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Swing Tees + DIY Raw Hem Skinnies + Birkenstocks

 Back when we first started this blog, I would take pictures of us almost every day.  Usually more every day casual playing shots.  I’d mix in date nights, and fun outfits, but usually I never had time for those, because I was always running late to get out the door haha.

I still can’t believe I used to blog every week day!

Anyways…here’s a total basic every day outfit.  With us just playing outside of our house.

As we do most summer evenings… 🙂 I loooooove the raw hem trend!!  So great for those of us with short legs!!

SUPER easy to do too!  I just measured off another pair of jeans that I have that had the perfect length hem, then cut!  I did the back a little longer for a fun alternative. hahaha.  I was trying to get Maya into the shot with me, and was showing her we could have fun and do a jumping shot.  I had already pressed the timer, but she wasn’t having it… Eventually, I coaxed her in!

AND…didn’t adjust the height enough, so I chopped off our heads ha!

On me…

Top- Patterson Kincaid (old, these are both fun here and here)
Jeans- Genetic Denim “The Stem” (old, similar uncut here, cut here, less expensive here)
Shoes- Birkenstock “Ghiza” (thrifted, similar color here)
On Maya…
Top- GapKids (thrifted, but similar here)
Pants- Children’s Place (thrifted)
Shoes- Birkenstock (thrifted)
Keeping it Real…
These shots didn’t make the cut, because someone’s pants kept falling down…
You can see a hint of what was to come… 😉
(all pictures taken with a self timer/shutter release and tripod, except ones of Maya :))

dit-elle-Lauren

Levi’s Cut Offs + Birkenstocks that I’ve had for 20 years…

I’d like to think that means I had the foresight to know that they’d come back in fashion, but in reality…I’m a bit of a clothes hoarder. haha  In any case.  I lived in these in college, and I’m living in them again.  Yay me!

Oh, and here’s another “haven’t washed my hair in a while, so I’m milking the straightening that I did”  Just add tiny braids! 🙂Blog Free People Princess Gwendolyn Boho Top Vintage Levis Cutoffs Birkenstocks- Blog Free People Princess Gwendolyn Boho Top Vintage Levis Cutoffs Birkenstocks-2 Blog Free People Princess Gwendolyn Boho Top Vintage Levis Cutoffs Birkenstocks-3 Blog Free People Princess Gwendolyn Boho Top Vintage Levis Cutoffs Birkenstocks-4Going in for a lick…as per usual 🙂 Blog Free People Princess Gwendolyn Boho Top Vintage Levis Cutoffs Birkenstocks-5 Blog Free People Princess Gwendolyn Boho Top Vintage Levis Cutoffs Birkenstocks-6 Blog Free People Princess Gwendolyn Boho Top Vintage Levis Cutoffs Birkenstocks-7 Blog Free People Princess Gwendolyn Boho Top Vintage Levis Cutoffs Birkenstocks-8Looooove this next one! Blog Free People Princess Gwendolyn Boho Top Vintage Levis Cutoffs Birkenstocks-9I’m DYING!!! She loooooves wearing sunglasses, and it just kills me how cute she looks in them!  I load up whenever we are at Value Village and I see a cute pair for $1, because they don’t last long 😉 Blog Hanna Andersson Purple Twirl Dress GapKids Purple Striped Leggings Purple Converse-1 I think we are both missing Maui… 🙂Blog Hanna Andersson Purple Twirl Dress GapKids Purple Striped Leggings Purple Converse-2 Blog Hanna Andersson Purple Twirl Dress GapKids Purple Striped Leggings Purple Converse-3 Blog Hanna Andersson Purple Twirl Dress GapKids Purple Striped Leggings Purple Converse-4 Blog Hanna Andersson Purple Twirl Dress GapKids Purple Striped Leggings Purple Converse-5 Blog West Seattle Sunset Constellation Park-1 Blog West Seattle Sunset Constellation Park-2 Blog West Seattle Sunset Constellation Park-3On me…

Top- Free People “Princess Gwendolyn” (from Nordstrom Rack-sold out, love this here)
Belt- Vintage (thrifted)
Jean Shorts- Levi’s (Can buy similar here)
Shoes- Birkenstocks (20+ years old, similar here)
On Maya…
Dress- Hanna Andersson (thrifted)
Leggings- GapKids (thrifted, but similar here)
Shoes- Converse (thrifted, but similar here)
Keeping it Real…
OMG, I debated on posting this, because look at my face!!  hahaha.  But…then again, here’s keeping it real!  We saw a baby sea lion out swimming, and then I remembered I had pushed the timer ha!  Oh well.  The sea lion was cute! 😉Blog Outtake
(all pictures taken with a self timer and tripod, except ones of Maya :))

dit-elle-Lauren

Rompers + Birkenstocks…doesn’t get more comfy than that!

