Day 1 of Blog Everyday In May. Day 1: Story of My Life and Outfit Post

A few days ago, I found through twitter this challenge about blogging everyday in May. If you've done any of the monthly photo challenges, this is just like that, except with blogging. You know me, I'm quick to jump into things like this. (You should also know that I'm doing FatMumSlim's Photo A Day Challenge again on my Instagram! Come join me!) 

Anyway, I really, really, really want to be more disciplined about blogging more regularly. As a start up blogger, it's hard for me to decide what to post. There's too many and at the same time too little things that I think I want to write about. Through this challenge, I hope to get myself out there more and be able to be confident in writing about different things and determine what I want this little space of mine to be.

Jenni from Story Of My Life came up with this idea and I thought I'd take on her challenge. She has different topics for everyday. This is great if you need blogging prompts. Check out the full list here. (Thanks for the challenge, Jenni!)

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Day 1.  The story of your life in 250 words or less.

It's interesting how uninteresting I actually think my life is. I turned 26 yesterday. I was born and raised in Manila, Philippines and moved to Maryland, USA in 2007. I graduated with a degree in Early Childhood Education and I've been working as a preschool teacher in a private school in Washington, DC. I have 3 siblings and we all live together with our parents in a tiny house. It's a Filipino thing. It definitely makes life interesting and I love it. My family means the world to me. I've also been together with my boyfriend, Aldene, for almost 3 years now. I like to believe in the good in people and I always try to tell myself that some days suck but in general, life is good. And oh, I have this blog and a youtube channel so I can meet people with the same interests and share my projects and thoughts about things - primarily in beauty, fashion, style and DIY. But since I'm interested in too many things, you'd probably find a little bit of everything on here and on my youtube. Cos that's just how I roll. 

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I don't know how 250 words would look like but I'm pretty sure I made the cut. LOL

Do you wanna see what I wore today? Just clothes, no faces today cos I fail at taking my own pictures. :P

I need to get myself a camera remote.

cardigan: J.Crew; top: Charlotte Russe; jeans: Forever 21; sneakers: Aeropostale watch: Casio via Amazon*

I'll be back tomorrow!

#BlogEveryDayInMay

What I Wear When I Snowboard And The Gear I Use

Hello lovelies!

In my last post, I have finally announced my Youtube channel. I'm still so nervous but at the same time really excited about the support all of you have given me. I'm giddy with ideas for both my blog and my channel and I'm keeping a positive outlook and believing that I'd have time and energy to pull through everything!

In the meantime, spring time supposedly started this week but today was freakin' cold. My coworker even said that we're 20 degrees below the average temperature for this time of the year for the area. Crazy, huh? Anyway, that means that snowboarding season is just about done for my side of the world (Although because of this crazy winter spell, my local ski resort decided to extend their season til the end of March!). 

So for you guys who are just about getting into winter or going on a skiing/ snowboarding trip, I wanted to share with you what I wear when I snowboard and also the gear I use. I LOVE wearing bright colors when riding. It just brings the mountain fashion into a whole new level of coolness. I also prefer baggy apparel so that I can move more comfortably especially when we're doing trying out the parks!

Get ready with me: - See all the layers I wear on a typical snowboarding day!

Apparel and Gear

Base Layers: 

    Compression Shirt: Under Armour

    Thermal Pans:  Sports Authority

    Butt/ Hip/ Back Pads: Sports Authority (Under $50)

    Knee Pads:  Volleyball knee pads from Walmart (Under $10)

    Shirt: Nike from Target

Outer Layers:

    Jacket: Marmot Nano Jacket from Dick's Sporting Goods

    Pants: 686 

    Beanie:  Burton from Ski Chalet

    Helmet: Triple Eight

    Mittens: Burton from Ski Chalet

    Goggles: Anon Solstice Goggles

Gear:

    Boots: K2 Boa Boots (I forgot the name of the exact model)

    Bindings:  Burton Stilettos

    Board: Capita Space Metal Fantasy (145cm)

    

Let me know if you have any thoughts or questions! If you're new to snowboarding and interested in getting your own gear but are overwhelmed by all the choices, let me know. I'm not claiming to be an expert but I'll try to help you the best I can.

