Fashion Guest Post: Autumn

I'm excited to have Autumn of Stay gold, Autumn posting on my blog today! Autumn is one of my swap sponsors and she is one of my wonderful blog friends! I absolutely adore her clothes, she takes gorgeous pictures, and her words are always inspiring. You can see her blog here, her button to your right, and another guest post by her here! Have fun viewing Autumn's very first {I'm pretty sure} outfit post!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Emma always has the cutest outfits and so I decided to try my hand at my very first fashion post.

 Cardigan - Macey's

Blue shirt - Sam's Club

Gray under shirt - Bella Bird at Walmart

Blue jeans - Levi's 524 skinny cut

Shoes - Walmart...from high school 

Headband - Provo farmer's market 

Belt - random store in Arkansas

Coat....yeah, I should have been wearing one.

Since beginning teaching I have found myself in a rut with my hair and clothes; this rut is called having to leave our apartment at 6:50 AM for work. Until I began blogging I thought people were born with innate talents of mixing and matching clothes.  What am I realizing?  Like every talent, some people are naturals, but we all have to practice.  For me?  I didn't really start practicing until I came to BYU. Someone once told me with my body type I shouldn't wear an empire waist anything- that person was silly and I have a beautiful empire-waist cut wedding dress in my closet.  Someone else once told me cargo pants would be slimming on me in middle school....what?! What I do know?  I try on a lot of different types of clothes and I'm often surprised at how they fit or lay.  I know that I often try a little too hard to blend in, but at the end of the day?  My husband thinks I'm pretty and that's really all that matters.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I LOVE her outfit! Don't you?! And I agree that in the end if my husband thinks I'm pretty it really doesn't matter if I blend in. I love that! Thank you for this wonderful post Autumn! Can I borrow your outfit?!

P.S. Today I am grateful that I am more than halfway done with this semester. And way more than halfway done with college! One and a half more semesters!! 

Introducing My Swap Sponsors!

I am sure that you have seen my Swap Sponsors over to the left but I wanted to introduce all of them to you as well!

Name: Kylie Pond

Name of blog/shop: Love Always & Blissful Blooms Boutique 

Social Networking: Pinterest & Facebook for Shop 

Here's what Kylie's blog is all about: "Pretty much my blog is amazing. The end. Just kidding! In all seriousness, I put my heart into writing my blog, keeping track of the adventures I have with my husband. I'm a lover of photography, cooking, music, movies, books, and crafting....and all of that shows up on my blog. I also have an etsy with my good friend where we sell hairpieces, belt, and wreaths. I'm all about learning to love always, and recognize the little things."

Kylie's favorite thing{s} about fall: "The changes outdoors! I love changing leaves, crisp temps, and beautiful landscapes."

Something Kylie is SUPER grateful for this year: "This year, I am super grateful for my testimony of prayer. Simple as that, prayer is truly my lifeline. It is so comforting to know we are never truly alone in this big ol' world."

Name: Autumn 

Name of blog: Stay gold, Autumn 

Here's what Autumn's blog is all about: "I was raised where fire flies came out every summer night and met my husband on a blind date in a desert. We are both in graduate school, complete opposites, and I am surviving my first year of teaching Special Education. My blog lets me sort things out on a computer screen, relate to people, keep in touch, see my personal progress on goals, and have a memory bank." 

Autumn's favorite thing{s} about fall: "My favorite thing about fall is crunching leaves when I walk and of course- all of the cheesy jokes because of my name. :)"

Something Autumn is SUPER grateful for this year:  "My husband and I spent the first two-and-a-half months of our marriage living on complete opposite sides of the country so both of us could work on the educational and career goals that feel right for us. I am grateful to know that Heavenly Father is always mindful of us- especially when He asks us to do hard things." 

Name: Kaycie

Name of blog: Redhead Memories 

Here's what Kaycie's blog is all about: "I love memories, so that's exactly what I do  on my blog: document them and reminisce. I blog about my newlywed life, my cat, photography, all things vintage, and anything that makes me smile. I also have a terrible memory, which is pretty ironic."

Kaycie's favorite thing{s} about fall: "The feel of it outside. I love the beautiful scenery and wearing a warm fall coat to take a walk in the crisp, chilly air."  

