My New Green Pants

worn on January 14th, 2011

Brrrrrr, it was really cold this weekend!

I wore this out on saturday for a little wedding filled morning with my friend Ashlee. We went wedding dress shopping for her (and found the one! Yay Ash!) and then grabbed some lunch where it was non stop wedding talk. I’m getting married in July, and she is getting married in September, so we have double the wedding fun!

 

sweater, pants, and scarf: H&M

shirt: BCBG

heels: Forever21

bag: THEIT bossi bag

In My Life - What I've Been Up To

DIY projects coming later this week … Peanut butter and bacon sammie

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Boo made me dinner! … Helping my Ashleebear shop for her wedding dress

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Fun new socks from Ash … Bundling up in the cold

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Out and about with Boo on a freezing cold day!

The Little Things

worn on January 11th, 2011

After almost 6 months, I finally got around to getting my hair trimmed. Yay! It needed it. Badly. When your hair gets this long (and longer), taking off and inch and a half doesn’t really look like it makes much of a difference. But it makes a wooooorld of a difference to me. And my bangs. It feels so good to not have them getting in the way of my glasses. Woohoo happy dance!

tee: Stylemint

bow necklaces: Hollydolly

skirt: American Apparel

tights: ?

boots: Dolce Vita

Jewelmint

worn on January 8th, 2011

Do you like my necklace? It is my first Jewelmint piece! 

If you haven’t heard of Jewelmint yet, it is an exclusive  jewelry line created by Kate Bosworth and Cher Coulter. When you join, you take a personal style quiz which helps them create your own personal showroom with pieces that best match your style. Every month new pieces will be added to your showroom, and every piece is only $29.99 with free shipping. Pretty sweet, right?

But if you sign up now, you can use the code bos990 at checkout to receive 50% off your first month of Jewelmint, courtesy of the Boston MBA Team. 

tee: Gap

cardigan: Victoria’s Secret

hat: stolen from Boo

necklace: Jewelmint, use code bos990 for 50% off your first month, c/o the Boston MBA Team

jeans: BCBGeneration

tights: Urban Outfitters

heels: Forever21

Reconstructed Tee DIY

One of my goals for the blog this year is to do a lot more DIYs than I was doing before. My hope is that if I tell myself that every wednesday must be either a DIY or wedding post, it will keep me busy, motivated, and constantly working on new projects. Heres to hoping :)

So I’m starting out slowly with a little t-shirt reconstruction. I picked this up at the last swap I attended. Its a mens XL, and way to big for wither me or Boo. But I’m a sucker for ombre, and its the softest cotton ever, so as soon as I touched it there was no way I was putting it down. 

And now I finally got around to sizing it into a shirt I can actually wear :) Heres an easy way to turn an oversized tee into something more fitted. 

You’ll Need:

-an oversized tee

-a tee that fits you well

-something for marking (tailors chalk, colored pencil, etc)

-sewing supplies

-rhinestones or other embellishments

1. Carefully cut off the sleeves and set aside.

2. Lay your “good” tee on top, making sure to line up the neck and shoulders. trace the outline of the top shirt with your marking tool. Don’t forget to reshape your armholes too!

3. Make sure you add a little seam allowance to your new lines, and then go ahead and cut. 

4. Sew up your new side seams. And then sew your sleeves back in. You may either need to make a slight adjustment to the size of the sleeve or ruche it to give it a little puff effect. (sorry, I forgot to document this separately). 

5. And now the fun part! Use your rhinestones and fabric glue (or whatever other embellishments) to bling out whatever area you want. The pocket, collar, sleeves… whatever! I really wanted to do the entire pocket, but I didn’t have nearly enough rhinestones. 

And now I have a cute and soft new tee shirt! Now that I’m looking at the photos, the only other thing I might go back and do is shorten the sleeves a little. But I like how it came out, otherwise. 

**Keep a lookout from now on every wednesday for either a new project or wedding related post. I’m pretty excited for this!**

Guest Posting At Virginie's Cinema

I’m over at Virginie’s Cinema today with another hockey fan inspired outfit. Come on over and visit to see more!

EBEW : Black And White

worn on January 7th, 2011

I wasn’t sure how I felt about this outfit. I’m not really one to wear black and white from head to toe (hence my sneaking in of the chambray collar). But I figured it was EBEW day, so why not. 

Another weird thing about this day? The weather was crazy nice! We got a break from the freezing cold temps, and it warmed up to nearly 50 degrees on saturday. If only it could stay this way…..

sweater: H&M

shirt: Old Navy

skirt: Handmade

tights: Urban Outfitters

shoes: Jeffrey Campbell; Buffalo Exchange

A Photo An Hour

Just a peek at what our Saturday looked like…

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9am

breakfast time!

