Arr Mateys!

One of the very first things I pinned on Pinterest was some sailor inspired nails. Then a few dresses. Then a few outfits... I love the crisp clean patriotic colors and the whimsy that comes with Sailor Pin Up girls. I rounded up a few of my favorite items.

 (all images from Google image search)

 

1.       Polka dot mary jane heels?! OMG I want a pair!  

2.       I love the rope and knot work on these wedges. Wedges are just so much easier for me to walk in.  

3.       This shirt could be an awesome DIY. Start with a blue shirt – add some trim and buttons in white! 

4.       This slightly high waist and then the buttons are just sexy.

5.       I have a blue and white striped shirt, who wouldn’t love a red skirt with a bow to go with it?  

6.       These dresses look so cute. I wonder if I could get my friends to throw me a sailor themed birthday party? Everyone dress up? 

7.       I love baby doll dresses and this simple detailing on this one speaks to me. 

8.       Polyvore is awesome, I’ve tried using it but I just get so overwhelmed by the options, but with pinterest it’s become easier. This blue and white striped dress has so much movement. Love.

9.       This is an outfit I could wear everyday. I may try to make that bracelet. (Stay Tuned)

10.   Seersucker in blue and white stripes on a wrap dress? Classy! 

1.       Inspiration bracelet cuffs partially dyed. 

2.       Friendship bracelets, I love the chevron pattern. Make it Nautical using red, white, and 

black or use a natural color for an earthier look.  

3.       I love this simple loop bracelet and the anchor clasp detailing! 

4.       Layer leather, rope, and chain and braid it up. Hoist the sails!

5.       This looks so easy to do, would be great for an activity to do on a boat or at the lake/beach. 

6.       This is how to braid leather but what about some vinyl? Sparkly Red vinyl to match the boat seats?!

7.       This headband is so adorable! Make it bigger and use it as a belt over a flowy summer dress. 

8.       Double up on the rope and do the simple loop. Do what they did and sparkle it up using metallic rope. 

1.       Anchors Aweigh! I like the little dot of gold, makes it look like buckles.

2.       Stripes with a little heart!  

3.       Fishtale braid seems so appropriate for a day at the beach. /

4.       Or you could have perfectly curled beach hair. http://pinterest.com/pin/140174607121695652/

5.       Or a cute braid to keep it off your neck in the breeze. http://pinterest.com/pin/140174607121578613/

6.       This rope placemat would be awesome with a book and a drink sitting on top of it.

7.       Upcycle those old flip flops and make braided sandals. So many ideas!

8.       This necklace could be easily made with some stripes and a design of an anchor in the beads.

9.       Sequin trim and some glue give so many options! 

Hope you are as inspired as I was! ~Tamara

Lent

No, I am not catholic. I'm doing Lent in the spirit of sisterhood and solidarity. Last year we gave up fried foods. This year is stepping up a bit.
I think after its over I'm still going to give up soda and sugary drinks like KoolAid. Stock up on water!

Totally tidal Tuesday?

Today has wiped me out. Did I get anything done? Ummm, no. darn. Better luck tomorrow? I did do some pinning this morning at work when I should have been focused on work. But my brain just wasn't in it today.
Sometimes I wonder what I'm going to do when this job is over... You see, my job is only a two year deal. After two years I can sit for my licensing exam, and thereby make more money somewhere else. And.... My boss is 60, he wants to retire as soon as his youngest is out of college.
But where to go when its over... I am really enjoying the planning of Jexica's wedding and I wonder if event planning might be something to look into...

On another note, wore my Sperry heels today!

Daily goals

I've been using Cozi to help me make and keep track of daily goals to help get my house and small business in order. Here its how my first day went...

Check
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Not check
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Let's try again tomorrow.

My weekend in photos!

Saturday Funday: Went to Savers and Goodwill with Melissa looking for things to use as upcycled materials for hair accessories for The Green Corner store and Etsy. Picked up several vinyl purses and some kids color denim. Even picked up a few belts for redo. We were also looking for cute decor ideas for Jexica's Wedding. Picked up some milk carafes and a green jug at Goodwill for centerpieces. 

