What I Wore Wednesday - Date Night

This week was way better in terms of taking pictures.

I have been spending lots of time outside with the kids and working on my projects. You can check them out  here where I hold myself accountable on a weekly basis and post my pictures on facebook and twitter daily. 
 
 As with previous weeks I'm linking up with The Pleated Poppy , Mama Go Round and the Transatlantic Blonde.


Wednesday- work

 headband - made by me
top - upcycled by me
belt - Forever 21
capris- hand me down from a friend


Thursday - work

flower - gift from my mom
shrug - Penningtons
top - Fashion Bug
skirt - Penningtons


Saturday - date with Rock to celebrate  his birthday.

flower- gift from my mom
top - Motherhood Maternity (yup still wearing some)
skirt - Penningtons
shoes- Payless
necklace - made by me
bracelet and ring - Michaels ($1.50 each, hello steal)

a better look at the accessories

These are pictures of Rock mocking my WIWW poses but if you ignore the stupid faces he is making you can see how awesome he looks. I am so proud of him, he has lost over 204lbs, yup a whole person. I am so proud of what he has accomplished in just over a year. He has made many sacrifices to better himself for us.

Monday - work

dress - Target
flower pin - made by me
belt - made by me
ring - picked up at a garage sale
jeans - MXM

The girls had to join me in my pictures and that blue monster in the background keeps our sanity around here in the summer.  A little above ground pool to keep the kids cool and entertained.

Celebrating Rock's birthday, he is one year closer to 40.

Tuesday - work and a playdate

top- I don't remember where I got it, at some store a few years ago when visiting FIL in KY
belt- Penningtons
jeans - MXM

I hope that everyone had a great week and  creative week.

Ania

Creative Journey - A Daily Dose of Creativity Week 25.

I can't believe it's believe I've been doing this for over 20 weeks, it all started here.

  So my motivation is still lacking. Not much got done this week.

 If you want to see what I am up to on a daily basis you can check me out on facebook or twitter.


Monday

Started a skirt for Monkey's doll

And added a ruffle


Tuesday

Worked on a doodle sketch.

And worked on the skirt some more, ore ruffles being added.


Wednesday

This is what I got done on Wednesday  but I didn't get a picture of it until Thursday


Thursday

This handiwork wasn't mine but I wanted to share. I had it done at work at an event.

And I finished the skirt for the doll


Friday

I started working on a cowl for myself.


Saturday

and some more progress on the cowl


Sunday

I'm really liking the way it's looking

I hope everyone had a creative and productive week, And the upcoming week and  as productive and creative.

Ania

Fighting Past the Fear

I wrote this yesterday and fear from sharing so much of me preventing me from posting this but yet another post on fear and taking  a leap of faith prompted me to post this.  

I am in a horrible mood today. I am pissy, snapping at other, I am not happy. I think I am reacting this way because the universe if giving me some signs and I'm at the point whine I need to shut up,  listen and act. But the mere thought of taking a leap of faith, fighting past the fear, silencing voices makes me feel uneasy, I feel physically ill. I am not  a nice person t be around.

 

Fear is my biggest hurdle and in the past few days I've had blog posts literally show up in my in-box about it (here and here). It's time for me to make a stand against my fear.

 

Maybe then I won't be such a grumpy grouch anymore.

 

As I am writing this and reflecting, I  notice that I feel a bit better, I need to remember that the act of putting pen to paper frees the soul It allows me to release the energy, the burdens I carry so that I can feel better, lighter.

 

It's not to say it makes it all go away but it allows me to release the hold the thoughts have on me.

 

Also writing it out before I type it, allows me to be freer with my words, my thoughts. When I do type it out I can edit the details I wish to remain private.

 

This is an act I need to start doing again daily, a cleansing of my soul.

 

Do you journal when you are in a bad mood? Does it help you lessen the burden? Do it help free your soul? Does it make you feel better, lighter?

 

 Ania

What I Wore Wednesday - Posing

This week I only got 3 pictures, I just didn't get around to getting pictures. Life got in the way.

I have been spending lots of time outside with the kids and working on my projects. You can check them out  here where I hold myself accountable on a weekly basis and post my pictures on facebook and twitter daily.
 As with previous weeks I'm linking up with The Pleated Poppy , Mama Go Round and the Transatlantic Blonde.

Thursday - work

 shrug - Penningtons
tank - Target
pants - MXM


Monday - work 

new headband - made by me
new necklace - made by me
top - Walmart
skirt - Penningtons


Tuesday - work and a neighborhood party at the library. This picture was taken after work and after walking to and from the party, I was hot (it was 42 degrees with the humadex) and I look wilted.

flower in hair and cowl - made by me
t-shirt - Walmart
cargo capris - hand me down from a friend

I hope that everyone had a great week and  creative week.

Ania

Creative Journey - A Daily Dose of Creativity Week 24

I can't believe it's believe I've been doing this for over 20 weeks, it all started here.

  So my motivation is still lacking. Not much got done this week.

 If you want to see what I am up to on a daily basis you can check me out on facebook or twitter.

Monday

Finished making my scarf

This is e wearing the finished product on Tuesday

And starting a new necklace project

Tuesday

 Working on the necklace outside while the kids play

Wednesday

 Made up a temporary family rules until I can make it like I want.

Thursday

Almost done the necklace

Friday

I finished the necklace but didn't take the picture until Saturday

Saturday

Trying to make up for a less then productive week today I added another coat of paint to my chair

 

This is a picture frame I picked up last weekend at a garage sale.

and I turned it into something fun, needs another coat of yellow

and made myself a new headband

Sunday

And here are some flowers I made yesterday and today

I also started working on a crochet skirt for Monkey's doll but never got a picture of it.

I hope everyone had a creative and productive week, And the upcoming week and  as productive and creative.

Ania

What I Wore Wednesday

The past  week I wasn't that good at taking pictures.  I had a bit of a rough week. Wednesday at the gym was a bit disappointing, the few weeks off meant I gained 7 lbs. Not a huge deal but not the direction I want to be going. Friday I stayed home from work with a massive migraine, I only ventured out of the house to go to the hospital for an ultrasound on my thyroid.

 Still  being mostly  couch bound  has afforded me more time to work on my projects.  You can check them out  here where I hold myself accountable on a weekly basis and post my pictures on facebook and twitter daily. 


 As with previous weeks I'm linking up with The Pleated Poppy , Mama Go Round and the Transatlantic Blonde.

Wednesday- gym and work

headband - made by me
top- Winners
belt - Forever 21
pants - MXM


Thursday, Friday and Saturday got no pictures but I did look cute on Saturday as I was doing face painting at Monkey's school's garage sale. I didn't have the camera since I gave it to Rock to take Muffin's pictures at her first soccer game this year.  They hanged things up and created 2 girl's teams for the kinder soccer instead of being co-ed teams. The girls teams played at 11am every Saturday which would make for a really sucky summer. So we got her switched to a boy's team.  She told us she was going to how the boys girls rock and she was going to beat the boys,. She kept up her word, she scored the first 2 goals and apparently some of the dads weren't impressed.

 Last shot is my little soccer star in action.

Sunday hanging out in the backyard. Tutu got dressed up as a fairy.

And a pretty pic of Monkey

Monday - work

The kids wanted in the picture

flower in hair and owl - made by e

top  and skirt - Thyme Maternity (yes I still wear some)

Tuesday - work

headband - made by me

scarf (just finished yesterday) and flower - made by me

t-shirt - Penningtons

pants -Fashion Bug

I hope that everyone had a great week and  creative week.

Ania