DIY Peace Sign Shorts

So, I decided to get a little creative and try my hand at personalizing a pair of shorts I rarely wear.

I consider myself a "hippie-at-heart", I absolutely love anything flowy, 1970's, suede, and of course anything with peace signs on it (done tastefully, of course!).

All I did to make these shorts, was to draw a peace sign on cardboard, using an exacto knife, I cut it out, taped the little insides spaces to my shorts, and placed the cardboard with a circle cut-out on top and a piece of paper on the inside of my shorts (in case of the spray paint went through the denim). I then took it outside, found a earthy colored spray paint, and... spray painted, I guess. It's not the greatest, but I didn't want the edges to be really defined, I actually enjoy the roughness and uneveness of it.

I would wear the shorts with something a little more simple. I paired it with my favorite, strapless green top, and my cowgirl boots I bought in Japan. The only problem with my shirt was that it covered up the peace sign, so I would also opt for something a little shorter in length. 

I also experimented with nail polish again. I found this beautiful, "beachy" pink and immediately fell in love. Once I painted my nails, I ran across these floral nail stickers, that were supposed to have sparkles on jewels on them, but they ended up falling off. So I just took a sparkly nail polish and painted over the stickers, then used a top coat to finish it off! On my fingernails, I did a french manicure for the first time, and ended up using to more of the floral nail stickers on my thumbs. Classy on my fingernails and party on my toenails.

Outfit

Shirt | Goodwill

Shorts | Charlotte Russe

Buzzard Billies

Went out to eat with my ex step-dad and his girlfriend and her family and Buzzard Billies in Lincoln, which was pretty delicious! It was happy hour, so half off appetizers! Yum!


Anywho... I haven't been getting too crazy with my outfits, but it's been up in the 90's and 100's lately, so my last few posts and probably a bunch of posts-to-come will be simple, light-weight outfits.


I also experimented with my toe nails, which I rarely ever paint. It's nothing special, I just had fun and made some sort of random design. Reminds me of a green Japanese flag haha.


My baby, Daisy, also decided to join my amateur photo session. :)

My Outfit
Shirt | Gordman's
Tank Top | Gordman's
Vest | Walmart
Shorts | Gordman's

New Dress!

Okay, so I'm not recreating an outfit, I just wanted to show off this new shirt dress I bought at a secondhand store that I am so excited about! At first, I was kind of turned off by the bubblegum pink, but I decided to try it on, just to give it a chance and I ended up loving it. It's really beachy feeling, and adding a belt breaks up the super bright pink of the dress and wore my gladiator sandals that I bought in Japan at a random department store/mall, but funny thing is, they are actually made by MUDD... so you can go to any JCPenny and buy these. Haha.


Once again, sorry about the crappy quality. I'm trying to mess around with natural light and inside light to figure out good lighting. I'm thinking about just taking the photos outside now, but that will require someone else to take my photos... and posing is just awkward!

My Outfit
Dress | Plato's Closet
Belt | Charlotte Russe
Purse | Aldo