DIY Ribbon Hair Elastics!

       I found the price of these ribbon hair elastics ridiculous! I wasn't going to be paying a dollar for a hair tie! So I found a way of making them myself. The main item you need to make your own is fold over elastic. I searched online and found the cheapest place to get the fold over elastic (FOE) was ebay. I'll link the store I bought it from below. But I bought enough elastic to make 150 elastics for $12 including shipping. That would have bought me maybe 10 hair ties most places.
Where I got my FOE:
website: http://www.saleandbargain.com/elastic.html
ebay: http://stores.ebay.com/saleandbargain

Materials you'll need:

• Fold over elastic
• scissors
• ruler
• clear nail polish (optional)

1. Cut a 9 in. piece of elastic.
2. Lightly coat the ends with clear nail polish so they won't fray as easily. (optional)
3. Let that dry for about 30 sec. or until it feels dry.
4. Fold your strip in half.
5. Tie a knot on the end.

Your done! These will stretch out a bit after a couple uses but nothing terrible. I Hope I helped you save some money with these DIY hair ties!

Hope your having a wonderful day!

Hannah

NOTD- Lilacism ft. Sparked

       I'm wearing an old favorite, Essie's "Lilacism", a milky lavender color, with "Sparked" by Wet & Wild on my ring fingers. "Sparked" is a really pretty pink and silver glitter. I'm really liking these nails. They are girly and fun and are holding up really nicely, one thing I love about Essie polishes.

Hope your having a great day!

Hannah

5 Ways to Style a Denim Shirt!

      Of course you can easily wear a denim shirt in place of a jean jacket in many outfits, but I decided to show some maybe not so obvious way to style a denim shirt. I got my shirt from American Eagle for $40.

Outfit #1:
Floral Tank- Forever21
Jeggings- Charlotte Russe
Rhea Boots- Bass & Co. Outlet

Outfit #2-
V-neck- Bobs
Belt- Charlotte Russe
Jeggings- Charlotte Russe
Rhea Boots- Bass & Co. Outlet

 Outfit #2:
V-neck- ESPRIT
Pencil Skirt- Charlotte Russe

Outfit #3:
Skirt- J.Crew Factory Store
Belt- Forever21
Wedges- Guess

Outfit #4:
Sweater: Old Navy
Jeggings- Charlotte Russe
Leopard Loafers/Flats- Madden Girl

















       I know from talking to some of my friends, people are having some trouble figuring out how to style their denim shirts, so I hope this helped! Sorry about the shotty quality on some of the outfits the lighting was being extremely difficult.
Hope your having an amazing day!
Hannah

NOTD- Cajun Shrimp

       I bought "Cajun Shrimp" to use primarily as a toe nail polish, but have tried it out on both my hands and feet. When first applied this color is gorgeous. It's a little less pink than it is in the bottle I don't mind. But for some strange reason I can't seem to discover, it will get these dark spots in it an hour or so later. I'm not sure if its something with my top coat, or if its my instant dry reacting strangely with it. But I'll give an update if it continues to happen the next time I use it.
Hope your having a lovely day!
Hannah
Update: It still does the blotches. And Its not from the quick dry so I don't know whats causing it. It seems to get worse after being exposed to more heat. Either way, kinda disappointing. Maybe I just got a bad bottle though because I can't seem to find anyone else who had this problem.

Friendship Bracelets!

I've been really into making and wearing friendship bracelets recently. I thought I'd share some bracelet patterns with you all so you can join in on my new friendship bracelet craze too!
Classic Chevron: http://honestlywtf.com/diy/diy-friendship-bracelet/
Arrow and Heart Patterns: http://www.purlbee.com/valentines-friendship-bracelet/
And for you more advanced macrame lovers out there here is this cool website that I found that has thousands of really cool, unique bracelet patterns!: http://www.braceletbook.com/
Hope your having a great day!
Hannah

Cleaning Thrifted Items

       You can find some awesome thrifted items but they might come with a funky smell or just look dirty. Obviously if it looks beyond saving leave it on the shelf, but if it just needs some TLC pick it up!

1. If you can put it in the washing machine do so! Its the easiest way to clean clothes and other machine washable things you may purchase.
2. Lysol is your best friend. You don't know where these items have been before they reached you. Lysol can easily disinfect those items you can't throw in the wash and also helps with any faint odors.
3. Back to the odor issue. Febreze is also a nice one for absorbing those odors. Also some baking soda sprinkled in there and letting it air out. 
4. For the interior of purses you can't wash the outside of but look a little gross, I'd suggest this: Make sure you get any dust and such out to the best of you ability by just shaking it out and getting in the corners. Then I would just take a damp wash cloth and wipe down the insides working on any grimier areas the best. If there are any really bad spots try using a Shout wipe or something to see if that gets it out. After your done let it air dry, Lysol and your good to go.
5. If your bag or item has a tear that is unnoticeable and or you think you can fix go ahead and do so. In a bag I got recently the inside pocket was coming off on one side. I took a needle and thread and quickly sewed it up. Its now functional and barley noticeable.
6. For old or dirty leather use some saddle soap. This will condition and clean the leather so it looks fresher.

       That is all i can think of for right now. If you have any questions leave them in the comments and I'll do my best to answer them!

Hope your having a great day!

Hannah

First Time Thrifting!

       I went thrifting for the first time recently! I hit up a local thrift store and also a goodwill. I think I did pretty well. It took a lot of digging but I came out with some items that I'm excited to add to my wardrobe!

       I went with a main goal of finding jeans i could turn into distressed cutoffs. I was a bit overwhelmed by all of the jeans but managed to find two pairs. I think I'm only going to make one of them into shorts though. All of the jeans I tried on were skinny flares and I felt like they needed to be a bit looser in the thighs for me to make them into shorts.

These are the jeans I got to make into shorts. I think I got an awesome deal on them considering they are BCBG Max Azria and i got them for $3 at my local thrift store.

 The next pair I think I'm just going to keep as jeans because they are super soft and fit like a glove. They are pair of well worn in Levi's that I got for around $5 at goodwill.

My friend actually found this dress for my when we were in Goodwill. Its from the brand Mossimo which I'm pretty sure is originally sold at Target. I got it for somewhere around $5 and it looks practically brand new. I actually just found it on the Target site for $25 so I got a deal!

I also got these cute earrings for $1.25 from my local thrift store.










 Lastly my local thrift store was having a half off sale on there purses so I got these two for really cheap! Apparently I have a new thing for straw bags.

Capiezo New York purse was $3 and looks brand new.

Etienne Aigner for $2.50! Its a little beat up, but I think that gives it character.

I think I'll do another post soon about cleaning your thrifted stuff.

Hope your having an amazing day!

Hannah