Alice...Ish

Well....this happened.

It's funny, people keep saying the weather is crazy, but it's spring! Spring basically equals crazy weather. One day you might have a snow storm, and the next day you might have 60 degree shorts weather.

Since it looked like a winter wonderland when I woke up, of course I thought of Alice in Wonderland, so I kinda dressed like her.

This apron is one I made awhile ago. I mainly use it for sewing because it has great, deep pockets to put a pin cushion, or a pair of scissors in. I think I might actually sew a scissors loop on the waistband also. I'm sure I'll get around to it.

I had to wear my boots again (not disappointed at all) however, it did make my outfit come across as an overgrown pioneer farm girl rather than a coy Alice. Oh well. You can't win them all.

And since I mainly just wanted to wear the apron, I decided to wear this blue dress that is actually in my "Re-work" pile. The sleeves, neckline, and waist are off. It's too big and the sleeves/neckline are hideously 80's. I was thinking about shortening the sleeves a bit, making them fit slimmer, and removing the hideous awkward collar. I'm glad the apron is covering that monstrosity.

And of course, kitty Bear was very interested in what I was doing.

I wish the focus wasn't so off on this one, it's a really cute picture otherwise.

Then he decided to watch me from the fence...

I hope your spring is off to a great start, whether you are shoveling snow, picking up your patio umbrella from the neighbors lawn, or cooling off with a lemonade.

Here's to looking forward to the warmer, and stabler months!




Outfit
Dress ~ Thrifted
Apron ~ Made by me
Boots ~  Zoe and Luca @ Macy's
Headband ~ No idea
Cat ~ Wandering about

Christmas and a Snow day

Hey all!

I had a great Christmas this year! Not too many presents, mostly just gift cards and clothes (that's all I ever want except a horse, but I never get that). Anyway, my sister Heidi came up early and stayed for a few days before Christmas. My brother Micah and his wife and their kids came up too,but they were just here for Christmas. Being from a big family, we always miss anyone who isn't there. This year it was my sisters Nikki and Jaime. Nikki is in Vegas so we don't see her very often, but we usually see Jaime. However she moved to Arizona with her family around Thanksgiving. But it was still good.

The tree

We technically had a white Christmas (it was much more green than white), but of course the day after we got a ton of snow.

In other news, I cleaned my carpet. My dad got one of those rentals from the store for 24 hours, so I thought I would do my room. I have had my room for about 9 years, and the carpet was new when I moved into my room. I have no idea why my mother thought it was good idea to get cream colored carpet. First of all, I was a kid, and secondly, we have always had a lot of pets. Right now we have 2 dogs, 5 cats, 2 rabbits, and a hamster. Anyway, it did help quite a bit, but it still looks dingy. There are a lot of singed spots from when I was vacuuming and the motor overheated. I need new carpet, but that cost's much too much money. Le sigh.

I also tried a new hairstyle yesterday. I was inspired by Barbie, more specifically vintage Barbie. I love her little ponytail with the flip, and the pin-curled front hair, it's too cute! I think I may try to work on a tutorial for it because I don't think there are many out there.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas/Kwanza/Chanukah!  :)

First Day of Winter

Well, the first day of winter did not disappoint. With all the unseasonably warm weather we have been having in Ohio, the official start of winter showed itself with a vengeance. I ran a few errands today and the roads were terrible. We didn't get all that much snow, but what we did get was blowing all over the place due to heavy winds.

 I have always loved this house. It's about a mile away from me, and on my way home it just looked so perfect I had to take a picture. Luckily there was no one else on the road at that moment. It's a colonial style, and looks like Abigail Adams could have lived here. Minus the electricity of course.

 Since I was running a few errands and was going to be around town, I wore contacts today and "put my face on." I would like to say I do it everyday...but I don't. I also did pin-curls for my hair, they turned out much better this time than last time. I always think my lips look funny when I smile, but that's probably because smiling is very weird and will be for about another year. You see, I have braces. And I am not embarrassed about them, but I hate smiling with my teeth in pictures for now.

 And in black and white

 

 I should have taken an outfit picture because it was pretty cute, but I didn't have time. These are after I put my face on, and before I picked out my outfit.

The red checkered wire headband is from Modcloth.

Today I also made homemade pizza dough for pizza, cleaned my room, re-organized my desk, and watched 2 episodes of Mad Men on Netflix. I'm catching up slowly but surely.

Have a great night!