Oh August,

What a beautiful month. I am extremely excited about this August for several reasons; one of those reasons being it's my birthday month! I love birthdays and I feel like I need more than one day to celebrate, so I celebrate the whole month. I realize that's overkill, but let me have my month. I'll give you yours...
Another major reason i'm excited about August is because we close on our dream home on the 29th!!! I can't believe it. Buying a house has definitely been a frustrating, emotional, crazy time in our life, but I could not be happier with the home we're getting. It's perfect! See below:

My mind has been on overdrive trying to figure out how I want to decorate and create the perfect atmosphere in each room. I know we're going to paint the exterior color of the house, but i'll wait until that happens and show you the finished product :) 


  August may be the last full month of summer, but there's still plenty of time to wear flowy tunics, rompers, gladiator sandals, and straw fedora's. That's good too, because I'm not ready for summer fashion to end. In fact, I want to buy a lot of summer attire for my birthday, but I know if I do that I have fall lurking around the corner... and there it is- the great dillema- what season to buy for. So, my advice is to buy pieces that are versatile. Such as, a sundress that can be worn in the fall with boots and a cardigan, or shorts that can be worn with tights underneath when the weather gets colder. Even though I would love to be able to afford a new wardrobe every season, I'm not a celebrity, so that's probably not going to happen. And that's okay. I'm learning more and more to be thrifty, and create a whole new wardrobe out of the clothes that I already own. It's so important to me to let my creativity be shown through my fashion, and I get to do that by piecing a shirt that I have owned for a couple of months with a skirt that I've had for 2 years (and by not matching!!). Sometimes it gets frustrating, but I go to blogs that I love for inspiration, and then go stand in front of my closet with an open mind and creative eyes. 
One of my goals for this blog is to show how to be unique and fashionable no matter what career you may have. I work for a bank, but I don't let the dress code affect my style. 
I'm very excited about making my own clothes, I can't wait to explore my passion and dream and see where it leads! It's so fun to dream, I hope I never stop...


Summer looks I want to re-create:

kendieveryday: style twin

I love this flowy skirt. Perfect length! This type of skirt could easily be found at a thrift store and modernized with a little mending.

Rachel Bilson: personal style icon. Amazing summer cheek!

I love anything that's cropped or high waisted. 

*The blog got a beautiful makeover- thanks to my incredibly talented husband.

Love!