~my closet-copy cat style~

 Although I feel like it some days, motherhood

hasn't COMPLETELY taken over my life.

Aside from my Family Fun magazine subscription

I have managed to cling onto my InStyle subscription.

I love the day each month when I receive

it in the mail. I usually wait until that night

to read it, when I can draw a nice hot bath,

crack open a beer and read it in 

PEACE AND QUIET

after the kids go to bed.

One of my guilty pleasures :)

My favorite feature of InStyle mag

are all the pages with outfit ideas.

I saw an outfit idea that I LOVED in 

my most recent issue and was thrilled

that I had almost the exact same outfit on

hand in my own closet. The only difference

was the color of the jeans.....in the magazine

they showed green jeans. I thought it would look

just as cute with my bright blue jeans.....

and I was right. 

            Rockstar blue jeans- Old Navy

black peplum top-Worthington- JC Penney  

belt- vintage Levi (have had forever)

leopard ballet flats- Target

earrings- JC Penney (gift)

Lucky bracelet- Macey's (gift)    

I loved the bright, bold color with the leopard print.

I'm smack dab in that bizarre stage of

a woman's life when clothing options seem

either "too young" or "too old".

You know, I don't want to seem like I'm trying

to look 20 but I also don't want to look like I'm

dressing as a 50 year old. With this outfit

I felt it was a perfect combo of age appropriate

style, with just the right amount of edginess.    

~turquoise in all shapes & sizes bracelet~

 I love making these bracelets.

I find it so fun and rewarding to

arrange and design each individual bead

and layout of each bracelet.

A good friend of mine had a birthday last week

and I made this for her:

   She told me specifically that she needed some turquoise

colored jewelry, a wish I was delighted to fill

because turquoise is my favorite color of

jewelry to wear and work with.

I decided to make her a pair of earrings too.

Both pieces will work well with additional

gold or silver too.  

It ended up being a nice little set 

that I think she will wear often.

      

~spring flowers~

 It's been a month hasn't it?

Got to the point where you thought I was

done having a creative outlet and 

blasting it all over this here blog?

I almost thought so too.

It's been busy around here.

I started a job, working from home.

It's minimal hours each week but still

has been an adjustment for us.

The job itself is stressful and there is A TON 

of information and computer programs to 

navigate. I'm not gonna lie.....after each shift

I find myself thinking, "What the hell was I thinking?"

It's not like I HAVE to work. Truth be told,

my husband would rather have me not work so we

don't have two schedules to work around.

I'll give it ample time and see how it pans out.

It was a good opportunity, just maybe not the

most opportune time.  Is it ever though?   

   

We took the kids on vacation for spring break.

A week long trip in California.

Was wonderful.

Had guests at our house.

etc.

etc.

You know how it goes.   

Anyway.....something that is definitely 

a welcome sight right now. 

Our flowers.

Praise God.

Or rather I should say, praise my man.

The fruits of my husband's labors from last fall

have paid off and our bulbs are coming up 

strong and thick right now.

Here's my first arrangements:      

    daffodils. 

They seem like such happy little flowers :)

A daffodil represents new beginnings.....

very appropriate that it's the first flower

that blooms in our yard each year.  

 Look how far this tulip opened.

I've never seen one open so wide without the 

petals falling right off. 

 I've done a few projects in the past month,

just haven't had the time and energy to 

photograph them and blog about them.

I have a long list of things from the past

couple years that I STILL HAVEN'T shown you.

Eventually......I promise.

Hope you are enjoying the spring time.

Here's to new beginnings :)