Katy Perry.

As you probably already know, if you've read any of my blogs, I love Hollywood and believe each and every individual included in that category has got huge destiny's and I believe God loves them outrageously!

Katy Perry, as most of you know, was raised in a Pastor's home and released a Christian album before going over into the secular arena (which, there is nothing wrong with that in general terms at all) and became famous for, "I Kissed A Girl". Next thing we knew the whole world was asking, "who is Katy Perry?" We came to find out about her time in the Christian music world and so on and so forth.

Her newest CD just came out and I was curious to see what the songs were like as I had heard that some of them were very deep and not as "pop-ey" so to speak. My eldest sister and I, have in the past few months been talking about how we believe Katy Perry is going to come back to Jesus and use her platform to influence the world with the love of Jesus! Soo, in all my curiousity I browsed through her new songs, and came upon a song called, "Who Am I Living For?" I thought, "hmm, this could be interesting!" Since the demo of the song was only 30 seconds long, I looked up the lyrics and to my utter amazement and excitement I found these lyrics:

Yeah eh yeah yeah

I can feel a phoenix inside of me
As I march alone to a different beat
Slowly swallowing down my fear, yeah yeah

I am ready for the road less traveled
Suiting up for my crowning battle
This test is my own cross to bear
But i will get there

It's never easy to be chosen, never easy to be called
Standing on the front line when the bombs start to fall
I can see the heavens but I still hear the flames
Calling out my name

I can see the writing on the wall
I can't ignore this war
At the end of it all
Who am i living for?

I can feel this light that's inside of me
Growing fast into a bolt of lightning
I know one spark will shock the world, yeah yeah

So i pray for a favor like Esther
I need your strength to handle the pressure
I know there will be sacrifice
But that's the price

It's never easy to be chosen, never easy to be called
Standing on the front line when the bombs start to fall
I can see the heavens but i still hear the flames
Calling out my name

I can see the writing on the wall

HECK YESS! God's got her! =)

Peace. Love. Joy.

Fashion at the 2010 Emmys.

Awards shows always present a wonderful opportunity of examining the wonderful fashion choices.

Here are my top 5 favorites of the night(this was hard, as there were a lot of beautiful dresses on that carpet last night):




(Nina Dobrev in a silk Zuhair Murad dress)



(Rose Byrne in Gucci)



(Emily Deschanel in Max Azria Atelier)




(Claire Danes in Armani Prive)



(Kim Kardashian in a Marchesa dress)

Peace. Love. Joy.

Fall 2010 trends and must haves.

This Fall there are so many awesome things trending! Fall is by far my favorite season; the colors, the weather, and the fashion are the best ;)

Must haves:

Military Trend



(this is an AE miltary jacket-$49.50)

The Jegging



(AE Soft Jegging-$39.50)

The Boyfriend Blazer



(LC Lauren Conrad for Kohls- $41.99)

The Leather Jacket



(LC Lauren Conrad for Kohls-$49.99)

LACE Galore!



(Target-$16.99)

Clogs and Leg Warmers are also taking a come back this season. I don't know if I am going to jump on their bandwagons, but props to you if you do ;)

Peace. Love. Joy.

The Olsen Twins.

I don't know about you, but I thought the Olsen Twins had their minute of fame and have been long gone by now.
But, the truth is, they have been busier then ever right under our nose with two fashion lines. One, a high fashion line, the other; available at your local JcPenney.

To be honest I have always been quite intrigued by these girls, besides thinking they have always been beautiful and fashionable...for some reason, they have always just stuck out in Hollywood. I have always wondered what happened to them and what they've been up to. Between rehab stints and connections to Heath Ledger's death, I haven't heard much about them at all.

I pick up a copy of marie claire and find out completely differently. I find out they have been building their empire beneath our noses, and props to them for that!

Their high end fashion line, The Row, has several stores as well as sells online on a handful of sites, ones being Bergdorf Goodman. If you would like to check out the collection on sale at Bergdorf here is the link: http://www.bergdorfgoodman.com/store/catalog/templates/EntrySC.jhtml?itemId=cat302834&parentId=cat30005&masterId=cat000008&navAction=index&ecid=BGSGDIThe_Row&002=2132271&004=1224863166&005=3269876815&006=5778467586&007=Search&008=

They also have a line available at JcPenney called "Olsenboye", and the link for that is, http://www3.jcpenney.com/jcp/XGN.aspx?DeptID=71275&CatID=71282&cmCatLevel=3&shopperType=G&CmCatId=71275. My favorite was the Emma dress...I might just go out and get it, although my closet is probably screaming "Noo!" haha I know plenty of you gals will undertstand that ;)

I guess after all these years of being in the limelight we have come to find out the Olsen Twins are quite the savvy business women, as well as rather brilliant fashionistas.

I'll leave you with a quote from the latest issue of Marie Claire, featuring Mary Kate on the cover. This quote will leave you wanting to go to your local grocery store just to read the whole story. It's worth the $3.99, promise! :)

"I would never wish my upbringing upon anyone....but I wouldn't take it back for the world."

See, told ya it would make you wanna go pick up a copy!

Peace. Love. Joy.

Legacy.

My beautiful Grandmother just celebrated her 90th Birthday this past weekend.
Man, 90 years of life.
90 years of experiences.
90 years of memories.
That is incredible to me.

The things she has seen, the places she has been.
The achievements of her life...it's astounding.

So, this blog is in honor of her life.
In honor of her doing everything she could, when she had no money, to make it through college. She created a legacy for her children, and us her grandchildren, as well, as our children to come.

I love her, Margaret Shea. I am honored to be apart of her legacy and life, and respect who she is, where she has been, and what she has done.

One of her famous sayings,
"Doesn't matter what you do, as long as you love. It's all about love."

Confronting beauty head on.

Have you ever thought of the importance of beauty that is placed on our culture?

Recently, I have been realizing how insane it is.
Everyone has an opinion about your weight, your hair, your face etc.
It gets completely ridiculous.
We try to live up to these standards that aren't even real.

We have become such a self absorbed society.
It really does make me sad.
We will go to such extreme lengths in this country to be considered beautiful.

We are told in our society we have to be this and we have to be that...
but who said they make the rules?
Why can't we define beauty?

I think it takes courage to define beauty for yourself.
It means coming out of the norm.
It means facing your fears straight in the eyes.
And, more than anything it means confronting truth.

I would charge you to be different.
Define beauty for yourself.
And, more importantly stop and realize every single day beauty is available to be seen all around you.



Peace. Love. Joy.

Blake Lively.

Over the years, I have always thought Blake Lively was just naturally gorgeous and I think she has amazing style, whether she is on Gossip Girl or just walking down the street she always looks super chic and cute!