Life is Beautiful

Motherhood, Sewing, Family

Sunday Best

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Dress: available in navy | pumps: seychelles
Okay, do I look creepy in those sunglasses or what!!!???  Or maybe it’s just my face!  Haha.  Anyway, last week I went to Wal Mart fresh market to go grocery shopping and right next to the store, they have Down East Outfitters and all the basic tops were $4 and the dresses were $13 in the sales section!!!  So I purchased this dress for $13 and 4 basic tops, for the total of $29(+ tax).  But don’t tell my husband I was shopping for clothes 1/2 of the time while I was gone when I was just suppose to go grocery shopping.  I guess not reading his own wife’s blog has its perks. 😉
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Sunday Best

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when you have a photographer friend, she’ll make you pose like crazy, just wait until you see the rest of the pics from Vegas!
My girlfriends and I went to Vegas for 4 days this past weekend!  One of the dresses I wore was this black dress with a flower shoulder detail which is one of my favorite dresses I own, even though my husband makes fun of me every time I wear it(remember this post about how he doesn’t like my style?).  I wear what I want!  Anyway, so here are some better pictures of the dress, it was originally a mid-thigh length so I lengthened it to be a knee length dress.
 dress | shoes 
Photos by Jessica Peterson

Sunday Best

~ Etc.

My outfit: blazer: banana republic | skirt & top: kohl’s | heels: thredup | bag: brahmin(similar)
His outfit: tuxedo onesie: h&m | pants: wal mart | moccasins: freshly picked
I had to bribe my son with a cookie so that he could sit still for just a moment, but up he goes running again!  This boy is all over the place and constantly moving around.  He exhausts me to the core and keeps me on my toes daily  and  I cannot get enough of him.

Our Sunday Best

~ Etc.

His outfit: cardigan: h&m | pants: gap | moccasins: freshly picked
Her outfit 1: gold skirt: DIY | vest: j.crew | white buttom-up shirt: gap
Her outfit 2: gold skirt: DIY | gingham shirt: h&m
My outfit: skirt & top: DIY | shirt: gap | necklace: j.crew | heels: oasap
I’ll have better pictures of the skirts I made for my girls, but my girls love them so much!  In their eyes I’m the coolest mother ever for making them “a fancy gold jewelry, shiny, sparkly skirt that spins!”  The skirts have hidden pockets and the waistband is this really pretty gold metallic elastic waistband.  And yes, I’m one of those mothers that purposefully match with their children.  I figure I better milk it before they get too cool for their mom and get too embarrassed to match me in public.  

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Happy new year everyone!  I for one am so glad those sponsored posts galore is over, aren’t you?  Haha, those sponsored posts wore me out and I am so glad that’s over!  I felt like I sold my soul for sponsored posts, it was insane and I didn’t like it one bit!  But I had to do what I had already agreed to do and keep my word because I take giving my word to someone very seriously.  Since then, I turned down 2 sponsored posts I was approached with and I will make sure this blog doesn’t turn into a commercial.  I’ve decided that I will only work with or even apply to work with companies that I already use and love or a product I would fall in love with after reading up on it.  I’ve always done this before but now, I will be even more picky.  
So thank you so much for your patience and understanding and forgiving my amateur blogger self when dealing with the business aspect of blogging.  I will always put my readers first over money and that is my promise to you.  
I love you all so much!  Once in awhile I am approached by the lovely people who read my blog and I get so flattered and bashful!  But I love meeting you and also emailing with some of you, and visiting your profiles when you comment, so I can get to know you better!  You know, since I talk endlessly about myself on here, I love getting to know more about you.  And remember when I wrote a post about “How to make friends with anyone?”  Well, one reader made me so proud, she commented asking if we could be friends, she used my advice right away!  So we have been emailing and she’s in UT, so we are going to meet and hang out!  
Thank you so much for reading and I wish I could meet you all in person.  I hope this year is filled with lots of happiness and peace and it’ll be all of our best year yet!

Love, Sarah