New blog! (+ my blog story)

First of all HAPPY NEW YEAR! 

As the title says... I created a new blog! I mentioned this a long time but I was trying to set some things up and I decided to begin it the first day of the year :)

The new blog won't be very different from this one but I will add a new aspect and I will make more personal posts.

The new blog is Fashionably Sparkly. 

2012 was a great year with its ups and downs but in the blogging aspect I think that my goal of blogging more often was achieved. 

I have had this blog for 3 years now. I started it not because it was trendy or something like that. I loved watching videos on Youtube and from that I developed a love for fashion. I've always liked to upload videos on Youtube but I didn't like the idea of people from my school watching them. Moreover, I only watched English speaking Youtubers and my first language is Spanish so I would speak in English but my pronunciation was not perfect at that time – and it's not perfect yet–. That's why I thought that blogging could be a replacement for making Youtube videos. Thanks to this blog I have learnt many things and I hope learn many more with the new blog. Every time I saw a comment, I was so happy. So, I want to thank all of you for having taken your time to write. THANK YOU.

 I'm not sure if I will delete this blog, I have spent here a lot of time. I haven't decided yet what I'm going to do with it. Maybe I will change the fashion topic and I will start again with another theme.

I hope this 2013 is for  all of you a great one and I wish you all the best!

- California Dreams

Last minute Christmas presents!

I made a list for those of you who are late on getting the last gifts! I just wanted to make a simple and affordable list. Many of these things you can find them anywere, probably not the same ones, but similar.

1. Books are always a good choice. There are always a type of book for someone. Biographies, cooking, make up, art, photography, advice... 

2. Socks are a classic. You can find them with a Christmas pattern or just animals! 

3. Beanies and gloves are also a very typical gift, and they are perfect for Winter –just make sure that they don't get those things every holiday!– 

4. Sweaters with cute animals or with Christmas patterns are a great present because they can wear it all year!

5. Lotions, perfumes, candles... if they like scents, this is the gift for them!

6. Does she or he own an iPad? get them a case! instead of a plain one, go for one with a pattern or picture! If they don't have an iPad, I'm sure they will have a phone or a laptop, try to find a case for any of those things.

Sometimes these presents aren't meaningful for those people... you can try to get a beautiful photo album and print pictures of the times you spent together this year, add quotes or anything you think it can make it special and leave a page or a couple to add photos you take on Christmas! :)

All those little things...

ASOS Stone & Pearl Bangle

I love browsing online stores, although I never buy anything! Today I found myself browsing the ASOS website and I saw this beautiful bangle. It inmediately caught my eye! I love how it looks like a piece of jewelry that one of the Disney princesses would wear. That was the first thing that came to my mind! It looks delicate, classic and expensive, but it's only $14.07 / £8.00 / 11.11€!

And since it's the time to get dressed for parties I thought it can be the perfect accesory to add to your dress :)

Which piece of jewelry is a must for you?

Party dresses

Party dresses por californiadreams con one shoulder sleeve dresses

Hello! Christmas is here and it's time to start Christmas posts!
I decided to begin with dresses. It's very important to chose the perfect dress for that Christmas eve party or New Year's eve because you will take tons of photos!

I personally love dresses with sparkles and a tutu!
With any dress you wear, a pair of plain black pumps will always go perfect! but if you are wearing a beautiful little black dress, I suggest you to wear some colorful heels, glittery ones or with spikes! with plain dresses these type of shoes are perfect but if your dress is filled with embellishments, well, I would wear a pair of simple shoes maybe a black ones with a bow? or gold heels! In my opinion gold and silver are party "neutrals" they go with anything!

Trends you should try for the holidays: baroque, burgundy/oxblood and sequins/glitter.

It's December and if you live in the northern Hemisphere, it will be Winter! so you will need to wear a nice coat, here I give you some suggestions.

Hope you have a great time attending to holiday parties!

Stay warm in the Winter time!

Stay warm in Winter por californiadreams con asos

Winter is coming! It has already snowed in many countries and where I live it's very cold and it's not Winter yet! So I decided to make a list of my favorite coats to be ready for this very cold weather.