Then went to Benton to hang out with Amber and hit up thrifty places in the area. Spent 2 hours in Blue Suede Shoes and found a ton of interesting things, like a red velvet full leotard, silver lamae goucho pants, clip on earrings, records, signs. Had to leave because the closed, but the Uniques and Antiques right next door was open and I picked up an awesome Wonder Woman watch in mint condition. 

After our phones died we hit up Hastings for happy hour half price coffee and some electricity. Decided to go see a movie, The Woman in Black... Big mistake... Saturday night, 750pm movie... full of teens... who have no cinema ettiquette. Good movie though. Then after we hit up walmart for milk and to sniff the new Axe for women.
Realized while doing so that certain perfumes/colognes bring back memories. Its astounding how easily a quick sniff transports you back to High School, Flag Camp, College...

Sunday Lazy: made some Pinterest inspired breakfast... not impressive, we overcooked them a bit.... But they looked pretty.

 

While they cooked I had some more awesome coffee from my Keurig! 

While I was perusing some Pinterest and organizing all my "likes" onto my boards I got a text from Jess and Kristin from the mall... Went and hung out for a bit... Picked up some clearance Sperry wedges for $31!

Poor Scott was bored all weekend without me in the house. But it was so good to get out and see some of my girls!
** Until I can figure out how to get the photos to not rotate, you will have to just tilt your head. Sorry peeps!**

Pinspiration

I love this. I want this. Ahhh. Love it.

Source

My Valentine

I bombarded Scott with all these pictures yesterday. All the things about us that I love. The best part is that I made them on my phone! I have 3 apps that I used. Photo editor that came on my phone, for crops. Color touch, free app that adds text. And camera zoom, not free but cheap, for color and distress and frames.

Maid of honor

I've known Jessica for eleven years now. And she asked me to be her maid of honor. I was in such shock. I haven been a part of someone's wedding and to have her ask me to be maid of honor was just... I'm gonna cry, again.
I just wanted to be involved and be a part of the planning, now I'm in it. Ahh
Pin board started. Smashbook started 6 months ago. Ideas galore!

These guys are going to be so fun to marry. They dated in high school. Heartbreak, young fools. They always kept in touch. I'm pretty sure he proposed every time they hung out.
And they got back together this past year. I knew then. I knew she knew. She knew I knew she knew.

And I have them to thank for introducing me to my amazing boyfriend.

So excited I'm going to cry,
Tams

Politics is not my scene

I don't get into politics much. I only have so much room in my brain and my job is taking up most of it. Add in crafts and memories and its full...

But with the upcoming elections this year and the censorship of the internet (honestly the only reason I knew was because its posted all over Facebook) I felt I might give my opinion...

There are rights I feel should not be taken away from us. Taxes could be lower. Reforms could be made...

But every day that I don't have to cover my whole body. Every day I can go to my job and be treated as an equal. Everyday I drive my truck. Everyday I have food to eat. Everyday I can spend with the man I choose.

I am grateful for each of these days. As Americans we want more. More money, more power, more freedom.... When we are already have more than enough.

Thus is why I don't do politics... It could always be worse.

T

I nerd out!

I had the day to myself and just got paid so what do I do? Shop, of course...
I found some excellent nerdy stuff! Star Wars Valentine stuff at Target! Nightmare before Christmas Yahtzee! The third Hunger Games book. And football game watching gear. Won't really come in handy until next year, but still.
 

And some pretty stuff too! I love Ion hair care products, fabulous. Sparkly eyeliner. And a nail polish tiny brush for details. All the pics on Pinterest have inspired me to do more with my makeup and hair and nails. Don't expect me to go all super glam but just a dash of something.

A new case for my new phone. It's not quite the right case... But it works... There was one I found on Etsy that was truly awful...

Now to clean, organize my scrapbook paper, and set up my serger!
Loves,
Tamara!

