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Closet Cleaning {How To} from Kendi Everyday

OK today's How To post I thought was perfect for right after Christmas! I usually go through my closets right after Christmas to make room for my new clothes.

I mean look at my closet, ridiculous! How do I even know what is in there...there isn't even anymore room for clothes

Here is a great link to Kendi Everyday with steps to help you decided what to keep and what to throw. I am finding it really helpful in my messy closets.

Kendi Everyday: Create a Working Closet, Part 1: Purge

Thanks Kendi!

Let me know how your purging goes!

Nikki

12/23/10

Skirt Follow Up {How To}

Skirt... follow up(HA medical terminology used for fashion)

I know I've been a slacker with showing you my skirts I made last week. Oops...I guess. It's Christmas time and wow everyone knows how crazy it can get. But today I finally have some pictures of the skirts I made. Now they still need to be hemmed, but one is complete and I wore the other day. Pictures here they come....

Horrible picture yes I know but look at how many skirts I made. I know I went slightly overboard but oh well. It makes me happy!!

This purple one is a heavier fabric which also makes me super happy. Same with the orange and green one too.

I think the blue pattern one is my favorite! Plus it's got orange pockets :)

Well there you have it my six skirts that are exactly the same in style but dang they are awesome!!

12/16/10

...skirts...{How To}

OK I'm going to be completely honest here, I am not a huge fan of skirts! Actually I really despise wearing skirts. That never happened until I got married and started wearing new 'attire' (we'll just leave it at that). I guess I just have a hard time finding skirts that are long enough, that don't stick to my 'attire', and that I don't have to wear fifteen layers underneath. I miss the days where I could just pick a skirt out and not have to worry about the static and any thing sticking out or showing. So I came up some simple(I thought) solutions to this predicament.

         Solution #1
                   Buy every knee length skirt I found that I actually liked.
           Problem with solution #1
                  Ok bad solution! First off you can't find enough knee length skirts let alone them being super cute, so this solution led to a closet full of skirts that I ended up not really liking when it came down to actually wear them.

           Solution #2
                  Just deal with it and wear 4 layers. Layer 1=attire, layer 2=tights, layer 3=slip, and layer 4=actual skirt.
           Problem with solution #2
                  Man that got old and occasionally extremely warm. Oh not to mention I felt like a snowman with so many layers.

             Solution #3
                  Make my own skirt. I never would have thought I could actually do this by myself, so I enlisted my best friend Angelee to help me out. PS Angelee has her bachelors degree in costume design! OK I know it's not rocket science but why not have the best of the best to help me out...right?

Potential problems with solution #3

So far I don't see many potential problems, I mean if I get really good at this task then I should be able to make one really fast. Fabric isn't expensive. I already have my own sewing machine. OH WAIT...I hate elastics! OK that could be a very big potential problem, but I'm going to think very positively and pretend it doesn't exist.

I have 2 great tutorials to help me out with solution #3. This first one comes from the blog Freshly Picked. and the other tutorial comes from What Would a Nerd Wear. They both are pretty much the same pattern since the original one I think came from Freshly Picked, just a slight change with the elastic in the 2nd one. Which is good for me and my elastic issues.

I will be attempting to make my skirt tonight. Wish me luck and hopefully I'll have a Fun Little Outfit post wearing my new skirt.

Nikki

12/9/10

Twisty Belt By Elaine @ Clothed Much {How to...}

Thursdays How to series comes from one of my favorite bloggers!

Elaine from Clothed Much.

She is always so awesome with turning old pieces into great new outfits and reinventing them over and over. This link is to the video of how she twisted her belt to clasp a new way and i ABSOLUTELY love it!! I've used it a few times and have had compliments every time. Here is what i wore the other night after getting out of my boxy scrubs.

I wouldn't usually put these 2 colors shirts together but I'm trying to be out of my ordinary lately and i love this fun little belt with a flower print on it. Now all i need is Elaine to come to my house and look at my closet and show me how to revamp it! ;)

12/2/10

Heel Walking Help! {How To...}

Have you ever seen someone walk past you in heels and they just look like an eye sore with each step?

I see them walk by and then think...do i look like that?... husband gets sick of answering that question. Well while i was pondering what i should blog about i came across this awesome article on the InStyle website that is called How to Walk in Heels! It has some great tips on how to walk elegantly and not like Quazimodo. I always wish for How To guides on everything because I'm so OCD about doing things correctly. So for all those people with the same OCD here you go, now we can all walk in confidence in our heels!