Spanish Harlem

"Weather-wise it's such a lovely day..."

Since today was a little cooler than the 100+ degree days we've been having, I opted for this lightweight shirt I recently bought at Desert Industries Thrift Store for $3. The Levi shorts were a pair pants that I bought at Savers, chopped off the legs, and then distressed for around 6 bucks. I just recently purchased these shoes at H&M... here's the deal on the price of these: So I get to the checkout at H&M, ready to pay about $35 bucks for these shoes, complete the transaction, and then get home... a few days later I'm having a little buyer's remorse, so I look at the receipt and the guy at the checkout must have punched in the wrong numbers and charged me about $5 for these babies! Woo Hoo! I guess thrifty is just my destiny. The vintage turquoise bracelet was a gift from my mom last Christmas and the sombrero earrings (yes I said sombrero earrings) were a good thrift find last summer in Wisconsin for $2... I'm trying this new thing where I'm actually wearing my jewelry rather than letting it collect dust in my jewelry box.

DIY Flower Purse

I've been meaning to post these beautiful photos of this floral vintage purse DIY for quite some time now but it's been on the back-burner as I've been so busy. That said here is a very simple DIY for an adorable little purse (similar to the one I wore in this post) that will get you hundreds of complements.

What You'll Need:

a cloth covered purse from a thrift store, garage sale, grandma's closet, etc. (vintage or not)

faux flowers (with leaves) of your choice...I used peonies

A hot glue gun

scissors

a Popsicle stick or something to push down the flowers into the scorching hot glue

***Thrifty Tip: If you plan on buying your flowers at Joann's or Hobby Lobby, don't forget to print off the 40% off coupon that they always have posted on their sites.

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 Step 1: Cut off your favorite flowers and leaves from their stems. Then, before you start glueing, lay out an estimate of where you would like to place your flowers... this is an important step!

 Step 2: After you have gotten a good idea of where your flowers will be set, start glueing down your leaves then top it off with the beautiful flowers.

*Don't forget how hot that glue is and use a Popsicle stick or something similar to push down the leaves and flowers into the glue.

 And after those simple steps, there you have it, you're finished product!

Enjoy!