A Few of My Favorite Things: Are you Red-y?

With Christmas approaching, I’ve decided to do a little segment called “A few of my favorite things.” So, for the next few posts, I’m going to share just that- a few of my favorite things.

With that being said, I’m not a trendsetter and really haven’t ever been fashionable. I think I have been improving over the last couple of years and with all the social media I’m currently addicted to, the possibilities are endless. In fact, if I find myself on Pinterest it could be an hour before I realize how much time I’ve spent looking at everybody’s outfit ideas. I really like to follow people on Instagram who post #ootd (aka outfit of the day- I had to google the meaning in the beginning. It’s been a slow start ). I’ve realized that I like pretty much every kind of style imaginable and really anything seems to go.  That is how I stumbled into the blogging world, finding websites with fashionable bloggers (I digress).

ANYWAY….

As most of you know (unless you’ve been living in a cave), colored denim has been a huge trend for quite some time now. At first I shied away because I felt like that was too big of a color pop for me to pull off, but then for some reason I decided to buy a pair. I decided on…Red (good way to start subtle, right? NOT). Anyway, these red denim pants have probably been my favorite pair of pants that I have ever owned and I think they could probably go with almost any top.

So, I created my two favorite looks with red denim on Polyvore. This site is beyond awesome to put outfits together and even find clothing to buy.

One of my top choices would have to be red denim with a chambray button-up top. I recently bought one from J. Crew Factory, but I haven’t tried it yet.

My other favorite look is red denim with a black polka dot shirt. I think red and black always look good together and polka dots are definitely in right now. My red denim and black top both came from Belk. (I couldn’t find the link to the top because I bought it on the clearance rack. I found one similar at J. Crew factory I also love the black quilted flats I bought at Target.)

Probably my favorite piece of clothing this winter.

Who knew I would like red so much?

Do-It-Yourself Recycled Bangle

YOLOmonday Link up post with Molly from the "still being Molly" blog

Ok…a true story you might want to sit down to hear. I have actually created a do it yourself idea completely on my own, no aid from pinterest….seriously.

I’ll start here; my current accessory obsession (besides jewelry which will never go away) is scarves. I want one in every, color, size, fabric, etc, etc. I bought this scarf from target a couple months ago and LOVE the pattern and color. (Excuse the mirror picture, there was really no other way to go about it).

Usually when you buy a scarf it comes tied to a little clear ring used to hang it up in the store. As I was hanging my new scarf up in my closet, I grabbed the ring and started to toss it into the garbage. Then, a light bulb came on. I thought, hmm this is like a bangle bracelet. Too bad this is clear and ugly. So, my typically non-creative mind started turning and this is what I came up with. A do it yourself bangle.

So, I’m going to share with you how I turned this scarf ring into a bracelet, just in case you share my love for scarves this season and find yourself with an old, ugly, plastic ring.

Here is what you will need:

-       Scarf Ring

-       A small square of fabric

-       Scissors

-       Hot glue gun

-       Marker

First, I chose a piece of fabric from the quilting clearance aisle at wal-mart for $1.

Next I used a note pad and permanent marker to draw a straight line on the fabric as a guide for cutting (about an inch wide).

Cut the strip of fabric using the line as your guide (strip is about 1 foot long after cutting)

Wrap the fabric strip around the scarf ring very tightly

When you get to the end of the fabric, use a very small, thin line of hot glue to secure the final flap of fabric in place.

After the fabric is glued, use scissors to snip the small strands that have popped up during the process.

Voila!! You have a new bangle with the design of your choice. The best part is, you can cut the fabric off when you get tired of it and start all over again. (OR, you could always buy another scarf and use the ring…that would be my choice J)

So, what do you think??

P.S. Happy Monday!