Something Kaycie is SUPER grateful for this year: "This year I’m most grateful for my husband. He never stops trying to make me happy. And he does a really great job. :)"








Name: Brooke
Name of Blog: Silver Lining
Here's what Brooke's blog is all about: "Hey there! I blog over at Silver Lining, where I ramble on about silly hapenings of my everyday life, my {sometimes disastrous} domestic attempts, the handsome mister, and my love of bell peppers. I believe it's all about the little things in life, and in my blog I try to capture the small moments of silver lining that make our lives so significant. So head on over. Check it out, leave a comment, grab my button. Why not, right? Plus, I believe in reciprocal blogging, so it's a win-win :)"
Brooke's favorite thing{s} about fall: "Crunchy leaves, crunchy apples, crunchy bell peppers {I'm apparently on a crunchy kick right now}, as well as the start of a new school year {elementary school teacher, can't help it} and of course those drop-dead colors on the trees."
Something Brooke is SUPER grateful for this year: "This is the first year I have a HUSBAND, and I cannot even get over that crazy guy!"








Name: Ali Mills
Name of Blog: Our Happily Ever After
Here's what Ali's blog is all about: "I got married December 2010 to my high school/college sweetheart ;) My blog is just about our life together and our crazy adventures. We also just found out that we are expecting our first child! We are so happy and scared all at the same time! 
Ali's favorite thing{s} about fall: "My favorite thing about fall is that once it starts cooling down it means Christmas is very very close! And Christmas is my absolute favorite, The Grinch, hot chocolate, presents, Christmas trees, lights etc. ;)"
Something Ali is SUPER grateful for this year: "One of the greatest blessings in my life has been my family. My husband is the BEST support I could ever ask for, and my parents, grandparents, and brothers are so great to me and they can always make me feel better. My parents are especially excited to soon be grandparents. I couldn't be more grateful for them in my life! Come by and say hey! I love meeting new peeps from the mighty blog-o-sphere! ;)"


Go and check all of these wonderful ladies out! 


P.S. I'm guest posting on Brooke's blog today! You should check it out!


P.P.S. Today I am super grateful for the many friends I have made through blogging! 

I Love Me Some Fall Clothes!

Does anyone else just absolutely love fall style? I do. I love the colors and the warmth/comfiness that all fall clothes exude! Here is my favorite fall outfit so far this season! Also, my favorite way to do my hair this season is in this awesome sock bun! Check out this tutorial for help on making it look as awesome as mine! ;) 

{This is the most perfect spinning dress. AND it has pockets. Basically it's perfect in every way.}

Breakdown:

Shirt- Old Navy {$10}

Dress- Old Navy {$3}

Belt- Wet Seal {$0.99}

Tights- Charlotte Russe {$?}

Shoes- Target {$6ish}

Jacket{Ruffles are seen in second picture. Full jacket seen here}- Charlotte Russe {$10ish}

Grateful Catch-up!

Sunday: A home that can hold our huge family. {We had EVERYONE over to our itty bitty apartment for dinner after church on Sunday. It was crazy but we got everyone to fit and it was just so full of love. It was a good day!}

Monday: I was grateful for how gorgeous our campus is covered in snow. The first snowfall is always so magical!

Today: I am grateful for cute fall/winter clothes! I love the change up in outfits with every season. {Is it weird to be grateful for clothes??}

Well, have a wonderful Tuesday everyone! Come back tomorrow for a post about my crazy awesome weekend with our family!

Also, you should check out my outfit post over at Thrifty {Modest} Threads! 

And you should go to the Thrifty {Modest} Threads Facebook page and do some liking! 

FHE Halloween Style {Third Time's a Charm!}

Below are pictures of our pumpkin carving escapades from last week! We had some friends over and had a little "competition" carving pumpkins. It wasn't really a competition since no one judged the pumpkins but it was fun! :] Tonight we are just hanging out on our own, handing out candy, and watching some Halloween-ish movies. It's been a good day! Happy Halloween everyone! 

1. Don't forget to enter the My Memories Giveaway here.

2. Check out this awesome video on Gentri's blog.

3. Head on over to Kylie's blog to read about the awesome Halloween party we went to on Saturday. {See picture below}

4. Head over to Ali's blog to enter her birthday giveaways!! {Check out the one I did!}

Race and I dressed up 50s style. I mostly did it because I was bored and wanted to experiment some with my hair and makeup. It was fun. :] One of these days I'm going to try some pin curls!! {I need to stock up on bobby pins first}

I hope you have all been having a WONDERFUL Halloween!

