.saving fabric from piling.

So a little sneak peak of what's to come on the blog here! Starting August 14th, I'll be featuring my personal favorite back to fall essentials -- one a day, for fifteen days. Some will come from my own wardrobe. Others I will wish to be in my wardrobe. Keep your eyes open and be ready!

As for this week, a few tips on keeping clothes looking new...

Clothing is expensive and fashion styles recycle through time. So why just get rid of clothes when they can be saved for the future! Something I've come to hate is piling fabric. The first way to prevent this is a high quality fabric. But that's not always gonna happen. So a few ideas on how to get rid of the piling?

1. Fabric Shaver:: Try this one from Conair! Pretty much just shave your clothes (careful not to snag the fabric) removing all fuzz and pills.

2. Sweater Saver:: This removes annoying pilling on your sweaters, coats and blankets and extend the life of your clothes. Just lightly rub the block on the fabric to remove any piling and fuzz, then wash the block clean!

Just a couple ideas...

Here's today's outfit!

{vest:: Kohls // tank:: Forever 21 // Necklace:: Forever 21 // Jeans:: Silvers // Sandals:: Fred Meyer}

.art in the park finds.

What a wonderful day that I'm excited to update you on! My day was fun. Yes I did have to scrub the shower down and clean the toilet in there, but despite that fantastic!

Started the day off running errands to craft stores and grocery stores with my mom. Following that cleaned the bathroom to 80's Pandora playlist while wearing my Zebra apron. Makes cleaning so much more fun! =) Following that I begin sewing a skirt! My first real sewing project! I'll post it when it's complete!

This evening I hung out with Mon! We wandered around "Art in the Park" and looked at all the cool booths. I love looking at people's art and work. So creative and inspiring. I scored these grape soda cap earings (which remind me of the movie UP, a personal favorite) and this cuff earing. Both of which I bought from their creator, which I think is really cool.

This is the cuff earing...

After the "Art in the Park" show we rode bikes along Columbia Park Trail and sat and talked a while. A fun way to spend our last hang out night for the summer!

Today's outfit obviously needed to be pretty casual. So here we go...

{lace tank:: Maurices // Purple Tank:: Aeropostale // Shorts:: Vigoss // Shoes:: TOMS // Necklace:: Gift // Purple Earings:: Kohls // Cuff Earing:: "Art in the Park"} 

Have a wonderful weekend! 

Liz Rose

.floral and pearls.

So today I ended up working an eight hour shift instead of having a day off but it was a good day! I got to shop and talk to several of my favorite customers, who always remind me of why I do this job.

Today's outfit was the result of wanting to wear this girly top, yet be comfortable! So... wa-laa! I love this top! The style is very slimming and the material is extremely comfortable!

Tomorrow should be my day off and I look forward to sewing a couple skirts! =)

Goodnight!
Liz Rose

.saving closet space.

Have you seen these hangers? I started using them last year and they saved so much space in my closet! So this year I decided to buy two boxes of 50 from Costco of them and finish off the closet with them! The velvet hangers are thin and shirts do not fall off of them. Though even with the hangers, my closet is still entirely packed. I don't know how I'm going to take all my clothes to school in the fall like I did last year. This will be a task....

I'm also trying a eight-hour wearing lip gloss! I tried lip stain the other day and wasn't impressed. It ended up making my lips look blotchy and that is by far from what I want. So I stopped by Sephora today and bought "LORAC: 8 Hour Long-Wearing Lip Color & Ultra Glossy Top Coat." I tried it out when I got home and loved it! 

 

As for today's outfit::

Goodnight! 

Liz Rose

.saving oldies but favorites.

Today I spent the entire day shopping for clothes and things for my dorm for the fall! What a busy day! Made stops at two Targets, Sports Authority, Two Fred Meyers, Costco, of course Red Robin, Maurices, JCPennies, Shopko, and Victoria's Secret! A successful day spending too much money on things that I actually needed! I loved having the mom/daughter time too!

I will be creating a long back to fall basics shopping blog post within the next two weeks! So keep your eyes wide open!

Ever get frustrated when you buy Eye Shadow duos and run out of one color first? Then you are forced to throw out the extra shadow and buy a whole new duo! A tricky trade the make up companies have come up with! I didn't want to waste shadow this time, so I decided to buy individual colors that are same/similar to that of my missing color in my duo. It's a great way to not waste eye shadow as well as save money because you are using all of the duo. For example::

Another way to make things last is by fixing damaged heals that have been worn down! I found these replacements for the spike of the heal at Target.

Today's outfit is simple. Shopping outfits need to be simple because you are in and out of the fitting room. Flip flops make it easy to try on pants and new shoes!

Goodnight friends!
liz rose

.leggings and baby doll.

Today I completed my New hire forms for Ann Taylor! I'm getting excited for the new position and can't wait to start the job! I'll be going up for training August 14th! =)

Work, coffee, and hanging out at home.

{Necklace:: Family gift // cami:: Maurices // Top:: Maurices // Leggings:: Kohls // Sandals:: Maurices}

.fashion in a small town.

The other day a guy from Seattle came in shopping for an outfit for his girlfriend's birthday. I helped him pick out an outfit and while helping him, we talked about fashion in a small town. There is something different about being bold in your style in Tri-Cities and being bold in your style living in Seattle! In Seattle, you can pretty much try anything and get away with it (though I don't agree with everything people are trying haha =) ) Whereas today I wore my maxi dressed and mixed it up by wearing a tank tide to the side over the top. I got so many looks though and felt almost overdressed with my casual maxi dress as I ran errands today though. Something different about fashion in a smaller city...

In my opinion though -- this outfit worked great to tie together my day of church, errands, work, and a pot luck dinner with the work girls! A great day overall!

{tank:: H&M // Maxi:: Forever21 // Gladiators:: Maurices // Beaded Necklace:: Gift // Charm Necklace:: Gift from South Korea // Cuff Bracelets:: Antique stores}