it's a DIY kind of day

i am a busy lady lately.

i work

i yoga

i box

i see a boy

i see my friends

i have yet to re-discover my lazy time.

lazy time, in which i do all kinds of cool things.

look for a job

make some crafts

blog all the time

but it's a DIY kind of day.

and if i was home

if i was DIYing,

i'd do a couple of things.

for example.

today

i would make a record sleeve garland

which i found eight thousand years ago on oh happy day (she's a paid blogger who writes for multiple sites. ALSO. she lives in france, super cool. i could live in france.)

garlands are by far and large my favorite gifts to give people.

once upon a time, i made a floral one for mother's day.

i also made a happy "carpe diem" one for a friend just moved to the usa.

and recently, i made a fairly chintzy "welcome home" banner for dan and elizabeth that i then took photos of with my iphone and uploaded. no doubt the quality on these could be substantially better. but hey! i give myself a break! i made it super quick and i was in the middle of watching "The Graduate" and trying not to get glitter all over their coffee table.

oh snap. i'm in the mood to make some garlands.

i also have a thing for sending things in the mail.

garlands prove EXCELLENT gifts to receive in le poste.

instant party in a box.

shoot i'm super obsessed with garlands again. i'm gonna have to do some more research on those. ABSOLUTELY.

ANYWAY.

we were originally discussing what i would do on my imaginary DIY day at home, where it's gray and rainy outside and hopefully i'm wearing striped socks (which i have an obsession with right now, too, and you'll receive a post on in a few days. ohmygod someone please give me striped socks, i love them so much.)

ANYWAY.

i would also make cinnamon rolls.

two years ago

i decided i wanted a specialty in baking

and that that specialty would be cinnamon rolls.

good choice on my part

because everyone freaking loves cinnamon rolls

and i feel like an excellent person when i make them.

ALSO. cinnamon rolls completely feed into my obsession with making bread

(which, of course, has its own post coming in the days ahead. oh bread bread bread bread bread you are too awesome.)

and finally, maybe finally,

i'd digitally letterpress (oxymoron?) inspirational sayings

onto 8.5 x 11" paper

to take to kinkos

and blow up into giant letters to mail to my sisters.

things like

TODAY IS YOUR DAY

or

LIVE LIVE LIVE LIVE LIVE

or

GOOD MORNING, SUNSHINE!

ya know, incredibly positive, upbeat things that all people enjoy having screamed at them.

YOU! YOU THERE! DO SOMETHING AWESOME WITH YOUR LIFE TODAY!

because the message can't possibly be oppressive if the intention is well. :P



red glitter shoes

i bought this dress from modcloth a week or so ago (mainly because it's YELLOW, and it's AMAZING,) and have been toying with ideas to accessorize it perfectly.

because, honestly, if i can't reach perfection, then what the hell good am i? :P

it was really killing me, what shoes to wear with it. let's pretend that i want to wear this dress to the midpoint music festival. and i totally wan to rock loose hair and red lips with it. well, shoot, what shoes make it perfect?

nudes are too nude. nude and yellow is kind of blah.

green would be fun. but then i'd really need another accent so i didn't wind up looking like a sunflower. orange or brown or red, somewhere. and i'm weird about my greens anyway.

blue would be the best, and i really loved this ampersand heel, but of course, it's 130 dollars and already out of stock.

black kills me. i mean, black is great for everything, but it really has the power to suck the vivacity out of an outfit, if you know what i mean.

and then, red. red would be fine. especially if i paired with a red belt, red lips, right? but it's still lacking the VA VA VOOM that i want with every outfit i throw together.

 and then it hit me like a ton of bricks.

Red. Glitter.

of course! how could i have missed it?! red glitter shoes ALWAYS make the statement i'm going for. :)

so i started researching red glitter heels, and they all look pretty trampy. This isn't a sexy dress, by the way. Not the kind of sexy that requires a four inch heel and a platform toe. and i don't want to sex it up that much, anyway. i'm a casual-sexy kind of lady--don't kill me with pornstar-esque bullshit.

so maybe i'll make my own. :)

i love the $39 urban outfitter suede pump, and as much as i hate diy-ing up a perfectly good pair of shoes, i'm totally into this red glitter idea (which i've done before,) and I'm more than happy to go all out to be able to keep this pair of shoes in my shoe arsenal.

i'm living with a pair of freaking designers now, i'm certain they can give me some advice. :)

and i already know i love the martha stewart tinsel red (which i've used before.) it's glittery without being GLITTER. shimmers. the kind that you can use on your nails and lips too, if you so desire.

which, let's be honest, i probably do. ;)

how would you guys style this dress? i'm more than open to ideas and suggestions.

love love <3