Salma

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Snowfest 2018

OMG there is actual real snow at this event!  There will be a lighting ceremony, Santa, food trucks, Arts & Crafts, shows and did I mention Santa?!

When?

December 1, 2018 4:00-8:00 pm

Price:

$5   Children under 2 are free.

Tickets are needed only for the snow area FYI. Parents and adults do NOT need a ticket.

FREE PARKING

 

Location: 

Charles F. Dodge City Center Pembroke Pines

601 City Center Way, Pembroke Pines, FL 33025

 

More info on the event can be found here and  here

 

**Special thanks to my friend Hannah for sending me info about this amazing event.  She will be starting her Facebook group  and I’ll be sharing her group’s page soon.

 

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Make it a December to remember 🙂

Happy Thanksgiving!

I can’t believe it’s Thanksgiving already.  This year literally flew in the blink of an eye.  Here are a few things I’m thankful for:

  1. My health because without this you literally wouldn’t have anything
  2. My big crazy family whom I miss (most of them are in New York)
  3. Coffee (I’m serious like how else would I function some days)
  4. My girls! Always great to vent to and give great advice.  Most of them live far away but distance doesn’t change our cray relationship
  5. My husband.  He’s always pushing me to do my best and he accepts my different personalities.  LMAO

What are you most thankful for?

fashion sketch girl holding a wish list

Holiday Wish List 2018

Do you guys ever visit a website, search items and add them to your cart?

Or do you browse clothing sites to look at cute outfits because it makes you feel happy? Girl, make a wish list and work towards buying.  Below are a list of goodies that I’ll actually purchase or dream about.

Vitamix Blender Professional series 750

blender vitamix
Photo from Vitamix’s website

First on my list! My friends know how much I love to entertain and have them try my delicious recipes, so this will become a staple item in my kitchen.  The warranty and the quality of this blender is amazing.  Most of Vitamix’s blenders come with a 5-7 year warranty.  The hard part will be deciding on which one to buy, but I have my eye on the Vitamix Professional series 750. Price: $599.95

Rebecca Minkoff quilt small leather bag

Photo from Bloomingdale’s website

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Date Night Sushi: Koi Restaurant

Best sushi in New York

Looking for a delicious sushi restaurant in New York?

The baby daddy and I spent our anniversary in NYC where we went to Koi.  The restaurant may be a little hard to find since it’s located inside the Bryant Park Hotel and there is no actual sign outside of the building.  As usual, we were running late but the hostess was super nice and still seated us (it wasn’t packed since it was a Monday night)

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Pumpkin Patches in South Florida (2018)

 

Pumpkin Patch Marando farms davie florida
My little girl enjoying the pumpkin patch

 

Marando Farms

Open through out November.

They have hay rides,  pony rides, petting zoo, farm activities, a full cafe menu,  and a juice bar.

*Pony Rides
*Hay rides
*Petting Zoo $3

Located: 

5151 SW 64th Avenue Davie, Florida 33314

Pinto Farms

Last weekend to attend is Nov 3rd and 4th.

$15 ticket.  Children under 1 are free.

Ticket price includes unlimited:
*Pedal Boats Rides
* Tractor Rides
* Pony Rides
*Race Track
* Access to the Children’s Zoo

Located:

14890 SW 216 St Miami, Florida 33170

Burrs Berry Farm

Open until Nov 25th.

They have a huge pumpkin patch, hay and barrel rides available on the weekend only.

Weekday:$4 kids $7 adults  Weekend  $7 kids and $12 adults. Children under 3 are free.

Located: 

12741 SW 216th Street Miami, Florida 33170

The Little Farm

Open through November 2018.  Please keep in mind the hours are 9:30 am – 12:30 pm (3 hours only) Children under 1 are free.

$10 ticket includes:

*pony rides
*petting area
*A tour of the farm
*butterfly garden which includes milking a goat and hand feeding some of the animals.

