Weekend Wear

Vintage Handmade

This outfit is completely handmade from vintage items.  I wish I could say this about every outfit I wear.  The shorts I made from some grandma pants from the thrift store.   The top I also found at the thrift store.  It was short sleeve and I just cut it to be a racer back crop top.  The necklace is vintage and the other necklace was handmade by my friend Elizabeth Kemp to help fund her mission trip to Africa.     To make the look a little more polished I put a navy vest over-- also vintage.  

Hope everyone is having a good week!!

Salsa Dancing in the Yard

Here is a fun wear to work style.  This would be good for a night out also.   This shirt is so fun-- it's by Dolce Vita.  The pants are from Forever 21 and the shoes are from Urban Outfitters.   Adam says this shirt reminds him of a salsa dancer-- he made me do a few moves in the back yard. (I'm sure our neighbors think we are lunatics- OH WELLLLL)  

I am going to take both of these pieces into fall, particularly the pants.  Black and white is going to be huge this upcoming season.  I always get super antsy when we are in the transitional phase in between seasons.  The new merchandise is coming in at the store-- the yummy sweaters, fabulous boots-- and I can't even THINK about wearing it yet in this Mississippi heat.  Patience is not my strongest attribute. 

Sunday Style

This is my Saturday/Sunday uniform- a knotted tee and boyfriend jeans.   It's the easiest, most comfortable thing you can wear and still look somewhat put together- in my opinion.  To make it look like you actually tried, put on some wedges and a rhinestone necklace.  I have been knotting everything this summer. The knotting is key in this outfit too-- with baggy boyfriend jeans your top needs to be tight or short so you don't look shapeless.

Tee and wedges: Libby Story  Jeans: Gap   

Have a fabulous week!

Shades of Grey

Hehe.. don't you love my title?  My favorite part of this outfit is my ruffly grey Free People socks paired with my converses.  Perfect mix of fun, edgy, and girly.    Once again, I threw on a top over one of my dresses.  Super easy way to make your closet versatile! 

Happy Sunday Funday!

Mix and Match

This is a nice little mix of patterns.  I love taking a more subtle graphic tee and mixing it with a patterned bottom.  I have been obsessed with wearing scarves in my hair this summer- this is a vintage scarf just rolled to look like a headband.   The top is from Libby Story, the shoes from Urban Outfitters, the skirt is vintage. 

Edgy Ease

My outfit for today is a tribal dress from Libby Story.  I put a denim sleeveless shirt over to give it a little something extra and threw on some combat boots.  Edgy and easy... my kind of outfit-- especially on a busy week like this one!  Happy Monday-- I hope everyone survives.

Neon

Summer is the easiest time to wear neon.  I like wearing pops of it all year round though.  This is a neon top form Libby Story and some southwestern stripe shorts from Forever 21.  The  necklace I got in New York from  a street vendor 4 years ago and I still absolutely love it.  It's funny the pieces you never get tired of are usually the ones you would least expect.  This piece gets comments every time I wear it.   The scarf on my head is from Libby Story also.  The girls won't have to look very hard to find me at work today, that's for sure!  Hope everyone has a fabulous day!

Mississippi Summer

 I have been wearing scarves in my hair so much this summer. It gets so hot in Mississippi wearing your  hair down in the summer is almost impossible. Scarves are a good way to make a hair updo look fun... they also make you look like you put a little more time into your look-- even if you really didn't.   This top is from Libby Story and the jeans are some old lady pants from the thrift store.  Scarf in my hair is vintage too.

Cat Lady

I'm a cat lady at heart.  I know I won't end up being a real cat lady because I am engaged.... and Adam doesn't really share in my love for cats.  Here comes the good news... there are so many awesome, quirky animal t shirts floating around right now.  I am loving all the quirky designs.  I got this cat tank from Libby Story recently.  I decided to put it over a denim dress that I got from Forever 21 a while back.  If you want to double your outfit options with items that are already in your closet just start putting tops over dresses.  You will find that the combos are endless.. just knot them if they are longer and loose.  

  I finished off the look with a sock bun, some readers, and some lace up Mia sandals from Urban Outfitters.  Who says being a cat lady is bad thing? 

