Ombre Alert

I have once again changed my hair color. Go figure. For work I needed to do something somewhat tame -- i.e. no pink, blue, purple, green, etc. Which I have done before (except green which I plan to do next summer). So I gave into the OMBRE trend that has been appearing lately.

It wasn't that hard to do. There are a TON of "How To's" out there for this dye job. YouTube, Google, Pinterest. It's everywhere. Basically you just bleach what you want lightened, allowing more time for the lightest/ends of your hair.

 

Overall I am pleased with the results. I may tweak it here and there. Make the ends a little lighter. But who knows, I may just leave it like this. 

Much love, 

Katie

DIY Curling Wand

I have been wanting to get a curling wand for a while now. The only issue was dropping the $30 or more for one. Then as luck would have it I stumbled across The Beauty Department's tutorial on making your own curling wand from an old curling iron. Needless to say I was ecstatic. Not only would I have a curling wand, but it wouldn't cost me anything--I have at least 3 curling irons that I don't use anymore. And honestly, what's better than getting something for free?

Use The Beauty Department for their tutorial. But really its pretty simple--just remove the clamp.

 

** Please ignore the grossness of the iron. I haven't had a chance to clean it yet.

Much love, 

Katie

Braided Tank

 Materials Needed:

• Old T-Shirt--I used one I found in a free box at school
• Scissors
• Needle and  Matching Thread

Cut off the sleeves of the t-shirt. About 1 inch under seam is good. Once you have the first sleeve cut off, you can use it as a template to cut the other one off.

Extend the holes cut on the BACK OF SHIRT only. Making the shirt into more of a razor back.

Cut off the collar. About 1 inch below.

Cut straight across the razor back. Now there should be a flap on the back of your shirt.

Cut the flap into three section for the braid. Pull the strips a little to make them a little neater and easier to braid.

Braid the three strips. Using the needle and thread, sew the ends of the braid together. 

Find the middle of the collar and sew the braid to it.

Take a strip, about 1 inch wide and 3-4 inches long, from the extra you have cut from the shirt. Sew one side to the back of the braid. Wrap the strip around the braid and sew the end. This works to make it look neater and give it an overall cleaner look.

Much love, 

Katie

What I'm Wearing: Movie and Dinner with the Girls

Bandeau from Aerie

 Sock Bun

 

Elephant Necklace and Black Tank from Forever21

Nut and Lace Bracelet I made from Pinterest

Teal Jeggings from Wal-Mart

Black Flats from Target

Much love, 

Katie

Fleur-de-Organization

Being a self-confessed shopaholic, I have a lot of clothing, shoes, and accessories. After some serious thought and brainstorming, I have found a way to neatly store MOST of my items. I have over-the door organizers and coat racks, shoe racks, about 15 Wonder Hangers, a scarf hanger (yes it truly does exist), and hanging shelves in my closet. The one thing I did not have organized was my jewelry. I had all my necklaces and earrings in individual baggies inside a little plastic tub. Talk about a hassle--but this was probably the easiest way to store them for college. However, now that I am at home I wanted a better way.

After countless searches for a jewelry organizer that I liked, I finally decided to just make my own. Let me just say that this was WAY easier said than done. Since I am not that handy with tools I enlisted my dad's help and headed to Home Depot. I'm not going to list everything I bought or the steps involved but if anyone wants them just let me know and I will gladly share.

Total I probably spent about $30-40 to make this organizer. Which I feel is a reasonable price for it. I am so happy with the result and couldn't wait to hang everything up and show it to you

The light in my room is red/pink hence the pink tone on the wall

Grey walls--which is the actual color of my room

Much love, 

Katie

Fleur-de-Outlet

Re-decorated my bedroom this summer. New Paint. New Bed. The whole shebang. Naturally this was not quite enough for me. Enter my outlet and light switch covers. My new bed spread is fleur-de-lis-esque so I went to Hobby Lobby and found some scrapbooking paper that was similar and some Modge-Podge. Now for the fun part...

Materials

Remove and clean outlet and light switch covers. Apply a layer of Modge-Podge to covers. Then cover with the scrapbook paper. And let dry. Once dry, cut off excess paper for covers. Apply a top coat of Modge-Podge and let dry. When dry, reinstall and enjoy your newly vamped outlet and light switch covers.

BEFORE

AFTER

Much love, 

Katie

On the Fringe

Reeling from my Coachella post I decided to make my very own FRINGE shirt.


 Materials Needed:

• Old Shirt (I used one of my plain Hanes shirts from Wal-Mart)
• Ruler
• Pencil
• Scissors  

Once I had my materials gathered, I got to work:

1. Measure how high you want the "fringe" to be. Draw a line all the way around the shirt at this measurement. I measured from the bottom but you can measure from the armpit too.  My measurement was 7in from the bottom.
2. Once you have the length measured, use the ruler to mark out the width of each "fringe". I made each 1cm.
3. Draw lines from the from the height to the bottom of the shirt to use as a reference when cutting. 
4. Cut off the bottom hem.
5. Cut along the lines drawn for each "fringe". Make sure to stop at the height line so they are all the same length.
6. (Skip to 9 if you want to leave shirt as is) Cut off the sleeves. 
7. Draw how you want to collar to be and cut along line. 
8. Trim the sleeves/collar to the desired width. Use the ruler for extra help.
9. Wash to remove remaining pencil marks.
10. Once dry, wear and ENJOY!

BEFORE

AFTER

Much love, 

Katie