DIY: Striped Pencil Skirt

Happy Labor Day! I hope you're having fun and enjoying the day. I'll be spending mine catching the 50% off sales thrift shopping and attending BBQs and outside festivals. 

A couple weekends back I made another pencil skirt. This time I used striped jersey knit and lined it with black jersey knit. This was to stop it from being see through which most lightweight knits seem to be. I only took one picture before I got started but you can read the tutorial here.

Outfit Details: Hooded Tank - Sway | Studded Boots - ShoeDazzle

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White Hot

Amber from Real Girl Glam has presented another style challenge for us bloggers and this month's inspiration is based on all white or white on white. I love white tees and button ups and sometimes I buy in pairs because white just don't stay white no matter how hard you try not to get it dirty. This is why I don't have many white pieces other than shirts. The last time I bought white jeans since my most recent pair was when I was in high school. That's saying a lot because that's was an extremely long time ago. :-) I do have an off white blazer and dress so I decided to go with two different looks for this challenge. The entry date isn't until Friday so I'm a little early but that just means it's still time for you to enter.

Outfit 1: Tank - H&M | Jeans - Ross | Boots - Target Outfit 2: Dress - Old Navy | Blazer - H&M | Boots - Shoe Dazzle


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Floral Arrangement

Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a great Sunday and enjoyed Mother's Day. We went to the movies. Mel and I watched The Great Gatsby. My son watched Iron Man 3. He said to me, "Mom, I'm not interested in that movie. I said it was cool for you." Hey, I tried! Anywho, Carey, Leonardo, and Toby were awesome! (I'm pretending like I know them personally.) The movie was over 2 hours long and well, you just have to see it for yourself. In spirit of Mother's Day I decided to do create a mixed print look and went with stripes and florals. The floral ankle pants are from J Crew and the striped cardigan is from Forever 21. Both pieces were under 5 bucks from Goodwill. Score! The ankle booties are a DIY project that you can check out here. The statement necklace is from Lydell NYC and I won it in a giveaway from Anngelik over at Vogue and Heels. (Make sure you check out her blog. She puts together great outfits and she also loves florals). The necklace has 3 mint stones surrounded with crystal diamonds. It's a pretty serious piece of jewelry and I don't own many, which is why I wear the same 4 that I own, but I like it and am happy that I won something since I never ever win anything. At first, I thought the outfit was cute, then I didn't like it, then I felt like who cares, and then I like it again, a little. It's only clothes and I'm having fun putting new and different pieces together since I've began blogging.

Did you do anything for Mother's Day? Will you be checking out The Great Gatsby anytime soon?

Outfit Details: J. Crew Pants - Thrifted Similar Forever 21 Cardigan Vest - Thrifted Nine West DIY Studded Booties Similiar Statement Necklace - Lydell NYC Watch, Earrings, Bracelets - Burlington Coat Factory, Target, Forever 21

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Back At It

Last week was a horrible one being that I was extremely sick and out of it. This week I'm feeling much better. I'm back and it feels good! My cold isn't completely gone but I don't feel as if I'm going to die soon. It also helps that the weekend is almost here. Here's what I wore today.

How's your week going so far? 

Mo2da..

Outfit Details:

Blazer - Thrifted Similar

Aztec Tank  - Marshalls Similar

Jeans - Ross Similar

Booties - Dillards Similar

Scarf - Gifted

Rings - DIY

Sunday Funday: Hoop Game

So Mel won a pair of tickets to the Cal Women's basketball game against Arizona State. We were told the game began at 2 pm. We arrived at 2:35 pm. The game was over. WTF? Come to find out the game started at 12 pm. Somebody owes us another free pair of tickets. Needless to say we still had fun like we always do. We walked around Berkeley and then went to a silent art auction which was super cool. I placed a bid on one of the drawings so we'll see if I win. Here's what I wore.

DIY: Studded Timbs

I saw some pics on my instagram of gold studded Timberlands. I thought it was a fresh idea so I decided to create some with my own pair of Timbs.

Source: Instagram user - Deyona_D

The supplies that I used were studs, q-tips and glue. I ordered 100 gold pyramid flat back studs from Etsy. These studs come with glue already attached to it. You can heat and stick if you have a heating tool. I don't so I used E-6000 glue and applied it to the back of studs. I used q-tips to put the glue onto the studs and gently placed them into my desired pattern.

To make it more of my own style, I used pyramid studs instead of the bullet studs and I decided to only do one side of the boot instead of all the way around. Instead of adding a printed design to the tongue I added a few studs to the top.

Here's what I wore with the boots.

Do you like the studded Timbs trend? Will you buy a ready made pair or create your own?

Outfit Details:

H&M Blazer, Gap Always Skinny Jeans, Brooklyn Express Floral Shirt, Timberland Boots, DIY Chain and Ring

Mid-Week OOTD - Color Blocking

Happy Wednesday! It's about that time again. This week is all about the colors. Color blocking that is. Color blocking is when you wear 2 to 3 separate pieces in different solid colors. You can choose more colors but 4 is usually the max. Using the color wheel helps in deciding what colors to pair together. You can stay in the same color family or you can be bold and mix colors that wouldn't normally be expected. It also helps if you add one neutral colored piece to your outfit. Neutrals are whites, blacks, grays, and browns. I decided to give this trend a try. I have a decent amount of solid colored tops but not so much in bottoms or shoes. I tend to stick with colors like black and the many shades of brown. I went through what I have and this is how I decided to sport the color blocking trend.