Colored Denim Addiction: Photographic Evidence, Exhibit A

My obsession with colored denim continues. It all started with mint green jeans, and shortly thereafter, I snagged a pair of bright pink jeans from Savers. This outfit photo was snapped last month before my baby bump swelled to much larger proportions, and I doubt that either the jeans or the blouse fit me now. They were quite snug when I got them, but they were both such great finds that I could not pass them up. *gulp* Here's to hoping they'll fit me after Baby Two is born... or here's to hoping Buffalo Exchange will give me a pretty penny for them!


date: 18 April 2012 // occasion: trip to the Austin Children's Museum with Jude

blouse: thrifted, Savers (similar) // jeans: thrifted, Savers // belt: Target (similar) // sandals: c/o Wanted // clutch: Purse & Clutch // necklace: InPink (silver) // sunglasses: Urban Outfitters (similar)

I feel like I've seen variations of this gingham shirt / bright jeans combo everywhere. I'm not quite sure from whom I cribbed this ensemble (most likely Jen, Kelsey, Kendi, or Jessica), but I am digging it's casual summer vibe. Since my outfit photo was a bit lackluster (thus why I hesitated posting it), I did my best computer collaging here and made this just for you:

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Easy recipe: Twelve Minute Honey Baked Brie

Every Wednesday, for the last couple of years, I've been a part of a City Group at my church. One of the main components of that is a gathering of friends at my house for dinner nearly every week. I have never claimed to be a great cook, but over the last couple of years I've been building up a stash of recipes that I like to call "Yummy Things That Unfairly Make Me Look Like a Culinary Genius". These recipes are incredibly easy, fairly quick, and super delicious. Best of all, the resulting dish gets gobbled up and raved about like you wouldn't believe. I thought that I'd start sharing some of these with you, starting with Honey Baked Brie, which you can do a number of ways, depending on what you have on hand or what's in season or on sale:

I dye (maybe)

Here I am, half way through my second pregnancy, and --I don't want to jinx it or anything-- but so far, my feet haven't swollen. The same cannot be said of my stomach, my face, and my butt, but let me take a moment to rejoice that thus far, my shoes are still fitting. Woot! I feel a bit unsteady on heels, but I can still rock a sky high wedge with the best of 'em.

In addition to my Blowfish Timo wedges (last seen here), these new(ish) leopard wedges of mine have been in heavy rotation:



And rings still fit, too!

date: 1 May 2012 // occasion: thrift store shopping

skirt: c/o Peacock Plume (similar // previous) // tank: Calvin Klein (previous) // ring: Noir via GILT (invite) // shoes: Sole Society (invite)

I've been thinking about dying this skirt a different color because in the last 19 months of being a mom, if I've learned anything, I've learned that white clothing just isn't as practical as it used to be... especially white skirts and jeans. I found a great fabric dye called iDye, but unfortunately the polyester dye only comes in basic rainbow colors and black and brown. It'd be awesome in coral or neon yellow or even pale, minty green, but alas, if I'm going to dye it, it has to be either red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, black, or brown. What color should I attempt... or should I just leave it as is?

A Mother's Day Surprise

When I was pregnant with Jude I decided to wait until he was born to find out if he was a boy or a girl. I had this old fashioned idea that Chris would be the one to see first, hold up the baby, and announce (with pride), "It's a [boy]!". This time around I wanted the other experience of knowing beforehand, partly because I wanted to have both experiences but mainly because I wanted to see if we needed to buy a few girly things or if we were all set with Jude's boy stuff for Baby Two.

On Tuesday, I had my anatomy scan. I'm about twenty weeks along, and this was my last planned sonogram. The telling bits are formed down there, so on Tuesday, we were able to see if I'm carrying a Little Lady or a Tiny Cowboy. However, I felt that having the sonogram tech tell me as we were looking at a screen (which, frankly, I can hardly make heads or tails out of anything), seemed a bit anti-climatic. Therefore, I devised a little surprise to be revealed on Mother's Day.

We had two different photos of Jude printed up, Chris and I recorded our guesses, and we had the sonogram technician circle Baby Two's gender and seal it up in an envelope with the sonogram photo of proof to be opened at our Mother's Day celebratory brunch:

It's a beautiful day

And things are quiet on Adored Austin. Here's why:
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