button up: target (altered), sweater: abercrombie (old), skirt: made by me (tutorial), sparkly flats: gift from my mom (shop)
Today is Open To Interpretation day with Kayla, Erica, and Amy. I love doing these challenges, but this one was seriously hard. A pencil skirt and heels is great for some days, but not so much for a day when you’re home with Peanut and his two two-year-old friends and acting as a referee, a trampoline, and a cafeteria lady.
So mostly for modesty purposes, I went with the maxi skirt, and threw on some sparkly flats for good measure.
Head on over to the othergirlsblogs to see how everyone else interpreted the look!
February 02, 2012
Open To Interpretation
button up: target (altered), sweater: abercrombie (old), skirt: made by me (tutorial), sparkly flats: gift from my mom (shop)
Today is Open To Interpretation day with Kayla, Erica, and Amy. I love doing these challenges, but this one was seriously hard. A pencil skirt and heels is great for some days, but not so much for a day when you’re home with Peanut and his two two-year-old friends and acting as a referee, a trampoline, and a cafeteria lady.
So mostly for modesty purposes, I went with the maxi skirt, and threw on some sparkly flats for good measure.
Head on over to the othergirlsblogs to see how everyone else interpreted the look!
Ooooo, I love it! The color of that maxi is so gorgeous and I love it paired with the brown sweater. Way to go. Everything is perfect for handling toddlers!
Sparkly flats are like chocolate of the clothing world. They always make you smile and feel amazing, even if you are chasing around toddlers all day (or slaving away to the man in my case). Your mom should seriously be a professional buyer.
black t-shirt: urban outfitters, striped t-shirt: target, cable knit scarf: hand me down (refashioned into an infinity scarf), orange cords: anthropologie, brown mary janes: target
For me, the worst part about the month between Thanksgiving and Christmas is the waiting game. I may be twenty four, but I’m still eight years old when it comes to Christmas. It’s particularly bad when you’re not spending Christmas with your parents, so your mom ships stuff directly to your house and you’re forced to wrap your own gifts. Self control is not my strongest attribute, so wrapping a shoe box with a pair of new shoes for you inside is pure torture. I promise, I did not peek…but I was tempted.
Luckily, my mom helped tide me over by buying me these amazing orange cords as an early Christmas gift. She also picked them out. I’m much too chicken to buy a pair of orange pants — but what do you know? I love them. She’s pretty much the reason I have anything interesting in my closet. You’re the best, Mom.
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I’m linking up with Kayla today for Open For Interpretation.
We used this outfit as inspiration. Perfect for my orange pants’ debut….but now I’m pretty sure I need some red pants. Head on over to her blog to see her interpretation of this outfit, as well as a bunch of other bloggers outfits!
December 08, 2011
Open To Interpretation
black t-shirt: urban outfitters, striped t-shirt: target, cable knit scarf: hand me down (refashioned into an infinity scarf), orange cords: anthropologie, brown mary janes: target
For me, the worst part about the month between Thanksgiving and Christmas is the waiting game. I may be twenty four, but I’m still eight years old when it comes to Christmas. It’s particularly bad when you’re not spending Christmas with your parents, so your mom ships stuff directly to your house and you’re forced to wrap your own gifts. Self control is not my strongest attribute, so wrapping a shoe box with a pair of new shoes for you inside is pure torture. I promise, I did not peek…but I was tempted.
Luckily, my mom helped tide me over by buying me these amazing orange cords as an early Christmas gift. She also picked them out. I’m much too chicken to buy a pair of orange pants — but what do you know? I love them. She’s pretty much the reason I have anything interesting in my closet. You’re the best, Mom.
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I’m linking up with Kayla today for Open For Interpretation.
We used this outfit as inspiration. Perfect for my orange pants’ debut….but now I’m pretty sure I need some red pants. Head on over to her blog to see her interpretation of this outfit, as well as a bunch of other bloggers outfits!
LOVE the outfit! So jealous of those orange cords! Gotta get me some of those. And I saw that you know Christine Smith – she and I are from the same hometown in good ol' Fresno 🙂
I've never seen pants in that color before and I'm in love with them! And I love the way you layered shirts and added a scarf. Super cute look. Thanks for joining in with us!
hi, I've never commented before, but I just wanted to let you know that I pinned this look to my fashion board becuz I love it and would so adore to wear it =)
Love the pants! And great scarf – what a good idea to refashion into an infinity scarf… I'm going to have to dig through my scarf collection to try one myself!
LOVE THE PANTS. Good job aunt Carole….I would like a size 20 please 🙂 (no, not a 2 like Merrick…a TWENTY!!) That is how I am feeling these days…pants a little snugola.
Wow, your mom is kind of amazingly fashionable, because those pants are GREAT! She can buy me clothes any time haha. I really like your take on this outfit 🙂
So cozy and cute! I need to be better at wearing skirts outside of church.
Kayla
love this look! maxi skirts are so comfortable! i wish it wasn't freezing cold here so I could wear mine!
Love your interpretation with the bold colors! This challenge also stumped me big time and I decided to skip it.
-Sharon
I love your interpretation! I love the maxi skirt, it makes it a whole fun new look! (and the color of your sweater is amazing!)
Rebekah
headoverheels26.blogspot.com
Ooooo, I love it! The color of that maxi is so gorgeous and I love it paired with the brown sweater. Way to go. Everything is perfect for handling toddlers!
That is such an awesome maxi! I love those sparkly flats too! 🙂
Sparkly flats are like chocolate of the clothing world. They always make you smile and feel amazing, even if you are chasing around toddlers all day (or slaving away to the man in my case). Your mom should seriously be a professional buyer.
North Meets South
That skirt is so fun!
run-style-run.blogspot.com
Thank you for posting a picture of your shoes! I always wonder what shoes people wear with maxi skirts/dresses in the winter.
Also, I noticed that you altered your button-down shirt. Do you have a tutorial for that? I have a button-down that I'm looking to alter.
Love your tutorials! Your maxi skirt is on my list of things to make and I just "refashioned" a pair of pants the other day. 🙂
Rachel
http://www.aspiringchic.blogspot.com
Gorgeous, as always.
Kayla
Freckles in April
That maxi skirt is so gorgeous! What an amazing color!
See Me Rwar
It looks pretty good.