fashion remix: where i am now...

i am almost 3 weeks into my fashion remix.  of course it was quite easy in the beginning to come up with new outfits.  things got harder as the weather constantly changed from 80 degrees and sunny to 40 degrees and rainy, but i had built in some items that could go either way so that helped.  once i got to about day 10 i had to start being a bit more creative, but i have enjoyed finding new combinations of pieces that i probably never would have tried otherwise.  

i've been doing well at documenting my outfits each day.  i wish i could do something more creative than taking a quick picture in the mirror with my phone, but i have to do these in the morning before we leave for school/work (since i work-out on the way home from the office) and there isn't time to play around with a camera and a timer.  

i finalized my list about a week into it.  it took me a while and i'm sure it isn't the preferred way, but it works.

THE list:

shoes:

1. tory burch tall boots

2. jessica simpson nude patent heels

3. toms burlap cap toe flats

4. toms giselle leopard flats

5. jcrew glitter flip-flops

6. tory burch sally wedges

7. anthropologie wedges

pants:
8. jcrew black pixie pants
9. seven for all mankind original jeans (flats length)
10. seven for all mankind "a" pocket jeans (low heel height)
11. jessica simpson skinny cargo pants
12. hudson nico super skinny in berry blue
13. lucy hatha workout pants


skirts:
14. jcrew no. 2 pencil skirt in jade


shirts:
15. madewell red striped shirt
16. anthropologie 3/4 sleeve grey sweatshirt
17. jcrew chambray shirt
18. doin' fine (local brand) oklahoma tee
19. jcrew tissue tee in green
20. jcrew tissue tee in white
21. jcrew boat neck tee in navy
22. gap basic white cami
23. madewell blue floral picture show tee
24. jcrew talitha blouse in stone
25. garnet hill cap sleeve shirt in grey/white stripe
26. jcrew perfect shirt in red gingham
27. jcrew tippi sweater in leopard


cardigans/jackets
28.jcrew grey hoodie
29. jcrew schoolboy blazer in grey wool flannel
30. jcrew metallic boyfriend cardigan

day FIVE: tippi sweater/jcrew; jeans/seven for all mankind a pocket; shoes/tory burch sally wedges (last season); jewelry/stella + dot & local boutique (old)

day SIX: boatneck tissue tee/jcrew; jeans/seven for all mankind original sparkle (old); blazer/jcrew schoolboy blazer in grey flannel (last season); flats/toms burlap cap toe; scarf/local boutique

day SEVEN: shirt/garnet hill; jeans/seven for all mankind original sparkle (old);  cardi/jcrew (old); flats/toms giselle; necklace/love feast table - tree of life

day EIGHT: shirt/jcrew chambray button down; gap cami (old); pants/jcrew pixie pants (last season); boots/tory burch (last season); puffer vest (not an item since outerwear)/gap (old - thanks dearie!!); necklace/maya brenner

day NINE: button-down/jcrew perfect shirt in red gingham; jeans/seven for all mankind original sparkle (old); flats/toms burlap cap toe

day TEN: shirt/garnet hill & jcrew chambray button-down; pants/jcrew pixie pants (last season); flats/toms burlap cap toe

day ELEVEN: as you can see the kids (ethan especially) are catching onto the fact that i take a picture of my clothes everyday.  shirt/doin' fine tee from local boutique; hoodie/jcrew (old); skinny cargo pants (old); boots/tory burch (last season)

day TWELVE: shirt/garnet hill; cardi/jcrew (old); pants/jcrew pixie pants (last season); flats/toms burlap cap toe; earrings/stella + dot; aviators/tory burch (last season)

day THIRTEEN: boat neck tissue tee/jcrew; jeans/seven for all mankind, original sparkle; glitter flip-flops/jcrew (old); bag/foley & corinna jet-set tote (old); necklace/stella + dot

day FOURTEEN: this was the repeat..but i guess a bit different since no tall boots, also taken in a hotel so excuse the random carpet.  shirt/doin' fine tee/local boutique; hoodie/jcrew (old); flats/toms burlap cap toe

day FIFTEEN: tissue tee/jcrew (old); jeans/seven for all mankind a pocket (old);  wedges/tory burch sally wedge (last season); scarf/local boutique

