Life On The Homestead

Friday, January 24, 2014

{2013: A Year of Outfits}

I know, I know...we're almost a whole month into 2014 and I'm stuck on 2013. I'm a little slow, okay?

Anyhoo...

I've been doing outfit posts for a little over a year now. Insane!

While it's at times wayyy out of my comfort zone, it's a blast to go back and look at the different outfits over the past year!

It's fun to see how our photography has changed and how much we have learned. The struggle for the perfect lighting is always the most frustrating thing, especially when it's getting dark at 5:30 but we're getting the hang of it!

I definitely am not an expert in this whole fashion post thing, but I would say just be confident in yourself, practice a lot, don't be afraid to look stupid, take your flippin' hand off your hip...please, don't take yourself too seriously, and have fun!

These aren't in order by any means, but enjoy the little trip down my fashion memory lane!

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See...hand on hip...dumb dumb dumb!

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This isn't all of them...but the majority! A lot of outfits, and far more than ever got shot. Sometimes the five minutes it takes to shoot an outfit doesn't happen.

On a side note, fashion posts are one of my biggest hits on the blog...right behind my "I'm crazy posts" like this one, this one, and this one.

I'm not quite sure I want this to turn into a fashion blog. I started this to document our lives. And I'm for sure not a fashionista by any means.

But I'd love to hear: what are your favorite posts to read?

Fashion, house stuff, what we're up to, DIY projects? I'm in the midst of updating the blog and would love my reader's opinions!

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

{Winter Staples: A Little Red}

This red gingham from Old Navy has probably been one of my favorite purchases this year. You may remember it from here. It's warm, has held it's shape, and goes with pretty much everything!

So today I have two looks wearing my favorite red gingham.

For the first look, I paired my red with my new fur vest from Target that I got for Christmas. I'm a little embarrassed by how many times I've already worn it already!

Gingham: Old Navy {similar}

Vest: Target

Jeans: Loft {similar}

Boots: Target {similar}

Clutch: DSW

Sunnies: Target

Watch: Fossil

Bow Ring: J Crew {similar, similar, love this too}

Love Necklace: Etsy

Earrings: Silver Mountain Jewelry {you know those kiosks in the mall?}

Next, I've paired my red with my favorite sweatshirt of all time! The red is just a tiny pop of color to make this sweatshirt a little more fun. But let's be honest...the shirt is awesome on it's own.

So let's chat about this sweatshirt for a moment. Guys, I know...$50 for a sweatshirt is ridiculous. But it is the softest and most precious sweatshirt ever! I kid you not, when I wear it, I get at least 3 compliments on it! I've been wanting one for about a year now, and I finally got this beauty for Christmas from Wendel. I distinctly told him not to buy it unless it went on sale. Low and behold, they had a big black Friday sale. So just be patient...it will go on sale!

Gingham: Old Navy {similar}

Sweatshirt: Hello Apparel {Wendel just ordered me this pretty for Valentine's Day and I squealed with excitement! Best hubby ever!}

Jeans: Loft {similar}

Boots: Target {similar}

Sunnies: Target

Watch: Fossil

So here they are...two outfits using my favorite red gingham.

Do you all have a favorite piece this winter? Why is it that we always gravitate towards one or two pieces. Is it that they're comforting? Make us look good? Who knows?

Happy Hump Day!

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

{2013 Christmas Fun}

I don't typically blog on Tuesdays {I'm a Monday, Wednesday, Thursday kind of gal} but before I forgot everything, I wanted to be sure to get all of our Christmas festivities in our virtual journal, so here's what we were up to for the Christmas 2013 season.

Here was our advent calendar that we completed very few of...oops.

{ Side note...I outfit repeated A LOT this season...so no judgement please :) }

We went to see The Grinch the musical with Wendel's family...it was precious and the perfect way to kick off the Christmas season!

Fancy Christmas hot cocoa is kind of my jam...I love it a little too much.

Making Christmas chocolate covered pretzels for small group...bad bad bad because I ate as I made...bad bad bad

Here we are at Breakfast with Santa at Brio with all the littles.

Our church's Christmas show, Awatied. We had a fancy dinner date, then the show. It's a tradition and one of our favorite nights of the year!

Side note...Wendel planned his pattern mixing all by himself! Argyle and gingham...I was so impressed!

After Wendel finished finals, we had a little date night seeing the trains and live nativity at Krohn's Conservatory

Dinner and a movie with the family

Decorating a gingerbread house is a tradition...this year we did a little gingerbread town!

Christmas party with Wendel's family

Awaited again with my mom and sister-in-law

We hosted a fancy schmancy Christmas party for our friends!

After Awaited, we headed to Wendel's parents for dinner. We sneaked away for a few moments to Facetime with my sweet friends in Bham. One of my best friends, Camille, is pregnant and we got to virtually be apart of the gender reveal...GIRL!