{Confessions of a fashionista}....shhhhh

 

{Vest: Wetseal, Top: Wetseal, Leggings: Wetseal, Pumps: JcPenney}

I just couldn't wait any longer to post this outfit because it is so outrageously fun! Riley and I finally have matching faux fur vests! This fact made her so excited! She wanted to wear her vest too. I also am loving my new prime lens. I mean the sharpness is just fantastic!

So these leggings... Yeah I know what you're thinking.."Wow, ok Beetlejuice !" or maybe "Just get out of jail?" I thought the same about the beetlejuice thing to btw. But you know what I love stripes! I love black and white and for crying out loud I love leggings! With all my favorite things in one item of clothing I couldn't resist! I quickly made this outfit in my head as I was buying it online. I knew it would put a huge smile on my face even if I got weird likes from the hubs. {Actually I don't think he thought it was that weird.} I really hope it's not that I can't shock him anymore. That's my favorite part.

I have a few confessions to make! Ones that may totally shock you.

1) I don't wear lipstick. In fact I think I might really hate anything on my lips other than chapstick. I'm committing a major girl crime here I know. I just think I look weird with any kind of color besides a nude or some light pink. Even then it's lipgloss. Now I won't completely swear it off. But until that day comes its Chapstick or nothing baby!

2) This might be even worse then the first! I think I have come to the realization that I just can't do heels! As much as it pains me to say it, and as much pain as it is for me to wear them. I just don't think my closet will ever be filled with the likes of stilettos, platforms, and possibly even wedges! If anyone has any suggestions to making this better for me I would gladly appreciate it!

Ok that's enough confessing for today. I'm sorry if I let any of you down.

{Music Monday}.... dreams do come true

I wanted to take a moment to introduce you properly to a new addition to our family.
After months and months {well maybe just like 3 months} of trying to make this dream a reality. The day finally arrived!
My wonderfully gorgeous vintage upright piano is finally inside the house instead of in the garage! For a little back-story you can check out previous posts here and here. It did not take long before Riley attacked it! She's been creating her masterpieces on it almost everyday! She's in love with it! Evan has even gotten in it. I showed him a few keys that I use when I mess around and that's all he will play! {well that and chopsticks} He even said that he can learn to play before I do! Everything is a competition with that boy! He makes me laugh! Maybe I will take him up on it just to get him to learn an actual instrument. I am a sucker for musicians lol. The space isn't finished being decorated. I'm going to make it look all kinds of pretty! Here are a few photos of it so you can see how humongous this girl is!

There was a few scuffs from the move and I still need to figure out the best way to get the letters off the keys and make them all sparkly clean :)

{Fashion Friday}...Bohemian

I am so proud of myself. Usually I am scrambling last minute to get my pictures for Fashion Friday all ready and posted. This time however with my brand new tripod {thank you husband} I am now caught up for 3 weeks! That's right, so now I can get even more done. Maybe I will even start posting them more than once a week. What's your vote?

I feel like my style has transformed over and over again through the years. {Note to self must find some choice pics of my style back in the day to show you guys}. I went through the normal trends, I created my own. I took risks, I was cautious. Now I feel like everything is just out the window. I don't see myself as trendy exactly. I can look at the trends that are popular and decide what I like and what I hate. In fact I just watched 2013 fashion trends on E! and everything is recycled again. Stripes and black and white is in this year .. good I have an abundance of black and white and black and white stripes. I wear what I like, I wear what I'm comfortable in. I don't care if people don't like it or if I am made fun of. {**cough cough.. red pants} Somewhere out there there are people who do like my outfits anyway.

Headband: Wetseal, Cardigan: Closet Signature, Cami: Wetseal, Jeans: PacSun, Boots: Urban Outfitters

Style is more than a hobby for me. It's a passion .. I may have already said this but oh well I am saying it again. :) Maybe it's the part of being a girl and playing dress up since I was little that makes it fun now. 

