Owls in the Ears

Outfit Details:

Jacket: Gift

Cardigan: Jennyfer (Belgium)

Shirt & Knitted Cap: Forever21

Jeans: Kohl's

Shoes: Target

Earrings: Claire's 

Necklace: Lace Affair

For some reason when the weather gets warmer I tend to dress a little more casual than normal. Also I start to long for my tights and boots. Luckily in these pictures it was still cold enough to wear my boots. Once I get through all my old pictures, I believe that those things will start to disappear. Which reminds me why I need to invest in shorts this year.

This is one of my favorite shirts, especially for warmer weather. I wore this outfit for an every day on the town. Some shopping, eating out, and some lounging at home. The knitted cap came in handy as my hair seemed to prefer to stick straight up most of the day, plus the wind was being a little bizarre. I love wearing earrings, but most of time mine are statement kinds, so these little owls are nice for just a day out.

Backyard Lakes

Outfit Details: 

Cardigan: Jennyfer from Belgium

Shawl: gift brought back from Kenya

Dress: Rue21

Belt: Thrifted

Purse: gift brought back from Jordan

Tights: Target

Shoes: Belgium

Necklace & Earrings: Made by me

Bracelet: Lace Affair

Ring: a mood ring from some random gift shop

Flowers & Butterfly: craft store

I don't always dress thinking, what kind of things do I want to wear today or what would be comfortable. It's always more like who do I want to be? Never really a person, but more like I want to be a gypsy, I want to be a fairy, I want to look enchanted like I walked out of a fairy tale.

We had delightfully warm weather a couple of week(s) ago. It was in the sixties for two days. It gave me a small taste of spring, which I was desperately craving for. I went hiking into the corn fields and some of the land was flooded from a recent rain. (Recent isn't the word, because it always rains) It was still frozen in the shade and looked like an out of place lake. I didn't go onto the ice, I was wearing the wrong shoes, which desperately need cleaned now.

A lot of this outfit is made up of things that I have just accumulated over the years. Many are from different countries. The purse and shawl were presents from family, which they purchased on mission trips. The mood ring is probably from some travel shop in the south. The shoes and cardigan are from Belgium, which I purchased when I lived there. I'm a sucker for different places, even if its just an hour away. That was something infused in me by my parents who took us on many road trips. I hope my feet are never firmly planted in the same spot for long.

Creativity and Things

Outfit Details:

Coat: Kmart

Cartigan: Jennyfer in Belgium

Scarf: Street Market in Belgium

Shirt: Forever21

Skirt: Made by me

Belt: Kohl's

Tights: Thrifted

Shoes: Macy's

Necklace: Charming Charlie

I used to play with eyeshadows and eyeliners, but for the longest time I kept to the more simple things. However, more recently I've started playing around with is again. This makeup look got a lot of good reviews the day I wore this. The best thing about photographing it, is that it makes it easy to reproduce later.

It's always fun to be a little different. To change what people can expect of you. I think we often just so stuck in our basics that we forget to experiment some. It can be awkward and make you self-conscious as first, but it's strangely liberating. After you get over your initial fear of what people will think, you just breathe and wonder why you hadn't done this before. What are your favorite crazy fashion statements?

Dressing like Gossip Girl

When I can't sleep I clean, actually it's more like organize. It does wonders for keeping a clean place, but not so much for my beauty sleep. One night at about two in the morning I took to organizing my closet. I pulled out about four pieces that I don't wear enough and made them into outfits. This top was one of them. I paired it with the plaid skirt in true Gossip Girl fashion. I've always had a thing for school uniforms, and secretly hoped I would have to wear one. So, even though I'm out of high school, I decided to create my own.

Outfit Details:

Jacket & Socks: Target

Shirt: Jennyfer in Belgium

Skirt: Wal-Mart

Snake Necklace: Gift - Belgium
Earrrings - Claire's

Shoes: Can't remember. (Kmart, maybe?)

Purse: Forever21
Puppy: Ollie

Though these photos look like they were taken in November, they were actually from a freaky warm spell in January. That phase as left and now we have about four - five inches of snow. Stay warm and enjoy this winter wonderland, that is, if there's snow where you are.

Fall Sun

Outfit Details:

Airforce Jacket: vintage

Shirt: Forever21

Jeans: Jennyfer from Belgium

Shoes: Target

Purse: Marc's

Bracelets: Charming Charlie and from Belgium

Necklace: Forever21

Cat: Oublie & Skittles

I love over-sized shirts with skinny jeans. Plus, the necklace gives the outfit a kind of fancy tinge. This is one of my favorite lazy day outfits. I tend not to photograph these, as they are lazy days. I'm more comfortable in skirts and tights than jeans, which is a big change from just two years ago. I still like jeans for days where I prefer not to have to think about what I am wearing. 

It's been amazing the way the weather has been flip flopping around. It was in the thirties a few days ago and it came back up to the fifties today. These were taken on a day it might have reached high sixties, which is unusual for November in the mid-west. But I suppose it will grow cold soon enough, which will test my runner's commitment. Time to stock up on winter coats!