my new skirt

I made this skirt on Friday night.
It took me only a couple hours.
I also did it while I was on the phone.

It was so easy!

Here's the tutorial...easy to follow!  It's not perfect, but I learned things, and will be hopefully making lots more of these easy skirts!

Here's a couple pictures...

I'm also linking up with Jenny at The Southern Institute for Creative Me Monday!

thanks to Abigail for taking the pictures!

photoshoot

So I made the skirt which I shared with you yesterday.

Today, I share all the pictures from the shoot!

Abigail (another best friend of mine) took these wonderful pictures of Meg and me!

I edited some, and some I didn't.  I want to go and crop some more of them and do some color edits...but for now, these work.  Later on, when I get the time, I'll share with you the finished edits!

(shirt: thrifted target, belt, thrifted gap, skirt: made by me, shoes: thrifted keds)

Meg, Abigail, me

This is pretty much how I am all the time.

(As Meg calls it, my motherly pose.)

Me and Abigail.

thanks to Abigail for taking all these WONDERFUL pictures.  I love you!

what i wore wednesday - a collection of several weeks

Yes, this has a LOT of outfit pictures!
I took pictures and loaded them on the mac, but didn't post pictures.  I would go, "It can't be Wednesday..." but, lo and behold, it was.  And is!
So this is the catch-up week!  It's a mish-mash of weeks...
Enjoy all the outfits!

Shirt: thrifted lands end

Shorts: thrifted old navy

Scarf: my mother

Shirt: thrifted forever 21

Vest: thrifted delias

Leggings: wal-mart

Scarf: garage sale vera wang

(oh, i really should have cut my face out of this one...at least the rollers!)

Shirt: cross country meet

Leggings: wal-mart

Grey tank: thrifted old navy

Dress: thrifted old navy

Leggings: wal-mart

Sweater: american eagle

Shirt: cross country meet

Jeans: thrifted delias

Sweater: sale old navy

Cords: thrifted old navy

Shoes: thrifted keds

Sweater: sale old navy

Shorts: thrifted nike

Linking up with Lindsey...

no sugar - day 2 of 10

It's hard.  Let me tell you, I didn't realize how addicted I was to sugar and breads!  I haven't broke yet.  I may tonight if we have cake...

I had rice pudding for lunch.  Hey, it has rice in it.
(ok maybe there's sugar, milk, and cinnamon.  and raisins.  but rice and raisins.  they are healthy, right?)

Breakfast was eggs and an apple.  Dinner will be Thai, as we are going out for my mom's birthday.  I love Thai.  It's amazing.  And we have this amazing place in Dallas we go to.

Anyway, I ran yesterday and did pretty good.  It was an escape for me that felt amazing!

Well, off to finish the essay for my lit class...and then on to my run!

no sugar - day 1 of 10

It's been awhile, I know.

I want to try and post more, and I'm working on it.  Life has been crazy though, and the hours short.

In other news, I am going off of sugar, bread, candy, and soda.
Also, running every day.
Weights every other day.
50 pushups.
300 crunches.
50 squats


(and whatever else I can think of to do.  plank for 1 minute, maybe?)

Until Thanksgiving.
Then I will eat and then go on this again.  For as long as I can.
Thanksgiving is only, including today, 10 days away.  I can do this for 10 days, right?

I need to eat better and tone up my body.

My bestie and I have a joke...

Yup.  It very well could go like that.

It already did this morning!  But I didn't give in to eating a cookie for breakfast.  I ate the oatmeal my mom made, and put 1 teaspoon of brown sugar on it.  And then I went and poured whole milk on it, but whatever. 

I plan to document what I ate and post it.  I want to be kept accountable for doing this!

i know, i know. it's been sooo long!

But life just gets in the way!  It's amazing how it does that.  I wish I had all the time in the world to sit down and blog and stare at pinterst all day, but I don't.

Last night as I journaled, I came to the realization that I really need to be focused on:

1. God
2. Family/friends
3. School
4. Running
5. Fun stuff (blogging, pinterest, sewing, etc.)

I'm trying to stick to that.  As I sit here blogging as I ignore the school I need to do...so I'm going back to work now!

pinterest love

I am completely and utterly addicted to pinterest!  Here's some of my latest finds that I'm in love with!

FOUND HERE

FOUND HERE

FOUND HERE

I love the men's dress shirt refashion.  I'm dying to try this out!

The card/envelope embroidery is so easy and tons of fun!  I've done this before.

I want to make this headband/cowel soon...Christmas presents?

what I needed today

found on pinterest via Amy