Polka dot jeans

so right now this is the last DIY until i have a Friday that I'm not doing something on - then i can convince my  momma to go to the thrift store with me :)

I found this on pinterest, and so i wanted to do this with my other pair of old jeans - since I've already bleached my other jeans I decided to do this with my last pair!

what you'll need

• a old pair of shorts, capris, or jeans - what ever you want to polka dot :)
• some fabric paint -the DIY I saw was with a light grey, but mine was a white.  I've also seen navy blue polka dots which is very pretty!
• a wood skewer, or anything else to dot your pants with
• and a ruler if you want to be precise.

now if you aren't patient or don't have a lot of time on your hands, don't do this.. it will take awhile.

I started with jeans and cut them into shorts.. this is optional but i suggest doing larger polka dots if your doing capris/jeans.

I then just took the wood skewer and went polka dot crazy :)  I didn't like the uneven look so I did add more polka dots.  more polka dots doesn't hurt anything right?!

I left the shorts for a few days before starting on the back. originally i was just going to do the pockets, but then some little one smeared them, so i ended up painting the back of the pocket - hehe :) and then again i went polka dot cray ;) (I can't figure out why the picture is flipped! sorry :(

and that's it!! it is very tedious - so don't do if you don't have patience and time :) i love how they look - even though my mother said she wouldn't wear them and refused my offer to make her some of her own ;)

in other news - Lindsay turned 9 this last week :0  I made her birthday cake, aka my first official layered cake!  It wasn't half bad if i do say so myself :)

anne

ombre shorts DIY

DIY #2 - right now I have 1 more that I will be doing, and as soon as i can get to the thrift store I'll look for stuff to do another :)

so my jeans are about 2 years old.. and the bottoms are all ripped up, the certain pair pictured here had bleach on the side of 1 of the legs from cleaning the bathroom and the other had a patched hole (thanks to a certain friend dragging me on a bike ride :)  so needless to say i was in serious need of new ones.

thanks to the lovely target (yay for shopping ;) i got 2 new pairs!! so now i get to destroy my other two!

I've seen this DIY before all over youtube, but I never thought I would do it.  My inspiration for this DIY didn't come from pinterest actually, but more from this video.  I did not do everything that was in the video, but hey if its your thing go right ahead!

so for this pair of awesome shorts you will need...

• a pair of old jeans
• bleach
• scissors

I started out with regular old jeans, and i tried them on and measured where I wanted them to come to.  My personal length was to the end of my fingertips, but if you want it shorter/longer go right ahead!  I marked where I wanted the jeans to be with a piece of chalk, and then marked a little bit down so i had a little bit of extra

after that i got the bleach into a spray bottle. 

I took the jeans outside and sprayed the jeans a whole lot on the bottom, and then lighter towards the top to get a ombre effect going on.  After I sprayed the jeans on the bottom I let it sit and lighten a bit, and when I notice that it wasn't the color I wanted I sprayed more.  I did that about twice.  

After the jeans had lightened to what I thought I wanted I brought them inside and rinsed them off in the sink.  I then tossed them in the washer for the quickest washing cycle and then into the dryer after.

and TADA!!! my new favorite pair of jeans :)

until the next post... :)

Jeans to skirt DIY

So i have a new addiction.. its pinterest (I'm so behind the times huh?? :) and many of my friends and family have been enjoying being Guinea pigs for new recipes/ and or laughing at me when i make a DIY mask :)

Well recently I've been sucked into the DIY & crafts section of pinterest and i found this. I absolutely loved it, especially since she cut the pockets!  I have to have a pocket in my clothes so i can have my phone on me.. seriously i need my phone on me 24/7 (i have issues okay??)

little unknown or maybe known fact, i am a MAJOR shopaholic.. MAJOR.  when i go to the mall i need serious self control. so when i saw that skirt i was like, i have jeans i could use for that.. ones that are sitting in my drawer cause i wore them once and didn't like em.. hmmm..  and since my dear mommy has a fabric addiction i looked in her fabric stash and found the perfect fabric for the skirt! yay!!

so since i rarely post on here, want to do many more DIY's... i thought maybe it could kinda be like a journey type thing, and i can feed both addictions of mine (shopping and pinterest) and it would be helpful for the internet!! :)

so without further adieu here is how I made that lovely skirt :)

so for this adorable skirt you are going to need..