day SIXTEEN: shirt/garnet hill; jeans/hudson nico super skinny in berry blue; flats/toms giselle leopard; necklace/love feast table - tree of life

day SEVENTEEN: shirt/anthropologie 3/4 sleeve sweatshirt (old); jeans/seven for all mankind original sparkle (old); flats/toms giselle; necklace/love feast table - tree of life; earrings/stella + dot

day EIGHTEEN: shirt/tissue tee (old) & perfect shirt in red gingham/jcrew; jeans/seven for all mankind original sparkle (old); flip-flops/jcrew (old)

{weekend round-up}

some of my favorites from this past week:

project simplify: week 2

BEFORE: the disaster that was my pantry

week two of {project simplify} was definitely something i needed.  it focused on the pantry and fridge.  amazingly enough my fridge was actually clean...did that when lance was gone about a week ago, but the pantry was in desperate need of some organization.  i've been buying all sorts of flours and flax meal, wheat germ, wheat bran in my effort to eat clean, but i still had all of the other stuff thrown in there so it was completely disorganized.  plus miss mollie loves to go in there and raid everything she can reach.

DURING: the kitchen looked like some sort of baking supply warehouse had exploded in it.

the clean-out took me the better part of two nights and left  my kitchen a wreck for two days.  but its all done now and i can enjoy its cleanliness this sunday.  now to just keep it up.

AFTER: ahh, it is under control again.

project simplify

i'm so excited to be participating in the {project simplify} challenge being held at the simple mom.  it couldn't have come at a better time for me.  i am in the process of putting our house back together after the water heater flood of january.  we still have a few items to be finished (paint and replacing baseboards/trim work) but for the most part we have been able to move the furniture back to its original locations.  i decided to use this time to clean out and declutter our house.  apparently the simple mom holds {project simplify} every spring, so this was perfect.

week 1 is all about kid stuff.  we have plenty of that...maybe too much of that.  plus the kids are getting older so everything needed to be purged and cleared out.  i focused on the playroom and the boys room.  mollie's closet is in desperate need as well, but i wasn't in the right mindset to go through all of her clothes just yet, i know i would try to hold on to too many of them.


yesterday i took the day off.  the kids still went to school and the babysitter, but instead of going to work i stayed at home.  it is absolutely amazing to me how much stuff i can cram into 6 hours without kids.  while the house isn't perfect, i have 3 large boxes of trash (mostly random magazines i was holding onto and about a thousand of those sonic playing cards) and 2 boxes of kids toys to donate.  in the midst of this crazy cleaning frenzy i even found the missing skeleton key to the airmoire that we keep toys stored in in the playroom.  this particular key has been missing since christmas.  this meant it was a good day.

i did a little bit of redecorating with the playroom also.  i started with my inspiration, the gorgeous, bright IKEA rug i had been eyeing since i was pregnant with mollie.  ikat is very popular and while i am not a huge fan of it on clothes, i loved the look of these pillows!  plus they make for comfy floor cushions.  i also got some poofs to brighten up the room and add more seating when we have friends over.  i scored these amazing curtains in grey (a pinterest find!)  i'm so happy with how the playroom turned out and the kids seem to be enjoying it too.  a clean playroom helps me stay sane.

i'm looking forward to more of {project simplify} over the rest of this month.

fashion remix challenge!

i love challenges.  for some reason attaching the word challenge to something makes me NEED to stick to it.  i'm in the middle of a fitness/health challenge, but that is totally separate from my latest obsession.  thanks to pinterest i'm all about pinning fashion inspiration and outfit ideas.  i'm not short on clothes, i have always loved to clothing shop, but i do get stuck in a rut of wearing the same things every.single.day.


the blog kendi everyday has lots of inspiration and she has a similar style to mine.  she wrote about a 30 day fashion remix here.  it sounded like fun to me.  i decided to start on march 1st thinking i would have enough time to get everything together...well of course that didn't happen.  i am doing it more haphazardly than i'm sure it is supposed to be done, but if i didn't give myself a deadline it just would have lingered on.


