Target Treats

Tonight I was online browsing through one of my favorite stores, Tar-Jay, and stumbled upon these little lady lovelies. Please enjoy some {affordable} eye candy!

gray and white striped flats

$14.99

pink and coral bangle

$16.99

gorgeous gold cuff

$16.99

lovely leopard and gold...super cute with white or dark denim jeans

$17.99

brown croc envelope clutch

$19.99

hello yellow! dress

$24.99

mediterranean blue cuff

$24.99

gray leather blazer...get in my closet!

$29.99

pink+blue=nautical shoe

(did ya see my rhyme right there?! ha! im a dork)

$29.99

Hot maternity mama! Do they sell this in non-preggo people size? 

$34.99

Chanel-esque flats

$9.99

studded bag = perfect for fall!

$69.99

In LOVE with these colorful loafers! Must. Have.

$19.99

What was your favorite Target Treat? Anyone gone fall shopping yet? I actually need to start shopping the summer sales for clothes and bathing suits to wear on my honeymoon :) If y'all see anything cute out there, send it my way! 

Eye Candy: JCrew Edition

Another late post....I sorry! I was browsing online tonight looking at new fall collections and liked several pieces at J Crew. I will probably be posting a few other Eye Candy posts this week from some of my other favorite stores, so if you love fashion as much as I do, please be sure to check back later in the week!

Introducing some of my favorite pieces from JCrew's Fall Collection:

Classic wedge that looks great with professional attire for a little punch 

Polka dot love....need this for teaching 

Chevron sequins for a cute going out dress!

If you don't want to brave the sequined mini, you could always try this sassy top

Matchstick jeans...too bad my butt can't fit into these but they sure are cute!

Chanel-esque ballet flat...Uncle Karl would be proud 

Gorgeous scarf for fall or the end of summer

Love the color with the tortoise button detailing at the shoulder

Green goodness

Pink gingham button down...precious :)

Can you tell I am on a green kick? Can't.Get.Enough. 

Pearly four strand

Love the green baubles 

Don't forget these gorgeous, jade gems! 

Great cuff for fall

Turquoise elephant cuff!

Perfect fall bag

Mad Men-esque dress is perfect for any event: wear to work or dress up for a chic soiree

Newest peacoat obsession! 

Need this sailboat bikini for my honeymoon

Bubble necklace...gorgeous, but please go buy cheap version off Etsy instead of here!

Can you tell I love a good pink button down?

I've been looking everywhere for a pair of classic navy pants...these are perfection

Cheerful yellow trench will brighten up any rainy day 

Accordion blouse in gorgeous royal blue...looks great on all hair colors! 

Make A Statement

It seems like errrbody and their mother is head over heels for statement necklaces. Let me tell you, my mama and I both are on this bandwagon and we love some of the finds we snatched up at the Mart recently. If you can't sneak your way into there, here are a few affordable options I found in a 15 minute search of the Internet.

Forever 21 Finds:

{$12.80}

{$9.80}

{$9.80}

Francesca's: 

{$28}

{$28}

{$28}

{$34}

Last, but certainly not least, check out these GORGEOUS finds from

Etsy:

{$18}

This is the J-Crew inspired Bubble necklace that whipped mainstream fashionistas into a frenzy! FYI, the J Crew version is $150 bones(!!!!)

{$28}

{$49.99}

Aren't these baubles lovely? 

I also wanted to share with y'all two recent finds to help you snag a few of these statement necklaces yourself. 

The first site is called Very Jane, which sends you an e-mail whenever a daily deal pops up, much like Groupon or Living Social. The site sells all kinds of deals (not just jewelry) and most of the sellers are from Etsy! The J Crew inspired "Bubble" necklace was a recent daily deal, for example. 

The second place to find great jewelry deals is called Accessory Auctions, which is a company that sells on Facebook (they are NOT associated with Facebook, though). Every Monday night, they have an online auction where a certain amount of jewelry items are released and the ladies snap them up! 

Check out both and let me know what you think :)

DIY Jewelry Display

Jason is always gettin' on me to do something with my jewelry since I have a tendency to scatter it all around the house. It might take me five minutes to find a pair of earrings, but I swear I have a system. Ha!


So the other day on Pinterest (where else?), I saw a DIY jewelry display and decided to make my own (what else is knew). It couldn't be that hard so I set out to collect my supplies:

Frames, cork (from Michael's), glue gun, and fabric

Two frames I already had on hand

(sorry for the upside down picture)

Cork was $12.99 but use the 40% coupon from Michael's

(I need to start up BAA- Bargain Shoppers Anonymous)

I took the back cardboard piece from the frame to trace out my cork

After I cut them out, I laid the cork flat underneath the frames to flatten them out. 

(Yes, I am doing this on my ironing board! Scouty wanted to go outside and I wanted to hang out with my girl...what's a mama to do? :)

I used an old sheet for the fabric...

...and just made sure to trace with a little extra room 

in order to glue the fabric to the cork.

Ready, set, glue!

Fold the corners like a present

Front and back of both boards ready to be gussied up!

 I cut up an old sash off a skirt...

to use as the earring holder at the bottom

Make sure to glue the bottom and mid way thru the ribbon in order to get it stay

I had some of this pink ribbon laying around, 

so I added it to the white for a little bit of sassy

Both covered corks in the frames and ready to go!

To create the display, just add some clear thumbtacks

and viola! 

You have a DIY Jewelry Display :)

Both of them together

 Would y'all ever do something like this? Any DIY projects in the works?