See you later,

PS.
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Take One Day 5: Tan Boots... A Cheat Day

I feel like I cheated a little bit today. I took the easy route and went with the shoes from yesterday. Just like what I did for Day 2. Originally, I was gonna take the (faux) leather jacket but I didn't anticipate the weather. Today was actually really nice and I felt that wearing a jacket was kind of inappropriate. Today felt like a light sweater day. As usual, I was running late so I took what I felt was the easiest to take from the last outfit: the tan boots.

sweater/ cardigan: Papaya

sweater top: Forever21

belt: gift

pants: Verdict

boots: Sears

cuff bracelet: flea market

Have a great weekend! (An extra fun weekend if you have Monday off, like I do! Yay!)

Take One Day 4: Crocheted Cropped Top

Belated Happy Valentine's day, dear reader! I wish you had a spectacular one! I made sure to tell my students that Valentine's day is a special day for thinking about people you love. Your family, your friends, even yourself. To me, it was also a day of indulgence. I've had one too many sweet treats. Oh, the curse joys of being a preschool teacher!

Here's yesterday's outfit. I made sure to add some red to valentinesify the yellow cropped top from yesterday.

One of my fashion goals when I decided to share outfit posts was to get outside my comfort zone and experiment more with items in my closet. I'm not one to necessarily be adventurous with mixing prints and textures so I was quite pleased with myself for pairing the dots with the crochet pattern with the mixed pattern grandma scarf and the crochet texture with the leather jacket. It all comes together, don't you think? 

faux leather jacket: Sears

sunnies: Aldo

cropped top: Forever21

tank top: old

pants: Forever21

boots: Sears

Have you tried the Take One Challenge yet?

Take One Day 3: The Long Dress Shirt

For today's outfit, I took the shirt from Day 2. I must admit that this was a little tricky. Both Day 1 and Day 2 only had a couple of items that I can take - that's what I get for oversleeping and rushing in the morning all the time.  Also, this dress shirt is so old and worn, it's borderline sloppy. Lol But again, my job lets me, if not requires me to wear items that I don't mind getting ruined. So anyway, to dress it up a little bit, I decided to also wear this cute mustard yellow crocheted top. It's perfect to cover up a tiny spot on my shirt that may or may not have been from the chocolate drizzle on my yogurt. I swear I'm like a three year old sometimes.

I bet if I hadn't said anything, you wouldn't notice I got a haircut huh? I still don't know how I feel about it. I've wanted to get legit bangs (not side swept) all my life and yesterday, I sorta kinda decided to go for it. I told my stylist to make it short enough that I can wear it like regular bangs but long enough to do it side swept if I didn't like it. As you can tell, the bangs freaked me out so I wore it mostly side swept today. I feel like this (sort of) new style makes my face rounder than already is. We'll see how I feel about it tomorrow.

OOOHHH, and guess who got a surprise flower delivery at work today?

They were beautiful!

Happy almost Valentine's Day, friends!

Take One Day 2: The Brown Boots and A New Favorite FroYo Flavor

This is yesterday's outfit. I took the dirty brown boots from Day 1 and paired it with a long dress shirt and tights. 

Sunnies: Eye2Eye (Philippines)

Necklace: DIY

Long Dress Shirt: H&M

Vest: Papaya

Purse: Nine West

Tights: Old

Boots: Body Central

And, yea, My boyfriend took pictures of me in the parking lot.... Of a commercial center...... At 4pm when everybody was out. No shame.

We went to get haircuts! Yay. You'll see my new do in the next post but for now, let me tell you about a new frozen yogurt place we discovered. It's called Menchie's and it's like a happy pink yogurt heaven. They have relatively the same flavors you'll find at Yogiberry but they have Dulce de Leche which is now my new favorite. It tastes just like the Haagen Dazs ice cream! Yum! They have fewer toppings than other yogurt places but they have cool whip! Double yum! I recommend trying it out if you're in the Rockville area!

Stay tuned for today's outfit post!

Starting Over: Take One Pass It On Part 2 Day 1

Is my title confusing enough? Ha. Here's day one of my second attempt at the Take One Challenge. Today feels like a chunky sweater, tights, and boots kind of day. It rained last night which left everything wet and gross and muggy in the morning. Ugh. But it wasn't too cold which was good. I'm tired of the cold. I only like winter when I'm snowboarding and since I haven't done any of that lately...Meh. I'm ready for the spring time.

