Rosie

Another 1940's inspired look... It must be the old movies that I have been watching, but I can't help wanting to dress like those amazing wartime women. This outfit is a modern twist on Rosie the Riveter. 

The denim on denim, polka dot scarf, and boots seemed perfect for what Rosie would be wearing to work now...

Outfit Details- Scarf- Thrifted (Vintage and from Italy!), Top- Garage Sale, Belt-??, Pants- Target, Boots- Kohls (Birthday present from Grandma and Grandpa Edgar)  

Once again I tried Victory Rolls, this time parted down the center, and they worked so much better than the other day. My pesky bangs though- they are still in the way! I don't know what to do with the things!! Any suggestions on what to do with long unmanagable bangs, they would be greatly appreciated! 

This photograph of a real Rosie was absolutely perfect, and was my outfit inspiration for this look. Even our polka dot shirts match! The women on the 1940's were so amazing. They were doing hard things- things that had never been expected of women before. They stepped up, took the challenge, and changed the future for women. They were feminine and strong- I mean really, who looks this perfect doing that kind of work?!

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This is what I did in my Rosie gear. I painted my bedside table to a shabby chic light green, and I adore how it looks! Just one room has lightened my room so much, and I love it! Lately I have been redecorating my room and trying to finish it, so you may be seeing a lot of refurbished furniture and decorations in the near future :)  

Also- I loooooovvvvveeee this quote. I am so thankful for the love my Savior has for me! 

  "Life has its share of some fear and some failure. Sometimes things fall short, don't quite measure up. Sometimes in both personal and public life, we are seemingly left without strength to go on. Sometimes people fail us, or economies and circumstances fail us, and life with its hardship and heartache can leave us feeling very alone. 
"But when such difficult moments come to us, I testify that there is one thing which will never, ever fair us. One thing alone will stand the test of all time, of all tribulation, all trouble, and all transgression. One thing only never faileth- and that is the pure love of Christ. 
"... Only the pure love of Christ will see us through. It is Christ's love which suffereth long, and is kind. It is Christ's love which is not puffed up nor easily provoked. Only his pure love enables him-and us- to bear all things, believe all things, hope all things, and endure all things."
-Elder Jeffery R. Holland

I Left My Heart In Paris

Bonjour! I love outfits like these- the ones that are so easy to wear, and you can just whip them together extremely quickly and easily! I especially love this outfit because it was so 'frenchy'. My Mom's name is Pari, so she has always told us that she loves Paris because we are hers- we are Pari's. I have always loved that, and loved France. Hopefully someday I will be able to travel there! 

The day we took these photos was sooooo miserably HOT! I was sooo thankful that I was wearing a skirt, and so thankful that there was a breeze (even though it was hot air...). I don't know if you can tell, but in the photographs I was not in the best of moods, and neither was my photographer! We were both so cussed hot, and all we wanted was to be out of the sun. We seriously whipped these photos out in about 2 minutes that scurried back inside where it was air conditioned! 

Outfit Details- Hat- Christmas Present, Necklace- Claire's (I actually got it on one of their HUGE sales and it was only $1!!), Shirt- T.J. Maxx, Skirt- Down East Basics, Shoes- Target, Sunglasses- Target (Actually Katie got these for me and we now have matching sunnies! They were only $1, and the sides are polka dotted!) 

 And Because it is so hard to see in the outfit photographs here is a photo of my darling little necklace-

Doctrine and Covenants 88:125 -And above all things, clothe yourselves with the bond ofcharity, as with a mantle, which is the bond of perfectness and peace.

What’s Buzzin’, Cousin?

The other day I wrote about Victory Rolls and how much  I love the  look, so today I tried it... And oh my heavens- It is so hard to do with bangs! They get in the way so much with this hair style! They are too short to add to an existing victory roll or make their own, too long to leave down, and all together awkward! As you can tell I tried to pin them back as best as I could, but even in these photographs they are falling out a little bit. Even though my bangs were extremely troublesome the hair style did turn out very sweet. I couldn't get the Rolls as high on my head as I wanted (again my bangs were causing problems) so I added this darling green hat. I adore this hat, and it has quite the history, but that is for another time. 

Outfit Details: Dress- Vintage (thrifted), Skirt- T.J. Maxx, Gloves-Vintage (Christmas present), Shoes- Garage Sale (originally from Payless), Pearl Necklace- Vintage (Estate Sale), Hat- Vintage 

Hopefully you loved this 1940's inspired look as much as I did! (And hope fully next time I do my hair in Victory Rolls it works a little bit better...) 

Oh- I also wanted to start back up my spiritual/uplifting thoughts at the end of my posts.