Right now I'm obsessed with blazer coats! They have the structure of a blazer but the thickness of a coat. These coats are very nice and they look great with anything! –numbers 1, 2, 3, 4–
I'm a huge fan of tweed and this leather and tweed jacket –number 5– is just amazing. I love mixing two different fabrics, it makes the jacket more interesting –numbers 5, 6–
Who said that we can't wear the mint color in Winter? I love pastel colors and I don't know if you can see it but the zipper in the 7th coat is gold. Pastel + gold = MY FAVORITE COMBINATION!
And finally, the last one, I think it would look perfect with a skirt and boots! It's very vintage-looking and the belt enhaces your waist. My other favorite thing about this coat is the flowy structure at the end and it also looks like a dress! :)

A little bit of organization!

Hello! This week's obesession has been... desk organization! I always want my desk to be clean and organized. However, it doesn't happen very often. When I'm about to clean it, I love looking at beautiful pictures with well-organized desks. This week, I have been watching desk organization videos on Youtube, for me are very interesting and they give me many ideas!

Here are some of my favorite desk areas: 

Pictures Sources: 1 2 3 4 

Favorite pieces to make your fall wardrobe!

Fall wardrobe by californiadreams featuring a pea coat

Today's post is for everyone who says that doesn't have anything to wear!
I've chosen pieces that you can match with anything from the picture and have several outfits for any ocasion!
If I went out on the night time, I would wear the sequined top with the leather skirt, the ankle booties and the coat! If you don't like sequins you can always tuck the peplum flower top into the leather skirt and wear the ballet flats or the ankle booties. I don't like the combination of the leather skirt with the riding boots but I think that with the burgundy and navy jeans would look great!
With the sweater you can make as many combinations you want, I love it! It's a must have piece in my wardrobe!
Add your favorite bag and accesories and you're ready go to, now you have something to wear ;)

Demi, skirts and positivity

I was supposed to update the blog at least once a week every friday but yesterday I couldn't so I'm doing it today :)

I finally got another issue of Teen Vogue and Demi Lovato is on the cover! :D She's amazing!

For this week I would say that I have been very into skirts, I love wearing them with oversized sweaters and long cardigans as you have seen in my last post although I didn't weart them too much this week...

I'm trying to do something to feel better with myself and it's smiling; when I'm not feeling comfortable with a situation, I try to smile and I see things clearer and I feel better, this month I'm trying to show more often my positive side :)

I have also been posting some pictures lately on Instagram! if you want to see them I'm myglitterworld :)

and also check my Pinterest, I try to pin something every day ^^ 

How I wear a bandage skirt

Fall outfit por californiadreams con platform boots


I love bandage skirts, but I don't like how they look on me and I always think they are too short! but I think that Fall and Winter are the perfect seasons to wear them for two reasons: tights and long cardigans! Those two are the key pieces of the outfit.
The cardigan must be long enough to cover the skirt and the tights to show less skin.
I also love how these skirts look with sweaters :)
If it's very cold outside knee high boots are perfect but you can wear the shoes you want.
I added to this outfit a colorful infinity scarf and a burgundy purse to add some color :)

What are your favorite ways to wear bandage skirts?

Clothing rack + leather vest + combat boots

Source: wehearit.com

I wish the picture above was my own clothing rack but due to the lack of space in my room, I don't see this possible for now, but in the future... who knows :)

Last Summer I was looking for a crochet vest and now I'm looking for a leather vest!

I saw how cute a white leather vest looked with many outfits and that's my goal for this Fall/Winter, but I was thinking that maybe a black one could work better for Winter...

Source: Zara.com

I love this one from Zara! but it's quite expensive, so I'll keep looking :)

It has been raining a lot lately so I had to wear my combat boots all the time –I didn't want to wear riding boots because it wasn't very cold outside and I don't have rain boots– so I have been wearing a lot of leather, burgundy, camo, black... it was something different, sometimes I felt like Cara Delevingne wearing a 'model off duty' outfit haha.