 I’m all over the romper trend now.  It’s one step easy and soooo comfy too!Blog C and C California Surf Wash Romper Brown Birkenstocks-1Plus, for some reason they make me feel  younger, and really…I’ll take that any day any way I can haha 😉 Blog C and C California Surf Wash Romper Brown Birkenstocks-2 Blog C and C California Surf Wash Romper Brown Birkenstocks-3 Blog C and C California Surf Wash Romper Brown Birkenstocks-4Maya loves to run down our neighbors hill.  Over and over and over.  Not quite sure how our neighbor feels about it though… ;} Blog C and C California Surf Wash Romper Brown Birkenstocks-5 Blog C and C California Surf Wash Romper Brown Birkenstocks-6 Blog C and C California Surf Wash Romper Brown Birkenstocks-7 Blog C and C California Surf Wash Romper Brown Birkenstocks-8And yes…she’s still licking. Blog C and C California Surf Wash Romper Brown Birkenstocks-9 Blog C and C California Surf Wash Romper Brown Birkenstocks-10Blog Hanna Andersson Navy Stripe Dress Green Saucony-1Blog Hanna Andersson Navy Stripe Dress Green Saucony-2“Mom, are these climbing shoes??”  She asks all the time now, because she wants to climb on everything!Blog Hanna Andersson Navy Stripe Dress Green Saucony-4Blog Hanna Andersson Navy Stripe Dress Green Saucony-3LOVE that this totally looks like a pose in a magazine.  Nope.  Just Maya being Maya 🙂Blog Hanna Andersson Navy Stripe Dress Green Saucony-5Blog Hanna Andersson Navy Stripe Dress Green Saucony-6Blog Hanna Andersson Navy Stripe Dress Green Saucony-7Blog Hanna Andersson Navy Stripe Dress Green Saucony-8On me…

Romper- C & C California “Surf Wash Romper” (eBay, sold out, similar here, here, and here)
Shoes- Birkenstocks (20+ years old, similar here)
On Maya…
Dress- Hanna Andersson (thrifted, but similar here)
Shoes- Saucony (thrifted)
Keeping it Real…
Ok, totally putting little diaper covers on her from now on.  And thankfully I have some saved that still fit because she’s not wearing diapers anymore!  That little tushie though!!!
Blog Outtake-1“No mom, don’t talk” ha! Blog Outtake-2
(all pictures taken with a self timer and tripod, except ones of Maya :))

dit-elle-Lauren

The power of Social Media…

 You can say anything you want about pictures and make it so…

I could lie and say I took these a few days ago when we had a random hour of sun and 60 degree weather, but…they are from about a month and a half ago.  I’ve been so busy with work and life!  Plus, it’s been off and on POURING and windy lately, so we haven’t been taking as many pics.  Thankfully, I have few that I never posted for one reason or the other, which is what you’ve seen posted sporadically lately 🙂

I DIY ripped these vintage Levi’s because my collection was growing a little out of control.  I thought I’d at least make these different 😉  I did a tutorial on how I do the DIY ripped jeans here.Blog Zara Stiped Crop Top Vintage DIY Destroyed Levis Birkenstocks-1 Blog Zara Stiped Crop Top Vintage DIY Destroyed Levis Birkenstocks-2 Blog Zara Stiped Crop Top Vintage DIY Destroyed Levis Birkenstocks-3 Blog Zara Stiped Crop Top Vintage DIY Destroyed Levis Birkenstocks-4 Blog Zara Stiped Crop Top Vintage DIY Destroyed Levis Birkenstocks-5Of course I had to DIY rip a pair for Maya too! Blog Zara Stiped Crop Top Vintage DIY Destroyed Levis Birkenstocks-6 Blog Zara Stiped Crop Top Vintage DIY Destroyed Levis Birkenstocks-8 Blog Zara Stiped Crop Top Vintage DIY Destroyed Levis Birkenstocks-9Blog Arizona Jeans Heart Sweater DIY Ripped Levis Sperry Topsider Brown Shoes-1Blog Arizona Jeans Heart Sweater DIY Ripped Levis Sperry Topsider Brown Shoes-2Blog Arizona Jeans Heart Sweater DIY Ripped Levis Sperry Topsider Brown Shoes-3Blog Arizona Jeans Heart Sweater DIY Ripped Levis Sperry Topsider Brown Shoes-4Blog Arizona Jeans Heart Sweater DIY Ripped Levis Sperry Topsider Brown Shoes-5Blog Arizona Jeans Heart Sweater DIY Ripped Levis Sperry Topsider Brown Shoes-6Blog Arizona Jeans Heart Sweater DIY Ripped Levis Sperry Topsider Brown Shoes-7Blog Arizona Jeans Heart Sweater DIY Ripped Levis Sperry Topsider Brown Shoes-8Blog Arizona Jeans Heart Sweater DIY Ripped Levis Sperry Topsider Brown Shoes-9Seriously…love this city on a gorgeous day.Blog Seattle SkylineOn me…

