Summer Love

reasons i love summer:

drinking strawberry smoothies on the porch

looking at people who dress better than i do

like her

her

and her

and her

hanging with these crazies

a certain someone was being so crazy that there isn't a single non blurry of him.

taking pictures outside

being outside and playing in the dirt

and listening to anything by my current obsessions: JJ Heller or Mat Kearney

xoxo,

Gracie

oh, and i love thrifting. everyday always. 

a favorite verse

                                                 {made by me}

Things I Love Thursday

 some pinsperation for those of us who need it

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xoxo,

Gracie

Feather Necklace

feather necklace(a.k.a random dodads i found around my house necklace):

use about 32 inches of chain and have jump ring open

wrap wire around end of feather, leaving a loop at the end

attach pearls to wire with loops at both ends

i also used a string of beads that fell off an old necklace. attach all to jump ring and close.

done.

xoxo,

Gracie

Tank Vest

yesterday, i was watching my little sisters and they were watching shake it up(a tv show) and one of them was wearing a crazy cute vest and i was so jealous i made it(yes, i was seriously inspired by a vest on a kids television show) inspiration is everywhere. . .

use a super large tee that can barely fit on your kitchen counter that i paid like 2 bucks at goodwill.

place on top of huge tee a regular tank top so that the necks of both line up.

trace from top of arm hole of the tank to bottom of the arm hole of the tee with chalk. cut on line.

looks pretty wierd, right?

  i cut the ribbed-neck of the original tee t make it scoop necked.

fold in half and cut bottom at an angle, however steep you want it.

 i then had my sisters each take picture of me wearing it. here's one kate took

 and emma's. i love you guys.

xoxo, 

Gracie

A Thought

This makes me want to show people God's unconditional love.

xoxo,

Gracie

Shorts Refashion

so, i had these super awkward-legnthed (that's a word... right?) shorts that i got for free from my friend's friend's friend. i didn't want to give them away because i'm just greedy like that, and i knew i could do something to them. here's what i did. . .

(not exactly ugly. . . just awkward.)

take awkward shorts and get a pair of cute, normal shorts, fold both in half legnthwise, and lay shorter one on top of the longer one, and line up the sides. 

cut long shorts about an inch longer than the shorter shorts, if you want the hem folded up. if you want a cleaner look, cut a quarter inch longer and hem. fold up and iron in place.

it should probably look like this. probably.

cut a series of slits where you want the rips to be, and run the pointey side of a seam ripper along back side of the flaps, until you can see white threads start to come out.

pull out blue threads of the flaps between the slits with tweezers(aren't mine cute?) until you see a horizontal square of white threads. 

soon it will look like this. 

and after a while, . . . this.

take a break and do your little sisters hair really crazy if she asks you too (like mine did), add a few more rips wherever you want and then put them on because they look awesome.

xoxo,

Gracie

Things I Love Thursday

hey... i've been sick for soooo long and so i haven't been on pinterest for a while. when i looked at everything yesterday i was like WOAH. so here is all the wonderfullness i found. . .

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xoxo,

Gracie