Girlish Garb: Studio Lounge Wear!

I knitted this hat a while ago and was kind of iffy about it. BUT now I love it! Of course, I only start to love it at the beginning of summer when it's almost unbearable to wear it! But hey, beauty is pain right? I'll just have to stay inside all summer! ;) 

In case you guys missed it, I did a guest post over at Chickiedee. I did a studio tour of my cleaned and simplified studio! To see how it used to look, go here. What a mess.... It feels so nice to work in a cleaned space. 

 Outfit Details: Hat: Made by me! Dress: Thrifted (I think it's originally from Forever 21 though)Belt: Thrifted
Ok, so I'm thinking about Brandon and I doing a vlog (because I'm too shy to do one by myself)? All in favor?! I would like it to be like a Q & A so if you have ANY questions, ask away! Seriously, don't be shy because I'm not sure if I'll get enough questions to fill up a video! So whatever you want to ask or are curious about, leave in a comment below (: 

DIY T-shirt Fringe Vest

Who knew that making a fringe vest would be so easy?! I sure didn't. I tried looking up ideas online but after finding NOTHING I tried it on my own and came up with this. This was kind of a tester, I would suggest using a shirt without graphics but it still worked out. I've actually made like 3 more since this and can't wait to wear them! 

First, grab an old t-shirt. My mom get this for me AGES ago as a joke. Needless to say, I don't wear it anymore. 

 Now, you're going to cut out the collar. I chose to give it a bit of a vneck but you can do whatever.  Next, cut off the sleeves.  And then to give it a more vest-y feel, flip it over and cut only the back side a little bit inwards. Where the line is, make sure to cut ONLY the back side, not the front.  Then, flip it back over, cut some fringe and then cut the front part in half!  Since mine had a graphic part on the front, I cut out a little more of the front. This is really optional.  Bam! Fringe vest! These pictures are actually a little tester for a big photoshoot I've got coming up. It's going to be a good one, I can't wait to share!! 
And how awesome is this skirt?! Too bad it hurt to wear it (wayyy to small) otherwise I might have to keep it! 

DIY: Branch Hanging Picture

Remember this Gvstav Klimt picture in my room? 

 Well, I like the picture.... but not the frame.  \So I took it out of the frame and cut the board around it.  And then glued a branch to it!  A little glue close up for ya....  And then I hung it with string. Ahhh much betta! 
I got the idea from Sincerely Kinsey's Branch Picture Frame DIY. I kind of did a little bedroom makeover..... Just some simplifying. And I love it. I'll share that later on. Soooo how's your wednesday?! 

Window Farm Part 2: Installation

Ok, I'm going to try and make this as uncomplicated as I possibly can. Ready, go! 

These are the tools you will need to hang your window farm. Plus some rope/string. I used some cotton rope from home depot. Shown is a ceiling hook and drill with a large drill bit. You may also need a butter knife.... we'll get to that in a second.


 First, put your ceiling hook together. Next (the hard part) is to make a hole big enough for this metal folding thing to fit through. I used the largest drill bit I had to get it started and then had to use a butter knife to make it bigger.   And screw it in.  Then make four equally spaced holes at the top water bottle (the one with the bottom cut off). Cut two pieces of string at equal lengths and attach like in the picture. Basically two holes across from each other get one string and you string them through the holes and make a knot so it doesn't come out. Annnd hang it up!   Ta-da! All hung! I actually ended up adding another bottle to the bottom on so I could make the "water reservoir" another planter. 
And because I didn't show this in the last post, this is what the very bottom bottle looks like with a little hole in the side so I could screw the cap on. This one will be the water reservoir.  So the next step is installing the air pump! This part is super easy. All you need is tubing, a cheap-o air pump, a t-valve, and a check valve.   This is something I changed recently. Minor little detail and doesn't take much time but on the water reservoir, I took the cap, drilled a little hole and glued about a 10" piece of tubing in with epoxy to seal it up. This way I can start it up and it'll pump water without having to siphon it. Before, I just had the tubing going up and through the little hole to get the cap through. But with it so far up, I had to take it out and siphon the water down before it would pump back up. Ya.  Anyways. So once that's all dried, screw in the cap to the bottom of the reservoir and now you have your first piece of tubing sticking out the bottom! 
Next, you're going to attach a piece of tubing that runs from the top (a little inside the top bottle, I secured it with duct tape) all the way down to just before the cap of the water reservoir. This makes sure that there's a little loop-dy loop at the bottom that helps with pumping.  Then, you're going to hook both of those up to the t-valve. They will go on the two ends across from each other, not the one sticking out by itself.  And the last part, which is kind of difficult to see, you will attach a tubing to the lonely sticking out part of the t-valve and connect that to the pump. And it's a good idea to cut it somewhere in that piece of tubing and stick in a check valve so water doesn't end up in the pump, especially if your pump is below the water reservoir like mine! And one more thing, I added a "silencer" at the top.... I'm not really sure if it helps but I like to think it does. I just got a medicine bottle, drilled a hole big enough for the tubing to fit in at the top and a bunch of little holes at the bottom.   Then I jammed the tubing at the very top ^^ into the medicine bottle and stuck it back in like you see below.  And here are my thriving little planties! 


The reservoir is a bit dirty.... I plan on somehow blocking out the light so that algae doesn't grow but haven't gotten around to it. 
Also, I apologize about the horrendous lighting, I had to take most of them at night! 
If you have any questions, feel free to ask away! It can seem a little complicated but once you get the hang of it, it's sooo easy! I'll be back later with the planting details. 

Girlish Garb: Shady Beach Town

Remember me?! Sorry I've been gone for a little bit. I JUST finished with school for the semester so I'm back in the game! Here's a little outfit post from when we visited Galveston (ie shady little beach town). We found some cool little places and I coaxed Brandon into taking these pictures for me (thanks hun!).


 Outfit Details: Favorite Shorts Ever: Thrifted/DIY Top: stolen from Brandon/DIY Belt: Also stolen from BrandonNecklace: Target (on clearance, holla!)Shades: Forever 21Gladiator Sandals: Forever 21
So my weekend: Friday: "Attempted" to go to a bar. I say attempted because we basically got kicked out (I guess I look too young?). Yep, never going there again. Saturday: Definitely made up for the embarrassment that was Friday. Got a new bike (!!!!), went to a baby shower, got my car repaired for free (that's always nice), got to take my new bike out for a spin and saved a turtle! Then, went back to my dad's house to eat some fajitas, swim in the pool, and drink margaritas. Swimming was particularly exciting because Eliza kind of learned to swim! Sunday: My mom and step-dad came down to celebrate my birthday, they took me out to lunch and then to Target for a little birthday shopping! I FINALLY got some dang rain boots and a few other cute things. Then I spent all night working on a project for my final and passed out cuddling with Eliza. 
Good weekend all in all. Except for the lame bar experience. I guess he could smell the newb on me.... Ugh.  Sometimes I don't like Houston....
Thanks for all the sweet comments on the new logo! I'm so glad you guys like it, hopefully it's here to stay ;). I will be responding to comments within the next few days so if you've left one, look out! 
P.S. how would you guys prefer me to respond to comments? Cause I don't think it notifies people of responses which is super lame. If you guys want to leave an email in your comment than I can respond via email? What do you think?