She Wore What? Black and Blue

 

Dress: Lucky Penny 

Shoes: Marshall's maybe?

Watch: Fossil  

Earrings and bracelet: Sozo Children

Who says you can't wear black and blue together? This dress is the perfect melody of the two colors. The top neckline of the dress is a woven pattern of fabrics looking like a patchwork quilt. The shoes compliment this pattern without being too matchy-matchy (yes that's a word).  Perfect outfit to look put together without being too dressed up. And it has POCKETS - win!

She wore what? Sunday Afternoon

On a Sunday afternoon I try to make a habit of doing a whole lot of nothing. Which means, my outfit usually consist of a oversized t-shirt, jeans (leggings or sweats) and a ponytail. Today is no exception. I did venture to the grocery store to buy banana for some Sunny Morning Muffins but they are completely worth it. 

Top: Aerie (gift from B's mom) 
Earrings: Charming Charlie 
Necklace: Forever 21
Watch: Fossil 
Rings: Grandmother's
Jeans: I have no clue. (Probably Old Navy)
Shoes: Tommy Hilfiger by way of Marshall's

August Birchbox

This month is my second Birchbox, each month they send out beauty samples (for $10 a month). If you want to see last month's box, check out this post. This month Birch box teamed up with Pencils of Promise, which is working to create schools and programs around the world. A part of this month's proceeds go toward the cause.


The theme of this box was beauty school, it came with helpful makeup tips.

 

Caldrea hand soap ($10.50) these went straight to my pocket book for those situations when your in a poorly stocked bathroom. 

Juicy Couture perfume ($70) this smell is awesome, floral/berry scent. If it were some where between $40 or $50 (or less of course) I'd buy it. But it's just not in the budget at the moment. (This sample sprays on, so no risk of spilling like I did the previous scent) 

 

stila waterproof eye liner ($20) love, love, love this eye liner. It goes on much like a liquid liner without the fuss. Seriously considering buying, but happy to have a full size in my box. 

Yu-Be cream ($16) it smells like cheap carmex chapstick. It has a lotion consistency and you can uses on your lips or skin. The sample size is very, very, very small. 

Schick Hydro Silk Razor ($9.99) haven't used this yet, it's in my gym bag but I am a fan of Schick products. (I also think it's funny that Birchbox writes a note acting like they 'found' Schick . . . as if we haven't been buying it at Wal-Mart for years!)

 

Love to hear your thoughts on these products or hear what came in your box.

High Five For Friday

TGIF people! I couldn't be happier to be able to sleep a few extra hours tomorrow morning. Top five things from this week:

1. I finally got some moe art on the wall in the bedroom (forgive the unmade bed and yest that blue lamp is bright and made from a wine bottle). 

2. We put a recliner in our living room and got rid of the stupid dog crate! Now it's like we finally have a living room, not just a couch with a tv. 

3. The mean old pit bulls have been extremely cuddly this week (this a small view of the living room pre-recliner) 

4. My 'jalapeno poppers' were a hit, I might actually get asked to bring food to parties (and not be the cups and plates girl)

 

5. I started working on this quilt again and I'm a little bit faster this time (excuse the grainy picture, it's from my phone) 

  

She Wore What? Simply Pink

 

Shade: Maurices (on sale),  Necklace: Target, Dress: Belk? (Similar or Similar), Shoes: Tommy Hilfiger via Marshalls

It's hard to go wrong with a good summer dress. This outfit is like most of my outfits in the summer: simple. This is one dress that I bought a couple years ago and I truly don't remember where I got it. It's one of my favorites because it's light and easy to accessorize.

On the Audrey scale it's: 

Sleeveless 

Simple 

Goes great with flats (or bare feet) 

Slimming 

Pink 

The only downside is that it wrinkles easily.

Do you have a go-to outfit in the summer? Leave a comment about it or show me on your blog :)

I know, I've been slack. I didn't even manage my High Five for Friday post. Here's an image of how my week has been. (I'm probably the dog being sat on): 

Wish I had this guy with me:

But, nevertheless, I craft on. Here's the latest window project. For this project, most of the labor was completed by my father. I'm not the only crafter (craftsman) in the family.

Step 1: Remove Glass:

Which means dealing with a lot of nails . . .

and leaves you with this.

Step 2: Sanding. This includes a wire brush, power sander, and a putty knife for picking off (possibly lead) paint. Only the brush is pictured here:

Done with sanding.

(we used an air gun powered by a compressor to blow away the dust)

Step 3: Paint

This brand dries in 15 minutes, it just brightens up the wood while still showing off the grain. We wanted it too keep it's character as well as be a focal point in my living room.

First coat:

Finished product:

(that bench was made by my Dad)

This beauty is going to hang in my living room. We are rearranging, so I'm waiting until I have a better idea of where things will live before this window finds it's resting place. I'll keep you posted.

She Wore What? child's play

Dress: Lucky Penny

Necklace: Claire's (a few years ago for an interview)

Bracelet/Earrings: Sozo Children (brother's recent trip to Uganda, Africa)

Belt: Target

Shoes: Marshall's 

 

You gotta love a good summer dress. This one I bought for my trip to Greece last year. So it's a celebratory dress and what better thing to celebrate than a birthday. Tuesday was Daddy's birthday, so being that I had some time off from work (and a few projects to do) I headed down to their house. I love going to my parent's home because it means lots of family time. These pictures were actually taken by my eight (going on twenty) year old niece. We spent most of the afternoon decorating Papa's Island (that's my Dad's grandpaw name) in an eight year old's view of a Hawaiian paradise. I learned a few things from her in the process:

1. I'm an old geezer because I groan when getting up from the floor
2. Santa Clause doesn't get presents for old geezer's like me (shocked)
3. Only girls with long hair can wear hoop earrings (I qualify)
4. I'm lazy (which is probably true)

I'm amazed by the things she teaches me. I may be an old geezer but luckily you're never too old for dress up.

 

In other news, Dad and I hung this baby: 

I'm working on sorting through and editing the rest of the pictures from the trip, but soon I'll show you the pictures of my latest window project. Something a little bit different than this project.