Pinterest Challenge Day 4: Cuddle up!

Throughout this week I've been showing you guys images I picked off of Pinterest and also showing you the outfits that those images have inspired.  I've also been saying how I've been discovering items that I either forgot I had, or have re-discovered them in a whole new way.  Which is way I literally squealed when I was determining how to be inspired by this image:

The coziness of all the knits, the softness of the pinks and grays...I was in love.  And as I said last week, I didn't even know if I owned anything in these colors.  So I was going to focus on the textures instead.  And as I was digging through my closet I found this...which is when squeals erupted:

UHHH....HELLO!  Could this BE any more perfect?  

It's been cold and super unfriendly around here...and I loved all the softness going on in the inspiration pic, which is why I threw on this super chunky scarf too.  SO cozy!  And the colors on this sweater are just the right amount of softness.  I wore this to a little children's museum so I paired it with my Uggs to be able to run around after 2 crazies in comfort...but you can't beat Uggs when it comes to being cozy as well!

 Ha!  I didn't realize in this pic that the timer had one more left!  so CHEESE!

I am so enjoying finding "new" pieces in my closet that I am thinking that this week of Pinterest might be a monthly challenge for me!  Feel free to submit any inspiration pics for me to have...that way you know for sure that I'm not just pulling pics based on what I already have in my closet.  I want challenges!  :)  Maybe you guys will join in the fun next month!

The Deets:
Turtleneck sweater: Old Navy
Chevron sweater: Forever 21
Chunky scarf: Target
Jeans: Old Navy
Boots: Ugg
Earring: gifted

Pinterest Challenge day 3: Color inspired

Oh this one was a tough one...but I actually found alot of clothes that totally worked!  I actually had a different skirt/heels/top combo all set out, but being that I woke up to POURING rain and I had to take the little to school..I had to go with my back up plan.  Here's the inspiration pic (which is actually an inspiration pic for our master bedroom too):

And here's my outfit take on it!

I definitely had to go with my Hunter boots today because, seriously, if it wasn't unseasonably warm, it would have been a blizzard today.  All these items were right in my closet front and center, I just never thought of combining them before!  The gold/cream sweater was actually slated to be donated and I grabbed it to add my little pop of gold!  Isn't that nuts!  It's going back in the sweater pile now!  I truly love this challenge because I am totally seeing my clothes in a brand new light, and realizing different ways to stretch my wardrobe!

The Deets:

Black Turtleneck: Old Navy

Sweater: Express

Carigan: New York and Company

Scarf: Gifted

Jeans: Old Navy

Boots: Hunter from Nordstroms

Necklace (worn as a bracelet): New York and Company

Pinterest Challenge: Day #2

I'm only on day 2 of this little challenge and I have to say...I'm having so much fun!  I'm finding things in my closet that I never knew I had, just by seeing them in a new light!  I took inspiration from the totally cute fashion blogger Kendi (from Kendi Everyday) wearing this outfit

After searching through my racks...I think I was pretty successful!  I totally forgot that I had this striped dress (it was from pre pregnancy with Jagger so I really hadn't thought about it) and it worked perfectly for this outfit!  I nixed the scarf because the dress had a pretty cute cowl  that I liked.  The boots would be better if they were higher for me, but I still liked my little ones.  And I had to do tights...there was no way around it.  I don't know if you can tell...but it was 19 degrees out when my husband took this picture.  I threw off my jacket and he snapped a few pics before my cheeks turned too red.  Even though I'm looking super cute...he couldn't help but curse the blog for making me make him stand in the cold!  :)

The Deets: 

Blazer: Target

Dress: Express (old)

Boots: Madden Girl

Belt: Target

Bag: Coach

My Pinterest Challenge: Starting off Sweet and Simple

Welcome to my Pinterest Challenge!  Oh yeah...I'm starting slow, y'all.  Throw me some black and gray! This one I took pretty literally, as I'm just beginning and had pretty much all the elements in my closet at the ready!

 So here's the inspiration:


And here's my take!

Hunter had his first little school friends b-day party to go to and since it was at a Chick-fil-a and I got to bring Jagger...I knew I'd be running around a little bit.  Thank goodness for the flat boots! The one thing I'm pretty proud of is thinking to raid my husbands scarves to find this one!  The only other black scarf I have has a Mickey Mouse head on it...and I just didn't feel like rockin' that to the party.  Oh...and how clever am I to turn my necklace into a bracelet?  So clever...pat on the back from myself.  I love this outfit, however, because I truly love this dress and for some reason I don't wear enough!  It's super comfy cashmere that I got on extreme clearance from a store that was closing.  I almost forgot I had it!  Will definitely have to wear it more often and attempt to do a couple re-styles!

The Deets:
Sweater Dress: It's so old I don't even know what store it's from.  No tag either...
Leggings: Mossimo at Target
Boots: Mossimo at Target
Bag: Forever 21
Necklace (worn as a bracelet): Gifted from mom (can also me seen here)
Scarf: Husbands...I think from Kmart!
Nails: Sally Hansen "Red Carpet"
Earrings: Forever 21

Pinning and Planning

So I'm going to start a little challenge for myself for next week.  I have been pinning and pinning and pinning forever...and it's about dang time I do something about it...don't you think?  I've decided I'm going to take my top 5 pins and use them as inspiration for everyday next week!  It should be fun!  And I'm going to try my hardest to use everything I already own...but I do have a $50 giftcard to Macy's burning a hole in my wallet so we'll see!  Ok so here are the images:

1: I love the bold black and white with the brown going on here.  Plus Kendi is just amazingly gorgeous!  I fail to have brown boots in my wardrobe...so we'll see how this one pans out!

{Via Kendi Everyday}

2: This is such a cozy winter day outfit and perfect for errands or running the littles to school!

{Via Evoking You}

3: By far one of my favorites.  Perfect for this arctic blast we are having, perfect for running errands, and you can easily wrestle with an 18 month old to get him in his car seat in these shoes.

{Via Polyvore}

4: Mm hm, mm hm....I know what you're thinking.  Um...did you get you're DIY obsession mixed up with your fashion obsession?  Not at all friends...not. at. all.  I am a designer by trade...and totally believe that the colors and the styles that you are drawn to reflect both in your clothes and your home.  And since I am totally obsessed with our upcoming redesign of our bedroom...I wanted to try and incorporate one of my favorite images for that room into THIS challenge.  EXCITING STUFF PEOPLE!

{Via Decor Pad}

5: Ad lastly...again with the color.  This one will be tough as i don't know if I have ANY of these colors in my closet...but I love love love the coziness of the yarn. It just screams January to me.  And PS...if you all have not checked out the website Design Seeds yet then you totally need to.  The color inspiration on there is INSANE.

{Via Design Seeds}

 

OK!  So that's my challenge to myself for next week!  Not necessarily in the order presented...but it should be fun!  Hope you all stay tuned!