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10am

gift cards + sale = new movies for Boo. And one for me. I bet you’ll never be able to figure out which one is mine :)

funny story - turns out I already own that movie. How I didn’t know this, I don’t know. So now we will have to make a return. Doh. 

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11am

And then my turn at the fabric store!

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12pm

Lunch with my Boo.

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1pm

Outfit photo time!

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1pm

Boo wouldn’t let me take his picture.

Ok ok, this is just another photo from the 1pm hour. But I forgot to take one for 2. Whoops. 

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3pm

Hangning up new corkboards. New solution for necklace storage!

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4pm

Getting in some blog lovin’ :)

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5pm

Tv time with Boo. 

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6pm

On the menu for dinner: paninis and applesauce.

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7pm

Watching Sabies and sipping hot cider out of my Sabies cup. 

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8pm

Boo’s reading time.

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9pm

Our family dog, Sassy, was put to sleep on friday :( . I was trying to find my favorite picture of her - one I took for my photography class in high school. I couldn’t find it, but I do also love this one. Its a good 4 or 5 years old. Just playing in the snow together :)

Guest Post : DIY Felt Balls

Hello, HollyDolly readers! Jennifer here of If I Must Say So, a life and style blog where I write about my daily food, fashion, and crafty inspirations. I’m here to share

one of my latest projects in which I made little felt balls for a garland. I originally

followed this fabulous DIY from Design Sponge, but modified it a bit based on what

works for me!

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After making dozens of little felt balls in a variety of colors, I decorated them with

thread and strung them to make a cute, colorful garland, which I can use to decorate

my Christmas tree next year or just to add a pop of color in my apartment.

Things you’ll need:

Wool roving (available at any craft store)

Soap (dish or hand soap is fine)

One bowl of super hot water

One bowl of freezing cold water

Thread in a variety of colors (if you choose to decorate your finished felt balls)

Thicker string or thread for the garland

Needle

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Another note before we begin…

It took me about 3-5 minutes to make each felt ball, and I noticed that my hands would

feel pretty dry and prune-like after making three or four of them. Take your time and

plenty of rest throughout the process. I found that the balls turned out better when I

made a few at a time over several days rather than a whole bunch at once.

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1. Tear off a 5-6 inch section of the wool roving. Don’t worry about making a perfect

tear because the ends should be ragged.

2. Put a small drop of soap in your hand and rub a little into the wool roving.

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3. Form your piece of wool into a loose ball and dip it in the bowl of hot water. Do

not dunk the entire ball into the water. You want to get it just wet enough so that

you can sort of gently work the soap and water into the rest of the ball with your

hands.

4. Gently start rolling the wool roving into the shape of a ball. At this point, the ball is

pretty flimsy, much like a cotton ball. Just continue rolling the wool until you have a

decent ball shape and then dunk the entire ball into the cold water.

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5. Keep rolling the ball and then dunk it in the bowl of hot water. Continue rolling

the ball and then dunk it again in the cold water. Keep alternating between rolling

and dunking between the two bowls of water.

6. Every two or three dunks, rinse off your hands and the ball under cool running

water and then continue rolling. The ball will start to feel firm and become smaller.

7. At this point you may start to notice a few dents or cracks in the ball. To hide

the cracks, take a smaller piece of wool roving with a little soap on it and place

it directly over the cracked area. Continue rolling and dunking the ball in water.

Eventually the smaller piece of wool roving will work into the ball.

8. Once you have a firm, crack-free felt ball, leave it out to dry for 1-2 days. A

finished felt ball should feel completely dry and have a little bounce to it when you

throw it on a hard surface.

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9. Take your finished felt balls and string them to make your garland! I ended up

using my finished garland to decorate a bare wall in my office space.

I can’t wait to see how your felt balls turn out! Just take your time and remember

that your felt balls will look better and better with more practice!

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Thank you so much Jennifer!! I’ve always wanted some of these for garland, and now I can’t wait to give this tutorial a shot myself!

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Don’t forget to head on over and check out Jennifers blog - If I Must Say So .

My Cousin's Wedding

worn on December 30th, 2011

We ended our trip home celebrating my cousin’s wedding! Most people would gravitate towards the usual deep, dark colors for a winter wedding. But not me. I went with winter brights. Because thats how I roll :)

dress: thrifted

cardigan and hair clip: JCrew

tights: Target

shoes: Seychelles

purse: Chanel

necklace: christmas gift from Boo