Snowflake Leggings and Moccasins...

Happy Monday my loves.

I hope everyone had a nice, long weekend. With the exception of Saturday night, which was reserved for the viewing of Beyonce's interview/documentary, I spent lots of time relaxing and cleaning.  I also added some new items to my online shop, Miss Rockwells Racks.

If you're following me on Instagram, you may have seen me post about some snowflake leggings that were sent to me by a company called Oasap.

Oasap is a high-street online fashion store that partners with bloggers, publishers, and the like to increase exposure opportunities for everyone. You may learn more Oasap and the partnership programs that they offer here.

I first found out about the Oasap Fashion Hunter program while reading my sister LeTroy's blog, Thriftanista in the City.

Upon signing up, they gave me a $30 credit to use towards any of their items that I liked. Mind you, the site does not offer many products at this price point (however, they do have TONS of other things to choose from) but I did happen to find these cutesy snowflake leggings.

Leggings-c/o Oasap

I am totally in love with them. I have already worn them 3 times. I absolutely love the fun pattern.

The variety of colors in the pattern will allow me to pair them with several different shirts but I went for comfy casual here and paired the leggings with my ever faithful chambray.

Chambray-NY&Co | Sweater-Platos

Another plus to these leggings was the texture and feel of the fabric. They were insulated with a thick fleece lining for extra warmth.

Moccasins-Nine West

They were super perfect to pair with my Nine West moccasins that have been going strong for the last 6 years. I also added this awesome collar scarf that I got from Old Navy during one of their special clearance sales last season.

The only complaint that I have about the leggings is that I noticed a small rip in the crotch area after the very first time I wore them. But the fleece insulation made it possible for me to continue wearing them without anyone noticing.

All in all, I'm very happy about my selection and I can't wait for my next piece to come.

Can't you tell!!!

Financial compensation was not received for this post. A sample product was gifted from Oasap. Opinions expressed here are my own.

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Valentine Butterflies...

Hello my loves!!!

Once again it has taken me forever and a day to do an outfit post. I've obviously gone off the DIY deep end.    I've totally been into Valentine's Day crafts this year. See my projects here and here. 

It's OK though, I hope you all still love me!

This is what I recently wore on one of my nights out with the girls. 

I have literally been feigning to wear these sequins since the very day I thrifted them. 

I caught major flack over these butterflies...

Butterfly Sequins-Thrifted (Vintage)

I remember the day exactly....

I made my way over to the 'Vintage' aisle of my favorite thrift store and these pink sequins immediately caught my eye. I didn't hesitate for one second to snatch them up, proudly place them in my shopping cart, and mosey on about my business.

Faux Leather Leggings | Pumps-Target

No sooner than I had pushed my cart to the end of the aisle did I see a fellow thrifter pass my cart, do an obvious double take at the sequins in my cart, and shamelessly stick her fat hand in my cart to pick them up and ask what size they were.

Excuuuusseee me!???!!!!

Theeen, she had the gall to ask me if I were purchasing them. 

"Because I would sure like to have them if you don't get them". 

I gave her an instantaneous 'duck face' and a stare that was sure to crush any of her dreams of ever owning these butterflies! I mean seriously what ever made her think that it was okay to reach into my shopping cart and oogle over something that I obviously had plans on purchasing??

I'm so glad I purchased them too. They totally rock my world!

I wanted to pair them with a really bold contrasting color so I chose my favorite yellow pumps that I scored from the clearance rack at Target.

Since I knew it would be rather cold out and I didn't exactly want to have to wear a huge jacket, I layered the sequins with a mustard blazer. 

Blazer-NY&Co

It always amazes me how much I fall in love with such unexpected outfit combinations. I really thought that I would be overdoing it with so many trends going on in this 'fit; what, with faux leather, sequins, and bright pops of color, I just knew this would look horrible together but it didn't.

 I actually like it....ALOT!!!

Have you paired any unexpected items together recently? 

I can't wait to hear from you!!!

Thanks for reading.

XOXOXOXO

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Savin' Maven Monday: DIY Heart Sweatshirt with Elbow Patches

Happy Monday my loves!

I hope each of you had a great weekend. Judging from the social media feeds lots of you had great weekends as you were able to score pieces from the Prabal Gurung collection which debuted at Target on Sunday. And while you all were swooning over beautiful designer pieces, I was stuck in the house trying to nurse myself back to life. I've been battling a winter cold so I took minimal trips outside of my living space this weekend. And what better way to spend time in the house than to embark on yet another DIY project!!!  I know I'm on a roll-this makes two in a row.

Anyhow, I picked up a plain black sweatshirt on clearance at Target a couple of weeks ago and I wanted to do something fun and Valentine-y with it.

My eyes immediately became fixated on a pair of 'too small' cords that I scored at one of Plato's Grab Bag Sales and I instantly thought about elbow patches. I wanted to do something graphic on the front of the sweatshirt so I dug into my stash of acrylic paint(s) and went from there.

