New Apartment Dreams

A little over two months away and I'm moving into a new apartment. I can't wait! Changing scenery will be a warmed welcome, that comes with new rooms to decorate and a lovely new pool and large lawn outside. Where else would I look for ideas except Pinterest. I can't believe in such a short time how large and informative Pinterest has become. I've been pinning so many beautiful rooms that have been inspiring me lately.

Hanging Out In A Tree

I grew up climbing, and falling out of, trees. There is a huge Christmas Tree in a very sweet downtown area and there was no sign not to climb; I call that a win. There were also so many shops that inspired me to decorate my new apartment. I love days when I start with coffee and an adventure!

Outfit Details: Skirt/ Thrifted, Top/ Forever 21, Shoes/ Target, Earrings/ Gift, Hairpiece/ Target

Happy Climbing! Joy :)

We Love You!

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Moms! WE LOVE YOU! and thank you for all you do. We love you everyday but we especially want to take the time out today to remind you how much our lives are changed and made better through your sacrifice and love! I pray every mom has a wonderful, stress free day!- Love all of your kids

5 Tips for Thrift Shopping

I've been going to thrift shops and garage sales since I was very young and just recently I started using a technique to shop there. Before I would be excited to be there and walk around aimlessly searching for treasures, and that did work sometimes. However, I found if I go in with a strategy I am much more efficient and I tend to find more treasures.

Get a Cart. It doesn't matter if you're only planning on being in there for five minutes or if you've blocked the entire day out to go thrift shopping, if you have a cart your life will be so much easier. I've had so many times where I either voted against a cart completely or I decided to go with a basket and I then changed my mind to wanting a cart. If you just snag one on your way it it makes life that much easier.

2. Put every item you like in the cart, even if you're iffy about an item. We've all had those times where you think, "uhh I'm not sure. I'll come back" then when you come back it's gone and someone else has fallen in love with the same item. Now I put every item I'm debating in the cart and keep moving, it helps with time management and I avoid lost items.

3.Do a first sweep then a second. After that initial time of searching around your favorite section, go back around a second time to make sure you didn't miss anything.

4. Try the clothes on. There's really no way to tell how a piece will look on you, or even if you truly like it, until you try the item on. There's also the flip side where you pick something up because it speaks to you, not at all expecting to like it, but once you try it on you realize you actually are excited and feel good wearing it.
Edit your basket. Now that you have all these items you have found throughout the shop, start narrowing down what you are going to purchase and what items may not fit with your home. It's hard but unfortunately needs to be done.

6. And most importantly, Have fun with it. The best part about thrifting is having the opportunity to find such lovely items and saving them for deteritaing. If you're not having fun, your'e doing it wrong. Sometimes it's fun to take random pictures to remember the day. This is my way of thrifting and I still have so much fun every time I go. Make sure you're always enjoying yourself, and come back and show me what lovely items you have found! Have Fun

Moving Forward

I feel as though I'm trying to catch up with an old friend I haven't talked to in a few months and I don't know where to start. My life has gotten pretty busy since January and there have been a lot of changes. 

-I started a new job
-I'm finishing up classes this fall
-I'm moving apartments in a month
-I've been trying to learn more about photography to make my etsy more enjoyable to shop at
-Still searching for a new camera, I think I've decided on Nikon
...To name a few changes that have been happening.

Since I'm moving soon, I've been on Pinterest overload searching for decorating and diy ideas. I've also been thrift shopping and I finally have the time to start doing some of my clothing redo projects; those will be coming to the blog very soon. Above are some of my pictures from instagram. I figured that was a simple way to play quick catch up on my life. What have you been up to recently, also have you learned anything you think I should see as far as diy or decorating ideas or honestly anything you feel like sharing? 

Starting Fresh

It's summer and earth is warming up, we're putting away our pants and pulling out our maxi skirts and tank tops! To celebrate, I'm revitalizing the blog! It's been too long and I'm ready for a new start. 

Above is a picture of what the blog use to look like. It's hard to change sometimes but I'm pretty happy about how it looks now. The design is from the lovely going going studios on etsy. She was my first etsy purchase and I couldn't be happier. Still doing some tweaks here and there but I'm happy with how it's looking. 

I Hope you're excited for this Summer! Here we go!