Not Pink, But Purple

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

New (Old) Shirt

**Don't forget to check out our earring giveaway here**

I have this lovely white tank top with a giant flower on it. I used to wear it all the time - I even thought about choosing it for one of my six items way back in January. It was great for wearing under sweaters or on its own. And I just loved that giant white flower!

See how great?

Well, I wore it so much that it started to get all stretched out and holey. So I decided to re-make it by sewing the flower onto a different shirt. And by re-make it, I actually mean have my mom re-make it because I really can't sew worth anything. I mean, back in the day I did make a pretty sweet vest out of pink pig fabric for an AWANA project and once some (kinda ugly) "love bug" pillows as a Mother's Day gift, but that's about where the sewing "talent" ends! So I headed over to mom's house for a fun filled sewing day (which basically means mom sews and I play games on my phone and look over her shoulder).

Step One (which I did myself):

Gather the 2 shirts.

Cut out the flower from the white shirt.

Just cut right around the edges.

Step Two (with a little help):

Decide where to place the white flower on the blue shirt.

Then pin it in place.

Step Three: Have mom sew the white flower in place.

Or if you are blessed with sewing talent, do it yourself!

And here's the finished product:

Just as cute as the original!

Monday, May 2, 2011

Too Much TV?

Ok, just a little confession...

I've been watching Friday Night Lights on demand on Netflix lately. I am pretty much obsessed. I'm already on season 2 and I just can not stop watching!

The show (if you haven't seen it) is about a high school football team in small town Texas. So everyone has The Accent.

I realized today that I have been watching way too much Friday Night Lights when I told my 1st graders "Y'all need to be quiet now!"

Y'all, I am a completely MidWestern gal - I have never used that word in a real sentence in my life. But it just popped out today! The kids were just as surprised as I was: "Did she just say y'all?"

Does this mean I should embrace my inner Texan, or just stop watching so much TV???

Sunday, May 1, 2011

May Theme Days 2011 (& Giveaway)

Around here, my roommate and I (we are both teachers) get pretty excited about the end of the school year:

We are at the 4 week mark - just 20 school days left.

But even with all of this excitement,
we still need a little motivation to make it to the end.

For the past few years, we've invented some theme days to help us finish strong.

Past examples include:
Diet Coke Day, Milkshake Day, Purple Love Day, Headband Day.

Anything that will give us some motivation to get through the day!

So for the next 3 weeks, we will have one theme day each week.

And then the last week has a theme for each day.

This week's theme day is...

New Earring Day!

Pretty self explanatory: Buy yourself some new earrings and wear them to work.

We have the day scheduled for May 4th, but you can choose any day you want to participate.

Now even though not all of you are teachers (or are done with school in 4 weeks),

you are still welcome to participate along with us.

And, to make it a little more fun for all of you non-teachers, I've decided to give away a pair of new earrings!

These pale pink earrings with gold flowers are from Forever 21.

(I promise they are new, even if they don't have the original packaging)

All you have to do to win these cuties is leave a comment telling us about your favorite pair of earrings.

For an extra entry, follow our blog and let us know that you do (or if you already do).

Giveaway ends Saturday, May 7th and open to U.S residents only.

Good luck, and stay tuned for next week's theme day!

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Will It Ever Be Spring?

Just when I was thinking I could pack these up...

...the weather had to turn all cold and nasty again.

Seriously, I saw snowflakes falling out of the sky today - IN APRIL!

On the plus side, at least it gave me the chance to wear this great new scarf I just finished knitting.

Check out the sweet pocket!

Fingers crossed for warmer weather soon!

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Announcing the Winner of our Pay it Forward Giveaway.....

Once again, we've loved reading your comments - great reasons for loving Spring! I'm with those of you who said the warm weather. This weekend has been full of sunshine, and I'm loving it.

Using random.org, we have selected a winner......

Comment #9, Emilee of Sweetly Made (Just for You) and Reynolds Family

Congratulations Emilee. I will be contacting you soon for your address.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

WIWW - In Italy!

I have to confess that this is not what I wore today, and these pictures really do not highlight my outfits, but I just couldn't resist showing off a few of my Italy pictures! I was there for a week over Spring Break, and it was beautiful and amazing. So here are a couple of my favorites...