As the days get longer and colder, spice up your wardrobe to add a bit of bright back into the day.

This outfit is a cute, cozy and comfy outfit perfect for a dreary winter day. Simple yet sophisticated and super easy to assemble. The two key pieces to this outfit are the sweater and the necklace.

The sweater makes a bold statement with the dark colored Aztec print. I love things like these because they are pretty and you can still snuggle up in the sleeves and stay warm. I've seen sweaters like this everywhere, different colors and lengths, shapes and sizes, and they can all be thrown together with some other key pieces to make a perfect outfit.

When you're out shopping and see a sweater like this PICK IT UP! I promise you'll always have places to wear it to and it can be paired with so many other pieces. This is a great outfit to mix things up from the traditional jeans and leggings in the winter. You can even wear a pair of tights to match one of the colors in the sweater if you feel like you'll be cold. Add the necklace and a pair of boots or flats and you have a fashionable, yet snuggle outfit to conquer the cold weather.

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A great piece to have this fall and winter is a twill/cargo jacket.

This one piece can be so versatile and can be paired with many different outfits. You can throw it over a plain t-shirt on your way out of the house or you can dress it up with some jewelry and a dress underneath.

Just like a jean jacket in summer, a cargo jacket can spice up your outfits on a day to day basis. I have an army green colored one which matches with anything black or anything in the brown color family. Since they're not the warmest jacket, you can layer sweaters, long sleeve tees or hoodies underneath to keep you warm and stylish. This will give you an edgier, out of the ordinary look and you can make a statement every time you wear it by dressing it so many different ways.

Go out and rock your cargo jacket the right way.

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A fun, easy and inexpensive way to organize your jewelry. A great rainy Sunday project!

Everyone knows that its storing your jewelry is never a neat situation. Your necklaces get tangled, all your bangles get mis-matched and you can never find the other earring. This picture right here can be the perfect solution for you.

To store your hanging earrings, look for a large, cheap frame. Take the glass and backing out, so you just have the outer frame, which you can now make your own. Spray paint it to match your room, modge podge magazine clippings, or add ribbons and lace to decorate it. Then add some chicken wire to the back of the frame so that you have the perfect canvas to hang your earrings. Once this is done, hang your earrings with their matches on the wire and now you have a pretty exposed earing storage that looks store bought!

To hang your necklaces tangle free, grab some cheap white hooks that screw into the wall. Then go to a craft store, like Michael's, and buy either a white wooden dowel, or just a wooden dowel which you can spray paint any color you want. Make sure you bring one of the hooks with you to the store so you can make sure the dowel fits. Now screw the hooks into the wall at the appropriate width, leaving a little bit (maybe an inch or 2) hanging off the side from each hook. This will ensure your the rod won't fall off easily. Now the last step is to add your necklaces! Like the picture, you can space out the rods for the necklaces, making one for long necklaces and one for short. Hang your necklaces up and you will never have to deal with a tangled mess while your rushing to get ready again!

For bracelets I would suggest to do the same method for hanging as the necklaces. Bracelets, if put into storage containers, can looks a little messy, but the rod gets rid of that problem. For studs, although they don't show it here, I use a ring holder. One that is the rows of foam with the spaces in the middle to fit rings. This is a perfect place for your studs. You can keep them with their match, they stay neat and they're easily accessible.

This is a super cute, and cheap way to store all of your jewelry. This would look great over a low dresser and adds décor to the room. Who knew your cluttered jewelry could actually become wall art?! Hope this helps solve your lost earrings and tangled necklaces problems from this day forward!

Stay Girly! XOXO

Happy Halloween to all my followers!

Make sure you continue being a fashionista as you dress up this weekend! Wow everyone with your cute and creative costumes.

I'm being a referee, badass punk-rocker and a devil this weekend, comment with your costume ideas and share pictures!

Enjoy your Halloweekend and make sure you make a statement everyday, as per usual ;).

Stay Cute! XOXO

 

 

If you're still looking for a Halloween costume for you and your boy, here is one everyone will love!

 

I did this last year and it looked adorable. The most time consuming part of this whole costume is surprisingly the mans part. Sewing that pillow took me a good 4 hours, but now I have it for many more Halloweens to come.

 

Girls, you of course want to look like a super-cute tooth fairy, so you will need everything pink, white and sparkly! I think what she did here looks best, but you can wear a pink tutu or a pink shirt or whatever you choose, the possibilities are endless! You need a top, either a tank, a sweater, a long-sleeved shirt, etc, just keep it simple. Then, you will need a tutu, stockings, a tiara, wings, a wand and some shoes. I wore a cute sparkly pair of ballet flats, but that's probably the least important part of the costume anyways! Find a super sparkly, super girly wand and cut out a tooth from paper to attach to it. If you're not standing by your man the whole time, people may get a little confused as to what you may be, so the wand will make it clear. That's all for the girls! When I did this last year I wore a white long-sleeved tee, a white tutu, pink stockings, sparkly flats, a tiara, wings and a tooth wand, but style it however you want, because you'll look like a super stylin' fairy regardless.

