Hello! I have been trying to get prints up in my shop… FOREVER! And, I finally got them up. I have more too… but, those are for a later date. 🙂 BUT, please visit my shop and buy them all… ha! I kid… but, really… visit my shop and let me know what you think! <3
AND, if you’re a local… a few of my prints can be found at a local little handmade boutique in Multnomah Village in Portland, OR…. Knack. Please give it a visit! Support local artists! 😀
And, just a little reminder: if you’re in the PNW and want to meet up with other lovely/awesome bloggers like yourself? Well…. come to our meetup! Details are here: PNW Blogger Meetup. We still have tickets! Don’t worry about not knowing anyone…we’re all VERY nice! AND, LOVE meeting new bloggers!!! 😀
Ruari has started singing to herself a bit. No words that I can understand… BUT, she loves doing it… I captured a bit on my iPhone… as you may tell…. she’s not too fond of being photographed anymore. 😉
And, because this video popped up in my YouTube account when I logged in… I just want to share it. A little flashback to Ruari’s first Vlog post! She was like 10 months old. <3
{OH! And, just a little reminder: if you’re in the PNW and want to meet up with other lovely/awesome bloggers like yourself? Well…. come to our meetup! Details are here: PNW Blogger Meetup.}
{OH! And, just a little reminder: if you’re in the PNW and want to meet up with other lovely/awesome bloggers like yourself? Well…. come to our meetup! Details are here: PNW Blogger Meetup.}
About a week ago I talked about Owning Your Self Portraits… About how hard it can be to just take a self portrait… and love it and yourself!
So, since I’m following my own advice… I decided to do another mini self portrait challenge… in front of the AC… the result is full-bodied fabulous hair! ;D The AC is also located right in the window that lets in some of my favorite photographing light… I think for my next fan photo shoot… I’ll have someone else hold a fan for me and move it to just the right spots along with using a tripod. 🙂 But, I do love the results. Have you tried a fan for your self portraits? Elena from Selfie Magic has. I recommend checking out her fan tips if you want to try this out for yourself!
Hello! Another hair tutorial! I call it the Day to Night hair… Wear a cute sock bun style for the day… pull it out for a little wave in your hair at night! SO, originally I found this tutorial for a sock bun no heat curl by a lovely lady on YouTube. BUT, she likes to sleep in her sock bun overnight. I like to wear it during the day! Why not? It’s so freakin’ cute! I’ve been wearing it like this all week! You can wear it messy like the photo above. OR, brush it out before you put it in the hair tie so it’s smooth and neat… like the photos below.
So, not even kidding…. the Day to Night hair takes no time AT all. Well…. it takes a day. BUT, the setup time: super short. ;D
What you’ll need:
– Hair tie
– A sock (preferably a clean one ;D). Cut the toe of the sock off so it’s like a tube. You’ll be rolling this into a doughnut shape to give your bun volume!
– Long-ish hair. My hair is pretty long at the moment, so I think that helps. Tips for shorter hair: possibly use a smaller section of sock…. cut it in half perhaps? Let me know how it works!
Directions:
– Wake up… take a shower (you know you need one).
– Optional: use your choice of hair gel and run it through your wet hair. I need this because my super straight hair doesn’t hold curls very well.
– Let your hair almost dry… still a little wet (if you need more moisture use a water spray bottle to get some more moisture in your hair). BUT, it should be mostly dry.
– So, instead of trying to explain exactly how to get your hair up in this sock bun… just follow the video tutorial below. It should explain it all.
– By the end of the day…. at night… you can take your sock bun out and your hair should be wavy! For me: it’s a VERY light wave. Like I said… my hair is SUPER straight and knows it. BUT, I do love the volume it gives my hair (hard to come by with my hair). I usually take 2 bobby pins and just pull half of my hair up into a little bump at the back of my head. It’s cute.
I hope you enjoy! if you try this style out… Let me know in the comments below! 😀
Steppin Out Saturday on a Friday! Hubby and I decided to wander away from home and take our poor cooped up child for a walk. We wandered a sweet neighborhood…. ate some treats… had a glass of wine (water for R) and then went home and watched Madmen on Netflix. Woo! We’re wild and crazy. ;D It was lovely.
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