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Short (On) Inspiration

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I am enjoying summer.

Enjoying not having to have a schedule and being able to just…be.

It’s been lovely.

But blogging has fallen by the wayside and I apologize. It’s just so gosh darn lovely outside that I don’t want to sit down at the computer.

Here is a post with some old pictures taken by my phone, so bear with me.

I am a “skirt and dresses” kind of girl and rarely wear shorts. I find it hard to not just throw on a grubby t-shirt and flip flops when wearing shorts (nothing is wrong with this by the way, but it’s definitely not “style blog worthy”).

So here are some ideas for jazzing up a pair of shorts.

1. With a tucked in blouse and wide belt (work appropriate).

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2. With a 3/4 length sleeved sweater and metallic flats.

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3. With a sequined top. Duh.

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4. With a graphic tee shirt and bright colored flats.

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5. With a belted blouse and leather flats (work appropriate).

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6. With a solid color blouse and cowboy boots.

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7. With animal print and brightly colored sandals.

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8. With a button-up safari shirt and moccasins.

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Happy Fashion Friday!

How To Make Skinny Jeans

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For my blog post over at Life As Mom this month, I turned this pair of pants into some lovely skinny jeans.

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Head on over to read the full post. 🙂

To Make The Bed Or Not To Make The Bed?

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gray skirt 1 gray skirt 2(Necklace: Plato’s Closet  Shirt: Goodwill (Mossimo)  Skirt: Yard Sale  Shoes: Resale Shop)

I am a fairly neat person. I have the occasional messy room (my husband would argue my use of the word occasional) and weekly sweep/mop/dust/vacuum my house. I can-not-for-the-life-of-me get myself to make my bed. I walk into other people’s spotlessly clean abodes and marvel at how “model home-esque” it is and I know that a made bed is a big part of the complete picture, but I just can’t do it. I just don’t really see the point since I’m going to get right back in it in less than a day. When I know people are going to see my room, you can be darn sure my bed will be made though and I will feel like I’ve aced my SATs, won the lottery and saved an infant from a burning building all in the same day. It’s that kind of accomplished feeling. Maybe that’s why I’ll continue to savor it for special occasions. 😉