Get It Girl!

The past couple weeks have been consumed with finding and pinning great fall looks! One trend that is making it's mark is leather. Leather accents, leather tops and leather pants! I found this great inspiration piece for a great fall outfit. 

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Lets find some pieces! 

The Legging

Here are a few options for your rocker leather/faux legging. 

From: Free People

From: Urban Outfitters

From: Urban Outfitters

The Cardigan

I like a longer cardigan when wearing leggings so here are a few cute options. 

From: ASOS

From: Nastygal

From: Tobi

The Tank

Go super basic or add a pop of color of satin shine.

From: Forever 21

From: Forever 21

The Bag

I love cross body bags! Try something simple or add some fringe. 

The Accessories

Add a few pieces of jewelry and maybe a scarf!

From: Nastygal

From: Tobi

From: Nastygal

Be inspired and create!

Fall Looks!

I'm beyond ready for fall and I love fall clothes! If you have never been on the site Polyvore, you must check it out! It's a great site that pulls thousands of clothes and accessories from a variety of retailers and allows you to create your own outfits. I had a little fun with it and here are some of my creations! 

Comfortably Grey

Neutral with a Pop of Crimson




In Charge (My Favorite) 





Work Attire





Be inspired and create! 

Lamp Re-Vamp

I can now check another craft to-do off my list. I've had this lamp for a couple of years now and have been meaning to complete it's makeover. I wish I had a full before picture, but unfortunately I don't. The lamp base was originally a pistachio green, but I had already re painted it with mirror spray paint. The last thing to do was to re-do the shade. 

What I used:

Burlap

A hot glue gun

Scissors 

Decorative Accents

Decorative Ribbon

The Original Shade

Here it is, it's nothing special and it's not awful, just plain and needed a lift. 

Since this lamp shade increases in width towards the bottom, position the shade towards the corner as pictured above. 

Pull the corner enough to get a good start (above) and then tape it off like the below picture. This will help hold it in place while you finish wrapping the rest of the shade. 

Use your hot glue gun to glue down the fabric around the shade. 

Fold and glue down the excess fabric around the top and bottom of the shade. This does not have to be perfect, you could drive yourself crazy trying!

I found these "Spare-Parts" that I had from a previous project and used them to accentuate my seam. 

To top it off I got this "rose" ribbon at Hobby Lobby and lined the top and bottom of the shade. 

All done! It's a little girly, but works for me. Be inspired and create! 

Maxx Finds

I would have to say T.J. Maxx is one of my favorite stores. I might go as far as saying it is my favorite, although I don't know if I can boot out Hobby Lobby. I think most of my house is from T.J. Maxx. I love the treasure hunting involved and you always get unique one of a kind items! If you have one or a Home Goods Store and don't visit frequently I suggest you do soon! Here are some of my recent finds! 

The Finds

I found the most adorable books! They are perfect for decorations, but are also great classics. I got Jane Eyre, Oliver Twist and Sense and Sensibility. I also got this mirrored lantern, which I put hydrangeas in.

This white ceramic owl vase was a steal! This large vase was only $14.99, can't beat that. 

I got these mirrored glass globes, all at different heights and the most expensive one was $7.99!

I am very picky when it comes to decorative pillows and drapes. I also don't like spending an arm and a leg for them. I love this floral print and all the colors it consists of. 

Get out and shop! Be inspired and create! 

Wedding Shower Tricks

To tag onto my previous post, I have a couple tricks to share. These are easy crafts that added great touches to the shower.

Food Pedestal

I couldn't find any cute pedestal's that weren't going to put a dent on the budget, so the only alternative was to create my own. I spent roughly $15.00 maximum to make both of these! I found these cute pink plates from the Spring Collection at Hobby Lobby on sale for $2.00 a piece! I bought two clear candle sticks, 50% off and at two different heights, also from Hobby Lobby. 

At first I was going to use some heavy duty glue to attach the plates to the candle sticks, but wasn't sure I wanted them to be permanent, so I used Velcro! This was a great way to temporarily use these as food pedestals. I used the Velcro dots, applying three pieces on the plates and three pieces on the candle sticks.

Here is the finished product! It worked great! 

Thank You Sign

Here is a great trick for wood products. To create my wooden thank you sign I bought a natural wood piece from Hobby Lobby. I used a roller to apply the grey acrylic mixed with a little bit of a clear stain to paint my first coat. 

I did not completely saturate the wood. I left areas unfinished to give it a more of a distressed look. 

I then used this paint brush to whisk streaks of white paint. 

To apply your letters you will need to print off your words on your home printer. Make sure you're words are backwards! Place ink side down over your wood and use the bold end of a sharpie to press as firmly or as lightly as you want. Your words will "magically" appear on the wood! 

There you have two easy crafts for any occasion! Be inspired and create!

A Southern Shower

Recently I got to throw my very first wedding shower! My sister in law is getting married in September and who better to throw her a shower than me! Since we live in the south and mason jars seem to be a bit popular right now I chose to go with a sweet southern theme. 

Favors

What better way to go southern than with some homemade Apple Butter? We have a nice little apple tree in our yard, so we thought we'd put it to good use. My husband and I made a few batches of the delicious spread, canned them, and accessorized them with some green and white gingham fabric. 

I found this old crate at a flea market and purchased some burlap from Hobby Lobby to set up shop. 

I made this distressed "Thank You" sign to ensure guests knew these jars were for them.

This combination of colorful sweet flowers in a mason jar really topped off our set up. 

Food Table

The brides aunt put together this gorgeous center piece using flowers from outside the house. Like with our favor table, we used burlap as our table cloth. 

I kept things simple for the plates, but used a combination of floral, stripes and dots for napkins.

We ordered Oreo cake balls with light blue icing, a wedding color, and displayed them in cute black and white muffin cups. 

I could not find any cute serving platters so I put these together myself. I do have a little secret I will share with you later this week. 

I ordered these berry baskets and made a white table trey to set them in. One of the dilemma's I faced was finding cute food label stands, until I had a great idea pop in my head while walking through Hobby Lobby. I bought clothes pins and found these cute cut out shapes.They made the most adorable southern displays. 

To add a cute southern touch I bought these paper doilies from Hobby Lobby. I used one under the punch dispenser and one under the cake ball pedestal. 

Mason jar cups were a given, but to make them even more cute I got these pink striped straws. 

I had this old bucket that was the perfect size for holding mini waters. 

I made a little wooden sign with a "W". The brides future initial. 

I'd say this was a success! There were so many little touches that made it complete. Be inspired and create!