November 2013





      For quite some time, I've been into basically DIY everything. I've wanted to work on revamping up furniture, but I wouldn't have room to store everything I want to do in my house. My friend, Andrea is in the process of moving into her new house and her and I think alike when it comes to decorating and fashion so I told her about going around different thrift shops and buying old and worn out furniture and fixing it up and how much money she would save by doing it. At first, I knew she was a bit skeptical about it all until I started showing her different DIY projects on YouTube and introduced her to Pinterest. Right after, she was on board. She was amazed at how easy you can turn an old thing into something very pretty and unique. The day after, she came to my house with an antique chair she found at a thrift shop and supplies and we began to fix up this chair and I decided to take pictures of it all to show you guys and give you a step by step "tutorial".



What we used:

  • Sander
  • Screwdriver
  • Staple gun
  • A pair of scissors
  • Box cutter
  • Metallic spray paint
  • Monochrome chevron printed fabric
  • Sewing kit
For your safety: If you plan on working on something like this and will be using power tools as we did, please wear safety goggles and a mask!



First, we started off by ripping off all fabric and taking off the seat with the scissors and a screwdriver



Then, we sanded off the chair. We didn't want to sand it too much because it would ruin the whole chair and we did not want that happening so we just sanded it enough where it took off most of the gloss.




We then spray painted it and let it sit outside to dry for about an hour and then added the top coat




For the seat, we took the board and cushion and wrapped it around with white fabric, measure it a cut off all the excess and began to staple it up. My staple gun stopped working on us although it had staples in it so we then took some nails and a hammer and it did the job. The white fabric was put on messily simply because we were just going to put the chevron fabric right over - we took a lot more time making sure this one was put on perfectly. I forgot to take picture of the other cushion we did, but that one was just the stuffing and fabric and we sewed it by hand.



      Once the chair was completely dry, we screwed back in the seat and nailed in the top cushion and this is what it looks like now! It's not the most perfect looking thing, but because this was our first time upholstering anything, we are very proud of the outcome and are very excited to work on other projects.


      Since Andrea is in the process of fixing up her house and I'm working on my room, we have a lot more diy projects coming and want to show you gals what we come up with! :-)




DIY Chair Upholstry

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26 November 2013

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“‎There comes a time in your life when you have to let go of all the pointless drama and the people who create it and surround yourself with people who make you laugh so hard that you forget the bad and focus solely on the good. After all life is too short to be anything but happy.”-Karl Marx



       It seems to be human nature to be addicted to chaos. It's almost like we were trained that way and that it is all we've learned to know. Since it is so prevalent to have a life filled with chaos or drama, many are drawn this type of lifestyle simply because of how familiar they are with it. There comes a time in life when you realize there is a different and better way to live your life.
       Over the past few months, I've been in the process of learning more about myself and have learned that I've created a lot of unnecessary drama in the past. I look back to those years of pointless cat fights, all of the he said she said rumors, the 'you stole my guy' arguments and not to mention, the horrible anxiety attacks I dealt with because of everything going on around me and I basically trap myself in my mind forgetting that I could have easily walked away from it all and never got myself involved to begin with.
       
       As teenagers, it's like as if drama will always be around and no matter what you do, it will never end but we don't come to the realization that it is all based on the way you handle the situation and whom you surround yourself with.
       
      The way you handle drama is very important. I always thought that if I told people off and made them "look stupid", the drama would end because they wouldn't want to mess with you anymore, never realizing that all it had done was create even more drama. The easiest way to getting rid of it is to simply ignore it. Not responding to drama is a practice. Not responding to drama means silence. It means not asking questions that take you deeper into the scenario. It means neutrality and not lending energy to the person or situation. If someone repeatedly comes to you with catastrophes, give yourself a window of time when you’ll listen, and then take care of your own needs by walking away. Also, resist the urge to jump into a pity party. It is definitely very challenging, but gets easier within time. 

       It is absolutely acceptable to change your life in a way that removes certain people from it when this is what you need to do to feel more comfortable with your own life. If you discover that being friends with anyone in particular causes you any sort of pain, creates drama in your life, or makes you feel uncomfortable, then discontinue the friendship. Those people are what are considered "toxic people".
      