{Miss Riley is 4!}

Ya know having a kid's birthday so soon after Christmas is pretty tough! It tricks us (the parents) into thinking we are spoiling our kid ... but reality is we really aren't.... I don't think. : /

 Riley did really well with Christmas, in my opinion. Some movies, princess and fairy stuff. I wanted to save the kitchen for her birthday since it was such a big gift and then just some leopard and zebra PJ's {of course}! I'm glad that worked out, she had been wanting a kitchen forever! 

Here's a fun fact about me I'm really big on birthdays. I don't think it stems from being spoiled, I don't think I was .. honestly! I just think that everyone should feel special and loved on their day! So nothing less for my baby girl! We made her special funfetti pancakes and took her off to the American Girl store to possibly pick out a doll. 

Just a heads up American Girl dolls are crazzzy expensive. It's like over $100 for one doll and those little girls just eat it up! That place was soo packed. Luckily they have little mini dolls so she got one of those. Then we took her over to the Cheesecake factory and let her pick whatever cheesecake she wanted. She saw that Oreo cheesecake in the menu and that was it she was in love! The staff came and sang Happy Birthday to her and it was so sweet she just loved it. The whole day she just kept hugging and kissing us. Saying Thank you for my kitchen, thank you for my birthday. A "spoiled" kid isn't that polite right? She has some really good manners. Props to that girls parents for sure! ;) I just love her to pieces and I am so happy and blessed that God thought I was good enough to be her mom. 

{Fashion Friday}....New Years resolutions

I hope everyone had a nice Christmas and New Year. We had a great one and then great Birthdays for Evan and Riley. Now we can finally get back to normal. How long do you guys wait before you take your decorations down. I still got the tree up and I'm about to take it down and get everything put away. Usually I get it down by the 1st but now that that day is all about Riley I procrastinate even more. Ever notice how your house looks kind of boring after you take the decorations down too! Now I have to get used to the house again haha..

I didn't make any New Years Resolutions this year. Just some goals mainly.

1: Save for new camera
2: Finish Demo!!{This is a BIG one}
3: Finish New Brand for business
4: Save for trips
5: Keep a positive attitude
oooohh and 6: Gym ..eat healthy! Gotta work off this extra holiday weight  :)


I think that's a good start. How about you guys?


                                     Here's my outfit from Christmas this year :)

Top: Forever21, Necklace: Walmart, Shorts: Forever21, Boots: Forever21

{Pirates and Pixies} ... First blog post of the new year!

As it is now 2013 and My baby girl is officially 4 YEARS OLD now! I thought it was the perfect time to blog about her birthday party we had last month in California. Since we were going out there for vacation we decided to have an early birthday party for her since all her cousins are out there. All nine {soon to be 10} of them! I started planning this party since August or September. I wanted something that could be coed since she's got an even amount of girl/boy cousins. Since she's somewhat into Tinkerbell right now. I decided on a Pirate/Pixie party.. a little Fairy, a little Neverland Pirate-esque going on.

I made this Birthday sign from Martha Stewart :)

"Pixie Hollow"

Wings and Swords table after the kids got to it already

Purple Lemonade

The Spread yum

I got lot's of inspiration from Pinterest of course, a lot of great party blogs out there too. I just took my color scheme and went with it. I have to say though planning a party from another state is hard work and not everything turned out the way I had pictured in my mind unfortunately. I probably won't do that again haha! However, the kids had a blast and Riley loved it and that's all that matters right!?


Food: We got a couple of Riley's favorites. Pizza and french fries! I did individual servings of fries in cups with ketchup at the bottom that was a big hit. I wanted to have healthy foods besides the candy buffet and cupcakes. So we did a veggie platter, fruit and graham crackers with cookie dough dip and these super yummy skewers with tomato, mozzarella cheese. I wanted to make little candy acorns but we didn't have time so someone just put the little cookies out on a plate and we just had those.

Games: We had pin the treasure chest on the map that I got from the dollar tree. Thank you Dollar Tree!
As well as a treasure {scavenger hunt}
We had candy bars as the prizes.. {so much for the healthy part on that one...oops}
We also had face painting for the kids {some adults too}

I really wanted a mini candy buffet to go along with the wings and swords as favors. I got the candy from Ohnuts.com and they have really good prices for bulk candy.

 

That's it... Thanks to those who made it out we all had a blast with everyone! Hope you did too !