DIY Gift Giving for Dudes

Happy Thursday! Today's blog is about gift giving for that special guy in your life. As a girl who loves to craft and thinks that homemade gifts are the most meaningful gifts I often think about what type of DIY gifts would be perfect for particular people in my life. One thing that I struggle with is creating gifts for male family members or my boyfriend that wouldn't be considered girly. So for my boyfriend Brian's birthday this year I made him his very own Man Stuff (box). I didn't actually build the box myself, I am not Ron Swanson. I purchased the box at Michael's along with the paint brushes, acrylic paint, gel medium- Liquidex, sponge brushes, modge podge, sand paper and clear coat sealer. I drew the baseball and football helmet and used stencils for the lettering, shark and spider on the lid of the box. I transferred laser jet images onto the box along all four sides of the box. If you click on the DIY section of my blog and scroll down to DIY Wood Transfers I have provided instructions on how to transfer the laser jet images onto wood. After I created the box I filled it with a bunch of goodies that I know my babe loves. Below are some pictures of Brian's super manly Man Box. 

Coffee, Dark Chocolate and Beer! I know the way to a mans heart. 

Boom! There you have it Man Box by Mae Robbins. Now you too can create a super cool man box for the super stud in your life. More posts coming your way soon! Until next time!

Best,

Mae 

San Diego Zoo

Hi Folks! Happy Humpday. Half way into the work week just two more days until TGIF! Since it is only Wednesday I will not jump for joy just yet. I will however share with all of you a fun trip Brian and I took recently to the San Diego Zoo. The San Diego Zoo is by far my favorite zoo I have ever visited. There's so much to see that there is actually two different zoo's you could visit. The San Diego Zoo which has hundreds of animals to feast your eyes on and the Safari Park which has a lot of birds and animals that are based in Africa. We decided on the good old San Diego Zoo, we were members of the zoo for a year but unfortunately our memberships have expired recently. (Sigh) I guess that means we have to renew them! Aw Yeah! Below are some pics of some of the animals we were able to visit with during our latest adventure to the SDZ. Yes I meant to say visited because we were able to sit down and have a cup of tea with the animals and discuss world politics, jazz music and Scientology... Just Kidding!

The beautiful greenery.

Boom! Animaltastic! I hope you guys enjoyed my zoo pics. More posts coming your way soon. Until next time have a wonderful day and a funtastic night!

Best,

Mae 

Out and About

Hi friends, Happy fun filled Friday! Or it can also be fend for yourself Friday which is what I told one of my co-workers when he asked if I was going to Starbucks this morning. Now I know that was a tad bit mean but what can I say I'm not a morning person. 

Today's post is an outfit post. It's an outfit I wore recently to run errands and grab some lunch for my babe and me. It's pretty much one of my favorite ways to dress when I'm just running around town getting things done.. you know lady things. Below are some pics of the outfit. I hope ya'll enjoy it and let me know what ya think. 

Chambray Shirt: Zara, Bandeau: Urban Outfitters, Tank: Target, Tights: Cotton On, Purse: Unique LA Event, Boots: Gift

Necklace & Bracelets: Homemade by ME!

Well that's that. More posts coming your way very soon!

Best,
Mae 

80's Prom Night

Hi friends, happy thirsty Thursday! I hope everyone had a productive and stress free work week. I am very happy that tomorrow is Friday and I'm sure most of you will agree with me when I say TGIF! Speaking of TGIF I kind of miss it. Family Matters was definetly my favorite show followed by Full House as my second favorite.

Anywho, it's totally like me to ramble on about random things before getting to the topic at hand. Today's blog is about a fun night out on the town my babe and some of his pals and I had recently. We went to the House of Blues for their 80's Prom Night they were hosting at their West Hollywood location. It was a fun night but kind of hilarious. When we showed up in our 80's gear we were greeted by a room of people staring at us like we were crazy. Most people were not dressed up and the other half kind of well... half ass it. We literally looked like we were straight from the 80's we literally brought the 80's to the party. Without us their would have been no party... well at least not a 1980's party. Despite the awkward entrance we ended up having a good time and everyone really liked our outfits and took pics of all of us and took pics with us. It was like we were famous or something. We kind of were big deals that night! Anywho below are some pics from our night on the town 80's style!

Brian: Miami Vice hunk Me: Metallica Chick

Well that's all she wrote... literally! bahahha!

 I hope you guys had a totally fantaboulous time checking out my bitchin 80's pics. Until next time later days homefry's!

Best,

Mae 

St. Patty's

Happy Monday Everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and a very happy St. Patty's day. 

To celebrate the holiday I created a St. Patty's day t-shirt with a little twist. I know we have all seen the typical St. Patrick's day shirt that usually says "Kiss Me I'm Irish." I thought I would take that saying and run with it by making it my own.  I come from a mixed background, on my fathers side my Grandma was Irish and my Grandfather was English. On my mothers side my Grandmother is Japanese and Filipiniana and my Grandfather came from Madrid Spain. So I figured I would just put it all out there and say "KISS ME I'M SPANISH, FILIPINIANA, JAPANESE, ENGLISH... OH, OH YEAH! & IRISH!"I mean in order for my to be completely honest there's more than one reason to kiss me. Ha, Ha! I'm just kidding! 

Below are some pics of the outfit I wore on Saint Partick's day.

T-shirt: Homemade, Purse: Can't remember the store name but somewhere on Melrose, Skirt: American Apparel,          Socks: Old Navy, Shoes: Journey, Bracelets: Handmade by ME!

 

Well that's that! Hope you like my one of a kind St. Patty's day t-shirt! More posts to come your way soon! Thanks for stopping by!

Best,

Mae 

How does a leopard change its spots?

Hello everyone, happy weekend! It was so nice to sleep in this morning and just let me body rest and refresh. My weekend plans are to run errands, make white queso dip, watch the UFC fights and of course celebrate St. Patty's day.

Today's blog post is all about a great deal I snagged on Amazon. I found a fantastic leopard scarf for less than $5.00 plus it also came with free shipping. Oh yeah! I'm a sucker for free shipping. Below are some pics of the outfit I wore with my fancy new leopard scarf. 

This is my Jesus pose.

 

 

Scarf: Amazon, Ring on left: Nordstrom Rack, Ring on right: LuLus, Bracelet: H&M

Top: Urban Outfitters (online only), Jeans: Hardware, Shoes: Nine West

Well that's all for now. Thanks for stopping by! Oh and one more thing... how does a leopard change its spots? When it gets tired of one spot it moves to another. A small dose of some big kitty humor. Gotta love those big cats!

Best,

Mae

Comfy & Casual

Hi folks, happy hump day! The work week is half way over and it's almost St. Patty's day! I just finished my St. Patty's day shirt tonight, I'm very excited to wear it out and show off my Irish pride. Yeah, I know I'm kind of a nerd. Aynwho...

Tonight's post is an outfit post. It's a casual outfit I wore recently on a relaxing Sunday afternoon. This sweater is just as comfy and cozy as it looks. Take a look at the pics below and let me know what you think. Enjoy. ☺

Ring: Aldo, Necklace: Homemade by ME!

Sweater: Ebay, Purse: Urban Outfitters, Tank: F21, Jeans: BDG/Urban Outfitters, Shoes: Steve Madden/Macy's

Well that's all for now, hope you guys enjoyed this post. More to come your way soon.  Thanks for stopping by.

Best,

Mae