Seeing Red

 Even though I'm not ready to give up on bare legs just yet, it feels like everyone, including me, has denim on their minds. I've been seeing tons of coloured/printed jeans everywhere, denim shirts, shorts, new denim collections coming out, and tons of denim DIYs (I have one I'll be posting soon!). When I went out with my mom yesterday, I didn't have the intention of buying jeans, but when I saw these on super sale, I couldn't help it. Bright red, skinny, and coated, basically not my style at all,  but a picture of Rumi from Fashion Toast had me thinking I could pull it off without veering too far from my usual aesthetic. Until the temperature drops, though, I'll keep gathering inspiration. Here are some things I could see myself wearing on cooler days to come.

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*unfortunately, #'s 4 and 5 were found on tumblr so I dont have a link. If you know where they are from please let me know!

Sunday, Craft Day

This was the scene at one of my friend's houses this Sunday. Rainy days happen to be the perfect days for crafts, and Sundays are usually sleeping, lounge-around days anyways, so this all fit perfectly into my scheduling. It originally started with a pair of shorts I made using this tutorial. My friends thought I had bought them, and when I told them that I actually made the shorts out of a pair of my brothers old, old jeans, they said I had to show them. So, we all brought our old jeans (I thrifted mine for $5 from Value Village), and cut away.

I tried on the shorts before hand, marked how long I wanted them, and cut lines into them. They don't look the greatest right now, but as I experienced with the first pair I made, after washing them the rips become a lot more filled in and complete it perfectly. But we couldn't just stop with the cutting.

On the way to my friends house, we stopped by Michaels. These colours were on sale, so the three of them only ended up being around $5.25. Its a multi-surface paint, so it works on glass, wood, and also fabric! This was the result

I haven't washed them yet (hence the pink highlighter line marking where to cut), but I'm happy with how they came out! I also painted the belt loops in alternating pink, purple and yellow. Such happy, summer shorts!

Have a lovely week everyone

 Levis jeans, Tahari flats, Wilfred tank, mommy asummeruniform's cardigan, gifted necklace, marc by marc jacobs purse.

I realize that my first outfit post is a super casual one, but this is the sort of stuff I wear on a day to day basis! I wore this to an appointment and to laze around on this rainy, rainy day. The jeans are a little baggier than I'm used to, but I love them for being so comfy. I also realized how difficult it is to take your own pictures! I know a lot of the more well known bloggers have boyfriend accomplices who take their photos. While I did see mine today, I asked my brother to take this picture (which explains the downward angle of the shot. He's 6'3!)

The lipstick I'm wearing is Nars Matte Lip Pencil in Dolce Vita. I am absolutely in love with both the colour and feel of this lipstick. Didn't understand the hype until I bought it! The necklace is a gift from a friend and I absolutely love it. It's one of those unique gifts that really shows how well the person knows you, and the fact that I can so easily incorporate it into my warddrobe shoes how well she knows me. I also just got the shoes, and they are giving me some serious blisters, but they go so well with everything that I'm going to just deal with it for now!

Have a great week!

-Cassie