Fabric flowers

I have been seeing a ton of stuff online about fabric flowers. Not to mention the headbands and broaches in stores that look like they would be sooo easy to make. I finally had a minute that I couldn't sew upstairs or watch tv (I had to stay within yelling distance of the garage while Kellen was installing his new exhaust on his car) so I sat at the kitchen table and made a ton of fabric flowers!

I started with an online tutorial that you make 7 circles out of the fabric then 1 smaller circle out of felt. I just used the top and bottom of a pint glass to draw circles. 

 Next you take the fabric circles, fold in half and in half again and glue onto the felt circle. Repeat with 3 other circles, filling the base. Then glue the remaining 3 circles on the next 'row.' It was super easy!

Kellen and I went to Old Navy early Saturday morning and I got 5 new pair of flip flops for $1 a piece. Of course I don't like to just wear plain flip flops, so I thought it would be fun to embellish them a little bit!

These are so easy to make that I think I will used up all my fabric scraps and can give them as presents! On the back of these I put a little rectangle of felt so that a headband can slip onto the flower. Easy interchangeable hair accessories!

I'm still deciding if I like the flowers plain or with a button in the middle. I have a bunch of vintage buttons that I don't use for anything that would be fun. We'll see!

Past couple weeks outfits

These are the outfits I remembered to take pictures of the past couple weeks!

It's definitely summer in Memphis. I love this black and white polka dot skirt. I wore this to golf a couple weeks ago. The skirt is stretchy so it was great for golfing! I hate collared shirts, so I have been attempting to wear regular clothes to work and then just change shoes for golf.

I was channeling Audrey Hepburn this day. Rachie bought me this dress for Christmas and I love it. It's super easy to just throw on for work. And it has pockets!

A pastel outfit. Yellow shirt Rachie gave me last time we visited and pinwheel skirt I made last summer.

 I wore the nut bracelet I bought in Aruba. They supposedly bring luck since the nuts float all the way to Aruba from Venezuela.

I finally finished my hippie dress the other day. I wore this to a friend of ours couple shower. It was pretty cold that night, so everyone was back into winter clothes. I looked super springy next to them, but whatever!

 I didn't realize until now that you can see the slip at the hem. I'll have to take it up a little bit!

Another hot day in Memphis, can you tell? My hair has had about enough of the heat already. I wore this dress to work and threw a blazer on to make it a little more professional. I'm glad I did, I was pulled into an internal audit for most of the day, yuck.

 The dogs were really trying to get in the pictures.

That's all for now! I'll try and remember to take more pictures this week!

Happy Anniversary 61 and 32!

Here we are last night we took Gramme and Papap out for the anniversaries, we had a great meal and a good time. I wore the dress that I am wearing to Daddies retirement, handmade and designed by the unknown designer, Abigail Hills. I wanted them to see it and I still feel bad about the Grandma nastiness toward Gramme. They seem alright I just wish Grandma wasn't taking part in the retirement. Oh well again I have to get over it. Gramme and Papap seem really ok lately so of course its scarring me!

family made outfit

Today was a pretty relaxing day. I woke up and watched the sunday morning show then went to the farmers market. Sadly, the cheese people were not there which was really the only reason I went but oh well. Hopefully they will be there next week! otherwise I'll never see them again!

It was a beautiful but incredibly hot day here. This is a picture of the clouds at the market.

Here is the outfit I wore today. Completely made by our family! Abby made the dress! Sorry its not a great picture I haven't found a great spot to get the whole outfit alone especially with everything a mess and covered in boxes.

Notice the earrings made by mom! and the headband made by me! what a fun family outfit!

Here is Gourd getting ready for the long trip! See you all in less than two weeks!

St. Patrick's Day

I know, again, another way late post. I wanted to show some pictures of St. Patrick's Day since my mom came to visit! We had to work, bla, but came home and met for lunch and had Irish car bombs and Irish coffees. My mom decorated the booze with ribbon. We had started drinking Kellan whiskey because my husband's name is Kellen. He has contemplated changing the spelling of his name to match the whiskey.

 Here's my mom doing her first Irish car bomb.

 Chug, chug, chug.

 Here's our St. Patrick's day outfits. My mom brought me the green vintage scarf.

 Funny faces!

My mom made Colcannon for dinner. It's like ham and cabbage over mashed potatoes. It was delicious. Later that night I invited some people from work over to drink Guinness and car bombs. Overall a fun St. Patrick's day.

30 for 30: Check!

The 30 for 30 Challenge seemed to take forever while it was happening, but now that it's complete, I kind of want to start again! Getting ready for work each day was super easy. All I had to do was throw something together from a minimum amount of items. This challenge has really encouraged me to limit my closet and my shopping to only items I really need and will wear A LOT. All of my skirts and dresses from the challenge I still really love, but now it's already summer in Memphis so we are moving to non-wool skirts! Here's all the outfits:

Total Wears:

 Jeans - 8. I wore jeans a lot more than normal. On the weekends plus a whole week of training at work.

 Turquoise dress - 1 (Surprising because I really like this dress)

 Plaid dress: 2

 Black dress - 2

 Red dress - 2

 Pink sweater - 4

 White ruffle top - 1 (Unbelievable)

 Bow skirt - 3. This is definitely my favorite skirt. It is the first skirt i made with a lining so it has a little sentimental value as well as being super cute.

Lavender skirt - 2. Not sure if I love this one. The ruffle is a little odd. I might try and re-make it a little next winter.

Blazer - 3. Actually liked the blazer more than I thought I would.

Dark grey cardigan - 3

Pink cardigan - 2

Grey flower cardigan - 4

Black tank - 4

Blue suede shoes - 4

Black calf height boots - 9. I should have included a more casual pair of shoes for the weekends. I had to wear these and wasn't very happy.

Lavender pumps - 6

 Tall black boots - 11. I'm very happy with this purchase. I love these boots and think I will definitely be able to wear them for a couple years.

 Plaid skirt

Teal top - 2

 Tweed skirt - 2

 Purple turtleneck - 2. Looking at the pictures I think I need to wear this color more often.

 Flannel - 1. I wore this a lot in the fall before 30 for 30 so think I got all the wear out of it. Plus, I only had dressier shoes to go with it.

 Teal ruffle top - 3

 White cardigan - 5

 White button down - 2. Still hate button downs.

 White t shirt - 1

 Black cardigan - 1

 Coral skirt - 2

Purple skirt - 2











Overall I think the 30 for 30 is a fun challenge. I think I could have gone longer without repeating outfits but it was nice to get back to all my other clothes, especially shoes. In the next challenge I would definitely think about the weekends a little more but the work clothes were pretty perfect. I might start a challenge for the summer in a couple weeks. Hopefully I will get back into the habit of posting every day or so!