How To Make Trendy Easter Eggs

This year, I borrowed the prints from some of my favorite leggings and decorated my Easter eggs with stylish prints and patterns. Here are the 6 ways to make your Easter eggs trendy.

1. Aztec

Use Sharpie markers to draw an Aztec design. Outline in black and fill in with color.
Aztec Colorful Leggings, Kloset Envy, $20

2. Crosses

Again, using a Sharpie, draw crosses and fill in the background.
Cross Print Leggings, Forever 21, $12.80

3. Ombre

Use an Easter egg dye kit (You can buy one at CVS for a couple dollars) to dip dye the egg. Leave it in the dye longer each time to gradually go from light to dark.

Ombre Dye Leggings, Tees by Tina, $45

4. Galaxy

Dye the egg a blue background, then sponge on a couple different colors of acrylic paint.
Galaxy Blue Leggings, Black Milk, $78

5. American Flag

Use colored Sharpie markers to outline the stars and stripes and then fill it in.
Stars and Bars Leggings, Nasty Gal, $42

6. Floral

Dye the egg a blueish-green background and then paint on roses with acrylic paints.
Fuschia Floral Stylish Leggings, Ami Clubwear, $20




How did you decorate your Easter eggs? Leave your links in the comment section below!


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Short Films for Valentine's Day

In the spirit of Valentine's Day, I wanted to share three short love stories.

The first is Disney's 2012 short film, Paperman. The short has received a nomination for Best Animated Short Film at the 85th Academy Awards, and won the Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject. It is a story about love at first sight featuring some of that Disney magic I've always loved.

This next video is Struck, another short film about love at first sight. It's a little old, released in 2008, so you may have already seen it. The film features Bodhi Elfman, Beth Riesgraf, Jason Dohring, Marisol Nichols, Jenna Elfman, and Kelly Preston.

And the last one is Free People's short film, titled Roshambo, starring Christopher Abbott and Sheila Marquez. It tells the story of lovers reunited and a game of fate that determines their plans. The film supplements the Free People February catalog and is the first of a series of short films, and I can't wait to see what's next! If you like the clothes featured in the film (I, personally, want EVERYTHING!), you can browse through the February catalog here.

Steal the Runway :: Douglas Hannant Fall 2012

Valentine's Date Night outfit inspired by this look from Douglas Hannant's Fall 2012 Collection.

ModCloth Dash of Flower Dress, $55
Urban Outfitters UO Sheer Tight, $12
Love Culture Faux Suede Mary Jane Pumps, $29
ShopLately Double Heart Bangles, $14

How to Decorate Your Home for Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is this week! Here is how I was able to decorate my home on a budget...

I spend a lot of time looking at interior design blogs. Some of my favorite blogs are the ones that post a lot of photos of Victorian, Vintage, and Shabby Chic homes, and I think these styles are perfect for Valentine's Day. I wanted to create a scene that has a cozy, romantic, nostalgic vibe. To do this, I used flowers, candles, and DIY and vintage items in warm, soft colors.

I think thrift and vintage shops are the best places to find items to decorate with if you're on a budget. Many times, you can find better quality items at lower prices than you would find in a regular retail store (Check TheThriftShopper.com for stores in your area). I like unique pieces and I am a huge fan of vintage, so I usually only shop at mass retailers and dollar stores for basic items and crafting supplies. In these photos, the pillar candles and all of the supplies used to make the paper hearts were from Walmart, and the flowers were from Dollar Tree.

Roses are one of my favorite flowers and a classic standard for Valentine's Day. These pink ones are from Dollar Tree. I was very happy with the quality of these. I don't buy a lot of fake flowers because with many of them, especially the lower-priced ones, you can tell that they are fake. When I do buy them, I look for ones that have blooms that look natural, disguised plastic connectors, and stems without an obvious mold line down the side.

The books were a last minute idea. I went to a couple different thrift stores looking for vintage books with romantic key words in the title, like "dear", "classic", and "poets". I found these at a local shop for only $2.50 each. If I had more time (and a larger budget!), I probably would have tried to get copies of classic novels, love stories like Romeo & Juliet, Wuthering Heights, or any Jane Austin novel.

The birdcage, teacup, and tablecloth were also thrift store finds that I've had for a while.

Valentine's Day isn't complete without candy hearts!

Here's a quick and easy DIY for Hanging Paper Hearts. All you need is colored paper, string or twine, a pair of scissors, and scotch tape.

First, cut a heart out of the colored paper.


Then, cut two pieces of string, one shorter and one longer.


Tie the shorter string in a bow onto the longer string, tape to the back of the heart, push the bow down to the base of the heart, and hang!

Light some candles for Valentine's night.



How did you decorate for Valentine's Day? Post your links in the comment section below!



Take a look at my Holiday board on Pinterest for more ideas!

Outfit 165 : Valentine's Day Look

Sweater from wholesale-dress.net; Leggings by Free People; Vintage jewelry.