Boredom Strikes Look Book

Hi Everyone!

I was a little bored and I convinced my husband to help me shoot a lil look book! I can't lie, I have still been doing some online shopping and just wanted to share some cute date night outfit inspo. I have been a bit paranoid to actually go on a dinner date due to Covid. But we have had a few movie date nights at the house. Did I wear any of theses fits? No, but hey I'm a work in progress.

I am thinking of doing a staycation at the beginning of September for my husband and I.
So if you see these looks again, just mind your business! lol

Look One: 
These shorts were designed by one of my favorite bloggers Sai De Silva. She designed these shorts with Amazons' The Drop campaign. Basically, Amazon got a bunch of fashion influencers, youtube personalities and bloggers and had them create pieces for their site. I think its a short 2 day limited edition sale, so the shorts are no longer available. I purchased two pieces from her drop.
-Black body suite
-High waisted paper bag shorts
-Simple black sandal

These black and white heels are from ASOS. They literally take a simple black and white fit up a notch! I love them but they are sold out ladies. Sorry!

This wig is from a youtuber named Terri. I used to watch her weaver hair reviews years ago. Now she makes amazing quality wigs for a pretty reasonable price. 

Look Two:

I really love this top. It is from Urban Outfitters and I saw another one of my favorite bloggers Nikki with it on. I just had to have it too. Reasons it's a must have; You can dress it up or down, it is the perfect matcha green color and it has every cute detail a shirt could have. It is cropped, wrap around and has puff sleeves! I will take every color please! Honestly, Nikki could wear a trash bag and make it look bomb. I love her style so much! Check her out! 

-Green puff sleeve criss cross crop top

-Grey denim mom jeans

-Clear funky heels

These jeans run a little big. I plan to get them altered. I recommend sizing down.

These shoes are about 2 years old. I got them on clearance at Nasty Gal. I love that site! They have cute quality clothes, great prices and they are always having a sale. 

Look Three:

I purchased this dress from Pretty Little Thing. After this purchase I vowed to never purchase from them again. The quality and price point appears to be that of Forever 21 but every time I receive items from them they are Citi Trends quality at best. I have received items from them with holes in them and with threads hanging. Take it from me and don't waste your coins sis. 

-Mini Dress

-Nude Clear heel

If you are part of the itty bitty titty committee then just throw on some pasties like I did. 

One thing I can appreciate bout this dress is that it comes with a black slip sown into it. I guess PLT got that right at least. 

Look Four:

This look is a little relaxed to me for a full on date night. I would wear this out for drinks or maybe even a concert. I think the little peek-a-boo detail turns a simple white crop top into a sexy one! This entire outfit is from Nasty Gal and I love it. The pants again are a tad bit too big and long but such is life for a petite gal.

-White Crop top

-High wasted black jean

Personally I love the under boob cleavage. For small chested girls like me cleavage is hard to come by. lol

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Langston's Quarantine Birthday Bash

Welcome back y'all,

We celebrated Langston's birthday Saturday and had so much fun! I planned my sons 2nd birthday about a month and half ago. He loves cars so it was a easy decision to go with a race car theme. Of course, no friends or extended family came due to the Rona but lil man still had a blast. 

First things first, when planning a kiddos party refer to pinterest! I am obsessed with pinterest, I have been for years. The color scheme was simple, traditional car themed party colors. This made it really easy for me to use items I already had in my arts and crafts kit. And yes, I have a huge arts and crafts bin. I made the invitation on a website called Canva. I have used it several times to make invitations and borders for websites and flyers. I love the website, it is user friendly and fun for me.

The major DIY project for this party was a balloon arch. They are inexpensive, cute, festive, and they  make the perfect backdrop. Langston loves balloons. I purchased everything for the arch on amazon., back when prime was up and running like a well oiled machine. Then I went to Youtube and did some research. After taking some mental notes and saving some videos for future reference, I swindled my husband into helping me.

I purchased a ballon arch kit similar to this one on Amazon. I gathered up all my balloons and got to work. First I blew up about 40 ballons in various sizes. 

Using an electric ballon pump was so clutch! I highly recommend this one!

My husband blew up the ballons and I tied them! It was a good lil system.

This little tool was so great! I was getting frustrated with tying the balloons. Then I did a quick search on youtube on how a ballon tie and it worked like a charm. It allowed us to blow up the balloons and tie them very fast!

After that we followed this youtube tutorial and began building our arch. There are tons of tutorials online you can follow. 

We found that initially that skipping a hole on the strip, then going back and filling it in was the easiest approach. 

I know party planners that charge $120 to $150 for ballon arches. So doing this yourself is a pretty significant way to save. It was not hard to do, somewhat tedious, but not hard at all. I will definitely be doing this again in the future. I think it came out awesome for our first attempt. 

We wrapped his gifts and used some black sticky felt letters on the outside of the gifts. I was able to use a coupon and print the Canva invitation through the Walgreens photo app, then put it in a black frame we already had. We ordered some pizzas from Mod Pizza, made a salad, and popped some fresh popcorn (which is Langston's favorite snack) and set up two round tables. All of the accessories I ordered from Oriental Trading and Amazon. 

Black felt sticky letters are from Michaels! A must have for a arts and crafts kit. 

We used a checkered plastic table cloth from Amazon for a back drop.  We just pinned it up over the window with two thumbtacks. 

I ordered Langston's cake over a month and a half ago. It is from a small black, woman owned business and I did not want to cancel on her due to the pandemic restrictions. I plan on sharing the cake with my co-workers.

Cake topper is from Amazon. 

My tights and my husband's hat were both purchased from  Amazon.

I reuse this white bow for every holiday and birthday! Just throw some double sided tape on the back and boom! Like new every time lol

Even though no other family or friends could attend this year, Langston still had a ball at his birthday bash. We saved some money and I learned how to make a balloon arch. I know he may not remember his 2nd birthday party but I will gladly remind him every chance I get.

Langston's costume is from, you guessed it, Amazon! The hat has #1 on it so we just turned it around backwards. He wears 2T clothes but the pants did run big on him.

I hope this helps someone! 

Love,

ALW

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Homemade Snow Science Project

Hi!

I hope everyone is well at home and trying to enjoy quarantine life! We've been doing lots of cooking and enjoying family time and this awesome weather.

I saw Sai De Silva do this easy DIY homemade snow craft project with her children and thought we could try it out.

WARNING! Do not leave your child unattended while playing with this. 

My son tried to lick his fingers a few times lol.

What you need:
- a large bowl
-baking soda
-Gillette foam shaving cream
-clean flat surface

Instructions:
1. In a large bowl mix 1 cup of baking soda and 1 cup of foam shaving cream in a bowl with your hands
2. Empty contents onto a flat clean surface and mix thoroughly until it starts to clump together and get colder.
3. Enjoy your homemade fluffy snow!

My son had a blast with this! He played with this for about an hour!

He was a little apprehensive at first but it wasn't long before he was hands on a loving it. 

Of course the paw patrol was able to rescue all the cars from the snow avalanche.

Easy clean up outside. We literally just sprayed everything down with water hose when we were done.

We grabbed some beach toys and cars too!

 Enjoy & cherish time with your love ones y'all!

Love,
ALW

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