Keys To Surviving: Maternity Style 101

If your anything like me you don't want to sacrifice your style just because your pregnant, but you also don't want to spend the amount of money that they charge for decent looking maternity clothes. Since this is my 3rd go around Im no stranger to the whole maternity wardrobe battle.
I seriously don't want to walk around looking like I'm about to do yoga all day or like Im a big fat present with a bow over my belly, now I'm just venting...

1st Trimester

This one is fairly easy since you don't grow too much during the first trimester. Of course we as women notice when any of our jean begin to feel a little tighter and it seems like a huge deal but for the most part we can still wear our normal clothes. Towards the end though to give your pants a little bit more life take a rubber band or hair tie, loop it around your button hole and secure it on your button.  It should look like this 

Photo via Pinterest

2nd Trimester

One of the things I highly enjoyed doing once my body started to battle my wardrobe was invading my boyfriends closet. His Shirts became my dresses, lucky for me he has a decent sense of style and his wardrobe only consists of black and white. It's also good for covering up if you're showing just a little and don't want anyone to know, or if your stuck in that "i just look fat not pregnant" stage.

In my boyfriends Shirt

3rd Trimester

Now this can go for mid-late 2nd trimester too and it is really the only Maternity clothing item i suggest buying. Maternity pants. You're definitely going to need them. I still hate spending much money on them because honestly you'll only be wearing them a few months. I usually go on ebay and look for something thats cheap and suits my style. For everything else just stick to stretchy and breathable materials

Maternity jeans $11 on ebay

Hope this helps! I'd love to hear feed back and see photos!

Easy Biscuit Pizza

Easy Biscuit Pizza Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon italian seasoning
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 1/3 cup oil
• 2/3 cup milk
• Sauce (store bought or homemade)
• 2 Cups mozzerella cheese
• 1 cup white cheddar

 Step 1

Pre-heat your over to 425. Mix all your dry ingredients (excluding cheese lol) in a large bowl

Step 2

Add in your oil and milk and mix by turning lightly with your hand, knead once or twice

Step 3

Lightly spray a baking sheet and flatten dough on top by gently flattening with your hands, i suppose you could use a floured rolling pin but i like the rustic look of doing it with your hands

Step 4

Add sauce, then cheeses. Pop in the oven for about 10-15 minutes or until the dough is lightly browned. 

Voilla all done!!

DIY TeePee

Hey guys!

So I was looking to revamp my sons room, I really wanted to get him a tee pee but they cost a pretty penny that I don't have. So I did a little research and this is what I came up with, I'll link some of the original tutorials that I looked at through the tutorial. Its the lazy DIYer tutorial

DIY Teepee

What you'll need:
4 Sticks 2x1x6ft
Elastic
Tshirt (cut in strips)
Canvas/Fabric
Staple Gun or Needle and thread

Step 1- Gather your sticks

This is pretty self explanatory, I got mine pre-cut from Lowes about $1 each stick

Step 2- Secure with elastic

This part of the tutorial I saw over on A CUP OF JO and the type of elastic she used it better suited for this project but I couldn't find it and didn't have the patience to keep looking. I used some sort of flat bun jee elastic, tied it, then cut the ends.

Step 3- Separate to desired size

Push the bottom of the sticks out to create the structure of the tee pee. I made mine to fit in the corner of my sons room.

Step 4- Cover and secure

Take a white tshirt and cut off the bottom seem, then cut 2 strips and wrap them under and over the wood pieces and elastic, make sure to cover the elastic.

Step 5- Cover with Fabric

This will probably be the hardest part depending on how you choose to secure the fabric

Drape the fabric over the wood(btw I used a drop cloth), Start securing it from the back first

Staple Gun: which was my method since I am lazy and impatient, start stapling from the top and make you way down for a total of about 4 staple per piece of wood

Thread: With a needle and thread secure the wood on top middle and bottom of the wood pieces

Note: When I was done with this I had some extra fabric hanging from the bottom of the tee pee so I cut off the excess cut a triangle and stapled it to the top of the tee pee opening, this is optional but I liked the look of it better

DIY Leather Clutch

Recently while I was going through the March issue of Vogue magazine I noticed this cute leather Celine Clutch and I was inspired to make this simple DIY for you guys.

