I think I'm in love with this trend! Great excuse to go make some lipstick purchases.

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This is my style of pumpkin carving! I love how this metallic pumpkin candle turned out. 

To start, for texture, I made hot glue "beads" in lines around the pumpkin and then covered the whole thing with a coat of gold spray paint. Next, I just carved out the pumpkin like normal and placed the wick inside in the center. The best way I knew to keep the wick in the center was to hold it steady with two knives...weird, I know...but it worked!  I used soy wax for the candle part and did my best to actually follow the directions on the package (go me!). I wanted to melt the wax in a container I could throw away after making the mess so I just found a glass spaghetti sauce jar to use...it also worked great to pour the wax into the pumpkin. I had never done a project with wax before so I really had no idea what I was doing or what to expect...but it went pretty smoothly! Overall, it was the perfect nontraditional pumpkin carving!

Time for some bold, oversized goodies! Here are a few of my go-to items to begin the season:

Cat eye glasses: La Marquise, Bon Look  /// Oversized metal earrings and gold scorpion ring: vintage ///  Teardrop statement necklace: Target (clearance rack! score!)  Stripe socks: Jcrew  /// Nail Polish: Sephora by OPI, IM Beauty (yellow) & Charge It! (metallic gold)

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I'm a sucker for patterns....and painting. Normally I would be 100% against painting over wood floors... BUT, this would be the perfect solution for my attic space. Right now it's partially carpeted (and that wasn't even done well) I was talking with my friend who worked as a contractor for awhile about how I wanted to tear up the carpet and "restore" the wood underneath (sand and stain) He told me it wasn't actual wood flooring it was just the wood baseboards and that wouldn't work out well blah blah blah. (Still don't know what that really means haha) With that being said, simply painting over it will be the most cost effective and visually appealing choice. I have to decided on design, colors and then tear out the carpet, remove the staples and clean up/prep the floor. It'll be a process but hopefully the outcome will be well worth it.

Original, outdated boots...ready for an update!

adding belts for detail...buckles are a fun element to add

There's nothing better than taking something you already have (something you are contemplating tossing to the trash) and giving it new life. These were boots I bought back in 2006 while in NY.  Being a bit out of date now, they haven't been worn in years. 

Last year I stumbled upon Luxury Jones boots (peep this awesome: 1 // 2 // 3 )...drooling ever since! I've had my mind set on searching for the perfect vintage boot to experiment with and make a similar look. Little did I know, I had a great pair to use already in my closet!

I was about to throw them out... (trying to make room for these amazing new gold boots from Zara) I luckily got curious to what the inside leather color looked like and what they would look like folded over. Hello beautiful chestnut leather! Folded over, they made the most perfect new and stylish ankle boot. I grabbed some old belts out of my closet and started experimenting to add some detail. I ended up just running to target to pick up some new belts which perfectly wrapped around 3 times. 

Talk about from trash to treasure, these are now one of my fav boots again!

Want list! Here's just a few glitzy and sparkly items I've had my eye on for fall. 

1. Anthropologie Fishbone Earrings  ///  2. Jcrew MacAlister Boots (these are kids shoes but I LOVE them anyway!)  ///  3. West Elm Twig Flatwear  ///  4. Mirror Clutch - find similar here  ///  5. Ban.do hair comb  ///  6. Deborah Lippmann holiday glitter nail polish

It's all about layers, knots and shag right now. I still haven't gotten my hands on a shag jacket yet...so in the mean time, i've been pondering an easy diy to rock this fun trend. This scarf idea came from Eco Shag. I almost bought one of their scarves...but I'd rather save money, experiment and learn for myself. 

I just took an old t-shirt and cut it into strips. The strips got knotted to one another making a long strand that formed an "infinity loop". You can make as many of these loops as you want and at whatever length to form your scarf. Mine is able to be wrapped around 3 times.

I'm pretty excited about it, after all it is a free scarf...but I must say, the Eco Shag scarves are much cuter! I think next time I'll try cutting skinnier strips or using a tee with heavier jersey fabric. 

What do you think?