Located:

13401 SW 224 Street Goulds, Florida 33170

** Please call any of the above locations before visiting just to double check the hours.  I hope you guys enjoy yourselves.  Please tag me on Instagram @SalmasPalette if you decide to post 🙂

Places to go in Miami and NYC for Halloween

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween with 2 pumpkins and a black cat in front of the stairs of a house or apartment

 

Miami

Lincoln Road

Head over to Lincoln road and see the outrageous costumes.  Not the type to dress up?  You can still enjoy a nice cold drink while people watching.

Wynwood

You can’t go wrong with Wynwood.  It has your beautiful art which is super instagram worthy.  There are also delicious restaurants such as Kyu or grab an iced coffee from Panther Coffee.

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Last minute Halloween costumes

List of last minute hilarious and unique costumes

# 1 Sugar momma

sugar momma last minute halloween costume

All you need is a sling and some sugar.  Guys can totally pull this off as well.

 

#2 Bubble bath

Throw on a shower cap, attach different sized balloons to your shirt, and hold a rubber ducky or your favorite shower gel.  Here I sketched in Lush Beauty’s bubble bar in bewitched which is shaped like a black cat’s face.   Check the video below this post for more help on how to create this costume.

#3 Cereal Killer

Cereal Killer last minute halloween costume

Cut out your favorite cereal boxes and staple or pin them to your sweater or shirt.   Carry around a faux knife.

 

# 4 Raining men


 last minute halloween costume raining men

Throw on a rain coat, rainboots or pumps. Tie a string at the end of your umbrella and glue on some eye candy on the end of the string.  You can cut the faces of men in rain drop shapes.

#5 Brawny Man (or woman)


Find your plaid shirt, pull on some denim jeans and carry your Brawny roll around.

#6 Emoji girl 💁🏽‍♀️

 last minute halloween costume emoji girl

I mean this one is pretty self explanatory but if someone asks what you are put your hand up and say I’m the emoji with hand girl…duh (Just make sure you say it like mean girls clip below)

Watch the 7 second clip below:

http://bit.ly/MeanGirlsMouseKarenScene

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How to make bubble bath costume:

Dress/skirt version:

http://bit.ly/DIYbubblebathdressskirt

T shirt version:

http://bit.ly/DIYbubblebathshirt

Instagram Worthy Date Spots in South Florida

Date night spots in florida salmas palette

Looking for a dessert/drink date night?

Read my 4 spots below

Ella Cafe

Ok so guys this is a cute first date spot so stop taking us girls to damn Starbucks to talk because we all know you don’t want to spend the big bucks. It’s cool. Some girls understand you want to see if we are first

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host halloween party budget friendly invite

How to throw a budget friendly Halloween party

You don’t have to drop big bucks to throw a LIT  Halloween party. Read my list below to throw an epic Halloween party on a budget this year.

 

Invitation

I love using Ripl or Canva app to create my invites.  I usually choose a big picture on the back relating to the event and put in the details.

Salma’s Costume Party

Oct 31, 2018

Time frame (so your that one friend doesn’t coming knocking at midnight)

Text to R.S.V.P

The invitation should be exciting and make people want to come to your party.  It’s the first item that sets the tone of your party so make it fun!

 

host halloween party budget friendly invite

Food

-Fun Drinks like mixing coconut water and fruit punch with fresh lemons inside and plastic spiders or you can put water in gloves and  freeze the gloves so the the ice hands can be used in your punch bowl

-Tortilla chips and salsa or guacamole.  Have a hand sticking out of the salsa bowl

-Veggie platters with hummus

-Frozen Pizza or call up a delivery pizza spot

-Cupcakes (Try to pick a halloween theme which should be easy to find in the month October)

-Buy vanilla wafers and add cream cheese in the middle with strawberry jelly in the center of the cream cheese so it looks like a bloody band aid.  Also have an empty band aid box on the tray of your wafers.

-Put candy in a witch hat and leave it by the counter or table

Decorations

Go to the dollar store/Dollar Tree or party city if you can spend the big bucks 🤣

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