the rules.
some of these are from kendi's blog, some i just made up. 
- pick 30 items from your closet (shoes and clothes, accessories and jewelry are not included) and remix them over 30 days, trying to come up with different outfits.
- workout clothes and sneakers do not count.  i workout 5-6 days/week and at that rate my workout clothes would have taken up my 30 item limit quickly.  i don't wear sneakers for anything other than exercising, so i am not getting a bonus item in that way.  i did include 1 pair of yoga pants in my 30 items since i usually wear those on the weekends when i'm home or at night.
- no shopping.  well, no clothes or shoe shopping for 30 days....i think this may be my hardest to stick to :)


i would love to have some sort of beginning picture of all of my items, but that hasn't happened yet.  the closest i can come to is the shoes i picked out.  

shoes: tory burch/aiden tall boots; jessica simpson patent nude heels; toms/giselle flats; tory burch/sally wedges; jcrew glitter flip-flops; toms burlap cap toe flats.

i did go through and start with some of the basics that i KNEW i'd need in there.  and i'm trying to work with that right now and slowly add in the rest of the items as i go.  but basically if i wear it one day, then its stuck in there so i am trying to carefully plan out my outfits instead of just throwing something on.

amazing wedges/anthropologie

she also recommends a wild card item...something you don't wear all that much.  i bought these gorgeous red wedges from anthropologie several years ago and they hurt horribly to wear (and for me that means my feet were pretty much bleeding since i go through a lot for the right pair of shoes) so they got stuck into the back of the closet.  i found them as i was cleaning out and trying to pick my items and i thought they were the perfect addition.  a wonderful bonus is that for whatever reason, they don't hurt to wear anymore.


the outfits.

day ONE: flats/toms, tissue tee/jcrew, seven for all mankind/original fit

day TWO: red wedges/anthropologie, shirt/madewell, pixie pant/jcrew (these are quite possibly the most comfortable pants around), not pictured was a grey wool blazer from jcrew

day THREE: slacker saturday...i did not even leave the house.  dakota slippers/uggs (i'm up in the air about putting these as an item..i'm not really counting though since i'd never wear out of the house), t-shirt/local boutique, hoodie/jcrew, hatha workout pants/lucy

day FOUR: giselle flats/toms, skinny cargoes/jessica simpson, 3/4 sleeve sweatshirt/anthropologie, tree of life necklace/lovefeasttable (i can't even say how much i love this necklace...but you will see it a lot over the next 4 weeks)

partyin' angry birds style!

ethan is definitely obsessed with angry birds.  he actually quite good at it and can pass levels better than i can sometimes.  he's wanted an angry birds party since he went to a classmate's party last summer.  

what a fun theme it ended up being!!  had a blast putting things together and i'm so happy with how it all turned out!  i was just impressed anything got done since we basically had to pack up a portion of our house and move in the grandparents due to a lovely little flood.  but my wonderful in-laws were helpful as always and i was able to invade their house not only with the kids but with all of the angry birds supplies.  

we had the party at a local gymnastics place and it was the perfect place to let the kids run free for almost 2 hours.  my dear friend was so helpful in helping me set-up everything in record time. 

i did come home to this...but it was totally all worth it!  especially when ethan thanked me for all of the awesome party stuff.  :)

happy 5th birthday, ethan!  we love you so much!

on her way to TWO!

my little girl will be TWO in a few months.  it is hard to believe that this little bundle of energy and smiles is growing up so quickly.  

she has become adventurous.  she can scale the table, desk or counter top and she happily moves whatever stool or box she needs to get climb higher.  she is usually searching for the phone or someones laptop or ipod.  she is chattering away.  she pipes up during dinner and doesn't hesitate to join in in the conversation.  she is a little fashionista and loves to have on her shoes and accessories.  and while she can't shop for as long as she used to, she is still relatively happy being out and about and usually waves and talks to most of the people we pass in walmart.  she is a tiny thing and with her little bob she looks just like a pixie.  but do not be mistaken, she seems to have miles' fiery temper and she will hit and bite with the best of them...and she definitely knows how to turn on the tears and pout when she doesn't get her way.

we can't imagine our family without our little muffin.  onward to TWO and a life where we will not be bound by naptimes and diapers.