Upgrade

In keeping with the New year, I upgraded my phone and moved over to my boyfriend's plan. I have been a Verizon (Alltel first) customer for 7 years. And I am now a Sprint customer.
My old blackberry didn't have much in the way of processing power. Or even neat features. When the Androids came out to be competition for the iPhone  then blackberry pretty much got left in the dust. And you get stuck with a bad phone for two years! Plus I used the back button on my old phone so much that it started typing "B$" instead of backing out. It got to be very frustrating.
But alas, an upgrade. I got the Samsung galaxy s 2 aka the epic touch. It's so shiny and new! And the full Android market! ! !

Include the serger I got for Christmas and I'm moving on up.
2012 is going to be a good year.

Tamara

2012 is a whole new year... and a whole new outlook

If you happened to see my blog about a day ago you may not recognize it now. I have gone from 250+ posts down to a mere 50ish. I did a little cleaning. And in the process got to take a look at myself from the past 2 years. I was quite a different person. I have kept some posts just to help people learn more about me. I'll be adding the much needed pictures to the posts over the next month or so.

This is just a new fresh start. A new year, a new me, a new life. A new outlook.

I look forward to sharing all my inspiration and ideas with you!

Things to do in 2011

Things to do this year:
1. Take a watercolor class
2. Take a sculpting class.
3. Take Brynn to the zoo. Since I didn't last year.
4. Take Brynn and Amber to the Suess show at clinton library.
5. Tint the windows in my car.
6. Join Arkansas Thunder.
7. Buy a bike and find a good paved path to ride.
8. Go hiking and see waterfalls with Melissa and Tim.
9. Go to Memphis for my birthday. Have a diver, listen to Barbra Blue. Bbq spaghetti. Smores. Poutine (whatever that is).
10. Orlando- HP!
11. Friend dinner once a month, with themes.
12. Kidnap Jexica. Go to orlando. Hit up Savanna. Then the Biltmore Estate. Then drop her off in TN at grad school. Then memphis. Then home. Expensive and EPIC road trip.
13. My etsy. Something. That poor thing needs some love.
14. Buy photoshop, learn to use it.
15. Extra CAD classes from Pulaski Tech.
16. Construction Document Spec writing class through UALR.
17. LEED certification.
18. Help mom redo the kitchen.
19. Pay off all debts and bills except student loans.
20. Better my body. Flexibility. Strength. BMI. Make an improvement.
21. Be more optimistic.
22. Make a list of all the restaurants I want to try.
23. Force Amber to do crop nights at scrapbook corner with me! I also want to get my scrapbook up to date. So I need to print off from walgreens.
24. Paint my nails more often.
25. Change my hair color. Grow my hair out.
26. Inspiration boards!!!
27. Cook more.
28. Read more.
29. Make more.
30. Worry less.
This list may or may not expand.
SOTD: "I want to break free" queen
--Tams
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

Supabowl

Superbowl party was fun and food! Cupcakes were a hit. Commercials were funny. And then glee and SNL. Good times.

Today was so busy it went by in a flash.
Then I had a discussion with my mom about money. And all the money I owe people. And I'm probably going to be staying late at work to try for more money.

Goal: sell $50k, deliver $40k, make $4k. Need money now.

I need to make up some flyers to hand out.

Now I'm in bed. Trying to keep warm and replaying "i miss u" in my head, trying to truly believe it. Oh the power of jazz pants.

Song of the day: that one song from Thousand Suns by linkin park.

--tams

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Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

Crafty day

I spent the day with Lissa! We went to Michaels and Hancock- where I found uber cute fabric to make business card holders and coffee cozies! I also found cute fabric for amber! Hello New York!
We had some major problems with Amy Butler's pattern. I'll post my review on my craft blog (with pics)
It was nice to be out of the house. And to have good food. Beef O'Brady's garlic parm boneless wings with marinara. YUM.
Can I just test crafts for a job?
Song of the day: "thunder" by boys like girls
Your voice was the soundtrack to my summer.

--tams