What I Wore Wednesdays

My fashion is based off of two things- trying to copy The Modest Mom and buying pieces from Every Day Savvy.  I flip back and forth between these two styles.  With The Modest Mom look it makes me feel like I am putting on my homeschool/homemaking mom uniform.  I know it is a little silly but it makes me feel purposeful and intentional.  When I try to be trendy (depending on the outfit) I often feel a mix of awkward and grown up.  If I had my way I would just dress in sweats and sweat shirts pretty much all the time, but I make the effort for my husband and those around me.  I am obeying what God has commanded- to do all things for His glory, submit to my husband, and work my body in self-discipline.  I do think clothes can help make or break your day.  If you dress sloppy and lazy your are going to have a sloppy, lazy day.  If you put a little thought and effort into it then your day has effort and purpose to it.

This outfit is a Modest Mom inspired outfit.  My body doesn't "wear" this style well.  I am overweight so long skirts make me look bigger- another thing to continually work on.  I can't change that I am also very short (4'11) so longer skirts cause me to look even shorter.  It is a challenge to find the right skirt length.  This particular skirt is way too long but it was free from the clothing closet.  The shirt is a cute pink polka dot one from Value Village.  The cardigan is actually from a spring collection from Every Day Savvy from Target.  The black boots you can't see were from KMart.  The head band is either from the Dollar Store or Claires.  Didn't turn out too bad- I love the fall leaves in the background!  Ariana took a pretty good picture!  I hope you have a wonderful day and find a style that glorifies God.

Teach Me Something Tuesday: Cross stitch and Castle

At the beginning of this year I told you all I was going to learn something new and finish a homemaking craft.  Well I didn't work on it much over the summer but here is my progress and the baby (s) this was intended for is months old so I will save it for another time.  I will just call this my practice piece.  I messed up and had to resew some of it, but thank goodness I chose something easy to work with for my first project.

 

Also not really a homemaking thing but I am REALLY into watching the show Castle right now.  Not the best cross stitching show because you kinda have to watch carefully, it is a mystery after all, but I love it!  It is witty and kinda fills me up with joy (should I be saying that about murder mysteries?).  What do you like to watch while you are crafting away?  Or do you have laser focus when finishing a craft?  Or does your craft not accommodate for watching something  at the same time?

Family Fun Fridays: My Husband's Birthday and Corn Maze

This last week we celebrated my husband's birthday at my mother-in-law's house.  It was our usual fair- his sister and her kids and our kids- playing, talking, and eating.  The simple beautiful life.  The children were helping Grandma rake leaves so it made for some fun pictures.

On Sunday we went to a corn maze in Jefferson, OR called Greens Bridge Garden as a family also with some people from our church.  One of the best things about living in Oregon are the amazing choices of corn mazes and pumpkin patches!  I wish I could visit all the ones in the Willamette Valley!  I never grew up going to a pumpkin patch.  We lived in the city in California and in Hawaii there are no pumpkin patches so it is a big treat for me as an adult.  The corn maze was fun.  We petted some animals.  I watched the girls slide down the hay bales.  I got lost in a little hay maze, but eventually made it out, thanks to Hermione.  We didn't get any pumpkins but we took some cute pictures.  Can't wait for the next pumpkin patch/corn maze!