Six Of My Favorite Fashion Staples

AHAHHH, I fixed my keyboard. :)

So I had a wonderful shopping excursion today!! I found some of the most amazing items of clothing EVER. But I am much too lazy to go take pictures of all of them right now, so I'm going to do a different post for y'all right now, then share my wonderful day of purchasing with you later! Sound good? GREAT!

In this post, I'm going to share some of my latest fashion obsessions!! :D :D :D

#1 SOCKS!!

They're just so great!! Some are warm and fuzzy, some are cool and retro... Socks. Are. Just. Awesome. And they have all kinds of patterns and pictures and designs!! They protect your feet from blistering ickiness and snazz up your ankles like crazy! Just check it out, man:

Stripey..

Fuzzy...

Stripey AND starry...

Mustache-y...

Long and rainbow-y...

Simple yet elegant...

#2 COZY SWEATERS!!!

I LOVE cozy sweaters. I love how soft they are...And I love the cute patterns... And I love the fuzziness... And I love how comfortable they are!! Ugly Christmas sweaters... passsss... but cute, cozy, lumpy, loose sweaters... Perfect. Observe the cuteness:

I absolutely love the pattern on this one. I really, really, really wish I knew where I could get this exact sweater.

That looks like a cold apartment... It's okay, she has a sweater on. :)

Mmmmm nice and loose and warm.

And they look so good with no pants. 

And I love it when they have big, warm collars! :D

#3 RINGS

I absolutely adore rings. They just make my fingers feel so cool and stylish! And what I love about rings, is that you can take anything you want, from a teacup to a dinosaur, slap it on a metal hoop, and make a super fantastic ring! They are like the greatest form of jewelry EVER!! Shall we gaze upon some examples? Yes, I think we shall:

There are camera rings...

Owl rings... (no surprise there)

More camera rings...

PACMAN RINGS!!!

Teacup rings... <3

Mysterious rings with mustache nails... :)

#4 SCARVES!!!

Scarves are one of the best accessories on the planet. I love them so much. They can complete any outfit!! They can make a plain outfit more creative... They can make a crazy outfit more conservative... They can do anything and fix any outfit! They're like superheroes, man. SUPERHEROES. I have short, stylish ones, as well as long, comfy ones... They're just so very diverse. <3

This one is sooo cute and pretty! <3 

I really like stripes right now. That whole nautical look is pretty cute, but I have to say I don't think I pull it off very well...

I love this picture. Love it SO much. And the scarf is so wispy and bright and beautiful!

SO warm looking. SO loooong and wrap-able! The sweater isn't half bad either. ;)

Mmmm toasty mosty.

#5 SPARKLE SHOES

My friend Miss Mixie recently turned me on to sparkliness and now I think I'm obsessed. One of my favorite kinds of glittery things are shoes. Glittery sparkle shoes are the bomb-diggity. I will prove it to you:

Aren't the toe base thingies super cool?? They look so great with all the sparkly jewels...

I really like spiky heels too now that I think of it...

Mmmmm pink sparkles... Love 'em!

AHHHH glitter is just so gorgeous.

Hmm they look good on non-heels too! And I like the laces... Not sure why.

AAAHHH I loooovvveee Oxford shoes. And sparkly, shiny, metallic oxford shoes?? SCORE.

Not a huge fan of the boring gold heel, but I adore the glitter on the body of the shoe!

#6 SUNGLASSES

This is one of the most frustrating things in my life. I adore sunglasses SO MUCH, and I love buying tons of pairs in all different colors and styles. But I have prescription glasses! So I either have to wear contacts whenever I wear sunglasses (BLAAHHHH ICK ECH GROSS) ooorrrr I have to walk around totally blind while looking super cool. Honestly, I would be totally cool being blind in exchange for all the AWESOMENESS that comes with a good pair of sunglasses, except that I usually wind up walking into things. And that hurts. But I'm thinking it may still all be worth it. Why don't you decide for yourself: 

(btdubs I am super into heart-shaped sunglasses right now, so there will be a lot of photos of them)

So cute. So cute. So cute. So cute.

Sparkles + heart-shaped sunglasses =  AHHHHHHH!!! <3

I love that tie too...

Ahhh those sunglasses look so good with her lipstick...

Ditto with the rose...

Even wee little kids can rock the heart-shaped glasses apparently.

Awww cute wittle bunny.

Just to throw a little humor in there. :P These are actually the kind of glasses my dad wants. Weird, right??

Cutie pie...

Awesome glasses. Awesome jacket. Awesome shirt. Sheer awesomeness. Right here.

Pink Ray Banz glasses like the ones Darren Criss wears. <3 I love them with her black lipstick too! It looks gorgeous. :)

Okay, so I hope you liked looking at all these super cute pictures of awesome clothing and accessories!! I've got to go now... Hopefully I'll do my awesome shopping experience post tomorrow sometime! Sleep tight everybody! Now Imma go snoooooze.

PS Man, this is like the longest post I've ever published. Woah.

How to build your very own super fashionable pair of Lego shoes!

Get ready, cuz I'm about to knock your socks off. No really, I am. You better psychologically prepare yourself. Okay, you remember my Lego shoes post? And all those times I mentioned the Lego shoes post? NO? Well that hurts my feelings. :'(
I kid, I kid. Anywho, I finally completed my Lego shoes project!!! And finally got around to photographing them! So now I'm gonna share 'em with you all! The following is a step by step guide to constructing your very own pair of Lego pumps. Or sneakers... Or any kind of shoe really. But I did pumps, because they're purtttyyy. :D Enjoy!

