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2/23/13

maddie grace.

it's official, i feel old.

y'all, meet maddie. she's my sister in-law, but being as we've been family since she was 9, i think it's safe to just go ahead and call her my sister. i love her like she is anyway. ;)

this chica is graduating in a few months AND turning 18. what????

how did this happen?

while we were home in georgia last week, we did her senior photos.

it's amazing what a beautiful young woman she's grown up to be.

i love this sweet face with all that's in me!

it's funny, she was one of my first victims when i started my photo biz.

i should pull some of those from the archives and let you see!

i've grown as a photographer just as much as she's grown into a woman!

she'll be heading off to college in a few months and getting a taste of so many new things.

it scares the living day lights out of me.

i never had the live away from home experience, but she'll be out of state.

lots of new responsibilities and freedom.

oh my, the whole family may have to go on xanax for this one haha!

this one's my absolute favorite.

as much as i want children, i can't imagine having them grow up!!!!

8/28/12

well i'm slightly addicted to polyvore.
i mean honestly, it's just so much fun to create awesome outfits.
i'm the kind of shopper that needs fashion inspiration.
i don't do well with just going to a store and figuring out what looks good.
this is why i love pinterest so much. i can find an outfit i like and then run with it.
i can get creative after the fact, i just need help with the initial direction.
so i decided i needed to play around with some of the new shirts i bought this weekend.
to achieve these cutie pie looks i'll only need to buy some red flats and a pink cardigan.
success!

Weekend Wear by lthomas0913 featuring bow flats

What are some of your must-have fashion staples?

8/26/12

Weekend Happenings...and Crafting

this was a weekend that required lots of shopping!
i needed to get out of the house.
and so we checked out the mall for the first time since being here!
there were some great deals going on.
i've been wanting to try belts. apparently they're "in" or something like that. haha.
i've always stayed away from them because i was afraid they would accentuate a few non-flattering qualities of my waist line. however, when worn correctly, they actually make me look better!
i found this awesome 3-pack of skinny belts. um, yes please. i got a blue, silver, and snakeskin.
then i got an oversized wide brown belt that i can not wait to wear! come on fall!
i hit up the clearance racks for all the tanks. and we all know that i have plenty of cardigans to pair these up with. we could go black, yellow, blue, fuscia, green, coral. endless possibilities.
the blue cardigan was marked down too! yes!
and then after my post on all things gray the other day, i bought one of the shirts and 2 others online. i couldn't help myself.

Weekend Buys by lthomas0913

while in the mood for shopping, i also found myself in quite the mood for crafting.

i have a couple of birdcages that i want to hang in the colorful spare bedroom.

but they were boring and white.

so a trip to the home depot and some spray paint later, we have a teal and red bird cage.

i'm sooooo excited with how they turned out!

and then there's our dining room table.

we found a guy in dallas that makes custom furniture for cheap. we gave him the dimensions and description for our dining table and that we wanted a farmhouse feel. he did a great job.

here's the original.

he was trying to be nice and added a couple of embellishments on the side - see the black decorative addition?

i spent about 2 weeks trying to convince myself that i liked them, but i just didn't.
it didn't match.

and my original vision for the table was a darker top. really a simple table.

so while at the home depot, we picked up some stain.

so i fixed that baby right up. the embellishments were just nailed on, so we were able to pop them off with no issues. and then of course i stained the top of the table. It dried a lot darker than this picture and it's perfect.