Maxi Skirt Before & After

Since trying on my first maxi skirt I’ve been overly obsessed. I always assumed since I’m so short that they wouldn’t look good on me. So wrong! I love them a lot and after my first I wanted more of them! I found this adorable thrifted treasure the other day and instantly thought up a new design for it.

This is what it looked liked when I bought it.

Cut, but kind of boring.

I sewed up the side slits, hemmed it to fit my short inseam and cut a new slit right up the thigh.

This is my end result and I couldn’t be happier with it!

I also need to point out that I did this almost completely on my own with my sewing machine so I’m getting closer to mastering it and slashing that of my 25 before 25 list!

What do you think??

Blogging Buddy - My Life in Lavender

I'd like for you to meet on of my good blogging friends, J from My Life in Lavender. 


J is a 20 something college student and blogger like most of us.
She loves coffee, funky jewelry, indie movies and adventures!

J is an adorable girl with any even more charming blog. This fashionista posts the most inspiring outfit posts and her genuine personality shines through each one. Every encounter I've had with J including all the blog posts of hers I've read show her sweet gentle heart. She is definitely one blogger I would love to meet in person and I'm so happy she was one of my sponsors this month!

Please go check out J's blog, My Life in Lavender and see what I'm talking about!

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Sushi Dates

Monday night consisted of a random cute sushi date and a sweet puppy stroll.

Rather recently I realized I do like sushi, but only with chicken and soy wraps ha-ha.

We took out baby Emma and the bf's other dog Saddie on a cute walk together.

Solar Eclipse Picnic

Last Sunday Northern California was bestowed with a beautiful scene in the sky. In the early evening the fullest solar eclipse in many years was visible about 95% from where I was. It was an eerie, but spectacular sight to see that only comes around once in a great while. With my love for the sky and the stars there was no way I would miss this.


We set up a cute picnic at the park, ate a ton of food, hooped, frisbeed, played music and enjoyed each other's company on the gorgeous sunny day.

Yes we has a legitimate picnic basket full of finger foods.

Way to much food that we couldn't even dream of eating all of.

Emma loved the park!

This is pup pup's god mother, aka "the magic girl".

The hour from start to finish of the eclipse was weird. The color of the world turned a funky shade and there were tons of crescent sun shadows all over everything. The way the sun shined through the trees allowed the sun's rays to shine through in the shape of the eclipse. It was so cool to experience!

You can make out the eclipsed sun from the sun shadows on me!

Tired puppy after running around the park all day!

The way we saw the eclipse was by wearing sunglasses and looking through a black CD. Even with all that our eyes were still hurting from it. There was a way to create a projection by poking out a perfect circle and this is what we saw! This was earlier on so it's not entirely eclipsed here, but it's starting to! That sun spot you see should be a perfect circle, but is crescent shaped because of the moon moving over it!

Thrifting Treasurers

Lately I haven’t had a ton of inspiration to pull from, for whatever reason I haven’t been living, just existing. I finally had enough of it and set off to a thrift store to see what gems I might discover. I haven’t been in several years and after this trip I could not fathom why the hell not. I found a lot of beautiful things including a couple that sparked new DIY projects to come.

Some of my findings here are a cute flower maxi skirt, a springy button down, a red silky button down (a DIY I’m planning) and a charming knitted tank.

I also got this adorable baby blue and orange beaded ring.

I scored this painting too! It’s so pretty with spring flowers and I have the perfect place for it!

BF says it’s “a little girly” so I’m not looking on etsy for cute 11x14 prints to change out the picture.

The frame matches our bed furniture nicely and I love how it looks hanging above our bed.

I found other not so valuable, but very odd items worth sharing and getting a chuckle out of.

Purple asparagus painting.

Globe trotters cheerleader fit ha-ha.

Have you found any thrifted treasures lately?

Snickers Salad

Snickers salad!! Mmmm Mmm it's delicious, and like most recipes I love it's super easy to whip up. Perfect for picnic, parties and gatherings of all varieties. This really is my breakout year for salads. After making it I though cantelope would be really good in it, or honeydew.

Ingredients:
Green Grapes
5 Gala Apples
3 Snickers Bars (I used the almond kind.
Lemon Juice
Cool Whip

Directions:

• Cut the apples into small pieces and set in a bowl of lemon water so they don't turn ugly.

• Pluck the grapes and toss them in a bowl.

• Cut the snickers up into small pieces.

• Add that and stir in a whole thing of cool whip.

• ENJOY!!!

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My First

I have been on a blogging break lately, mostly because my life has been too boring to write about.

Secondly, because I had a surgical procedure and was out of commission for days. 

Want to hear the story?

It’s gross.

It all started the other Saturday at a nice BBQ…

I noticed a tiny bump that was very painful, over the course of the next 6 days it got bigger, redder and more and more painful. I finally gave in and went in to the doctor fully expecting to get antibiotics and leave.

Nope.

Surgery was mandatory and it was required immediately.

The infection was so bad they had to literally cut out a deep chunk of flesh from my thigh.

When I left Friday, numbed and drugged, I thought the worst was over and I’d finally be relieved of the pain.

The annual whole earth festival was this weekend and I’d been looking forward to it all year.

I went that Friday and ended up limping around, getting nauseous, dizzy and ultimately unable to walk.

The Race for the Cure Saturday morning was way out of the picture, and the whole earth festival was a no go as well.

I spent the weekend on my tush, sad and crippled.

This is the wound 4 days after the surgery.

Had my savior not been there it would have been a lot worse.

My boyfriend literally did everything for me, comforted me and got me everything I needed.

I can’t put in words how much I appreciate him sticking by me.

I love him so much.

As a way of saying thank you I surprised him with his favorite home cooked meal.

Homemade Italian meatballs, cheese ravioli, Texas toast and a side salad.

Anyway, I’m glad to be functioning again and happy to be back to blogging!

How was your weekend?