Silver and sparkles

I got these silver shoes back in high school for my junior homecoming.  They are total Barbie shoes and I am completely obsessed with them, but I keep looking at them, completely stumped for outfits to wear them with.  I went out on a limb this weekend and paired them with this yellow skirt with sequin-type stripes and a sparkly beaded headband.   A relaxed outfit with a fun little pop!  Happy Wednesday!  

headband: claire's (similar); shirt: gap(clothing swap); jacket: anthropologie; skirt: anthropologie; shoes: dillard's (similar)

Sisters Share It All: One Store: Day to Night

I was in charge of choosing this round of Sisters Share It All, and today we are each bringing you two outfits put together entirely from one store's merchandise. Each of us chose a daytime outfit and an evening outfit.  I chose Old Navy, because the regular person (aka: me) can actually afford to buy an entire outfit from this store (unlike a few of my favorite stores... too bad!).   Did you know that Old Navy doesn't sell accessories?  I had to get creative with belts, scarves and bags.  Enjoy!  

Old Navy:  shirt; pants, bag, shoes, belt

Old Navy: scarf, shirt, skirt, bag, shoes

      Check out Janssen and Merrick's picks from Old Navy!

                               

A 'nice' jacket

Sometimes it is nice to break out your nicest clothes and wear them just because.  This jacket falls into the 'nice' category.  Last week, I decided that I just need to wear it because I like it.  It felt good.  You should try it this week.  Happy Tuesday!  

Jacket: Calvin Klein;  skirt: made by me (similar); shirt:  Target;  shoes:  Target (similar);  Earrings:  Claire's (similar); sunglasses: Ross (similar)  

Austin fabric store excursion

 Last weekend, a few sewing-minded friends and I took a little excursion to 3 different fabric stores in Austin.  I have been wanting to see what Austin had to offer in the fabric store department and for the most part it didn't disappoint.  We first stopped by Interior Fabrics, which is a Texas chain, and they had some cute and beautiful fabric.  A bit expensive, but lots of pretty things to look at. Really, it was a very standard upholstery store, but they had some nice things. Next we dropped by The Common Thread.  This was a fun little store, but was SO quiet.  The lady who was working was working on some sewing project, which was kind of cool, but because the radio was so soft, and there was only one other lady in the tiny shop, I felt kind of bad talking in a voice louder than a whisper... They did have a beautiful selection of clothing fabrics, and if I am ever looking for beautiful and unique (which will probably be pretty soon here, knowing my love of new clothes and sewing projects...), I will definitely go back.  Lastly, we stopped by one of my favorite independent fabric stores in Austin called The Stitch Lab.  For a few more pictures, see this blog post about my previous trip there.  We had a great time wandering around, and checking out their awesome fabrics!  I had to take a few pictures to show their extensive and beautiful collection of buttons.

After the fabric stores, we decided to cool down at a little local ice cream place called Lick.  Some crazy flavors, but that is part of the charm.  I also love the color scheme with the robin's egg blue and red.  I got lemon poppyseed ice cream and salted carmel.  Such a good idea... 

Hope you had a good weekend!  Thanks for stopping by!

The Cookie Tower of 2013

A few years ago, I was home in Las Vegas, and Adam was in Utah and I sent him a care package.  One of the things I included in this package was an enormous bag of these oatmeal cookies.  A few days later, he told me that when he got them, he had real cookie crisp for breakfast by crumbling about eight in a bowl and eating them like cereal with milk... sounds good, right?  Anyway, this week was our good friend's birthday, so we decided to give him a cookie tower so that he could experience homemade cookie crisp for breakfast.  I still have not tried it (it makes me a little ill even thinking about...), but Adam says that it is delicious.  Even if you don't eat them for breakfast, these cookies are delicious!  

Oatmeal Cinnamon Crispies
recipe from an Amish cookbook 
that I don't know the name of...

2-1/2 cups butter, softened
5 cups granulated sugar
1/3 cup dark molasses
4 eggs
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons salt
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
4-1/3 cups flour
4-1/3 cups old fashioned oats

Preheat oven 375°. Grease 2 cookie sheets.

Cream first 3 ingredients. Beat in eggs one at a time. Add baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and vanilla extract. Beat until well blended. Add flour and blend. Add oats and nuts and blend. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheets. Bake for 5 to 9 minutes. It may be necessary to turn sheets around so they brown evenly. Let cool on sheets for about 3 minutes. Remove to wire rack till cool. Cookies will look medium brown and crinkly. Also, these freeze very well.  You should probably go make them...