What I Wore

Photo by Hubby 

First off I have to say that there were a lot more photos that were going to be part of this post, I was so excited about them. However, they disappeared! My computer ate them or something! Anyhow, I love this dress right now- I go back and forth with how I feel about it, but right now I love it and I feel great every time I put it on.

Dress: Made by me

Necklace: Borrowed from my sister

Belt/ Sweater: Forever 21

Flip Flops: Tidewater 

A trip to the Shore

This is an old post, that I never finished, about a trip that Brendon and I took in September of 2010.  I'm not sure why I never finished/posted this but I was thinking about the trip that Brendon and I are preparing to take so that Cordelia can meet her Great Granddad and decided that it was time to finish the post.  

My Grandfather lives on the eastern shore of Maryland, and Its a bit of a hike out there and I don't make it to visit as often as I should. However the last weekend before school started my hubby and I made the trip out there. This picture is from the drive over the bay bridge, for some reason I love riding across the bridge, its such a pretty sight.

These are the rock roses that grow in my Grandfather's driveway. I think they are so cool, I mean roses that grow in rocks! you don't get much cooler!

Inside Granddad's house- note the Jackalope, When I was a kid I thought they were real because my granddaddy had one hanging on his wall. He's kinda super cute too. 

Brendon and I at "Granddad's" beach. We call it Granddad's beach because he helped raise money and planned the development of the tiny little beach. Every time I visit Rock Hall I visit the beach :) 

Outfit:

Tank top/ Vest: Forever 21, Skirt:made by me, Flip Flops: Tidewater, Necklace: from Tiara Day

A Birthday Tea Family Outfit Post

We had the pleasure of attending a birthday tea for our dear friend Sarah. In the spirit of a traditional tea we all dressed up. It was so much fun, and I can't wait to do something like this again! 

Photos Above by Sarah

Mommy- Dress: homemade, Shoes: Payless, Gloves: Vintage hand-me-down, 

Pearls: from my Nanny

Daddy- Hat: Gift from his Uncle, Shirt/ Tie/ Pants: Sims, Suspenders: Vintage, Shoes: Payless 

Daughter: Dress/Onesie/ Shoes: yardsale finds, Socks:Gift, 

Pearls:Gift from her Aunt, made by my Pop pop

Cordelia and I with the Birthday Girl! (Photo snapped by my hubby). I hope she had a wonderful party, and we look forward for celebrating with her next year!  

Windy Day

Windy days can be really beautiful, they can also be a pain when you are trying to take outfit photos.

In the end Sarah was able to snap some nice ones

Photo: Sarah 

Dress, flats :Target

Leggings, t-shirt, vest: Forever 21

Sweater (in top 2 photos): Khols 

A new dress for a wedding

 

This is the dress I made to wear to my Hubby's cousin's wedding, It was a beautiful wedding, and I'll post pictures from it later to show you. Sorry I have been so absent from this blog, in the mayhem of getting back in the flow of things at school I haven't had time to do anything! 

So the Dress is a cotton floral print on the bottom, with pockets! and the top is a nice stretch cotton sateen so it was super comfortable . My petticoat was from here , its a nice thin lightweight petticoat for when you don't need too much fluff. 

This is a close up of the necklace my Grandmother gave me; I always feel its too nice for everyday wear so I was happy for another chance to wear it.

Ikea

Top and Leggings: Forever 21/ Faith 21

Tidewater flip flops

Bag: Target

My hubby and I only live about 15 minutes from our local Ikea, so we go there a lot, its one of the best places to eat a good, cheap meal. We get lazy when it comes to cooking, especially when our house is messy!  This mural (I'm not sure if thats the right thing to call it, but I'm not sure what to call it) is hanging in the food court at the Ikea and its so cute I want one. 

I'm in love with the fabric they have at the moment, and I thought this sign sums up the way I want to live my life.

This is a shot of the fabric I picked up while we were there. I'm not sure what I want to do with it yet, but I couldn't leave it! 

Here is some of the other cute fabrics they have (taken from the Ikea website)

Adventures with Patrick!

Skirt: My hubby made for me

Necklace, "sweater", and belt: forever 21

T-shirt: made by my nephew

So it was super hot outside so please excuse the face I'm making :) This was Tuesday's outfit and one of the coolest things about it is that I am wearing a t-shirt that my twelve year old nephew designed (ok, yes he had his mom's help) and screen printed (with supervision from his uncle/my brother who is a screen printer) he made them for his boy scout troop, and I told him I had to have one. However I cut the neck off of it because I hate the feeling of t-shirt necks.  

