Rain, rain, rain...

It's raining AGAIN today.

A few weeks ago I saw this adorable red and white gingham umbrella with eyelet lace trim and just HAD to have one!!

It was in Country Living magazine, and they said to go to http://www.totes-isotoner.com/. But alas, they were sold out!! WAH!

I didn't give up, and found them on Amazon. They even come in PINK!

Hair today, gone tomorrow~

My sister and I had both been itching to cut our locks after the wedding. Here's a before shot taken at the bachelorette party~ Stone Hill Winery in Hermann, MO.

I cannot figure this picture out as I am actually a bit taller than her and we both had on flip flops with the same height... hmmm.... did you stand on your tippies at the last second Sis or is that old floor that warped, lol!

For those who may be wondering, we are 13 years apart.

Jonna knew she was going chin length. She liked the pic on the bottom right, only not so short around the face. (click to enlarge)

I was so excited to start cutting!!

Say buh-bye!
AYE-AYE-AYE-AYE-AYE!!!!



Jonna's hair is incredibly thick. I mean really, REALLY thick. I razored it quite a bit to soften, but if you razor or thin it out too much it can make thick hair even more poofy; and make the layers lay funny.


Cutting all the weight off unleashed some great natural wave. She'll be able to scrunch it and difuse it for a different look.

Here I dried it using a hot air brush by Conair. This is my old brush that she uses at home. The newer ones have soft bristles to help grab the hair. If you are able to use a round brush and separate dryer, that's great! But these are wonderful if you aren't that coordinated.


There's nothing like a big round brush for volume and lift. Use the largest one you can fit in your hair if you don't want any curl.

After I dried it I went over the bottom layers with a flat iron. (I use a Chi iron in the salon)


Ta-dah!

No more tangles!! LOL!

Here are some more befores of mine. I admit, I'm rather missing it now~ but I'm still glad I cut it. I really only liked it when I curled it... and had to sleep in rollers then sit under the dryer for an hour the next day!
So you can guess I didn't do it often.

Straight and natural~

Red fades so quickly, I wish it would stay like this!

See the diffrence in fading in a month? Geesh. This was taken on the 4th of July.

And here's the after. I lopped off about 8 inches too. I slept in rollers the night before this pic~

Dress is vintage, late 40's-early 40's. My pockets are stuffed with my cell phone and junk; can you imagine that back then? LOL!

You'll hafta click to enlarge if ya wanna see the back. Not that exciting. The same, just shorter!
Uh oh!
Bathroom snapper!

This is in the Japanese garden at the Missouri Botanical Gardens, or Shaw's Garden.

Be sure to stop by Sheila's at Note Songs for more
Bathroom Beauty Snappers!

I scrunched my natural wave here~

And threw in some victory rolls for this shot.

Whew, what a load off!

Click to enlarge if you like!

~*~Have a wonderful weekend everyone!~*~

Tales of a shoe hoarder... Episode Three

Hello all! Today I'm going to share the pair of shoes that I wore to the Porch Party hosted by Rhondi at Rose Colored Glasses.

They are espdadrilles with navy and red stripes. I think I paid around $5 on ebay and they are Victoria's Secret brand. I love they way they go with this vintage 50's sailor style dress. I got that on the bay as well, under $15. Looks to be hand made, zips up the side. The original belt was missing so I just use red grossgrain ribbon. It is so fun to dress patriotic! The collar on this dress is so cute.Here are my earrings~ They are vintage and belonged to my Great Aunt Maudie. I have loved these since I was about 13~ the little red, white, and blue beads are too cute inside the heart.