Source: tumblr.com via Dreamer on Pinterest

Baroque and pink

Baroque and pink por californiadreams con metal jewelry

Hello! I'm here again with a new baroque inspired outfit.
Pencil skirts have been one of my latest obsessions lately and I fell in love especially with this one because it has a beautiful baroque print on.
 I love being comfy in my everyday routine and a chunky sweater is perfect for this outfit because the skirt looks very tight therefore the sweater makes it more relaxed and perfect for everyday.
The ankle booties give you a little bit of height and with the leather jacket you have a rocker chic outfit.
For the complements I chose a bright pink purse because I wanted to enhace the pink details of the skirt. I also decided to add an statement necklace with some neon colors.



Would you like to see more outfits inspired in this trend?

Sweater dresses

One thing that I love to wear every winter are sweaters. They are very comfortable for those cold winter days and oversized sweaters are a must for me because they look like dresses! I love wearing them with tights or jeggings and boots. 

I love looking at high-end clothes even thought I can't afford them but  I can always find inspiration to make a DIY :)

Lately, I have been obsessed with making my own clothes/jewelry... well, I have always loved making things!

Here are the sweaters you see in the picture:

1.Markus Lupfer  - I love the sequin collar

2.See by Chloé - Comfy and warm for cold days

3.Jil Sander - Varsity inspired sweater dress. I love the satin of the sleeves!

4.Sonia Rykiel - Fucsia + navy = LOVE

5.Stella McCartney - Stripes and more stripes

6. Stella McCartney - The pattern looks like a HUGE collar :)

7.Giambattista Valli - I love this "rain" pattern!  it's everywhere right now

8.Phillip Lim - Modern and classy

They are very easy to style.

For pants you can choose leggings, jeggings, thights... and for shoes, you can go for a pair of high heels, booties, boots, sneakers, oxfords... if you want to add accesories to your outfit I would go for long necklaces, statement necklaces, especially if you're wearing a monochrome and simple sweater or if it's very cold, you can go with a cute scarf :)

Elegant Baroque

Elegant Baroque por californiadreams con michael kors


I don't know why but I'm becoming obsessed with the baroque trend... I didn't like it at first but each time I look at it in magazines I fell in love with it a little bit more.
I'll create some outfits for the next weeks with this trend to give you some ideas :)

This one, I think it's perfect for a formal party. I love the gold pattern of the skirt so I didn't want to add to much gold besides from the jewelry :)
The tank top and the flats are black because there's already many color and pattern going on.
For the accesories I decided to be stuck with neutral colors –black and gold–.
The red trench coat is optional, you can add a red/burgundy blazer or cardigan. I just wanted to give a little bit of color to the outfit :)

Cara Delevigne and Jeremy Scott

Jeremy Scott is a designer who's famous for his collaborations with Adidas. I personally love them, they are very creative and fun. It isn't my everyday style but I like it!

Cara Delevigne wore one of his designs –this one isn't from the Adidas collection– for FW.

I love her style and when I saw her wearing that Bart Simpson sweater and skirt I thought, that's so Cara! She's so funny and extroverted, she's definetely one of my favorite models!

Other celebrity who wear his collections is Jedward, two crazy Irish twins who I also love! You should check them out because they are so funny and as they say a lot, "cool"! 

I WANT A PAIR OF HUNTER BOOTS!

Hunter Boots por californiadreams con logo umbrellas

As you have seen in the title, I'm looking for a pair of Hunter boots... I know they are very expensive and I'm not going to be wearing them all the time –let's be honest, it doesn't rain very often where I live– so I don't think they are worth it... but when it rains hard I just have this thought in my mind: I WANT A PAIR OF HUNTER BOOTS!, I've been thinking of it all the way back from college... but that's not going to happen anytime soon. My other option is getting a cheaper pair of rain boots, but I saw one pair at Primark, they were red and very cute, but I they wouldn't match with many things in my wardrobe...

It's also getting cooler here and soon I will be able to wear my burgundy Napapijiri jacket/raincoat :)

Let's not forget about my favorite drink of the season: HOT CHOCOLATE! and if we add churros, mm... delicious! :)

Have a great weekend! ^^

First week of college - first impressions.

Today's post I think is not going to be about fashion... I want to talk a little bit about the experience of the first week of college/university.