• a pair of old jeans, i got mine from the thrift store awhile back and i ended up not wearing them.. typical me :)
• a long piece of fabric (approximately double your waist in length maybe a little more)
• a sewing machine
• paitence lots and lots of paitence

okay so to start you are going to take your jeans (you could also use shorts, less cutting that way) and cut off the legs, it helps to cut the pants in stages.  after the legs are cut off, you could do a me and put the little 'mini skirt' on and make your mom laugh at you or you could be normal and cut a bit more :)



so next, I wanted the pockets cut out on the back, so what my dear sewing genius mother told me to do was cut the pockets out (go up about half way to the top of the pocket) and then cut a diagonal so the front is shorter than the back.



after that lay your fabric out wherever you want.. and time to cut that!  you should cut the fabric about double your waist, so for me i needed to cut 62 inches but i did 65 just so i had extra.



once you have it cut sew up the side to make a skirt piece, and then do a gather stitch around the top of the fabric.  once completed gather your fabric.





after you've gathered piece the jeans and fabric together (i so love my mom for doing it for me :) and then sew around it!

I of course had my difficulties with the sewing machine, so i had to rip out a few areas.  but thats besides the point. after that hem up the bottom and thats it! super easy and adorable!





this is going to kind of be a series, and i guess ill just keep going, but i dont plan on doing just clothes, ill try out other things to!  yay for pinterest and how addictive it is :)

stay tuned for my next DIY... :)

so...

so right now im sitting here eating, and being bored.. facebook and twitter are not interesting me at all.. but.. ive been wondering.. does anyone read my blog?? and if no one does why continue with it??

So let me know if you read this little old piece of the internet..

(oh and yes i did finally get a twitter - yay!! :)
<3anne nbsp="" p="">

50 random facts about me!

so I since I have nothing interesting going on in my life right now. I thought maybe if someone even reads my blog I'd do a random facts about me post :) If you wanna know the ins and outs of lovable old me then keep on reading....

1. I can't sing to save my life. and I can't dance either. but I still rock out :)

2. I do my nails like once a week... I hate chipped nails!

3. A long long time ago I used to dread getting my eyebrows plucked.. I cried and used ice to 'numb' my eyebrow so my mom could pluck my eyebrows.... it never ended up being more than a hair or two that she got before i cracked

4. i randomly crack myself up...

5. sometimes if someone says a line that's a lyric in a song, and I know the song, I will sing that song LIKE A BOSS :)

6. I don't like breakfast much - I have a hard time eating breakfast.

7. on that same note of breakfast I don't like pancakes or waffles.. don't kill me!!

8. I have a birthmark on the side of my nose. everyone asks what happened to my nose and I'm like, umm its a birthmark that's what. the only nice thing about it is I'm the only child in the family with a birthmark :) 

9. I used to say I wouldn't wear mascara until I was 21 because it was to risky and I'd make a mess and never figure it out.. guess what?? I started wearing it at 14 :) 

10. on the makeup note I also decided when I was 12 that I didn't need to wear makeup... um ya I think that lasted maybe 2 years?? not happenin ;) 

11. I used to think it was awful when a song said the word 'kiss' or 'touch'... you don't wanna know the songs I listen to now ;)

12. I have this really bad habit of hating a song.. don't listen to me when I say it and don't take it seriously.. chances are, if you wait a couple months and I'll be obsessed with it :)

13. if im mad at someone and they text me i try not to reply to show them i can avoid them.. its lasts maybe 5 seconds.. and i reply with a really boring lifeless emotionless text.. I'm not the only one right??

