I loved looking at the fabulous pictures from this Barbie fashion show.  No such thing as too much pink :).

I haven’t played foosball in years, but I’d play it every day if I had a table like this!

I think Barbie would probably love this funky couch as much as I do.

Barbie inspired polyvore set 1, info here.  Modern Barbie.

Barbie inspired polyvore set 2, info here.  Classic Barbie.

If I were made into a Barbie, I would probably be wearing this.  Note to self: do not leave the house until your curls have fallen a little bit, haha.

ONE

Super old news at this point, but my love for these Jeremy Scott Adidas was renewed when I saw them on lookbook yesterday.  A few months ago I saw them in Nylon and fell in love with them, but eventually forgot they existed.  When I showed them to David he said “what purpose does that serve?” but come on, do you really need a purpose to have sweet wings on your shoes?  I think not!

TWO

This guy on the Satorialist has been my hair inspiration the last couple of days.  I had my hair in curlers a couple of nights ago.  I got up and did my hair and then grabbed a cup of coffee and checked my bloglovin.  After seeing him I immediately went and poofed the heck out of my hair.  I don’t think I’ll ever be able to fro out my hair that much, but I did make it about 5 times bigger than it was before :).

THREE

If you haven’t seen how fricking adorable Emma Watson looks in Teen Vogue, you should probably see these.  I am terribly excited to see Harry Potter on opening night… even though no one will dress up with me, haha.

FOUR

I left this fabulous tutorial opened in a window on my desktop for about a week before I finally closed it.  I knew if I closed it I would never getting around to reopening it and trying the tutorial.  That was a month ago :-/.  Anyways, this tutorial on embellished tights is fabulous!  I would probably get a run in them the first time I wore them, knowing how clumsy I am, but they are so lovely it would probably be worth it.

FIVE

So I have accounts at all of the fashion sites (stylemob… chictopia… modepass… probably some others) and never really post in them.  It seems like they all have kinks or confuse me or I just don’t want to take the time to learn to get around.  When darling Jane (she and her boy run Burger and Friends!) invited me to join lookbook I was excited because it’s the only fashion site I actually look at, but didn’t really think I’d end up posting anything.  But it’s super easy to get around and I like it a lot more than the others, even though I’ve only been on it one day!  Go be my friend :).

SIX

We did a secret package exchange at the message board I’ve been posting at since I was 17 (!) and an adorable girl named Sarah got me as her partner.  She sent me lots of cutie pie things, but my favorite was this necklace!  It’s so pretty!  I’ve been wearing it any time it matches.  It has real flowers set in resin (or something).  So cute :).

SEVEN

I got in to Texas Tech for my MBA!  My family is kind of obsessed with Texas Tech, but when I was looking at schools I never really considered it because I wasn’t excited about living in Lubbock.  But then David got accepted into their PhD program and I started playing around with the idea of applying and researched the program a bit more… and decided I liked it a lot :).  I applied a couple of weeks ago and am really excited I got in, woo!

Me and David adopted this small sectional couch from a friend last year and I had every intention of immediately covering it with some crazy fabric.  Well… I procrastinated, but now I’m finally working on covering it!  I feel silly posting these pictures because it will show how hilarious and (I hate this word, but it really fits) “ghetto” our cover job really was.  We wanted to cover it with a fun, crazy color because we’re going to have to buy new couches in a couple of years anyway, might as well have fun with these :). Having no experience and just guessing our way through this, I think we did a pretty okay job!

On to the process!

I’m a little bit obsessed with this scarf I got in Chinatown while in San Fran.  I’ve been wearing it all the time around my neck, mostly because I’m not daring enough to wear it starlet style, which is why I bought it in the first place.  Along the lines of not being daring, I bought these heels (jessica simpson, which I usually don’t like) to wear for my graduation and at the last minute decided I was too afraid I’d trip and fall whilst walking up the stairs.  Rest of outfit is h&m skirt, thrifted bag, sunglasses from urban, and shirt from kohls (I swear, all of my best collared shirts come from kohls).