All the nerves I had the night before, they went out after a few minutes there. There's nothing to worry about! I went there thinking that everyone is in the same position and many people don't know each other and they are probably very nervous too.

It was like a first day of school with the typical talk but with more people! 

I have to say that I have suffered a lot of contusions and stiffness thanks to the seats... they aren't very comfortable...
Here's a little tip that helped me to meet new people: go early to class, there will be a lot of people that go early too and that way you can talk to them before the classes start :) 

Now, that the "presentation" week has finished, we will have a ton of homework, reading and stuff and I already have things to do. 

I'm trying to find a way to organize everything because suddenly, I have a lot of things to do! I just got a ton of magazines and a book that I really want to read. Let's add the texts I have to read for class... 

I was thinking, if you want me to write more things about college and fashion related tell me and I will be happy to start writing! plus, I need to improve my English skills. I'm in a English degree and I'm not native, I don't speak English as my main language, I speak Spanish so writing a lot, always helps :)

First day of college/university WARM WEATHER

First day of college/university WARM WEATHER by californiadreams featuring a vintage gold necklace

Today's outfit is for warm weather! This is something that I would definitely wear when it's very hot outside. The shorts are similar to the ones that I posted once here. I really like it because it's something casual but a little bit preppy and you can wear it to many ocasions and still look good :)
I put the cardigan because in the mornings it's still a little bit cold but by the end of the day it gets hotter :)

Tip: I always try to add a collared shirt to a simple outfit to make it more preppy and put together ;)

First day of college/university COLD WEATHER

First day of college/university COLD WEATHER. por californiadreams con knit tops

I have been trying to figure out what outfit I should wear for the first day of college for the past week. I think that first impressions are very important, you're not going to take the first thing you see in your wardrobe.
I didn't want to look too fancy and neither too everyday style. One of my main conditions to choose an outfit is the weather. Right now where I live the weather is crazy, you don't know if it's going to be very cold or hot.
So depending on the weather I decided to make two different outfits, this one, as you can see, is for the cold weather.
I would wear something similar, not the same clothes I'm showing in the picture.

What do you think about this outfit? :)

Colors to be happy

I was about to write a fashion post but I decided to check some blogs before. I found some cute pictures.They were very colorful with fun patterns and I started feeling very happy and excited, it was weird but amazing at the same time because I haven’t felt this full happiness in years. 

I have been reading different books this Summer about how to be happy, finding yourself...  I wanted to change that part of me that was feeling unhappy and useless. After reading all of these books I was feeling the same, like nothing changed. I tried to do the exercises the books suggested but nothing happened. And yesterday all changed, suddenly, I started feeling motivated about everything! I wanted to do things and I felt happy and I still am! :)

With all of this, I think that colors affect us. When we are having a bad day if we wear bright colors, they can make our day a little bit better. At least that’s what I think. I have been through many bad times lately and one of the best exercises is forgetting. Forget about the past –I know it’s hard– but now you have to move on, because great things will happen in the future, but first comes the present, you can make the present awesome. Focus on the present. Just try to have this in mind, when you’re feeling bad, repite it as many times as you want, at first it may not work, but if you do it every single time when a bad thing happens, you will start believing it and you will feel so much better. Another thing that may also help is writing on a paper what you want to forget and then tear it and throw it.

I don’t know if the color method works for everyone but I think it helps a little :) If you want to try it, look at Lilly Pulitzer patterns, they are so colorful and beautiful, I bet that you will feel a little bit happier and your day will be brighter :)

I made a few more pictures, you can print them if you want! 

Taylor Swift outfit with varsity jacket

                                                                         Source: justjaredjr.com via Dreamer on Pinterest

Taylor Swift surprised me wearing a varsity jacket! I love her style, she's always wearing cute dresses. I love how she styled it with shorts of the same color as the sleeves of the jacket and just a simple white t-shirt. For shoes she wore oxfords and if you look more closely, you will se she's wearing a pearl necklace! She also added Wayfarers, a classic. I'm totally impressed with this outfit, it's something different from her but she added her preppy and sophisticated style to it :)

If you're wondering whether you should get one of this jackets for this year, I think you should go for it! It's very comfortable and you can wear it with many things! :)