I Should Be Getting Ready for Class

I should be out of bed and getting dressed but I'm not. What is it about the rain & thunder that makes getting out of bed so much work? I'm not really sure. I like it though. And I think I'll have hot chocolate for breakfast. Mmm. Today is going to be a good day! I'm over at Thrifty {Modest} Threads today with an outfit post. You should check it out!

Well, I'm headed out the door now with my rainboots, a cute hat made by my sister-in-law and some yummy hot chocolate! I'm so ready to face the day! {And the rain!} I'll be back later with answers to the questions you all asked me in this post! If you thought of any more ask away right now! :)

Wonderful Weekend

I mentioned in this post that the weekend was really long and exhausting. And it was! Thank goodness it wasn't long and exhausting because of homework and studying though! {In case anyone is wondering: I have two of four midterms done. I've finished the two  hardest ones. Thank goodness!} This weekend was spent staying up late with Race's family on Friday night. We hung out, talked, ate yummy food, and I got to play with cute baby Madison. It was a blast!

Saturday morning I headed out the door at 10 am to head down to the valley to help my sister get ready for Homecoming. Right when I got there we headed out the door to go shoe and jewelry shopping for the next FOUR HOURS! Luckily, we stopped and ate some Rubio's. I LOVE Rubio's. Then we headed home and started getting Helena all ready for the dance. We started with her nails, then I did her make-up and then her hair. Thank goodness a couple of my sisters-in-law were over to help me out and tell me if things looked awful because I have NEVER done make-up on anyone before. I haven't even done it on myself. So I really hope that Helena liked all of  it. I think that she looked absolutely gorgeous and I was so glad to be there for her. Especially since my mom was out of town. At 5:30 Helena headed off to the dance with her date. They looked so cute together and he was SO NERVOUS! It reminded me of going to dances soooo long ago. ;] After sending the cute couple off to the dance I hung out with my family for a little bit, took a nap, and then drove back up to Flagstaff while listening to General Conference talks {See last post}. It was a really long, really good day.

Sunday was spent going to Sacrament Meeting which was...interesting. We had a man there wearing an American flag church shirt and just doing things a little bit out of the normal. Like singing loudly and changing the words some. And when Race went to the bathroom the man was in there talking {once again very loudly} all about how America has lost its values and stuff like that. It was weird to say the least. Another funny story from Sacrament Meeting: I asked Race to grab the hymnbook that was under his seat so he reached down to grab it and smacked his head on the chair in front of him. So he gave up on that. So I decided that I would grab it for him and then I smacked my head! It was super funny! So we laughed through the whole first hymn. Luckily, someone handed us a book so that we could at least attempt to sing along. Haha.

After Sacrament Meeting we headed home because Race was {and still is :( } feeling sick. We took a nice long nap together and then hung out with family for the rest of the evening. And once again had some delicious food {made by my sister-in-law Teal}. It was the perfect Sunday and it was relaxing which was just what I needed after Saturday. After our family left we watched some of The Cosby Show and then headed to bed.

This morning I woke up refreshed and super happy. I read my scriptures {It's my goal to read my scriptures every day}, cuddled with Race, looked for my keys, said a prayer, found my keys literally thirty seconds later {in a super weird place}, and then got dressed up all cute for class, and headed out the door. Now I'm at work taking on some extra hours and enjoying my day. Later we are going to carve pumpkins {hopefully with some friends} and then we'll be continuing on with the rest of this hopefully-not-too-long-and-exhausting week.

Homecoming!

 Babies!

Playing with dry ice!

Mmm. Fall is just gorgeous!

Last night we carved pumpkins with some friends! So I'll post about that soon! We kinda made it a competition but didn't have judges so maybe I'll have you all judge the pumpkins for us! Good idea, eh?

Now tell me about your weekend! What did you do? Anything to cross off of your fall bucket list?

Source: thehighheeledhostess.com via Emma on Pinterest

Have a GREAT week everyone! :]

FHE Halloween Style {Again}

Monday night Race and I went to Flagstaff's lame version of a pumpkin patch and bought our pumpkins! We haven't carved them yet because we have family coming into town this weekend and we're all going to carve pumpkins together. But it was a fun date to go and pick them out! :)











{Mine is the tall one. Race's is the short, fat one}

Other than our fun date night this week has included lots and lots of studying, lots of working, and lots of stressing. Thank goodness that midterms are almost over!! Life will be back to normal again!

Oh yeah, Race and I have a Halloween party to go to next weekend. Any ideas on what we should be?! We need help!!

