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Blog A Lot

Tomorrow is my 1 year blogiversary!! Man, how time flies. I want to dedicate this post to everyone who takes the time to visit my blog, read my posts, leave me a much appreciated comment, and for everyone who motivates me to want to continue blogging for a very long time. Today marks post number 175! That's quite a bit of blogging and style posts and it's safe to say that I blog A LOT. My style has changed and evolved tremendously over this past year and I've learned that it's easier and cheaper to just stick to being yourself. :-) Oh yeah, How cool is this tee!?! Thanks so much guys!!!!

DIY: Embellished Sweatshirt

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We're back with another DIY collaboration and this month's project is embellished sweatshirts. Mckenzie from Why Buy It DIY It created her sweatshirt using leopard gems and I created mine using studs, buttons and zippers. Supplies: gold triangle, square and circle iron on studs gold cone prong studs gold buttons black bling stickers glue needle and thread iron and press cloth zippers sewing machine sweatshirt (thrifted $2)

I made the sweatshirt more fitting by taking in the sleeves about 3 inches and the sides about 1 inch. It was originally a men's medium.
You can create a design or pattern first or just randomly place the pieces anywhere. It took me two days to come up with a design. I know I have to stop procrastinating.
First I applied the iron studs.
Second I applied glue to the stickers and pressed in place. I used Aleene's jewel-it glue. The glue is white but it dries clear.
Next, I pushed the cone studs through the sweatshirt and flattened down the prongs.
Lastly, I used needle and thread to hand sew the buttons in place.
For the zippers, I marked and measured where I wanted it to go and stitched each side onto the sweatshirt using a zipper foot. I cut off the excess and applied fray stop to the ends.

J Crew, Mango and Forever21 has some nice embellished sweatshirts. Will you be adding one to your wardrobe? Don't forget to check out Mckenzie's embellished sweatshirt!!
Outfit Details: jeans JBrand | boots Dolce Vita

Boyfriend Blues

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Life happened on Monday and it upset me so much that I refused to do anything for the entire week but I couldn't stay away for long so I'm back with a Style Me Friday challenge. Eboni has been enjoying her vacation and time off and came back with boyfriend jeans as this week's style inspiration. Boyfriend jeans is another piece that can be worn dressed up or down. Most women can be seen wearing it with sandals and pumps. I'm not big on heels over ~~3 inches~~ 1 inch even though I do have a pair of pumps in both nude and black. A pair in a bright color would be awesome but that's neither here nor there. I've worn my boyfriend jeans plenty of times in many different ways and for this particular challenge I decided to wear them with a striped tank, blazer and some oxfords. How do you rock your boyfriend jeans? Make sure to check out the other ladies' looks!

Outfit Details:

tank H&M | men's jeans Old Navy | oxfords Seychelles | blazer Thrifted | necklace Forever21

Linking up with: Fashionista Next Door | Simple Easy Style | Coffee Beans and Bobby Pins | Face It Catalog | Aloha Friday

DIY: Circle Scarf

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Happy Monday! I'm back with another diy and this week it's the circle scarf. This is a pretty easy tutorial you just have to make sure you have the right size fabric. I used a wild/safari looking print fabric that I was given for free when I attended the sewing conference last month. The fabric was about 2 1/2 yards and I cut off half a yard because I wanted my scarf to be 2 yards long. Here are the steps.

Supplies:
1 - 2 yards of lightweight knit fabric (the longer the fabric, the more you can do with it)
pins
scissors
sewing machine

Fold the fabric in half lengthwise right sides facing each other. Make sure the selvage edges are together and pin.
Sew a zig zag stitch about 1/2 inch away from the edge
You should now have a tube. Iron the seams flat. Turn the fabric inside out.
You can stop here if you want. Because most knits do not fray, you can wear your scarf as is.
Bring the bottom right side of the fabric to the top right side of the fabric. You should now have a half tube.
Sew the fabric together around the raw edges with a 1/2 inch seam allowance. Leave about an inch opening.
Pull the scarf through the opening to the right side of the fabric.
Hand stitch the opening closed using a slip stitch.

You can also check out a quick video tutorial by DIYRaven to get a better idea. There is also a cool diagram from American Apparel showing 10 ways you can wear a circle scarf.

Source

H&M tank | Old Navy men's jeans | Madewell sandals

A Double Dose

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This week's Style Me Friday challenge is double denim. I've worn double denim and even triple denim quite a few times. Each time that I've worn this trend it was in a casual fashion and you can check it out here, here and here. For this challenge I chose to dress it up a little with a pair of nude pumps. Both the shirt and jeans are Men's. :-) One tip to rocking this trend is to wear denim with different washes as I've done for this look. My pieces may appear similar in the photos but the top is actually darker than the jeans. How would you rock the denim on denim trend?

Outfit Details: Button Up - H&M Similar Jeans - Old Navy Similar Pumps - Payless Necklace - Ebay

Boyfriend, Metallic and Polka Dots

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Happy Friday you guys! I'm participating in another week of Style Me Friday with Eboni from Fashionista Next Door. This week's inspiration is boyfriend jeans with black and white. My jeans are actually men's jeans. I chose polka dots for my black and white since stripes are really trending right now.