Space Themed

Woah what's going on did someone turn off the gravity? I SPACE THEMED my outfit today.

Obviously there's the NASA shirt. I also wore my new sparkly dress that looks like stars in the sky, and popped on my newly made moon pin! That's right, these suckers are for sale now, along with a bunch of other cute shapes to adorn your front shirt pockets!

While I was taking these pictures I saw a little green praying mantis crawling along the garage door! I was like "Oh hi cutie, would you like your photo taken?" But it apparently saw my canon lens as a threat because the thing lunged at me! I screamed.

I've almost finished watching Sabrina (season 7 doesn't even have Hilda and Zelda in it, boo!) and I'm well on my way to finishing season 1 of Arrested Development. Late to the party? Fashionably. I also watched Pitch Perfect, or Alternative Girl Teaches White Girls about Rap. No really, I enjoyed it.

dress: thrifted

shirt: Target

shoes: Restricted via Modcloth

socks: Old Navy

brooch: The Floral Prince

How you doin?

DIY Glitter Stars

Hey there! I've got a shiny DIY for you guys today! I'm a big glitter fan, and I'm going to show you how to make your own glitter stars to hang around your room!

Here's the stuff you'll need:

 

You can do both sides in one sitting! You'll have to come back later and do the corners that you held the star by the first time around.

You could also use fishing line! Or if you don't like the holes, you can hot glue the string to the stars.

I hung mine up around my moon to complete my night sky! I think they'd also be really pretty strung into a garland. If you guys make some, I'd love to see!

Art Lately

I have actually been incredibly busy with art these past couple of weeks... just not my personal work! These are all commissions I've been fortunate enough to work on with some real classy ladies recently!

Brittany of Silas and Miri had me do a blog header featuring her cute kids!

 Kate of Life of Hurrah had me do a header that involved her dog, Waldo!

This one was for Allison of Sproutlet! So fun to draw cacti.

This one was so much fun. I did a series of portraits of some girlfriends who traveled across the US together!

Kelli is a talented musician who commissioned me to do a CD cover!

I was so flattered that Kristian asked me to do paintings of her and her fiancee to be used as cake toppers at her wedding!

Also, I made a bunch of wooden brooches (it was a learning process fo real) and I'm starting to list them in my etsy store! I will start taking custom orders if they sell!

I'm currently available for commissions for blog headers, shop headers, custom portraits, you name it! I'm going to have to up my prices soon (since they are kinda dirt cheap right now), so hit me up!

email: ohavalanche@gmail.com

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Umbrella Girl

 You wouldn't know it from these photos, but 15 minutes before I took them I was huddled in the copy room at work under a tornado warning! Since I live in the foothills, tornadoes aren't something I usually have to worry about. But in light of the recent Oklahoma tragedy, when people's phones started beeping and saying take shelter, everyone was like SHIT hit the deck!

 It was super rainy all morning, so I had originally brought the umbrella to stay dry instead of shady. But I wanted to show it off anyway, it's so cute and ruffly! I went into Target with the express intent of getting a bubble umbrella. And then I didn't.

I am pretty jazzed about this shirt. I lent out my favorite lace shirt to Flock Together, but the stupid USPS lost it. I was a little heartbroken. I went to Forever 21 for a replacement and was really in awe of the number of frickin lace shirts that place had. I went to the dressing room with 8 on my arm!
Pretty much a wardrobe staple, you can throw one on over anything and feel a little more ladylike.

I always kind of like pictures where I'm staring dumbly at the camera?

I "aww"ed at this necklace in Old Navy, and my way-too-sweet mom and sister went back and got it for me. According to Emma, it was supposed to be a birthday surprise (but I guess Mom didn't get the memo).

I'm trying to get used to Travis being in Italy, but it's kind of lame. I am really looking forward to having these next couple of weekends free, though! I've been itching to get sewing for a while now.

dress: handmade

shirt: forever 21

shoes: yeswalker

umbrella: target

necklace: old navy

swag: born with it

Late

I take a lot of pictures while driving because my state puts the SC in SCenery. 

Trav and me chilling out pre-makeup. Him, too! No that's a joke.

When Travis and I go outside and I wear my sunglasses, he likes to wear my normal specs. We have pretty comparable vision (read he needs glasses) and let's be real, he looks good. 

I've been working a lot with glitter! DIY coming soon.

This is a printed shirt I made for a lady at work! This is the kindof stuff you'll be seeing pop into my etsy store this month.

He looks bangin in my floral crown. They're not just for girls!

I wore a pretty bright shoe/sock combo with my all black outfit.

What I wore to my friends' party!

What have you guys been up to?

Weekend

Let's start the week off with a fun picture, huh?

Or, yknow, two.

This weekend I went to my first college party! I'm like 110% positive that I was the only one there who had never been to something like that before, and probably the only one under 21. I was our group's designated driver lololol. It was to celebrate two of Travis' friends' engagement! And it was actually a lot of fun being the only sober one there.

It also was the last weekend I spent with Travis before he leaves for Italy for a whole month! Not gonna lie, I got a little weepy. We do live a couple hours apart, but I've never gone that long without seeing my best friend! He was super nice to me the whole weekend and even put up with me getting all girly at the mall.

dress: Hannah's

shoes: BAIT

vest: thrifted

necklace: Forever 21