14. I am a major klutz! I am really bad about breaking things.. and I think mom jinxed me cause she was like, I hope you don't trip on your wedding day.. thanks mom ;)

15. when no ones looking I have a dance party for one... headphones make me a rock star :)

16.  i am obsessed with tumblr and youtube.. that mix makes for a really unproductive day for me.
17. i get really distracted - which is why i should have never liked the vines page on facebook!
18. i hate milk!!! i haven't liked milk since my parents had the 'bottle fairy' take away my bottles.. and its really bad because i live in dairy community.
19. ive learned how to do most every crafty thing ever (sewing, knitting, latch hook, cross stitch, crochet, that type stuff) but the only things i actually still do are crochet and cross stitch!
20. i am like super obsessive.. you all should know because if you look at some of my previous posts its either coupons or one direction (which by the way, we gave up coupons and i still love the boys :)
21. im a serious shopaholic.. its a major problem.. like major.. don't take me near a mall.. or let me online shop.. or tell me Christmas or a friends birthday is coming up.. that's all excuses to shop forever!
22. i used to eat pepperoni and ham for breakfast - and it wasn't fried ham it was cold.. now my favorite is a blueberry bagel slathered in butter and a glass of cranberry juice... mmmmm
23. if you give me chocolate i will love you FOREVER!
24. im not like a typical girl who loves starbucks - my obsession is jamba juice.. give me a mango go go and seriously that's it.. were friends forever ;)
25. i love sappy romantic things.. proposal videos on youtube, um yes please.
26. i love instagram - besides my facebook its the only other social media account i have!! so far.. ;)
27. i love little kids.. but i have a soft spot for little boys.. they are just to cute!
28. i love bath and body works.. its my second home
29. mango smells amazing to me - my mango perfume is the best smelling perfume that i have
30. the whole marvel superheros saga is like perfect. captain america, i think yes :)
31. burger king is a secret guilty pleasure - shhhh ;)
32. im sooo weird.. but being weird is good right??
33. i love shopping for clothes.. and i have way to many..  and i cant part with any of my clothes... its a bad habit!
34. i love the smell of coffee - not the taste but the smell.. and bath and body works has a coffee candle.. and i need that.. :)
35. ice cream and i are like.. buddies forever
36. i love the holidays but i always have problems with eating on thanksgiving since i don't like stuffing, mashed potatoes, or pies... don't hate me!!
37. i love doing secretary type work.. that must be why im secretary of 4h, the girls club i go to, and im moms secretary :)
38. i suck at baking but i still try to bake every now and then :)
39. im super duper insecure.. about everything i do.. but most people don't actually know that..
40. i don't like tea or coffee.  i like hot apple cider occasionally... but im more of a soda and juice and smoothie kinda gal
41. ive had more look changes in the last couple of years that should be normal (lets see before we moved to cali, i was curly hair with glasses.. perm fell out and glasses broke, then i was straight hair no glasses, wanted glasses and curls again, curly and glasses, perm fell out again so now im straight hair and glasses.. i cant just keep my looks one way can i??)
42. i have to Nubian goats and i love them :)
43. i am constantly getting mad at my phone.. but i do love it.. its a love hate type thing ;)
44. i have changed a lot since we moved to California and i have to wonder if they were good or bad changes
45. i am VERY sarcastic.. its really bad.. and i seriously hope no one ever takes me seriously
46. im super impatient as well.. also very bad
47. i blush really easily.. and i hate it because it says, oh ya im so embarrassed!  It really sucks when dad asks if i like someone and i turn red.. then he doesn't believe me when i say no... uggh stupid blushing!
48. im not a big country music fan but i love hunter hayes and some taylor swift..just some ;)
49. i hate public speaking
50. and this was really hard for me!! haha ;)
so there you have it.. 50 random things you probably didn't know about me!! it took me forever to figure them out myself ;)
<3anne p="">

*some interesting meaningful title here*

life kinda got the best of me :/  see i had all the yoesmite pictures/post like almost done and then this thing called a job took over.. tack on a social life and my summer has been JAM PACKED! 

(this picture took home 3rd at fair!)

i started work for the fair at the beginning of the month.. i finish on monday :( i have really loved it and im so grateful i was offered the job and i hope i will get to do it next year!! 