Hope your Sunday is going well and amazingly lazy :).

ps.  Oh my gosh, I completely forgot that today is Meeshu’s birthday.  I am embarrassed to say that my MOM actually called today to remind me.  Meeshu was probably lazily sadly lying around today, 16 candles-esqu, waiting for us to give him doggie treats and extra attention.  Oops :(.  Happy 4th birthday, Meeshu!

The costumes in The Aviator were so glam.  I love Cate Blanchett’s huge bow.

Am I the only person who didn’t know Amelia Earhart was a complete fox?

If I wore glasses (and had QUITE a bit of spare change) I would definitely sport the black persol aviators.

Luella makes aviation look fashion forward, but you can get this look for less.

Here is my aviator inspired look from polyvore.  Info here.

Next week: B is for Barbie

I think I’m going to start doing a weekly catchall post like I did last week.  There are so many fun things I want to talk about that I really can’t write a whole post about.  So… here are the things I want to talk about this week!

ONE

I am terribly excited to try out this tutorial posted at lovemaegan.com on how to create a braided belt from old jersey shirts.  I haven’t taken those five bags of clothes to Salvation Army yet, so I will have quite a few colors of jersey shirts to choose from :).  It looks super chic and I love adding belts to jazz up an outfit.

TWO

How gorgeous are these shoes from Coppelia Pique?  I don’t think I could ever wear them, that heel looks deadly, but I’m quite taken with them!  I love how they lace up the back like a corset.  I can’t even imagine how much they cost, it looks like they are individually made to fit your foot.

THREE

I don’t imagine I would ever have a real *need* for these high waisted undies by TwinSyndrome but really… adorable.  I have been eying these since Winter and just cannot justify buying them.  My favorite color is the one above, but they have quite a few others to choose from!

FOUR

I might be out of the cupcake loop, but a friend recently posted a photo of cheeseburger cupcakes and I’m pretty sure I died of cute right then and there.  I did some googling and found a few variations, but this one is a white cupcake bun, chocolate cookie burger, squished starburst cheese, and buttercream ketchup and mustard.  I can’t wait to recreate these for a birthday party!

FIVE

After what feels like months of not checking out my favorite blogs, I finally went through A TON OF THEM yesterday to see what everyone has been up to.  I visited Tara-Lynn at Stay Fancy Free and went to her etsy shop, which is full of these amazingly cute knit ascots.  Things like this make me want Fall to come four months early (and it totally got me nostalgic for the knit bow ties I made last winter!).

I think this is all I have for you this week.  Hope your Wednesday is going well!

Things to look forward to: alphabet posts coming soon!

My mom, no exaggeration, probably has about 20 sets of placemats, napkins, and tablecloths.  Every holiday or event at my parents’ house has a different extravagent table setting inspired up by my mom.  I get random texts every once in a while out of the blue saying things like “what do you think about putting the ______ placemats with the ______ plate chargers?”  She is seriously hilarious and super creative.  For Father’s Day she folded the napkins like neckties and used folded up newspaper as a psuedo placemat.  When we were at ikea the other day she bought a bunch of small ramekins (with the butter in them) and she HAD to use them, I know it was eating her up inside with the same anxiousness I get when I’ve bought a new outfit.  The last touch was glasses we got from Royal Carribbean when we all went on a cruise together a few months ago, to make the table a little more fun.

Isn’t it adorable?!  She comes up with the cutest things :).

*note: if you want to recreate this table, make sure to use a dark colored tablecloth!  It you use a light one the ink might rub off of the newspaper and stain it.