 

For the guys, you may want to start making their costumes NOW because it takes a little while! Usually, our men don't know how to sew, so we get stuck with making the entire costume, but we have to make sacrifices if we want to look great, right? What you need for him is 4 pillows (2 long, 2 short), a white sheet, a sewing kit and a crown (optional). The men can really wear whatever they want underneath because the tooth takes up most of their body anyways. To make the tooth, sew the edges of one long pillow and one short pillow together, then cut the long pillow at the bottom so that it makes it look like the roots of the teeth, shown in the picture, and sew those cuts shut. It's easiest to do that by taking some of the stuffing out of the pillow, but make sure you don't take too much. Do this for the other 2 pillows as well and the attach them so they make a box. Last step is to sew the sheet onto all the pillows tightly and cut holes for the arms and head, so it covers all the seems and makes a perfect pearly white.

 

The link attached below explains the tooth making process step by step, I just gave you a little overview!

http://www.julieannart.com/2012/09/tooth-tooth-fairy-costume-diy-tutorial.html

 

Go wow all the guests of your Halloween party by making your very own Tooth & Tooth Fairy costume!

 

Stay Girly! XOXOs

 

 Statement necklaces are a big thing this year, so make your own for cheap!

 

I found this DIY necklace tutorial on pinterest and am definitely going to try! All you need to make this super-cute DIY necklace is thin plastic tubing, q-tips, gold spray paint, crazy/hot glue and a ribbon or string to finish off the necklace.

 

To start making this, I would find roll of plastic tubing thin enough to fit about two rods from the q-tip inside, so they fit tightly and do not fall apart. Make sure you check this before you start making the necklace otherwise it may not work! Once you find the best sized plastic tubing, cut them into the desired link size and cut many of them depending on how long you want the necklace (and maybe a few extras, just incase you mess up).

 

After they're cut, spray paint all the pieces of tubing gold so that they appear completely covered. Make sure you let them dry enough because once they're made into the necklace, it will be hard to fix. While the links are drying, cut the q-tips in half and then cut off the cotton tip ends, so they are now little white sticks. These will be used to connect the links together into a circle.

 

Once the q-tips are cut and the links are dry, you can begin to construct your DIY necklace. Take the first piece plastic tubing and put a dot of glue on both of the open ends. Now insert 2 pieces of the cut q-tip into one end halfway, and attach the other end of tubing onto the remaining exposed q-tip. Now you should have your first link of your necklace. Continue this, while interlocking the loops, until you reach the desired length of your necklace.

 

To finish off this super cute project, add a ribbon to the last loops on either side of the chain to finalize the necklace. There are also many variations and you can go wherever you want from this point. Make it silver and gold, change the ribbons to match your outfit, make two and double layer them, the possibilities are endless!

 

Whether making this for yourself or giving it as a gift, it will look super chic, is rather cheap and you will get compliments wherever you go!

 

Stay Cute! XOXO

 



Who doesn't LOVE animal print?!

Well, you're in luck, because this Fall and Winter animal prints are very popular. My favorite animal print is, of course, cheetah. I think every one should own a cheetah button up, because it is extremely versatile and super cute. You can wear a top like this out to a business event, with dress pants and a blazer over it, or for a casual daily look paired with jeans and a blazer or a cardigan.

The look above is a perfect way to wear a cheetah top. Pair it with a black blazer with gold accents, a black belt with a subtle gold buckle and gold jewelry. Throw on a pair of jeans and black boots or flats and you have the perfect outfit. Of course, there can be many variations that work, but I always think that cheetah, black and gold look best together.

These prints make a statement but also make sure not to overdo it. I would suggest to only wear one piece of printed clothing at a time. Cheetah patterns are hard to match, and you don't want to ruin your outfit by clashing. If you're doing a bold shirt, finish off the outfit with simple accents. If you're doing cheetah print shoes, keep your outfit rather plain, so your shoes make the statement. And lastly, if you're feeling daring by wearing cheetah printed pants, keep both the jewelry and your top VERY simple. Sometimes prints can work together, like in my other post with a striped shirt and cheetah scarf, but these are few and far between, so just be mindful.

Make a statement this fall and be bold with your prints. You have a set of guidelines to make these prints work, now go make the world your runway.

Stay Cute! XOXO