Step 1: First, you're obviously going to need a pair of shoes. Since you're kind of going to be covering their every surface with Lego stuff, I recommend getting a cheap pair that aren't too gorgeous on their own ORRR some old shoes that you don't like anymore. For cheap shoes, you will definitely be most successful shopping around at used clothing or thrift stores. Wherever you are (if you're in the US, sorry I don't know about other countries...), there's probably a Goodwill or a Ross near you, but if you can, you might wanna check out this really, really awesome new and used clothing chain called Buffalo Exchange. It. Is. Fantastic.
Check it out and see if there's one near you: http://www.buffaloexchange.com/index.php?pg=4
I know that there are some in Seattle, WA; Portland, OR; Chicago, IL; New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA....

Anyways, I got my shoes at my local Buffalo Exchange:

These were $12 at BE and actually pretty cute.

If you're going to do heels, it's best to pick a pair with slim heels like these. The bricks are thick and after adding them, the heel will be significantly thicker so if you start with a thin heel you'll finish with a normally sized heel.

Pretttyyyy :)

This shoe is by a line called "Restricted" which I'd actually never heard of before. But this purchase made me check it out and I discovered it's actually a pretty cool line. You can check it out here: http://www.restrictedshoes.com/

Step 2: Though the shoes are very important, you're gonna need a couple other things...

Some super glue! I used Krazy, Gorilla and Loctite Super Glue. And then you're definitely gonna need something to lay down to keep from making a huge, PERMANENT mess. Cause I'm telling you, that stuff is STICKY. And it dries reaaaalllyyy fast. I guarantee it will ruin your tabletop if you don't lay down a crazy amount of newspaper or paper towels or even a couple old rags. And when you skip my advice and are sitting, staring at your destroyed tabletop with dead and empty eyes, just remember: I TOLD YOU SO. You also HAVE to get several pairs of plastic gloves, and this, you really cannot skip. Super glue is great and really effective, but can also be very dangerous if you don't handle it carefully. It's some seriously strong stuff! IT WILL GLUE YOUR FINGERS TOGETHER PEOPLE. Or it will glue your fingers to your Lego blocks. Or your face. Or the table. Or up your nose. And how embarrassing would that be? That's one trip to the emergency room you do NOT want to take... So just wear gloves and be careful!

If you're not comfortable with using super glue, that's okay. You can also use a hot glue gun! Personally, I think that super glue works better and is easier to use, but both work. 

If you're still not cool with the glue choices, then I'm not sure if this is the right project for you... *cough* LOSER *cough* Nahhh I'm totally kidding! There's no shame in being afraid of super glue OR scary guns that fire scalding strings of stickiness. But in all seriousness, you're probably a creative person! I'm sure you can think of a good alternate method of applying your blocks. In fact, if you do, let me know!

Moving on, as you can see in the picture, I also used a creepy mask thingy that my dad bought during the whole H1N1 freak out. I find that certain super glues can have this really strong and toxic smell that can make your eyes and throat burn when you get too close, so if you want to avoid that, a mask is a nice solution. But, if you don't want to look like someone out of Contagion, all you have to do is use a less violent super glue. From my experience, Gorilla and Krazy Glue both have a really strong smell, but Loctite is pretty much odorless. 

Step 3: Now for the Lego blocks!!! You want a wide assortment of colors, shapes and sizes! If you don't already have a million Legos at your house (aka, if you don't have a little brother) there are some really great stores with bins and bins of Legos out there, you just gotta find them! My city has a couple actually and yours will most likely have a few too! You just need to look for them. 

Also: don't be afraid of using more than the classic Lego blocks. Feel free to use mini figures, flowers, animals, etc... to spruce up your shoes! But make sure to put the special pieces on last because you don't want to end up covering them up with normal, boring blocks later... 

Step 4: When you have all your supplies and everything is all set up, you can begin to apply the Lego blocks! When you're doing this, you want to approach it sort of like a puzzle or a mosaic of Lego-rrific splendor. Make sure there are no big patches on your shoe where it's original surface is visible, and if there are spaces that are smaller and hard to fill, use the teeny tiny one piece blocks. If you know Legos, you'll know what I'm talking about. Gahhh it's hard to explain this all like over zee interwebz.... Never mind, it's a pretty instinctive thing. You'll know what to do when you get there. 

If you're not quite sure whether you're gonna piece everything together perfectly on the first try, you might want to use tape to place your pieces at first. That way you can get a patch of your shoe planned out, glue it down permanently, and then move on to the next. (That's what I did in this photo.)

Remember, if you do make a mistake and place something incorrectly using the super glue, it's okay to yank it off if it's just going to damage the surface of the shoe. You can cover it back up with the proper pieces later! Wow... that was sort of unrelated to this picture.

Now here are some pictures of my final product! While I was taking these pictures, there were a whole bunch of fabulous patches of light being cast by the setting sun, so I decided to make "sun patches" a sort of theme in my photos. I also got my poor brother to help me (those are his hands). Let's all give him a round of applause. Now enjoy!

I'll admit these last two don't really have anything to do with sun patches... Maybe pumpkin patches? Yeah, we'll go with that.

So in conclusion, this project was kind of awesome. If you like puzzles and mosaics and those kind of things, it's definitely a great art project for you too! It doesn't take too long either, and it's not all that expensive. AND since it's December (!!!!), it could make the perfect artsy, creative Christmas present! :D And it doesn't have to be Legos either people, although Legos are very, very cool. You can do it with.... I don't know... Polly Pockets, buttons, beads, pearls, other tiny toys, etc... There is a world of possibilities out there so go forth and create my minions! Go forth and fill the world with fabulous shoes!