Top- Zara (old, similar here)
Belt- Vintage (thrifted)
Jeans- Levi’s DIY ripped by me (thrifted)
Shoes- Birkenstocks (20 years old, and still hanging in there!)
On Maya…
Sweater- Arizona  (thrifted, but similar here)
Jeans- Levi’s DIY ripped (thrifted, but similar here)
Shoes- Sperry Topsider  (thrifted, but similar here)
Keeping it Real…
When you look at this picture, I’m sure you think “Awe, that’s so sweet.  Maya looking up sweetly at me…”  Blog Zara Stiped Crop Top Vintage DIY Destroyed Levis Birkenstocks-7
In reality, she’s in time out for biting me when I tried to pull her away from running under the tripod and almost knocking my camera over.
Thank GOODNESS that phase is gone.
(all pictures taken with a self timer and tripod, except ones of Maya :))

dit-elle-Lauren

When being a clothes hoarder pays off :)

 Well, since I justify my “condition”, I think it always pays off haha.  I’ve never been one to stick with the “If you haven’t worn it in xx amount of time, get rid of it.”  I’ve had things for 5+ years that I’ve never worn, and then all of a sudden it’s my favorite thing!  Or…how about these Birkenstocks that I bought…about TWENTY YEARS AGO???  They have some paint splatters on them, because I thought they’d NEVER COME BACK so I only used them to paint my house :}.  But…I never got rid of them haha.  Now, I’ve been wearing them again and remembering how comfy they were.Blog Free People Top Vintage Levis 501 Birkenstocks-1 Blog Free People Top Vintage Levis 501 Birkenstocks-2Oh, another mullet top?  Shocking 🙂  And this one is air conditioned too haha. I’ve had this top for 5+ years, and I wear it every summer.  My thought is- if your bra is going to show, might as well make it a pretty one! Blog Free People Top Vintage Levis 501 Birkenstocks-3 Blog Free People Top Vintage Levis 501 Birkenstocks-4Have I mentioned Maya is obsessed with Peter Pan?  “Fly like Wendy?!!  I can fly, I can fly, I can flyyyyyyyy!” 🙂Blog Free People Top Vintage Levis 501 Birkenstocks-5 Blog Free People Top Vintage Levis 501 Birkenstocks-6Maya is always saying.  “Look, it’s a —-.”  She’s got an eagle eye this one.  A lot of times it will be a tiny star up on someone’s balcony that she sees on our walk, or it’s a cloud that looks like something.  At first, I always say “No…I don’t think there’s a —- ” and then I see what she sees.  She’s always right!  Any guesses on what she saw below? Blog Free People Top Vintage Levis 501 Birkenstocks-7And…if you find a platform in the middle of the woods, you dance on it.  FYI… Blog Free People Top Vintage Levis 501 Birkenstocks-8“Look Mom!  It’s like poop!!”  Uh…thankfully NOT poop!  Not really sure why she would even be excited about picking up fake poop?  Except, I’m always yelling “Don’t touch that!  It’s POOP!”  Even when it isn’t :}Blog Free People Top Vintage Levis 501 Birkenstocks-9And then…. Poor Peanut.  There was a field trip at the park and there were all these kids running up ahead.  She kept yelling.  “Hi kids!!  Wait for me!!”  I had to tell her that they couldn’t play with her.  So sad… Blog Free People Top Vintage Levis 501 Birkenstocks-10 Blog Free People Top Vintage Levis 501 Birkenstocks-11Still checking to see if the kids changed their mind 😦 Blog Free People Top Vintage Levis 501 Birkenstocks-12 Blog Free People Top Vintage Levis 501 Birkenstocks-13 BTW, what she saw above?  A camel.  Spot on, no? 😉

On me…

Top- Free People (old, love these here, here, and here)
Jeans- Vintage Levi’s 501 (thrifted, similar here)
On Maya…
Top- Naartjie (thrifted, but similar here)
Skirt- Xhiliration (thrifted, but similar here)
Shoes- Vans (thrifted)
Keeping it Real…
At first Maya said she wanted to fly, which usually means me throwing her up in the air.  Well…that didn’t go so well haha.  I was totally laughing when I saw this on the card.  Wasn’t laughing as she kicked me in the face though… Blog Free People Top Vintage Levis 501 Birkenstocks-14
(all pictures taken with a self timer and tripod, except ones of Maya :))

dit-elle-Lauren