Doctrine and Covenants 88:40 For intelligence cleaveth unto intelligence; wisdom receiveth wisdom; truth embraceth truth; virtue loveth virtue; light cleaveth unto light; mercy hath compassion on mercy and claimeth her own; justice continueth its course and claimeth its own; judgment goeth before the face of him who sitteth upon the throne and governeth and executeth all things.

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(Background from Shabby Blog, I added the quote) 

Victory Rolls

Aren't these photographs about Victory Rolls absolutely darling! I have been longing to try the styling for some time and I think that looking at at these photographs has pushed me over the edge. Perhaps in the next outfit post I will have my very own 1940/1950's Victory Rolls...
I love how fun, yet elegant the style is, especially when paired with some red lips.
Hopefully it works with my bangs!

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Butterfly Loves Snapdragon actually has a tutorial showing how she did her hair like this here.

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1940's Inspired

Lately I have felt so inspired by the elegant looks of the 1940's. I love how simple the look turned out, but it still looks so classy! That's one of my favorite parts of that time period. The style was so simple during the time surrounding World War 2, yet it is so beautiful!  

I actually threw together this look while I was running late- and I love how it turned out. I've been wanting to wear this blouse with the plaid skirt for a while, but I felt that the combination was a little bit too 'school teacher'. The jacket added just the right amount of change for it to come together perfectly. 

This outfit was way too warm for the day that I wore it! It was alright when I was inside the air-conditioned car, store, and house, but as soon as I stepped outside I was dying.

(Sorry for my messed up bangs. I didn't notice until the later pictures, but it was a little too warm for me to have any desire to go back out and fix the first ones... I suppose that it did look alright for morning hair done without a mirror)

My makeup (conveniently done in the car) was also inspired by the 40's. The winged liner and red lips with a natural looking blush tied the look together perfectly. 

Have a wonderful Wednesday! 

Outfit Details: Blouse- from my beautiful Aunt Nancy, Jacket- Aunt Jenner (I have the most wonderful and generous Aunts! ♥), Skirt- T. J. Maxx, Shoes- Garage Sale (originally from Payless, but I love the vintage vibe) 

My Inspiration

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I adore how timeless all of these women look! Some of the women sport manicures that match their lipstick, others have such darling hats, and the gloves look so effortless and perfect! Oh and the hair!!

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Isn't this young woman simply darling! I just wish I knew her story! 

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Aren't both of these girls just wonderful! Everything from the hair to the gloves is styled to perfection. The girl on the right was actually who inspired me to wear my jacket with the blouse. I love how stylish the two girls look together and wish that I had a photograph of my best friend and I so elegantly posed out and about! 

Speaking of best friends head over to Katie's blog Red Photography to see some pictures of Natalia from our recent photo shoot. 

Small Town Girl

Ever since I was little I have loooovvvveeeedddd Little House On The Prairie. It was my Mom's favorite show growing up, and so naturally it was one that she showed her little girls and they all fell in love with. 

I remember as a little girl acting out one of our favorite episodes over and over and over taking turns who got to be Nellie and who got to be Laura ( If you watch Little House it is the episode where Nellie fakes getting hurt and in the end gets flipped out of a cart into water...).  

As a child I loved Laura. She was so funny, and when I really began to love the show I was right around the age of her character. I felt like I was just like Laura- and my name even matched hers! Completely convinced that I was Laura I HATED Nellie Olsen and her terrible Mother and don't even get me started on Willie Olsen! 

Nellie was a city girl.

Laura was a county girl.

Naturally, my one desire was to be just like Laura and be a country girl.

 As I have gotten older I've realized that I have a little bit more Nellie Olsen in me then I would even have admitted as a child.... I love being girl. I love fancy dresses and ringlets. And I even live in a small town just like Nellie would have. 

Perhaps I am more of a small town girl...

I love this dress because both the cut and color are darling and it has pockets- and honestly who doesn't love a dress with pockets- but it is rather short, so I always have to wear a skirt underneath and it also wrinkles really easily if you sit for even a short amount of time.

 {I awkwardly learned both of those things while at a debate tournament and had to keep making sure my skirt was covering me enough every time I sat down and smoothing my dress frantically every time I wanted to speak in congress... yep.... you probably didn't want to know about that novice year experience...}

Outfit Details: Jacket- Aunt Nancy (She gave me some of the most darling clothing that I have and I am soooooo thankful!), Dress- Target on sale for $6, Under skirt- T. J. Maxx, Boots- Thrifted, Pearl Bottle Necklace- Vintage  

You Blue Me Away

Isn't this the most gorgeous dress! It is one of my very favorites. These photographs are from another photo shoot with Katie, and you can view a few more photos over a Katie's blog, Red Photography. Katie not only had me for her model in this shoot, but three other gorgeous models. Kassie and Sydney are truly the sweetest girls I know, and are some of my best friends. The last model was Natalia, my sister. I think Tali had a lot of  fun hanging with the 'big girls', and her pictures turned out looking so beautiful! 

