, or a couple of candle votive and my fav.... gold flatware!

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Fashion Inspiration: Massimo Dutti November Lookbook!

Great inspiration for all the Christmas parties and end of year soirees happening after Thanksgiving! Love the quality of Massimo... too bad these items where not on sale a couple of weeks ago when I was in Paris, I would have love a blush cashmere sweater and some cigarette pants!

Love the makeup how they did the winged eye {go here for how-to video} with nude lips!

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Enjoy a Relaxing Weekend + Links

Hope you are enjoying a relaxing weekend! I spent all days yesterday watching my kids play football, my husband racquetball... with all boys in the house I guess Sports on Saturday is going to be something that I better get used to!!! End up having a long lunch with the family and then cozy up for some movies, wine and cheese with my husband {we watched for the 10th time Julia & Julia... perfect movie to get inspired to cook delicious meals}! Today, I am getting the house ready for Thanksgiving, buying online Christmas decor {here and here}, and starting to work on my holidays cards!
How about you, any fun plans this weekend?

here are a couple of links you might like:

Thanksgiving Inspiration!
Guide: How to Survive Thanksgiving!
How to: Keep a Pretty Fridge!
Tablescape: A different thanksgiving centerpiece, and here is the video on how to do it.
Decor: Glam Bathroom!
Shopping: In Love with these Holiday Cards and these French Collections Cards
How to: Preping the Powder Room
Food: Chicken Pot Pie!
DIY: Friendsgiving Party Printable!
Decor: Hang your Hermes.
Online Magazine: Sweet Paul, Gifted is Out!
DIY: Gold Toe Flats
Decor: At Home with Anouck Lepère
Fashion: Hot to have a functional & fabulous wardrobe

Check out my Gift Guide on Have to Have
...my glitter loafers and my new Sandro sweater!

Thank you for all your comments and emails.... I'm trying to reply to all.... it's just taking a little bit longer... but promise I'll get there!!

Hugs & kisses!
Sasha

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Sponsor Post: Say Thank You with Chocolate!

I love to give chocolate on Thanksgiving! I save gift cards and presents for Christmas, but when it comes to saying thank you... nothing sweeter than chocolate! I usually get a couple of gift boxes from Michael's {love the one from Martha Stewart}, add some textured paper, glue a nice ribbon, get a nice holiday punch to ad to the box! You can also get a cute stamp with a special thank you note! Fill the inside with some delicious Lindt... and voila you have a great gift from the heart to say thank you to a teacher, friend, etc!


Here are some of my boxes:

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Disclosure: Compensation was provided by Lindt via Glam Media. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author and are not indicative of the opinions or positions of Lindt.





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