One Mans Trash is Another Mans Treasure

Hello everybody!

Saturday my stepmom, sister, and I went thrifting. Thrifting maybe one of my favorite ways to spend my time. There is nothing better than looking through antique shops and finding cool stuff for cheap. We went with a couple things we wanted in mind, like scarves, felt, clips, etc. All of these things were bought to make hair accessories.

The thing about thrifting is it ccould be a hit or miss. You may hit the jackpot and find a million things in one store and nothing in the next. But the great thing about going with people you will have fun with is that you will always have a good laugh.

Our first jiffy store hot dog(it was de-lish)

Our thrifting was a success. In the end between the three of us we had bought 5 pairs of jeans, 12 shirts, 2 vests, 2 pairs of shoes, 3 belts, 17 scarves, 8 fabric pieces(felt, table cloth, etc), a tie, and a dress for $40.

All the stuff..

So Sunday and Monday were spent crafting. With our 17 scarves we have created 4 hair bows, 2 rings, 5 flowers, and 2 pairs of decorative flip flops.

Left side(three bows, white, black and blue flip flop, flower, and ring) were made by me

Right side(three flowers, pink flip flop, hair bow, and ring) were made by Stephanie(my step mom)

All of this girl time has been a lot of fun! I love doing things like this.

Haircut #2

Today I got my second summer haircut, did a cover, and had a 5-min-photoshoot. My haircut took another two inches off of my hair. After this I am going all the way short to a pixie cut. Anyway, my quick photoshoot was a little more "model-y" than I thought it was gonna be but I just kinda went with it.

Shirt:Kohlls(?)//Shorts:Goodwill//Belt: Mom's Closet//Shoes: South Africa

I've been wanting to do this cover for a while. While I was in South Africa this song was super popular and I fell in love with it and Adele.

Natural Beauty

Lately I've been pretty lazy not been wearing make up at all.... I guess in a way I just feel like: its the summer, I want to be able to jump in the pool and not worry about runny make up. Or I want to be able to go outside and not worry about sweating it off. So for the last two weeks I have worn little to no make up all but two times.

Today I stumbled upon a video that made me happy about this recent change. It also made me happy that I almost always wash my face before bed after wearing make up.




Gross right? Anyway I've recently decided that you don't need to look like this to be pretty:

I don't know if its just me but I am perfectly happy looking like plain old me. I've come to find that I don't have to stress over how I look or constantly be worrying about what to wear... Natural beauty is the best kind... So to all girls out there like me... DON'T TRY SO HARD.

Plain old me :)

First day of summer

Since school let out I've either been in Africa or inside. But today was different. Today was the epitome of the word summer. First of all, I slept in. Now it's not the first time I've slept in this summer but usually I am woken up countless times throughout the morning until I'm so irritated that I just wake up. But today I slept (uninterrupted) until 9:15(WOOHOO!) After that I had to clean a little bit(but that only lasted an hour). I spent my afternoon on the lake. First my step-dad and I went out so that we could get the Jet-Ski's ready for our Fourth of July party. Then once I had completely drained the gas on mine we attached the tube to his and he spent the next hour trying to get me off of the tube. (Let the record show that I never "fell" off. The only time I was in the water was when I caught so much air that the tube flipped upside down.)

waiting to go tubing

Anyway, I would have to say this my favorite way to spend my summer. I ended up with sun burnt arms and legs and weird tan lines (thank you life jacket). But I wouldn't trade it for anything else.

Stolen kisses are always the sweetest

Hello everyone!
Apologies for my week long disappearance. I've been at my dads since Thursday and haven't had a chance to blog. But I'm back!

So real quick, let's talk about kisses. Okay you are probably a little confused right now, but my cousin came over today and told me about her plans to make a collage of historical photographed kisses. Being the hopeless romantic that I am I love the idea.

One of the oldest and most well-known kissing pictures ever.(NY Times Square/V-J Day)


Royal Weddings


The newest historical kiss(Vancouver riot)

I absolutely love the last one. The fact that it is proven spontaneous, it's romantic, and its just perfect. I feel like this picture is a piece of art waiting to be hung up on my wall :) I've always loved romantic or sweet pictures but these (possibly because of the historic aspect) are my all-time favorites.

"Stolen kisses are always the sweetest."-Leigh Hunt

Also a quick update: I got a haircut.. The first of many for the summer (I'm planning on ending with a pixie cut).

Before

After

Sorry for that some what random/scatter brained post. Might post about youth tonight or tomorrow so make sure to check in!

The Wedding

Hey everyone!
So...we did it(and when I say we, I mean it)... The wedding planning, preparation, and process are finished! Everything turned out beautifully and went perfectly. Here is a summary through pictures(which were mainly taken by mumsy).

The Newly Weds.


Another lovely one


One of my favorites


my other favorite


First dance


Bride with sister/Maid-of-honor/me


Groom with sister/brides maid/Nicole



With my grandpa


In the reception. This was the fun table

breaking news!

So I have a couple of MAJORLY important things to tell you all!

Wednesday I got a new guitar! Lately I have been looking for a nice, electric/acoustic. Well this EXTREMELY NICE, electric/acoustic is an Ibanez (if you aren't familiar with brands of guitars Ibanez is incredible) and its blue.

Thursday my family and I went to Sun City and rode the fastest zip line in the world. It was amazing. (that is not a picture of me or anyone in my family. sadly i had issues getting the pictures on the computer so i got this one from google)

Saturday(today) my family went to the spa and I had to most relaxing day of my life. (I probably looked like this.)

Sunday(tomorrow) my sister and her fiance will no longer be my sister and her fiance. They will officially be Mr. and Mrs. Miguel Rodrigues. Wow, how time flies.

Just a heads up: This MAY be my last post here in South Africa. Tomorrow is Ashley's wedding and Monday we will be flying out to go back home. If you don't here from me I will try to post Tuesday or Wednesday so keep an eye out!