About Roofresh

My name is Kelsey, not Roofresh, but Roo IS my nickname. I live in the Phoenix area with my husband and we are having fun being newlyweds and going on crazy adventures together. We like finding new hangouts, food, art, music and friends; so that's pretty much what my blog is about. You'll find a bit of fashion, design, nutrition and family sprinkled throughout my content, or anything else that catches my eye at the moment. My blog has changed a lot over the last year, but you'll see that it's really just a record of our lives together; our public journal.

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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Blogger Meet Up Goodies

So you've already seen my 'teaser' for the blogger meet up that happened a couple of weeks ago, and if you have a twitter account you've probably heard A LOT about it. I know you might be a bit burned out on blogger meet up talk, but I wanted to share some little details of the day and some goodies that I picked up while I was there.

After we all met up at the downtown ASU campus, we all went down to the Phoenix Public Market. When Chelsea and I talked about things to do during the day-time part of the meet up, she mentioned the Phoenix Public Market and I was psyched! I love going to farmer's markets, and this is my FAVORITE local market. It has so much variety (for Arizona especially!) and a fun little coffee shop too! On Wednesdays and Saturdays, tons of local farmers and vendors gather to sell produce and unique, authentic foods.
Next stop was Mercantile and Vintage by Misty 
I picked up this awesome 'Jane' belt at Mercantile for under $10..Sweet buy!
From there we trekked to MADE art boutique, and JoBot Cofffee for some treats!
One of my favorite stops of the day was around the corner from here at the Grow Op and Butter Toast Boutique!
The Grow Op has to be one of my favorite spots EVER in Phoenix. It has such an awesome collection of hand-made and repurposed trinkets and an awesome community garden. I talked to Kenny (one of the owners) for a while and was so impressed by their success story! Jim and I took our engagement photos right by the Grow Op last year when they were still getting established and I have to say, the growth and success that has happened in the last year is outstanding!
While shopping at the Grow Op, I couldn't resist buying one of these cute knitted doughnut rattles by Katy for my niece! Ahhhh!
This is a shot of Butter Toast Boutique where I found my high waisted vintage pleated skirt.
Last but not least on the list of goodies and fun sites was Smeeks and Frances.

Smeeks...
Me, Vanessa, and Danielle

Frances...
Georganne Bryant, the owner of Frances boutique was so generous and donated some rad gift bags to the lovely ladies who made it down to her shop that day. Here's a little peek into the bag that I got.
When we were all exhausted after a day of hard play, the Short Leash food truck rolled up and set up shop a bit early to feed some hungry bloggers! These guys were AWESOME, and so were their dogs...
It was like a dream...and for those readers who are veggies..they have veggie dogs too!

Whew, it was a long day, and a long post...but all worth it! I had so much fun and Chelsea and her boyfriend Scott were so knowledgeable about the downtown area and were great hosts for the day-time festivities. Again I have to thank Karie Denny for all of her help with the photography from that day that you see above. If you want more info on the blogger meet up or have questions about how to plan a meet up, there is a link to Danielle's blog here, where the three of us break down how we organized the whole thing!

Keep it real,

Roo

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Thursday, January 13, 2011

Fashion Cambio {Chelsea Bird}

This week is week #2 of "Fashion Cambio, Blogger Edition." I come to you with Chelsea from the pretty little blog "Tea Talk." Chelsea is an Arizonan as well and is a fine little journalist, fashion blogger, and adventurer. She always happens to snap pictures at my favorite hangouts as well; we have both have great taste!

It was so cold out this day, and I was seriously concentrating on not crying!
I was trying to get a cool shot of my tattoo, unfortunately my radius and ulna got in the way...

{Sweater} Forever 21
{Shirt} Forever 21
{Jeans} Charlotte Russe
{Boots} Steve Madden Girl
{Flower} Charming Charlie

So I decided that I wear these boots a lot..the funny thing is I think it's been for Fashion Cambio, more than any other day. Oh well, they're cute! I didn't have a cute little cream jacket like Chelsea so substituted for my knit sweater from my last Fashion Cambio with Lauren. I have to say that I still love her flower a little more than mine, but handmade is always better. Check out where she got her perfect yellow flower from: oh my deer etsy shop. 

Chelsea:
1. If your house was on fire and you only had time to grab one item from your closet, your favorite "I can't live without it" item, what would it be?
-Oh man, this is a tough one, however, I think I would have to go with my Tiffany's charm bracelet that Scott bought me for our first anniversary. It has the sweetest inscription on it, and the charms that he has added to it over the years make me remember all of the special moments we've had together these past four years.

2. Briefly describe one outfit that makes you feel the most confident and why. 
-For me, I think the outfit changes for the kind of situation I'm in. If I'm going on an interview, I feel best when wearing a nice blouse, cardigan, pencil skirt, and flats. When I wan to feel good about myself because I'm going out on a special date, I feel best in a pretty dress, tights, flats, necklaces & rings, and usually do a cardigan as well (because I'm always cold).

3. Boots, pumps, flats, or flips?
-Boots for sure! However, living in Arizona it's not always easy to wear boots out and about in the summer or early fall, so then I usually stick to flats, boat shoes, oxfords, or sandals.


I love Chelsea's cardigan, oxford, scarf-wearing, prim and proper sense of style. She puts outfits together with just the right touch of quirkiness and accessories-a real fashion-forward thinker! She involves her beau in her fashion posts as well which is just charming...maybe I can get JB to join in mine some day. ;)

Keep it real,

Roo

Ps. Chelsea, I'm ALWAYS cold too!

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