Wandering

Home

I went home this past weekend.  It's always a good feeling especially if I haven't gotten a chance to go back in a while.  It's so funny because sometimes when I go home I feel like a whole different person.  Perfect example, I can NOT drive to Yazoo City without putting a Jason Aldean song on in the car.  I don't listen to country music really any other time.  I never even noticed this about myself until Adam pointed it out.  It's funny how your significant other can show you things about yourself that you never would have realized.  Sometimes it's little things, like the song in the car, and sometimes it's bigger things-- things that are hard to hear at times.  They make you grow as a person though.. and they let you know that God brought that specific person into your life to show you these things and to help mold you into someone better.  

I love big cities-- the wide variety of people, things to see, and experiences that they can expose you to.  I value being open minded and I think the more people and places you see the more open minded you become.  But, there is something so wonderful about the south.  I wouldn't change being raised in a small Mississippi town for anything in the world.   There are the obvious reasons-- wide open spaces, good people, loads of history and heritage, sweet corn (and sweet tea), and a slower, unhurried feeling that makes everything feel more simple.  

There are so many other little things that make being southern so darn good.  My dad is a farmer.  I can't even imagine having a dad that came home in a suit every night-- not that wearing a suit is a bad thing-- but I think watching him work day in and day out with his hands for every single thing he has earned really taught me a lot.  He has been extremely successful and I owe my ambition to him..  When I find myself putting in extra hours at the store and a 40 hour work week turns into 60, I think about my dad's work week which, at times, is double that many hours.  

My brother is a farmer too.  He has a little boy that's almost two.  He already has a million toy tractors and surrounds himself with them all the time.  It makes my heart so happy to see how much he loves his daddy.  There are traditions and family values that grow in the south that aren't the same anywhere else.  I'm close to my family and I wouldn't change that for anything in the world.  I love having a mother who works in the garden, cans vegetables, and makes homemade pickles.  She also embodies a southern value that I think is one of the  most important  of all-- kind heartedness.  She will literally do anything for anybody.  I also don't ever have to worry about her judging me because she's just not that kind of person.  Something about her is so comforting-- I know, she's my mom so of course she's comforting to me-- but I don't think I feel like that just because she's my mom.  I think it's just how she is- she's accepting and comforting in this really wonderful way.  

I love being able to go home and catch up with my sister.  I love sitting on the back porch and watching my nephews run around. I love that I know every word to every George Jones song because I have heard them over and over ever since I can remember.  I love the sight of a cotton field that is ready to be picked.  I love southern hospitality and the manners that I have because of where I am from and the family that raised me.

I got this dress in New Orleans at a boutique called Hemline. I knew I had to have it when I saw it! I almost wore it in our engagement pictures because it's the perfect dress for wheat field pictures. I love anything that looks bohemian and is inspired by the 60's. I had to go snap a few pictures in it before we came back.  The wheat fields are indescribably beautiful.. One of those things you look at and know that God exists and that he loves us. 

I'm looking forward to moving somewhere new with Adam as we start our lives together.  I am excited about possibly being somewhere that my career in fashion can grow and flourish.  I know as we start our own small family, wherever we are together will be our home.   I hope wherever we end up-- our kids learn the same values and appreciate the quiet and the beauty of the south as much as I do.

Simplicity

I originally ordered this tulle skirt to wear in our engagement pictures.  I decided not too.. simply because it didn't end up working with the look we were going for.  I did run around in it for a little while on Sunday though.  Tulle is so whimsical.  Not to mention, it was a GORGEOUS day.  

I'm really looking forward to playing with this skirt and seeing what all I can do with it.  I know I will dress it down with graphic tees for work.  I do love it with just a simple top too.  This skirt is special enough to stand on it's own!

Mississippi Mud

SO.. I am finally getting around to wearing my new military vest! This is an army jacket from the thrift store that I ripped the sleeves off of.  I mentioned it in a previous post-- I got the patches for my DIY military tank from the sleeves of this jacket.    I love that this vest if really over sized and toughens up anything I put with it.  I will definitely be wearing it with really girly pieces, like lace dresses.  

Happy Friday!!!! Our engagement pictures are this Saturday so I EXTRA pumped about this particular weekend!  I'll post some sneak peeks at the end of the weekend!