(another 3rd!)

we start school on tuesday.. im so sad... i want summer to keep going.. and or id like to sleep for a week and THEN start school :)

(last 3rd i got)

im currently listening to music, texting my bestie, and working on a calendar to keep track of when the goats are in heat. yay ;)

(2nd)

im really kinda depressed on what i got for my pictures at the fair.. i dont get the judging sometimes.. some things in the hall i work at got 1st that i didnt think deserved it.. others didnt place at all and your like really?? its weird.. 

(2nd)

on the 30th my friend sarah and i are going to see the one direction movie :) CANT WAIT!!!!

(1st)

this coming school year is getting crazy busy.. already and school hasnt started yet :/  the girls have dance classes about... 4 days a week (out of a total of 5 school days!) i have 4h, and a girls club, the dance teacher wants me to babysit for one of her adult classes, it sounds like a landed a monthly babysitting job, chuch, school, friends... life is crazy in our household!! 

i promise, im going to finish the yoesmite pictures post and then post that :) 

<3 anne="" p="">

a small vacation..

**so sorry at how late this is!! but enjoy!! :)**

This last weeked we went down to Yoesmite National Park. our main reason for going was to meet up with friends of ours from Georgia that drove from Florida to California!

We arrived on Thursday, and i was trying to get a small cell phone reciption at our hotel... guess who didn't get serivce?? yup.. a whole weekend no cell phone, and no wifi since i was going to pay $.09 a minute for wifi... and i survived... i know, a major shock!

I still used my phone for time and games and photos, sadly no facebook, texting, or instagram all the way out there :/ but omgosh it was nice to disconnect! It was GORGEOUS!

(these pictures are in no particular order.. just as a warning :)

Get ready for major pictures, because i took over a 100 with the camera and quite a few with my phone!

on our way over to the river across our hotel, we walked a small path and there were more than 1 of these.  i love these little whatever there called things :) i want one in my backyard one day i think!

the view at the river, pretty huh??

 the same mountains just water, it was super clear!

lindsay lookin all cute and such!

George and dad lookin for skipping rocks.... boys :)

proof that mom did come along with us :)

George and dad skipping the skipping rocks :)

the water... super cold... brrr

more mountains and water... skip ahead if i am boring you ;)

the rapids up a bit ahead of us.. my want to go rafting in rapids grew increasingly on this trip :)

                                                

George and i digging on the water table :)

and some more :)

more digging in the sand/rocks/water :)

more pretty view :)

the sand, which i took this one in hopes of capturing all the fools gold but... you cant see it... but there was fools gold.. all over

george running from me since he doesnt like his picture taken.... 

dad setting a raft he built into the water...

will it float?? yup but it didnt go very far

 

the girls were catching tadpoles in there hands (its the tiny little black thing :)

dad and george lookin at the rocks in the water, they found one that looked like a brain and one that looked like a frog.. and they cute a little fish in half in the process of finding rocks

building a waterway :) 

more water.... 

mom and dad bein lazy on the sand... parenting 101 ;)

momma restin in the hotel room :)

this was a gorgeous spot and we had to stop and take a boat load of pictures!

a real life waterfall :o

three peaks which we thought was three brothers but we passed the actual three brothers later (no pictures of that one :(

a small little set of rapids that we passed up to the top of bridal veil waterfall

george throwing a tantrum... who knows what for

we stopped at a little river after lunch and there were more rapids, but a calm spot a few steps away were we chilled out and the kids through rocks into the river :)

we stopped at a little river after lunch and there were more rapids, but a calm spot a few steps away were we chilled out and the kids through rocks into the river :)

half dome... its not a super good picture, taken from inside the car... because we couldnt get to parking and then a ambulance and a helicopter came so there was no way of getting any parking... but we did get a picture at least :)

ABBY :)

under the Golden Gate Bridge

a stop at Jamba juice on the way home :)

awwww 

(sorry i cant flip these :/) im not sure how thats comfortable but hey, he was sleeping and that was good :)

More of the view

leaving San Franscico... very sad for me... i realized how much i like big cities.. and i wanna go back now :(

<3 anne="" p="">