Getting dressed in the Summer in Texas is one of my least favorite things to do ever.  It’s hot and humid and gross and as soon as you walk outside you feel like you fell into a swamp.  On top of that, my style almost never involves flashing much skin.  This is why you don’t see many “daily outfits” on the last page or two of the blog.  One thing I am TOTALLY MCLOVIN right now is pairing high waisted skirt with tied collared shirts.  Showing a tiny bit of tummy and making this shirt 100 times more comfortable is a-okay in my book!  This outfit is an Apt. 9 black peter pan collared shirt (kohls house brand), BGBGeneration wool skirt (dillards), and black Dolce Vita suede pumps (amazon.com, also urban outfitters).

This is going to be a post about… a few random things that you may or may not find interesting.

The first thing that has been monopolizing my mind lately is that me and David are moving in August!  We are renting this house near campus.  Honestly, if we had created a checklist of all of the things we want in a house, this would be it.  Front patio to porch it on, hardwood floors, open and full of windows, super nice landlords, back yard with a fenced off section where I can plant a garden… I could go on, but I’ve probably lost you by now :).  To sum that up, we are just very excited!  I am still waiting on my Texas Tech information (there is still on letter of recommendation I am waiting on), but hopefully I will be attending their graduate program in the Fall.

The one and only drawback to our adorable little house is… and this is a hard one for me… closet space!  I have a big problem with keeping things that I never wear, just because they are name brand or expensive or I think maybe *someday* I will wear this.  The fact of the matter is, if I’m not wearing it, it doesn’t belong in my closet.  A couple of days ago I finally gave in and dug through my closet.  I have five bags of clothes and shoes (I haven’t had the heart to go through my purses yet) being sent to Salvation Army, and I actually feel quite relieved to be able to walk in to my walk-in closet without tripping over shoes and belts and pajamas.  So… I highly recommend you go through your closet right now!

I stumbled upon this great little knit stool idea on pickles.no.  I love this idea!  A cute little ball of fluff will make any room more inviting.  I find it very hard to find applicable knit and crochet ideas in the summer, so I just love this one!

I am currently working on my own puff daddy project, with a couple of changes.  Instead of knitting, I am crocheting. I wish I had the patience to do a big knit project, but I just don’t!  Instead of buying yarn (my checking account appears to be shrinking at a rapid rate, lately) I am using a menagerie of left over red heart cheap yarns that will match the color scheme of our future living room.  Basically royal blues, greys, blacks, and browns.  The last change I’m doing is instead of using two comforters, I am using one on top and then weighing down the bottom with a gallon bag of beans.  We’ll see how that goes :).

Last but not least, I want to give this amazing face cleanser some attention.  A few weeks ago Ms. Gala Darling posted about this face wash she had been using, MD Forte III.  I was about out of my face wash and in the mood to try something new, so I ordered up the MD Forte II (a lower strength version of MD Forte III).  Now I don’t think I have bad skin, but I breakout sometimes like everyone else.  I tried this stuff, and it is amazing!  It completely changed the quality of my skin.  If you are in the market for a facial cleanser, I highly recommend this.

Expect two new DIY projects in the next couple of weeks!  Hope everyone is having an amazing summer :).

Oh, and I think I’m going to put the etsy shop back up for the summer

(sorry for the less than amazing photos, but you get the idea)

A couple of weeks ago I had this amazing moment when my teeth shaped ice cube molds were sitting on the counter next to my soap making stuff (which I just got and have had a little bit of fun with).  All of the sudden it hit me: oh my gosh, teeth shaped soaps!

They are super easy to make, all you do is melt white soap and pink soap (which is made by adding a couple of drops of pink soap dye to white soap and mixing) simultaneously in two separate pots.  You will want to make quite a bit more pink soap than white soap.  When they are fully melted, take a spoon full of white soap and drip it into the teeth areas of your Fred Frozen Smiles ice cube mold.  Quickly, pour in the pink soap until the mold is full.  Let the soap sit until it’s dry, pop it out of the mold, and you have some adorably weird teeth shaped soaps.

After I made these soaps I realized that there was no way I was possibly the first person to come up with this idea, so I did a little googling and found these, as well as many others.  Boo hoo :(.  But now you know how to make them!