Garden Party

 I stepped outside to take these pictures and was just FLABBERGASTED at the weather. It was cool out for the first time in what feels like ages. I may be dressed like a garden, but it sure felt like fall!

shirt, shoes-Goodwill

 hat-who knows

shorts-refashioned romper from Poppy Pia

necklace-Hobby Lobby

Falling Slowly

 I am so ready for fall. Too bad the weather hasn't gotten the memo! Well, it has cooled down considerably, it's in the mid 80s now, but the day I took these photos I was somewhat ambitiously dressed. Courdoroy, high collars, dark colors and a trek out to the trains? I was pooped.

These trains are cool, though, right? They're about a 5 minute walk from my dorm, and abandoned, I think! They're technically off campus and no one was around to see me sweating in front of my tripod.

I think it's pretty visible how hot it was. Just check out that sun! And my bangs that don't behave in the heat. I follow a lot of blogs and I know a lot of people love the summertime. All the cute ladies on the southern hemisphere are talking about how they can't wait! But I'm of a different breed. Or maybe it's just from living in the sweltering south. But I can't wait for the cold weather! Falling leaves, pumpkin patches, hats and scarves and hot cocoa!

Just wait 3 months, I'll be dreaming of the summer too, you'll see!

 Not many people comment on this shirt, but I think that's because they don't notice the detail. They're tiny roosters for heaven's sake!

 Shoes, rooster shirt, pinafore, bag-Goodwill

socks-Walmart

collar-diy here

Week in Review

 Due to the crummy quality of these photos, I didn't think it was necessary to delegate an entire post to each of this week's outfits. So here are the three I photographed. Honestly these are from the first week of September so I am way behind anyway.

 shoes, skirt, pin-Goodwill

shirt-target

headwrap-modcloth

I felt like a hiker in this getup!

shorts, shoes-Goodwill

vest-Miracle Hill

shirt-Charlotte Russe

necklaces-flea market

And here's a quick re-fashion of some green capris into shorts!

 shorts, overshirt, belt-Goodwill

crop top-Miracle Hill

shoes-Modcloth

bag-Target

DIY Hat Wreath

Hey! Hi! Hey!

Here's the DIY for the hat wreath from my last post. It's simple and lovely and you should make a million!

 1. You need a hat, some fake flowers, and some wire.

 2. Wrap your wire around the hat a few times and hold it in place with your hand. It needs to be the right size so it will fit back on the hat when you're done.

3. Wrap some wire to hold the circle in place.

 4. It should look like this. Wrap wire around different parts of the circle as you did in step 3. 

5. Cut the flowers off of the stems with some wire cutters, or nice strong scissors.

 6. Arrange your flowers around the wire ring in any way you like!

 7. Wrap wire around the flowers to attach them to the ring. Here's a close up!

 8. Do this all the way around, so that you have a pretty little wreath!

 9. Put it on your hat and wear it everywhere you go!

Fun fact: Until the 9th grade I thought "voila" was pronounce "vye oh la". It's "vwah lah" just in case anyone else is still in the dark.

I Made a Dress!

 Okay so there are so many things I love about this outfit.

First of all, I designed and made this dress! If you recall my DIY wave skirt tutorial, this is what I did with it! The cloudy print is flannel. When I bought it, I saw it was marked "Do Not Use for Children's Pajamas" and I was like "OK fabric whatever you say!"

Second, I found this great bow pendant at Hobby Lobby. I love little gold bow necklaces because they're like a girlier bowtie! Yes pleeaasse. 

 Third! Check out my great wonderful awesome perfect new shoes from Modcloth! They are even comfy and they make me feel super tall and make my legs look way longer than they are, which you can really see when I wear shorts with them.

 And the final thing I love about this outfit is the cool new flower wreath I made for my hat! Stay tuned, because I'll be posting a DIY for it soon so you guys can fill the whole world with floral hat wreaths! I expect you to carry out my request.

LWD

 I've gone most of my life without a little white dress. Or a little black dress, for that matter! I was telling my roomate, Laura, the story behind this outfit in an elevator. The other girl in there probably thought I was a weirdo, because this is a combination of lingerie from Goodwill and my Mom's slip. I bought some lingerie from my neighbor's estate sale, too, that I'm going to wear as a dress, which is even creepier, since it belonged to his recently late wife. Vintage is all about wearing old people's clothes, right?

I thought I'd dress this lacey number down with my America backpack and my fake leather boots.

 I guess I wore this cardigan 2 days in a row, but I don't care. I'd wear it all the time if I my other clothes didn't get jealous (they do).

Oh hey this is it before I shortened it!

 My shoes came from Modcloth! You'll be seeing them soon. But here's my roomate Laura, wearing her new Modcloth dress that I demanded she buy! What a stud. 

dress, backpack-Goodwill

necklace-vintage from my oma

boots-delias

Got a DIY coming soon!