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todays outfit is kind of dull, so i thought i would make up for it with the excessive exclamation points in the title. thanks everyone for watching that video, i'm glad you were able to get a laugh. sometime i will tell you the story behind my husband and i. it's amazing how we finally got together after 21 years of knowing each other. i'm doing an unusually early outfit post today because i have tons to do tonite. i am my most creative self at nite and am usually up until about 5-7am so my day is just beginning. i have done some diy's for new york design shop and need to work on those. you should see my apartment, it is diy central in here--i have about 10 projects going on at once. my poor husband. the coffee table is filled with jewelry bits, the kitchen with sewing projects and paintings, and one half of our front room is a studio. bless him for putting up with my insanity. which reminds me... it's date nite, yay!

todays outfit is a simple peasant blouse AND i finally got around to taking a bunch of my levi's in so i can wear them now. thank god. needless to say, you will be seeing a lot of denim. oh, and i made that chain ear wrap/cuff and the chain ring (which will soon have a diy how-to). hope you are all enjoying your week. love.

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t

blouse: vintage, jeans: levi strauss, shoes: some random stripper brand, hat: vintage, belt: grandma's vintage, chain ear wrap/cuff: apparellel, chain ring: apparellel.

winner of the 'rock your tee' giveaway.

congrats to bradee at 'ramblings of one crazeE mama' for rocking her tee l.a. style. and no i'm not being partial. she really put some thought into her tee. worked elastic at the bottom and in the back and added the dodgers logo with paint, embroidery thread around logo and put yarn drawstring at top.

thank you to new york design shop for hosting this giveaway and giving everyone a chance to participate. everyone really needs to check their site out. they have such great diy ideas and materials. check it, now!

as you all know there was also a point system to this contest. but i want to thank everyone for their contributions. you all really know how to 'rock your tees' and you are all ultra talented,  it was so hard to choose. thank you so much for taking part!

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t

feathers, fringe and fuschia.

i am so psyched about these pants i can't even tell you. when i was doing my almost daily hang out with my friends at aa the other day, my friend j told me that they had the disco pant in purple, but it had been discontinued and was only in selected stores... i freaked. as you all know i am obsessed with this pant, and having them in purple... wow! i had j order them for me asap. so i get an e-mail from him today, telling me my pants are in. i was there within 1 minute, to take a look at the lovelies. they are kind of a mix between purple and fuschia. gorgeous. i seriously can't stop staring at them. and btw thank you j for letting me cry on your shoulder. you, i love.

i diy'd this jacket the other day when i was double c'ing every item in my wardrobe. i studded it after painting it and quite like it. last nite i was up creating all nite long. and in this creation were these shoulder pads that i fringed. i got these show stopper brooches from new york design shop and have been dying living to use them. they are pinned on top of the shoulder pad itself. the tee was also inspired by nyds. they just rock so much!

speaking of nyds how are your diy tee's coming along? are you taking part in the 'rock your tee' giveaway? the contest ends in a few days, so i hope you are almost ready!! if you are please start e-mailing the images to me here.

have a great day beautiful ones.

xxx
t

spring blooming.

hope you all had a happy st. patricks day. did you do anything fun? it was a big day for me, i put on a neon green shirt, walked to starbucks and got a flat tire. yeah, i know... the excitement. but it was date night with the husband tonite so that made up for it. so i received two awards. one i told you about the other day, and yesterday i was tagged by closet obsessions with a ten good things award. check out her blog while you are at it. she rocks it... hard. so here is my list, which is quite boring, but i am a simple girl.

1. my husband, brian.
2. family.
3. violetta (my pup).
4. the sun and it's warmth.
5. the desert.
6. tropical beaches.
7. green tea lattes and frapuccino's.
8. finding treasures.
9. creating.
10. watching movies at home (not at the theater, let me make that clear).

so i guess i'm supposed to pass this on, but i don't want to single anyone out, so whoever wants to do it--go for it. i would love to see ten things that make all of you happy. i actually love doing gratitude lists. every day i walk outside and think of all that i am grateful for. it makes such a difference in my day, and i feel so off when i don't do it. i was also tagged by lace and leather (love her!) with the what is in your bag situation. i already did this here, take a look--and i apologize in advance for anyone with ocd.

this outfit is what i wore today, i just switched out the neon green shirt for the purple as it's not going to be saint patty's day anymore when you all read this. as you all know by now, i cut all of my t-shirts. i love to cut, but don't love to sew. i love these diaper like bloomer shorts, they are so comfy and the awesome necklace is from new york design shop, and by the way, they just got some kick ass feather fringe in that will be pretty awesome for the t-shirt diy's you are all doing, right?! loving all of you so much i can hardly stand it!

xxx
t

tee: aa, bloomer shorts: aa, clogs: jeffrey campbell charlie, hat: h&m, necklace: new york design shop.