Friday Favorites: Vol # 31

Hello and Happy Friday my loves.

 

Just a quick post to share some of my favorite things with you all. Lately, I've been reading lots of blog posts and editorials stating how you shouldn't bombard your blog readers with the exact same things that you post on your Instagram feed. With that being said, I assure you that with the exception of a very few of the things that I post here during my Friday Favorites segments, my Instagram feed is a totally different animal.

 

For instance, this Levi's clutch didn't make it to Instagram but I got it for FREE with a Levis.com that was gifted to me through an app on my phone called Wrapp. Yay for freebies!!

 

 

Packing and shipping purchased items from my shop, Miss Rockwells Racks, is always the highlight of my week.

 

Target has a really bad habit of clearancing their entire shoe section at one time. It gets on my nerves because it tempts me to spend money that I would rather keep in my wallet; but because I love shoes so much I end up spending it anyway. Ughhh!

 

This month's FREE mag swag!!! Make sure to 'like' my FB page as I post about all of the great deals and freebies there.

 

 

As a member of Old Navy's Style Council, I was sent coupons for myself and a girlfriend to try a pair of their new white denim jeans-absolutely FREE. I'm super excited about this opportunity.

 

My growing accessory obsession. I feel totally naked without some type of jewelry on when I leave the house.

 

OMG. I'm not a huge fast food conossieur, however, this new Jim Bean Bourbon Thickburger from Hardees is so heavenly. Lately, I've been dying for a really good burger and this one takes the cake. If you're a fan of Hardee's you should definitely give this baby a try. They even sent out BOGO FREE coupons for this very burger. Yummm!

 

I had the opportunity to attend one of very few fashion shows in my area and I had quite the experience learning about my city and how much talent I have floating around me in terms of style and fashion. More pics will be posted on my Instagram feed.

 

I've been wanting to try some type of makeup primer for a while now and I was finally able to make that happen using a Victoria's Secret gift card that I was given by my friends over at Wrapp. After the gift card, I only spent $4 for this lovely primer.

 

Last but not least I'm totally excited to be participating in my very first Trunk Show hosted by my lovely friends over at Yours/Mine Secondhand Thrift. The event will be located in DC next weekend and I'm so happy to finally be living out my dreams of having my own boutique. Here's more info about the show if you would like to attend. There will be lots of secondhand and vintage goodies there for the taking.

 

 



What were some of your favorite things this week?

 

I can't wait to hear from you!

 

Thanks for reading!

XOXOXOXO



Savin' Maven Monday: DIY Refurbished Prom Jewelry

Happy Monday my loves. 

I hope every one has had a great weekend.

Mine was pretty productive; on Saturday, I spent most the day with my lovely goddaughter and on Sunday I visited the honey and was greeted with dinner, a movie, and a clean house. 

My first thought was 'Oh gosh, he must want something!?'

I know, that's sad right!!

Atop of all that I was able to fit in a fairly quick and easy DIY project. 

As I was attempting to finish organizing my accessories, I came across my old prom jewelry. For some reason, I was still not able to part with it, even though it's clearly more than 10 years old. Clearly, I know I'm not going to get anymore use out of it, but still, I wanted to keep it. 

So I decided to refurbish it.

How you ask!?

I painted it!

With fingernail polish!!!!

Amazing, right?

Here's how.

Alls you need is some of your favorite colored polish and you're ready to roll.

I used 2 of my Sinful Colors shades that I picked up while they were 99 cents at Walgreens. 

I began with the bracelet. I didn't want the whole thing to be orange so I did every other diamond (cubic zirconium).

Since I don't want it to look too prom-esque, I filled in the uncolored spaces with a muted gray shade (not pictured)

I did the same thing with the earrings, using blue as my base color instead of the orange.

You may or may not want to use a top coat-just like you would with your nails, it's totally up to you.

Now I have all new accessories to add to my collection!

How exciting is that!?

So exciting that I didn't even get around to finishing the other pair of earrings that you saw pictured. 

What do you think?

And how do you refurbish your old jewelry?

I can't wait to hear from you!

Thanks for reading!

XOXOXOXO

Savin' Maven Monday: Accessory Organization-Part I

Happy Monday my loves!

I hope everyone had a great weekend. I was actually supposed to spend this weekend catching up on blog business but my work week had me highly exhausted so I spent most of my Saturday resting up with my honey. On Sunday, I did a little grocery shopping (I will share my great savings on my FB page) and I attempted to do some 'fall cleaning'. 

I'm really making more of an effort to get my things organized because I literally have stuff EVERYWHERE!! It's really irritating to come home after a long day of work and see stuff strolled all over the place so I figured that I needed to get this in check immediately. Besides, I've never been a messy person. 

Anyhow, last week I worked on organizing my shoes in this post. 