And one more thing! Go check out Thrifty {Modest} Threads where my sister-in-law posted a cute, easy way to fancy up a plain shirt! And tomorrow I'll have an outfit post up with pictures by my good friend Kylie! Have a wonderful dag everyone!

Phone Photos Episode Four

Sneak peek of an outfit post that is up on Thrifty {Modest} Threads. Check it out!

Snow/hail in Flagstaff, AZ on October 7, 2011

Socks with flats. {They have snowflakes on them in case you can't tell.} Tacky--maybe. Warm--definitely!

Funny towel ears. {Check out this post by Kaycie of Redhead Memories to learn how to wear your towel like this and not damage your hair! You also get to look like a Babushka!}

My adorable shoes that I had forgotten about {Target clearance from forever ago}. Plus some cute floral.

My super cute husband on his way to class. I always scare him as he messes with his phone walking down the hill from our apartment and then I make him stop and give me hugs and kisses and let me take his picture. Haha. He still smiles for the pictures. Thank goodness! :]

My cute little sisters. Although pretty soon they will both be taller than me. Helena {the one in the adorable maxi skirt} already his and Gelsey is about the same height that I was when I was in sixth grade and she's in third grade. So it won't be long. {So far only two of my siblings have NOT surpassed me in height. That's out of eleven of us and I am the fourth oldest!}

A bow that I did in my friend's SUPER thick hair. It lasted about two seconds because I didn't have any good bobby pins. Next time though...next time. :] I do love playing with people's hair though!! 

My adorable lil neighbor in the valley/my fourth cousin once removed or something like that. This picture is super old but I love this little girl and her chunky sad face. Haha.

The triplets I used to watch on their second birthday. {I hung out with one of the other nannies that I worked with today and got to see pictures and videos of them now. They are so grown up and  I miss them like CRAZY!}

My Halloween costume from a couple of years ago. Does anyone know what it's from because no one did when I was wearing it and it was kind of embarrassing. Haha. {This was not my whole costume just the helmet part that I made with the help of my sister-in-law and sister}.
Oh, and I need help figuring out costume ideas for Race and I. So you all should help and throw some ideas out in your comments, eh?

A scarf made into earwarmers/a bow. How cool is that?! Does anyone else think this is cute?

Because I totally did and everyone laughed at me.

But if I actually made this it's something I would seriously wear.

Am I weird?

Well, that's all for now! Have a lovely week everyone and tell me a little somethin' about your weekend! :]

P.S. Check out this post  if you're interested in swap sponsoring.

Check out my new blog about all things crafty, cute, and cheap here.

And check out my soon-to-be three lovely swap sponsors here, here, and here.

Exciting News!

Follow my blog with Bloglovin

Source: prudentbaby.com via Emma on Pinterest

I made something from Pinterest last night! Okay, maybe it's only exciting to me...
Does anyone else pin TONS of things to make on Pinterest and then never end up getting around to it because they are too busy pinning tons of other cool things? Because that's definitely what I do. Until last night that is! Last night I decided to get off my lazy bum and make myself a cute ear warmer thing because it's getting cold here! And ear warmers are adorable! So, without further ado, here is my rendition of the picture you see above!

What do you all think? I am in love with it and I definitely wore it today with a chunky sweater and a scarf. Isn't fall glorious?!

You should all make one of these! I made mine out of an old thermal shirt that I had stashed away for projects just like this. I plan on making a ton more too! I think that I may just have to go thrifting for some old wool sweaters so that I can make thicker, warmer ones.

Left: Ear warmer, scarf and chunky sweater. Aka the perfect fall outfit. Top Right: Close-up of cute ear warmer. Bottom Right: The back of the cute ear warmer! {Cute button, eh?}

And here's some other news, that might be more exciting to all of you: I am thinking about doing Swap Sponsors! It really depends on if there is any interest in the idea. I know that some people can't really do it because they have legit paying sponsors on their blog but I thought it would be fun to get some swap sponsors and then maybe to do some sponsor guest posts, giveaways, features, etc. If you are just interested in swapping and not in any of the other stuff that's totally cool too! Just let me know! If anyone is interested email me at emsmilesss {at} gmail {dot} com!

Have a wonderful fall day! Keep your ears warm and make something that you've been pining over on Pinterest! :]

I'm adding to this post! I am linking up with All Things Lovely Pinterest Recreation Linky Party and you should all join! Recreate something you saw on Pinterest whether it's cute earmuffs, an outfit, home decor, etc. and then link it up!! :]

From Blogger Pictures” />