Monday, July 8, 2013

weekly style capture 16.0 (& happy fourth!)



// Monday -- >>
// top: old navy, 12$ // skirt: target, gifted // necklaces: long silver: icing, 2$ / statement silver: francescas,  10$ // feather hair pin: icing, 5$ //
 // Wednesday -- >>
// dress: Anna Grace, 50$ // belt: fossil, 10$ // boots: uo, 40$ // necklaces: charms: fossil & anthropologie, various //




 // Thursday -- >> Happy Fourth!!!
// crop bra: anthropologie, 16$ // shorts: thrifted & diy, 5$ // american flag bandana: ac moore, 2$ // floral crown: diy // red heart sunglasses: icing, 1$ //
// Friday -->> {beach day}
// swim top: forever21, 13$ // high waisted swim bottoms: asos us, 10$

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Hope everyone had a lovely week & enjoyed their holiday :)
- xx S

Thursday, July 4, 2013

restyle: craft bin, closet space, & cluttered accessories


If you've ever been in my room before you'll know that it is filled with...stuff. Trinkets, patterned vases, patterned pillows, candles, paint, cameras, books, canvases, trinkets, clothes, trinkets, clothes...and oh, did i mention trinkets & clothes?

A couple months ago, inspired by helping my friends move out of their apartment, i began to take down a few trinkets per piece of furniture. (obviously i just put them down into the basement until further notice, sorry mom) This past weekend I was in need of a serious clean & reorganization on my room.

Underneath one table in my room I had all of my cameras and film, just chillin. I decided i wanted to put them away but still accessible when I would need them, so into a black box on top of my closet they went. The black box was originally my craft bin which was getting pretty heavy  and difficult to bring up and down whenever i needed it (often to say the least.)  I had this small set of plastic drawers in my old apartment's bathroom and had no use for it since then. I whipped it back up from the basement, gave it a cleaning and propped in in the corner of my room by my closet. It felt nice to be able to organize all my various crafty materials into separate drawers.



Previously in this corner of my room i had all of my blank canvases and paint out. Since i moved the craft bin out of the closet, i was able to fit the canvases and paint back into the top shelf of the closet.




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The other cluttering issue was all of my accessories being out on top of my dresser. I love all of the pretty dishes and containers for my jewelery so i always wanted them to be on display but it became overwhelming to me.

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In the top right drawer of my dresser I have my lotions, deodorant, some perfume, and my box of earrings. It is easy to open up and see what i have and still close it up out of the way when i am done.


The second drawer underneath the earring drawer was a junk drawer. A big overflowing disaster of papers, sunglasses, and useless stuff. I wiped that stuff down clean, threw out a bunch and started moving all my accessories that were on top of my dresser into this drawer.


I'm feeling a lot more organized and a lot less stressed by having these separate drawers for accessories. And for me it feels like uncovering a treasure chest every time i open it up !


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I will be doing a proper room tour eventually as well, but i wanted to give a short and sweet restyle on how to update and organize clutter in your space :)


- xx S

Monday, July 1, 2013

weekly style capture 15.0



 // Sunday -- >>
// maxi skirt: anthropologie, 40$ // brallete: anthropologie, 38$ // floral crown: diY //
 
// Monday -- >>
// dress: thrifted, 5$ // shoes: target, 6$ //

 // Tuesday -- >>
// blue top: uo, 15$ // lace cropped top: fossil, 15$ // jeans: fossil, 70$ // boots: h&m, 20$ //
 // Wednesday -- >>
// lace shorts: charlotte russe, 10$ // white tie top: garage sale, 1$ //
 // Friday -->>
// black maxi: forever21, 15$ // yellow belt: {from another dress} // denim vest: thrifted, 5$ // boots: uo, 40$ //
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Happy July everyone!!! 


- xx S

Thursday, June 27, 2013

rings on rings on rings

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I've always been a jewelry person--as soon as i got my ears pierced for the first time when i was eight i was on board for the long haul. In high school earrings were my go to piece of jewelry, & my job as assistant manager at a costume jewelery store didnt help matters (I did the math once and figured i spent around 100$ a month on crappy 2$ jewelery at this store--ohh seventeen year old me.) For Christmas when I was sixteen my mum gave me the claddagh ring & from there my ring obsession grew. 

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 In the first year of college I bought two spoon rings, of which i was in love with. They were sterling silver & i wore them everyday. The plain silver spoon worn on my middle finger paired with the claddagh ring on my right hand. While the black victorian designed spoon i wore on my left hand pointer finger.
The gold ring with the opal stone was my mothers--i had found it in her jewelery drawer and asked her if i could have it--since then I've worn it everyday on my left hand ring finger.
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Unfortunately the spoon rings didnt last--I was doing a fashion show and was asked to take them off, (which i had never done,) the plain silver one broke right in half as i was trying to put it back on, and the design one has a slit in the back where it must of been welded together. :( I've researched trying to find some replacements but nothing that I loved as much as those. Instead, I found other everyday rings to fall in love with.




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The knot ring I bought from a vender in London & wear it on the same finger as the claddagh. The silver feather ring, worn on my left hand middle finger, was found at Fossil last year--as soon as we unwrapped it I bought it without hesitation. It reminded me the most of my broken silver spoon ring.
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The midi rings are mostly an everyday staple as well (two from uo, and two from freepeople.)
The double turquoise ring was something I found while in Aruba.
The silver wrap ring was from a different Fossil store that I visited. 
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Even with so many different phases and changes in my everyday accessories, I definitely still consider myself a ring baby at heart & will continue to rock em out

- xx S

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Five years!

On Sunday, 6/23, Tom & I celebrated our five years of dating :) Every year mark we've spent together has been vastly different from the previous one. The amount of change within ourselves is crazy to think about--i was a totally different version of myself in 2008. With all the chaos of being ages 15 & 16 to now 20 & 21, I'm glad we've had each other through each bit. We spent a sunny sunday picnicing, taking photos, eating ice cream, making pizzas & experimenting with polaroid lifts--such a lovely day<3



 + beer & lemonade ....mmmmm!



 ++ qt
 + tommy's pizza: mushroom red sauce, buffalo wing cheddar cheese, mozzarella, mushrooms, garlic powder
+ my pizza: honey bbq sauce, feta, mozzarella, pineapple, granny smith apples
  5's (see what we did there?)

+ Tommy's presents to me!! 


- xx S