Girlish Garb: Pink & Polka Dots

These, ladies and gentlemen, are my new shoes! And I love them. I've seriously been wearing them every chance I get! Also, this is now my go-to hair style for second-day hair. I haven't been able to wear my hair up for so long and I still have to put in a million clips to keep it all up but hey, it works!

Outfit Details: Earrings- Thrifted Pink Cardigan- Forever 21 Grey Tank- Forever 21 (upcycled by myself) Polka Dot Skirt- Thrifted Belt- Thrifted Tights- WalmartShoes- Payless ($15!)


For the next few days, when I get a chance, I'm going to try and fit in two posts a day. Like I said before, I have some serious catching up to do! 
Also, some exciting news! I've almost reached 100 followers (via Google Friend Connect)! Kind of a big milestone for me (: 
Speaking of followers, anybody have good tips for tracking readers? Like statistics and what not? Let me knowwww
Hopefully since I've gotten a new camera remote, I will take my next outfit pictures somewhere besides my studio! We'll see (:

DIY: Drawer Jewelry Rack

Remember when I made this drawer necklace holder? Ya, well I decided I needed more than two things to hang my necklaces so I switched those 2 knobs out for a rack of hooks! It can hold all of my necklaces now instead of just a couple, yippeee. 

All I did was take out the knobs



And attached these hooks with some picture hanging strips.







Ta-da! I like this so much better. And changing it was a piece of cake! Happy Tuesday ya'll!

Mini Shop Update

I hardly ever do "shop updates" but I think I'll do more!? Here are some things I've JUST listed. Fresh off the press!! I'm going to be lazy right now and just give you a link to my store where you can check out all these lovelies and mooore. Sam Wish (and I changed up the front page a bit too).











***Warning: Long Detailed Description of My Day***
So, about my day. Thinking back on it, it probably wasn't as crazy as I thought it was at the time. Perhaps it was just that Eliza was being a terror and making every little thing seem crazy... even though it wasn't. We started out by rushing out the door to get Eliza to the doctor. We make it and she's behaving pretty well. 
From there I decide we needed to eat lunch. So we went to the McDonald's drive through (don't judge) but before we ate, I wanted to stop at Walgreens to get some disinfecting wipes (doctor's office=gerrrrms). I also had to get a car charger because my phone was dying. So we ran in but Eliza started being crazy and grabbing at everything. She does this thing now (if you have kids, you know what I'm talking about), whenever I try to hold her hand she just goes completely limp and falls to the floor until she has the chance to get up and run away. It's funny... sometimes but such a pain. And then when I try to pick her up she's like a little wiggly worm and makes it impossible to hold her. 
So there I am, trying to check out with disinfecting wipes and a car charger in one hand, worm baby in the other. Fine, I pay and we make it back to the car. Then it's to the bank. We had some trouble at the bank and it ended up having to be there for like 30 minutes. Eliza is running around the whole dang place and every time I try to constrain her, she just liquifies in my arm. Finally I just have to let her throw her fit on the floor so I can concentrate on getting out of there. Fuuun. As soon as we start driving again, she falls asleep. Phew! 
We drive to the car dealership which is about 45 minutes away, peace and quiet. But as soon as we stop and I call her name, she starts screaming and bawling. She has NEVER done that before. Greeeat. I calm her down and we go inside to find a man about paying for my car. We end up in this guys office and Eliza decides she wants to hide under his desk. That's ok, but after a while she gets too close to his feet so I pull her up. And of course, she starts screaming and flailing around. The poor guy I was working with tried to give her some paper and a pen to draw with and she threw the pen across the room! I pretty much give up at that point and let her melt back to the floor. 
THEN I bribe her with hot chocolate (they had a machine dealy) and all the sudden she's an angel. She finds the guys pen, draws him a pretty picture and let's me finish up my paperwork. I don't know what happened but she completely flipped. We played in the cars in the showroom of the dealership, got hot cocoa, and went home where I proceeded to collapse on my bed. 
Keeping up with that girl all morning was exhausting! After that, we went for a walk because it was so nice outside and then had a yummy, ham dinner. Eliza went to bed early and Brandon and I watched an episode of Twin Peaks. I don't really know how I'm up this late because I am draaaained. I can't wait till  Mother's Day Out tomorrow and I can have a chance to actually get some stuff done! Kids. *deep exhale*

Some Fun Projects

I've had these all stored away in a "draft" blog post waiting until the day I get to do them all.... but they're too pretty to keep hidden so I decided to share (: Someday I will get to all of them. It just might be a while... 

Dip Dyed Chair

Basket Weaving

Hanging Herb Garden

Coffee Art

Boot Socks

DIY Glitter Flats

Glitter Magnets

D-I-Why Orb-Lando

DIY Missoni Shoes

Hat Stands

Plastic Bottle Decor

Milk Jug Decor!

How was your Monday? Mine was nuts. I'll come back later and explain. I'm off to go list some things in the store now (:

DIY: A little t-shirt makeover

I have had this large grey shirt laying around forevverrrr. It's hard to describe but the grey isn't a solid grey, it's like a blend of multiple shades of grey.... if that makes since. The name escapes me right now but I know there is one for it..... Anyways, I like whatever kind of coloring that is so I bought it planning to do something with it. And then I didn't. Until I dug it up the other day and decided to make a crop top! It's pretty simple, here's what I did. 

I used a crop top I already had for a template. (pardon the crap all over my floor)

It was a bit too loose so I took it in along the sides and sleeves about a half an inch. Pretty simple. 

Then I decided to add a pretty pocket for some flair! 

I folded down the top and sewed that. 

Then, I ironed down the rest of the sides. 

I then pinned it in place (just the front, make sure not to get the back!!!)

And sewed that baby down! I'll have to do an outfit post soon to share, it came out really cute. 





Also, I wanted to share these pictures I took of some waffles Brandon made! They were Apple Wholewheat Kirby Lane pancakes with Reese's peanut butter chips, yum! He also put whip cream on top and a dollop of peach preserves on the side. Oh, that boy... And for those of you that don't know, Kirby Lane is one of our favorite restaurants in Austin, TX. They sell their delicious pancake mix at HEB, I highly recommend them!

Tomorrow (or technically today) is Monday. Not sure I'm ready but it's comin' no matter what, right? I've got a long to-do list and am already starting to get stressed out. Oi.

Girlish Garb: New Favorite Skirt

Check out this awesome skirt, I do believe it's my new favorite so you guys may be seeing it a lot (: 


Daily Outfit: Pink Lace Crop Top- Forever 21 White Skirt- Thrifted Grey Leggings- Target Feather Necklace- DIY






I tried to make a gif with some dancing pictures I took but it didn't work :( Whatev. 
Also, I think I'm dying my hair dark brown today? I had the chance to clean my apartment while Eliza was out of the house. And let me tell you! It is so much easier to clean with out a two year old following me around and wrecking everything! So I took some house pictures and will be doing a home tour pretty soon. I'm pretty excited about that (: Well, I'm off to enjoy the rest of my Sunday! The weather is gorgeous here and for the first time I don't have a million things to do, woop woop!