Tuesday was super fun, I got to see one of my best friends and his good friend, neither of which I have seen in forever. We went to one of the malls that is near-ish to us, and these pictures we took while walking around in the Bass Pro Shop.

Isn't this fox pretty!

I almost died when I saw this Jack-a-lope stuffed animal, I want one sooo bad! Saturday when I go and visit my Granddad I will have to take a picture of his Jack-a-lope to show you all.

This is too perfect as well, its a stuffed mounted deer head; much less scary then the real thing.

This isn't the best picture of us, but my camera decided it was done for the night so it was the only one I got, next time I will have to get tons :) 

Nothing is more wonderful than a new dress

So there is nothing astounding about this outfit I admit- however I love the feeling I feel when I purchase/ make a new dress. No other article of clothing makes me as happy as a dress. They are simple, and beautiful, and one day I will have enough dresses to wear a different one every day. . . ok , maybe not that many, but you get the picture.

Dress:Target

Sweater: ?

The Other Day Was Full of Hearts

T-shirt: Forever 21/ Faith 21

Belt: Forever21

Pink, Black, and White Heart Skirt: Me

Pink Flats: Target

Pocket Watch Necklace: Gift from my Dad

Hair bows: Me

The other day I drove out to meet a client! I was super excited and nervous, I think I changed four or five times before I settled on this outfit. I was meeting with her to talk about making this dress for her. I'll put up pictures of her copy of it soon I promise. I have realized that I have been neglecting my blogs as of late, and I am looking forward to updating more frequently, and I hope to read lots of comments from you guys! I need feed back :) 

Color

Sweater & Belt: Forever 21

T-shirt: Bella

Skirt: Me

Flats: Target

Strawberry Necklace: Not sure

There is nothing I love more than an outfit with a lot of color! Most days I want to surround my self with nothing but color. I loved the proportions of this outfit, so you might be seeing more outfits like this one for awhile. I have to admit that I didn't wear the sweater all day because it was really hot, but I threw it on for the photo because I like the outfit better with it. I made the skirt awhile ago, for more on it go here.

Since I went to see Alice in Wonderland I have been obsessed with red and light blue/teal. The color combination is just so bright and happy. I bough this strawberry necklace a couple of years ago from a kiosk at the mall that was only there for like a week, so I don't remember the name of the place. I am so happy I snatched it up before the kiosk disappeared. 

I'm happy because I had lost one of my eyelets, so I couldn't wear my big hoops, but my piercer ordered me another pair, so this was my first day with them back in!

Day Three

As soon as we got back in town I have been working non-stop on school work, I am so close to the end (of this semester) I can smell it! I decided I should take some time away from studying to relax and update my blog! So this is the very belated "Day Three" of our vacation to Chicago.

We took the train into the city, we woke up super early to make sure we got to the train station in time. The train was super cool, it was a double decker, so it made me think of Harry Potter.

Our first, and main, stop was the Sears Tower (which isn't called the Sears Tower anymore). This is a picture of the video screen inside the elevator on the way to the top.

They have this thing called the 'Sky Deck' where you stand in a Plexiglas box that is attached to the side of the building! Its crazy to look down and see nothing below your feet but 103 floors of air.

My hubby and I just had to take our picture together in it. 

 

I was so excited about taking my outfit photos at the top of the Sears Tower, but then I got them home and decided they are too back lit for an outfit post. I still love these photos! 

From there we ambled around until we found this cool park with this giant sculpture that looks like a Jelly Bean dipped in chrome. We just had to take a closer look at it. 

 

We had a lot of time to kill until we could take our train back to the 'burbs, so we kept on wandering and getting a feel for the city.

We saw people on a Segway tour,

and police cadets training to ride their bikes through the city.

when we were picking a direction to walk in I saw a woman with the cutest shoes! and my hubby was awesome enough to take a picture of them for me.

We walked all the way down to the Navy Pier.

Dress: Me

Leggings, Heart necklace, belt: forever 21 

There was this cute water fountain outside, it was so hot and my feet were a tiny bit achy so I just had to take my flip flops off and play in it! On a side note, this is my favorite dress right now, it is so comfortable. I made it, and to check out more of the stuff I make go here! After we played in the fountain we saw How to Train Your Dragon, in Imax 3D, it was amazing! I loved it and I would see the movie again in a heart beat- I highly recommend you go see it right now!