The Sweltering Sweater

Bold Necklaces and Baby Blue

3:56 PM

Outfit Details: SWEATER, JEANS, BOOTS - Justfab, NECKLACE - I bought this from a jewelry maker who works from home, PURSE - Forever21 (old).

If you've scrolled through Instagram, you've probably seen a wall or two. Whether it's glowing lights or iridescently colored patterns, they're always memorable and always picture worthy.

While walking through a building in Minneapolis in search of coffee, Angi and I came upon that wall.

There in bright letters read CITY.

It looks small in photos, but I guarantee these were massive, they took up a majority of the expansive wall. It was a piece that took something rather simple and made it unique.

Similarly, the necklace of this outfit gives this rather unoriginal combo of sweater, jeans and boots an individual twist.

I love how everything else about this look is sweet and mono-colored, but then the necklace is bold and rough looking. The different shades and shapes make it so interesting.

How are you spicing up your look this fall? Comment below!

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Basic Blogger

6:52 PM

~ Outfit details: JEANS, HAT, SHOES, SHIRT(OLD) ~

Do you ever look at a picture and it makes you happy? That's this picture for me. In a season of many changes and difficult life lessons to conquer, its a nice reminder that there is still joy in my days.

To me, fall is more than just pumpkin spice lattes, cozy sweaters and pumpkins (although I obviously love all three). It's getting to sit back and watch the world change around you.

This may sound cheesy, but bear with me: Just like the seasons of change in the weather, there has to be seasons of change in life. Without a sudden winter of extreme change, there isn't a renewed spring to see new doors opening, a exciting summer of experiences or a sentimental fall of memories to look back on.

So stay encouraged lovebugs, this is only the beginning of something great!

All photo credit goes to Aurora Grace Photography.

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Mike Wazowski DIY Costume

2:41 PM

Guess what?!?! Halloween is tomorrow! Chances are you need a costume. Have no fear, lovebugs! I am here! Today I'm going to show you how to make a Mike Wazowski costume using fabrics/tools that you probably already own!

Start with a green shirt. The closest to his coloring the better, but I'll be honest, it was hard to find this shirt.

Start by taking a large bowl, tracing and cutting out a white circle (I used felt, but you can use whatever fabric you wish). Do the same with a medium sized bowl and blue fabric/felt.

And again with a small bowl and black fabric/felt.

***a gleam in your eyeball is a nice touch***

For the mouth, take your fabric/felt and fold it in half. On one half draw a half mouth shape. Then cut. When you unfold it, you'll have an equal sized boat-like shape.

The next part takes the longest, but it adds character to the costume. Cut teeth out for your monster mouth (tiny teeth for the bottom row and bigger teeth for the upper. Adding a little point is ideal because, well he's a monster!)

And then attach the mouth to the shirt as well.

And there you have it! A creative, goofy Mike Wazowski costume! You don't have to add his horns, but I did using gray felt and hot gluing it to a hard headband.)

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Pumpkins with Pizzazz

12:17 PM

While at the farmers market last Sunday I saw these tiny pumpkins on sale. Being the fall fanatic I am, I picked up three, intending to use them to spice up our front porch.

The more I looked at them though, the more I wanted to decorate them and make them unique. So if you're like me and you want to add a little pizzazz to your pumpkins without having to pick up a knife, here's three ideas for pizzazzing your pumpkins!

1. Donut/Doughnut (What's the difference? Help a girl out!): For this one I just used a creamy/tanish color for the dough part and a dark brown for the chocolate. For the sprinkles, I took a thinner brush and did small flecks of color.

2. Ombre: This one took the longest of all three because you're dealing with three separate colors. If you're patient, you can do this over a few days. I was too excited and ended up sticking the pumpkin in the mouth of a cup and drying each section with a blow dryer. For this design, I used a sponge brush to blend in the shading so that there would not be severe lines.

3. Push Pin Heart: You've probably seen designs like this around. All you do is double knot thread to a push pin and then zigzag the thread from one pin to another. To finish it, I wrapped the thread around a push pin a few times and then modpodged it to the pumpkin. Once the end is secured, push the pins in fully so no thread escapes and unravels.