Outfit Details: Earings & Necklace- Rue 21, Bracelet- Gift from my Sister (similar here), Dress- Aunt Nancy, Shoes- T. J. Maxx 

You can tell in some of the pictures my face is a little bit swollen. After the photo shoot Katie and I had on Monday my face, chest, shoulders, hands, neck, and ears broke out in hives. I had been taking allergy meds non stop and using different allergy sprays and lotions throughout the week, but by Friday night they hives were still there. Thankfully by Saturday they were a little less noticeable and I was able to cover them with make up, but I still look a little swollen and red in these pictures.  

I hope have a wonderful week!

What's Your Favorite Holiday?

Outfit Details: Shoes- Payless, Tights- Mom, Skirt- T. J. Maxx, Jacket- Down East, Shirt- Down East, Pearl Earings- Rue 21, Necklace- Fuego, Bracelet- Claires, Ring- Mom and Dad 

In honor of the beautiful United States of America I decided to go all out red white and blue today. 

I was planning on wearing this on the fourth of July, but, unfortunately I ended up staying home in lounge clothes. The reason- I still had hives all over my face, neck, and chest. So, my family ended up going to Grandma's and having a BBQ and swimming, while I stayed home taking allergy meds and working on book logs for honors English. yep. 

I wore this to church today and this is what our missionaries said:

Elder Childs-"All you need now is a horned tail"

Me-"To be the Devil?"

Elder Childs-"Or a demond..."

Me-"Hahaha, It's the red tights isn't it?"

Elder Childs-"Yeah, something like that... but it still looks cute."

Our Elders make me laugh so hard. Ever since Winston left on his mission I have had a much greater appreciation for missionaries, and all of their sacrifices and their families sacrifices. They give two whole years to the Lord focusing entirely on the Lord's work! We have the Elders over for dinner a lot since Winst left, and are always giving them treats at church. Because they are always at our house or we are at Anne's (where they are also always at) the Elders are always teasing me, and sometimes they remind me of Winston. I mean really... I look like the Devil to a missionary... what am I even supposed to say to that?

Mom always has a nasty habit of sharing some of my most embarrassing  stories when the missionaries come over, and because it was the day before the fourth last time they came Mom thought that it would be appropriate to share the story of the first time that a boy 'hit' on me... So here it is--

It was 6th grade and my whole class had gone up to the mountains for an all day ski trip. All day long one of the most annoying boys in my class had followed me around, so I was slightly relieved when it was finally time for us to go home. We left around 8 so it was dark outside and everyone was tired and worn out from a long day or skiing/ snowboarding/ playing in the snow. I was sitting with my best friend talking and feeling super stinky and grubby when the boy that had been following us around all day squished into the already crammed (we were wearing snow suits and winter coats and winter boots...) seat with us. Then the boy turned to look at me and said:

Him:"What's your favorite holiday?"

Me: "I don't know...Christmas?" In my head I was saying 'The day when you learn to LEAVE ME ALONE!!'

Him: "Don't you want to know mine?"

Me:" No."

Him: *undaunted by my cold response*"Well, mine is the fourth of July because the fire works go KABOOM!"

Then the terrible part happened. He put his arm around my shoulders as he did the Kaboom. 

As you can imagine, my friend and I were horrified. Not only was it the worst pickup line we had ever heard, but it was being used on me! While on a field trip! Ew...

And that my dear friends is why the fourth of July is not my favorite holiday. 

p.s. Today is international kissing day so this post is S.W.A.K. 

Jacqueline Kennedy

Outfit Details: Suit Jacket- Aunt Nancy, Skirt-Bella Bird, Gloves-Vintage, Pill box hat- Vintage (borrowed from Mom), Pearl Necklace- Rue 21, Shoes- Aunt Jenner 

I absolutely adore this outfit. It is so feminine and classic. The first time that I wore this outfit Sister Allen, my old seminary teacher, told me that I looked just like a modern Jackie Kennedy. 

I was honored! I love Jacqueline Kennedy's style- it is timeless, and so beautiful! And I was so honored to be told that I look like such a style icon! 

Jacqueline Kennedy photo source: here 

It is a good thing that I had these photos saved from a while ago because right now I am simply miserable. Remember those pesky hives I mentioned from the other  day... well, they are refusing to go away. It stinks. Hopefully they will start going away soon!!