Red, White and Pretty Pants

Today I have the first of two Fourth of July themed looks for you! I'm featuring these awesome earrings from Shop Pretty Pants! They have super cute jewelry, including this Cassie necklace which I will be styling in a future shoot! I actually don't tend to wear larger earrings a whole lot, but these are literally PERFECT! When I got them in the mail, it was like they were hand-picked for me! I love them! I pulled my hair back on one side so I could show them off. They would also be the perfect compliment to an updo for a special event or to fancy up a basic ponytail! Do yourself a favor and get them! (Oh, and they're on sale!)

My hubby and I went to dinner last night at Gabbi's Mexican Restuarant to celebrate our one year engagement anniversary because it's where we went to dinner the night we got engaged! If you live in the area, GO. And get the Queso Fundido. #yourewelcome I decided to go for a bit of a festive look for dinner seeing as it's almost my FAVE holiday evaaa. I literally love it all, the barbecues and swimming and fireworks and friends and America. It's everything I love about summer in one day. Stay tuned for my second patriotic post later this week! Happy hump daaaaaaay!

P.S. EXCUSE my hair ties on my wrist. I literally forget about them almost every time I do a shoot, and they're super noticeable in this one! I always keep one on my wrist because when I want my hair up, I want it up now. Ha. Guess it's just gonna be my thang.

Dress: H and M; similar here

Shoes: Target here

Earrings: c/o Shop Pretty Pants here

Belt: Old; similar here

Purse: Ross 

Lipstick: NYX Indie Flick

Dressing Down with Formal Hair, Part 1

Sooo in honor of it being prom and wedding season, I have a two-part post for you all on rocking your formal hair 'do for a casual occasion and also for your formal event. Today's is the casual look. Last weekend, I had several girls I was doing for prom so I was feeling inspired to try something fun (also, sometimes an updo can actually take me less time than doing my hair :P). So I did a fun little updo on my hair, but still wore my normal casual clothes. I paired my overalls with a basic black crop shirt and a collar necklace and fun sandals to add to the elegant look. This purse came straight from Africa. Pretty cool, right? And it's basically like a Mary Poppin's bag. My friend, Gemma, got it for me when she went there on a missions trip. 

Hope everyone is having a great week! Stay tuned for my formal look with this same hair style later this week!

Crop Top: Nordstrom; similar here

Overalls: Target here

Sandals: TJ Maxx (old); similar here and here

Bag: Africa

Necklace: Plato's Closet; similar here

Sunnies: Kaitlyn; similar here

Lipstick: NYX Matte in Alabama

Sunflowers and Festival Season

Who's ready for festival season?! I got my wardrobe but not my ticket, unfortunately. But maybe those of you going will still be inspired! If it were up to me, I would be going to Stagecoach. (But probably in Coachella clothes :P) I LOVE country music. I have had Luke Bryan's "Play it Again" on repeat these last few days. OH, also. Sunflowers are my FAVORITE. And the hubby knows that so we had a bouquet on our kitchen table, and I grabbed one on the way out!

As for this outfit I love a cute crop with high waisted shorts and a kimono. Keeps the crop top looking classy!

Happy Hump Day, Ya'll. :)

Kimono: Kaitlyn Clothing; similar here and here

Crop Top: Brandy Melville; similar here

Shorts: Urban Outfitters; similar here and here

Booties: Target; similar here

Hat: Target here; also similar here

Sunnies: Vince Camuto; similar here

Bracelets: Thrifted 

O V E R A L L S and D O C S

Sooo when I first saw that overalls were coming back, I was a little hesitant. I mean I wore them every day of my 12-year-old life. But seriously, I love it. I've learned that the repeats are gonna come so I should just embrace them. I'm also learning I probably should have saved A LOT of my clothes. Maybe I'll learn this time around. (Although, seeing as it took 15 years for overalls to come back, I can hardly picture my 42-year-old self wearing them. :P) Also, these docs: eeeek! I love. They're not real Docs but I'm ok with that because I snagged them for $12! You shall be seeing these overalls and shoes most definitely in the future. Hope you all had a wonderful weekend! I spent mine at my old roomie's bachelorette party! We hiked and laughed and ate and danced and talked about girlie things. It was the perfect weekend, and I'm so excited for the wedding this weekend!

Overalls: Target here

Top: American Eagle; similar here

Shoes: Kohl's; similar here

Necklace: Bloomingdales; similar here and here

Lipstick: Wet N Wild Megalast in Think Pink

White Denim, Floral and Braids

Happy Friday, Everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful week and are looking forward to the weekend! I am heading out pretty soon on a 20-mile training run for the Boston Marathon (Eeeeeek! No matter how comfortable I am with running, I always get nervous before long runs!). Then tomorrow I have a bachelorette party for my bff and old roomie, GemmaI! (I hope I can walk after that run. And dance!)  I'm excited. I love girly time and celebrating love and happiness.

Now about this outfit. I've always loved the combination of white on white but I thought this top made it a little more fun with a similar neutral color combo. I snagged this fun top from Phillip Lim on the clearance rack at Target. #thumbsup Also, these shades are my new faves! You can't tell super well in the photos but they're almost like a rose gold color and super sparkly!

Have a great weekend! xoxo

Top: Phillip Lim for Target; similar style here

Denim: Old Navy (old); similar here

Wedges: Target (old); similar here

Purse: Steve Madden; similar here
Sunnies: Kaitlyn (purchased in store last week!); similar here and here
Watch: Nordstrom BP; similar here
Bracelets: Old