This week I wanted to tackle the first portion of my accessories-bracelets!

Currently, they are all piled up in this basket...

Though they are contained in one area, I find myself getting frustrated each time I have to dig through the basket to find what I want. 

So I got these random do dads to help me display them...

This first one is a paper towel holder that I purchased from Ross for $5.49..

I'm still unsure exactly what to call these next two contraptions, nevertheless, they work!

This one I stole from my Mom-she wasn't using it so why not!? I love finding random jewels at Mom's house!

And this one I purchased from my local thrift store for a buck...

I thought it would be a good idea to couple all of my 'clasp-esque' bracelets onto the paper towel holder so that I could get them off easily...I could just unclasp the bracelet, if you will, versus having to take all of the bracelets off just to get to the one I want.

Here is the finished look...

Aesthetically speaking, I'm not sure if this looks any better now than it initially did but it's much easier to find what I need.

I'm interested to know how you all store your bracelets?

Clearly all of my do dads are full so I will need more options. 

I can't wait to hear from you!

Thanks for reading...

XOXOXOXOXO

Friday Favorites: Vol #21

TGIF!!!

I'm so ready to be off for the weekend!!!

Nothing big planned-well actually I take that back-my big sis is hosting a 'fun' party one day this weekend but other than that I really just want to rest and get caught up on life.

It's amazing how I preplan for things but always manage to get sidetracked so then the preplanning and prepping becomes null and void. That's the story of my life here lately.

But no one cares about that-let's get straight into some of my fave things of the past couple of weeks.

Being greeted by big Target boxes on my doorstep-um YES!! With shoes in them-double YES!

It's soon to be Homecoming season. I can't wait to visit my Alma mater and see some of my old friends and colleagues.

Sugar and Olive Oil = THEE BEST SKIN SOFTENER EVER! I saw this posted on Instagram and immediately had to try it. It works wonders and it's super cheap. I purchased both items from Dollar Tree.

More beauty products from Dollar Tree.

Sinful Colors nail polishes are on sale for 99 cents this week at Walgreens. I will post on Instagram the ridiculous amount of polish I ended up going home with. Follow me --->@sherockwell

DIY'ing another shirt. This was requested by one of my friends and followers. I thinks she's officially started something big here!

Not sure why I fell in love with these horrendous 'boots with the fur' but I did. Now all I need is some AppleBottoms jeans! HA! Yeah right!!

Inexpensive accessories from Icing! I love when they have their 5 for $10 clearance sales. That's usually the only time I stock up on my collection.

Finally got to wear the cap toe heels that I DIY'ed in this post. Full post coming soon.

Ahhh!!! Cinnabon! Enough said! I heard that Burger King is now selling these. Please tell me it ain't so.

 Having movie night with my honey. He picks out such great movies. This one was actually awesome! 8/10 stars.

Yep...we hold hands while watching movies! Mush...

These cuties we met at Kings Dominion-they melted my heart!

This weeks mag swag! Someone please help me read all these!!

What were some of your favorite things this week?

Do share!

Thanks for reading!

XOXOXOXO

Savin' Maven Monday: Make Every Accessory Count...

Happy Monday lovelies....

I hope each of you had a great weekend. Mine wasn't too bad at all; I spent some time with my friends, began my summer classes, and best of all I went shopping-this time for accessories.

I think that great accessories can take an outfit over the top if you style them correctly. Here are three things that I like to keep in mind when I'm shopping for accessories.

TIP #1-Go bold. Bold colored accessories accentuate classic and neutral outfits. Since I can't be overly bold when dressing for work and church, I incorporate bold colored accessories to give my 'fits a burst of energy.

TIP # 2-The more color, the better. I always like to choose accessories that include a variety of colors so that they can easily be paired and remixed with several different outfits.

TIP #3-Spend wisely. Lots of times I have purchased accessories from places such as Forever 21 and H&M only to have them break or tarnish. From that I have learned to spend less on accessories by either shopping the clearance racks and/or second hand stores. For those items that I just have to have, like this 80's chain necklace and spiked bracelet, I don't mind spending the money.

Here's what I snagged over the weekend:

I love this multi-colored statement necklace. Although the colors are bold, they still fall into the neutral category and can be paired with an endless amount of 'fits.

Plato's-$5

This jewel-toned cuff bracelet is also one of my faves because the variety of colors allow it to go with just about anything.

Plato's-$5

I picked these earrings because I loved the shape and print of them. They are also very lightweight.

Plato's-$3

There was no method to justify why I picked these fringed beauties. I guess the main reason was because they were only $2 and I don't own any purple accessories.

BareFeet-$2

There you have it...my accessory filled weekend-all for less that $20! I can't wait to style these goodies.

What are some tips that you keep in mind when shopping for accessories?

Do share...

XOXOXOXO