DIY Leather Clutch

Materials

Leather

Fabric

Cereal Box

Marker

Scissors

Glue 

Bobby Pins

Step 1

Trace cereal box twice

Step 2

Draw two tabs on the bottom rectangle about an inch. I didn't measure them I just eyeballed it. They dont need to be perfect they wont be showing. Now draw a flap on top ( I decided to eliminate it in my final clutch but if you want yours to serve as a flap then make sure its an inch or two wider than mine)

Step 3

Draw tabs on your top flap

Step 4

Cut it out

Step 5

Cut out the front and back. Glue fabric to one side of cardboard. Glue cardboard to bottom part of the clutch

Step 6

Glue flaps for top and bottom, hold it down with bobby pins until the glue settles

Step 7

Glue Side tabs by placing the glue at the edge of the inside lining. Fold in the tabs and fold bottom of clutch over. Make sure everything is aligned and lay something heavy on it for about 20 minutes or so. I set my Vogue on it. With all those ads it was heavy enough.

Step 8

Slide the other piece of cardboard inside. Now you can tuck in your top flap or not its up to you.

Enjoy Errrrbody!

Lavoz For Qu3st

I recently made a vest for Qu3sts new music video Revolutionary Affiliates.

Go check out the full video!!!! Oh yea and Im in it too!! Woop woop!

Qu3st- Revolutionary Affiliates

Hope you enjoy!

Tutu Dress Made for a Princess

My daughter who Ive mentioned in previous posts turned two last week! I ended up making her this cute little tutu dress, it was super easy only took about 45 minutes. I took a look at a couple of youtube posts before I got started. I've posted the links to the ones I found most helpful at the bottom. Best part?!?! It Cost me less than 10 dollars!

Tutorial 1 by Tuttie Cutie Tutus

Tutorial 2 Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5

Williamsburg

Good news! I'm going to start linking some products in the posts,mostly in the Materials list to help you get the things you need to make the projects. If I'm not able to find it online ill leave you a note at the bottom of the post. Hope you enjoy the new feature.

I actually had a lot of fun in Williamsburg this week, the energy and vibe in this hood was awesome. The counter-culture independent thinking translated into the clothes seen through out the streets. The Eco-friendly artisan style was extremely approachable. You've gotta love the new urban bohemian, the "hipster"!

This weeks how to: Chain Headpiece

Materials

chain

charm

jumpring gold/ silver

endcap gold/silver

flatnose pliers

Step1: Cut 2 pieces of chain. One to go on top of ur head from front to back, the other to hang on the sides. Cut to desired length using the flat nose pliers.

Step2: Take your center chain and put the end caps on and squeeze them with the flat part of the pliers to secure them.

Step3: Fold the other piece in half and connect the center point to one end cap using the jumprings.

Step4: Connect the 3 loose ends and the charm using a jumpring

Note: I bought my chain and charm at my local craft store. You can play around with different types of chains and pendents to make it your own.

Queens

I can sum up what I saw at Queens Center Mall in one word, disappointing. I honestly thought the area might have more character than it actually did. I walked the area several times and through the mass of boring cookie cutter "style". Queens I know you can do better, shame on you. After a couple of hours I was able to find some people who had a sense of personal style and things that stood out from crowd classic aviators, an awesome hot pink bedazzled down coat and leopard print manicures.


Queens of Queens



This weeks how to: Ribbon bling

Materials

Ribbon

Chain

Step 1: Take one end of the ribbon and bring it through the first opening of the chain. You can tie the ribbon if you'd like, I personally didnt.

Step 2: repeat step 1 all the way through

Step 3: Cut the Ribbon ends and tie, BAM new addition to your accesories collection