Here's a list of everything (else) I used:

**plain sweatshirt

**old cords (to create elbow patches)

**Acrylic Paint

**fabric paint

**heart stencils

**painters tape

** large foam paintbrush

That's it! You're ready to begin.

Step 1: Tape the stencils to the sweatshirt exactly where you would like your painted graphics to appear. The stencils were created by folding construction paper into quarters and cutting out a desired shape.

Step 2: Use a separate, large oval stencil to draw and cut out the 'cord' material for the elbow patches. Make sure to cut out 2-one for each elbow.

Step 3: Cover each elbow patch with fabric glue and place them on either sleeve of your sweatshirt. You may also sew the elbow patches on but obviously this method was a little easier and a lot less tedious. Allow the patches to dry in place while you are painting the graphics on the front of the sweatshirt. 

Step 4: Use your choice of acrylic paint to fill in the stencils that you had previously attached to the sweatshirt. Allow 1-2 hours to dry.

Step 5: Once the acrylic paint is dry, start from the bottom of the sweatshirt and use painters tape to create jagged lines all the way to the armpit of the sweatshirt. Paint the taped off (jagged line) portion with a highly contrasting color of acrylic paint. Allow 1-2 hours to dry.

Once you remove the painters tape, your sweatshirt will look a bit like this...

I must say that I am not thrilled with how this turned out AT ALL. The vision looked so much better as just a creative thought. I am, however, digging the elbow patches but that's about it.

What kind of Valentine's Day crafts have you attempted this year?

I can't wait to hear from you!

Thanks for reading.

XOXOXOXO

Friday Favorites: Vol #28

Happy Friday my loves!

I hope everyone is geared up and ready for the weekend-I sure am! Sad to say that I'm still trying to overcome my huge hard drive crash so I haven't been as active on my social media sites as I normally am. My computer tech promised that he would be dissecting my computer this weekend so hopefully I will be in better spirits next week.

Regardless of that issue I still wanted to share some of my favorite things with you so here goes....

Chocolate-it is a girls' best friend. Especially when it comes from the person you love.

 

Currently swooning over these two Target dresses. The soft mint and coral colors had me at hello. Where are you spring!?!

 

Rocking my thrifted knee high boots. I love these babies. I died when I saw they were only $5. I have them in gray as well.

 

Before and after totals from a recent shopping trip to Plato's Closet. I believe I saved $271 or something crazy like that.

 

Details from my Goddaughters very 1st birthday. We went with a Minnie Mouse theme. All of the cupcakes and even the birthday cake were handmade by her Mommy, one of my besties.

 

 

For the first time in a long while, I went out with my girlfriends. This girlfriend pictured below trusted me to style her for the evening. She told me that her budget was $60 so this is what I came up with...I'm so glad that she was pleased.

 

 

 

Me and my lovelies on our night out...

 

This week's Mag Swag...

 

Moo business cards that I have finally started to use. Every now and again they will offer codes for FREE cards-which is how I got these. If you follow my FB page (link located in the right sidebar) you will see lots of codes and coupons for free and discounted goodies.

 

What were some of your favorite things from this week?

 

I can't wait to hear from you.

 

Thanks for reading!

XOXOXOXOXO

 

SIDENOTE: If you're a blogger don't forget to link your Valentine's Day inspired posts up to my 'Lover's Lane' Blog Hop sponsored by BLM. It's the very first 'static' post on my homepage. I hope to see you there;-)

 



Trendy Tuesday: Love Me Long Time

Well hellloooooo my dears!

Happy Tuesday. How the hell have you all been? Fine, I hope.

I've seriously been attempting to recover from the horrible crashing of my hard drive that almost ruined my life last week. I must admit that I'm still not functioning at 100% but I figured that I really needed to pull myself out of the funk and get back to blogging-not so much for myself but for all of you.

Since I'm focusing on all things 'lovely' this month, what better way to redeem myself than with a special Valentine's Day edition of Trendy Tuesday. I think pink and red make a super fierce and fiesty color combination. Last year I wore this and it happened to be one of my favorite outfit posts. This year, I'm thinking of adding a bit of white to the combination to set it off. 

Love Me Long Time... by sherockwell featuring sequin shoes

Preen fitted dress / Puff sleeve blouse / Les Chiffoniers slim pants, $315 / Sass & Bide peplum skirt / Skinny jeans, $40 / BCBGeneration sequin shoes / ALDO summer sandals / Modern Vice fuschia shoes / Charlotte Russe loafer shoes / Sequin bag / Forever New enamel ring, $8.26 / Bangle bracelet / $62 / Neon jewelry / Opaque lipstick / Marc Jacobs marc jacob, $68 / Watercolor Heart Art Print 8x10 from Original Watercolor Painting...

What do you think of this color combination?

And what do YOU plan to wear this Valentine's Day?

I can't wait to hear from you.

Thanks for reading.

XOXOXOXO

SIDENOTE: Dont' forget to link up and share your Valentine's Day inspired posts on my 'Lover's Lane' Blog Hop. It will be up and running all month long so feel free to leave your link whenever time permits.

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