Also, I'm not gonna lie. I absolutely ADORE this kind of outfits. It's so warm and comfy and has such a relaxed vibe to it. I'm lucky that I work at job where dressing up like this is completely acceptable.

Sweater: Cotton Forever (Thrifted)

Thermal Top: Forever21

Tights: Old

Boots: Body Central

Can you guess what item I'm taking to Day2? See you tomorrow!

The Take One Pass It On Remix Challenge

So, the genius that is Sarah from Sarah's Real Life came up with the Take One, Pass It On Outfit Remix Challenge. I've always thought wardrobe challenges are so much fun and I've been wanting to join in on a few since forever but a lot of them are a little bit too intimidating for a start up blogger (Do you hear me, 30x30 Remix? New Dress A Day (Reconstructed clothing)? You're too  intimidating! But I'll take you on one day, I promise, one day.) 

So anyway, for this challenge, you dress up for Day 1 like you normally would and then on day 2, you take an item from Day 1 and incorporate it in your Day 2 outfit. On Day 3, you take a different item from Day 2 and then incorporate it in your Day 3 outfit. Then on Day 4... you get the point, right? If you're still confused, my dear friend, read more about it here.

Fun, right? I decided I was gonna do it come February. And like many other things I do, it's a lot easier in the beginning when I'm all motivated and focused and then (insert a thousand excuses here) I stopped on Day 7. I lasted for one whole week. Good enough, right? Yep, I thought so.

BUUUUUUT since I find it to be so interesting, fun and challenging, I'm starting again next week. It's such a good way to help me use all the items in my closet and figure out the stuff that I will never use and therefore need to toss out.

Here, let me show you my Days 1-4. I'll post the rest next week.

Scarf: Pierre Bijoux ; Tank Top: Forever 21 ; Cardigan: J. Crew ; Necklace: Wet Seal 

Day 1 item to take: Loose Gray Top from Forever 21

Necklace, Rings and Belt: Aldo ; Knit Long Sleeves: Ross ; Tank Top: Forever21 ; Tights: Ross ; Shoes: Shoedazzle

Day 2 item to take: Knitted Black Long Sleeves from Ross

Scarf: AC Moore ;  Knit Long Sleeves: Ross ;  Bauble Necklace: Kissesories (available soon!) ; Pants: Verdict 

Day 3 item to take: Bauble Necklace from Kissesories (available soon!)

Bauble Necklace: Kissesories ; Thermal: Eddie Bauer ; Sweater: Iron Fist ; Pants: Forever 21; Boots: 15DollarStore

Such a good prompt for dressing up and for fashion posts, right? I'd be so glad if you'd join the challenge! If you share your pictures on Instagram/ Twitter, don't forget to use the hashtag #TakeOne so everybody can find your post/ pictures. Also, add me on both sites! My username is @hippiegypsy00(twitter and instagram) Let's be friends! I'd love to hear from you!

Here's Sarah's week 1 round up. Check it out!

And here are a few other bloggers doing the challenge:

AJ Wears Clothes

Franish.. Life Under the Lab Coat

Here and Now

Journey In Style

Grown Up Plus

Closet Strategy

Adventures of a Shoestring Fashionista

Grampsie Poodle

Just Another Smith

Have a great rest of the weekend!!

Gold Rings and New Website Discovery

Well, hello, beautiful people!

So first of all, I wanted to show you the gold rings I made yesterday. All I used were gold wire (20gauge), small bead tube (to use as mandrel for shaping), wire bending pliers and wire cutter. I was gonna do a full on tutorial but I found that there are already lots of those around (for the heart shaped ones at least) so I'll just show you what I made and hopefully, you'll get some inspiration. They're super easy plus you can make them so they're adjustable. Perfect for stacking or just wearing by themselves!

They're super fun and the possibilities are endless!

Second thing is this website that I discovered today. It's called I Wear Sin and there's an option to customize your SIN, where you'll pick a product, add embellishments and then their fashion stylists will hand sew them for you! I think this idea is GENIUS. Don't get me wrong, I would still do my own embellishing especially because they have limited options plus I can do it for cheaper. I am all still for self expression and DIY. But I know a LOT of people who would be all over this. I think given the time to develop, this could be a phenomenal trend! 

I personally love these shorts.

Sooooooo.....Love it or hate it? What do you think?


<3,
Mary