      In my life, I've dealt with numerous amount of toxic people that I never realized brought a lot of the drama that I was involved with, until now. I've slowly began to rid myself from them and honestly, I don't regret it at all. Getting rid of them doesn't necessarily mean that I won't ever see or talk to them again because that would take me moving far away for that to happen, but it does mean that I've gotten rid of them emotionally. I know that if I see these people, I will respectively say 'hello' to them, but I know what not to talk to them about and won't see myself making plans to hang out with them either. No one should have to be around people who bring nothing but negativity. They will do nothing but get in the way of your happiness and dreams and you definitely do not need that. When we surround ourselves with positive people, we clear away the negativity that exists around us and create more room to welcome nurturing and renewed energy. Doing this not only enriches our lives, but also envelops us in a supportive and healing space that fosters greater growth, understanding, and love of ourselves as well as those we care about. Choose your friends with care - they create the environment in which you will either thrive or wilt. Give everyone the opportunity to be a friend, but share your dreams and goals only with those who value them as much as you do.

         If you continue to remind yourself of your goals, you can avoid a lot of the unnecessary drama. Don't waste that time and energy that could be spent achieving your goals on situations that won't make a difference in your life. Drama will do nothing but attract negative energy and set you back on where you want to be in your life. Now I'm not saying that I've 100% removed all drama from my life, but since I have begun doing so, I've seen some great changes in life. If I see myself involved in something completely pathetic, I remind myself that this is not my purpose in life and continue working on my goals and dreams.




Drama Detox Diet

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19 November 2013

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AnotherGirlyBlg



The holidays are coming up which also means 2014 is right around the corner. It's crazy how quick this year has gone by! To start off the new year, Gaby (Another Girly Blog) has come up with the #2014BloggerChallenge that I am very happy to say that I've become apart of. This challenge is to write a blog post twice a month on different topics. The posts will go live during the 1st and 3rd week of each month. Everyone who decides to sign up will get the topics emailed to them by Gaby. These topics are to give you new ideas to encourage everyone to write about things they wouldn't normally write about.

ANYONE who wants to get involved, can get involved - does not matter your blog topic! The #2014BloggerChallenge is also to help you gain more traffic, discover new blogs and even make blogger friends. If you'd like to be apart of this, all you have to do is email Gaby at anothergirlyblg@gmail.com with your name, your blog url and email address - it's that simple!

Let's see how many people we can get to be apart of this wonderful challenge! If you do become a participant, I would love to know!




#2014BloggerChallenge

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12 November 2013

November is here and 2013 is almost to an end - boy, has time flown by quickly. The weather is finally beginning to cool down in Arizona and gives me so much inspiration to get dressed. Today was a very beautiful and windy day and Andrea and I decided to team up again and show you guys our outfits of the day. Today's inspiration was taking girl-ish clothing pieces and giving them a bit more edge. We absolutely love the outcome of these outfits and hope you girls do too.







For my outfit, I took this cream-colored lace skater dress I bought about a year ago. I've worn this dress maybe two times and it's been sitting in my closet since then. I felt girly and out of my comfort zone when I wore this dress that I didn't know how I wanted to make it work. The other day I came up with this outfit in my mind and could not wait to show it off. The black cable knit thigh highs paired with my cherry red Doc Martens make me feel a lot more comfortable and feel as if they 'edge' up the look perfectly enough where it doesn't take too much attention off this beautiful dress. For my accessories, I went very minimal and only wore a simple gold cross ring, these tortoise shell rounders I got on sale for 3 dollars at Target and this brown leather rucksack I thrifted and desperately needed. The rucksack was in my opinion, enough accessory for this outfit.

Dress: Nasty Gal
Thigh Highs: Sock Dreams
Boots: Jadon Doc Martens
Rucksack: Goodwill





For Andrea's look she basically paired a very dressed up red cocktail dress with a faux leather skater skirt. The jewels along the neckline of the dress makes the dress a bit too dressy for a normal day time outfit but if you have a mind full of ideas like Andrea does, you'd find a way to still wear it without it looking 'too much'. The skater skirt calms this dress down yet still making it more edgy. On top, Andrea wore a brown mustard half sleeve to tone down the look and make it day time wearable. For her shoes, she wore these cute school boyish shoes she thrifted that can basically be worn with absolutely everything. The neckline of the dress seemed like an accessory as is, that Andrea did not need much more accessories, for it would've thrown it off.

Dress: Local shop in our town (Red Zone)
Skirt: Forever 21
Cardigan: Thrift Shop
Sunglasses: Cheeky's Boutique (another local shop)

Fall Lookbook

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05 November 2013

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