Wedding Wednesday: Burlap

See this big bolt of burlap? Obviously I have a lot of wedding DIY projects in mind using this particular material. So I thought I would share some of the things I’ve been working on! These aren’t even all of my burlap projects. But I haven’t quite started all of them yet. But we’ll start with these for now :)

1. Burlap and bakers twine wrapped mason jars. Going to be used as vases, favors, and other random decor. 

2. Table numbers - I’m really loving the way these turned out. 

2. Bunting banners. I know you can’t see it all, but this particular one is for the candy station. I also plan on making ones for the photo booth, head table, and pre-ceremony drinks table. 

That’s it so far. It’s a lot of work, but I’m having fun crafting!

burlap :  Online Fabric Store

chunky bakers twine : Sew Lola

blue tags and heart stickers: Knot & Bow

It's A Crafting Party!

Linda and I cordially invite you to a clutch party! Put on your DIY hat and get out all your crafting gear, because we want to see you get creative. Whether you want to sew up a new one from scratch, or embellish an old or thrifted clutch - the choice is yours! Just have fun :)

If you choose to go from scratch, heres a few good tutorials I’ve come across to get you started:

Style Scrapbook - zipper clutch

SwellMayde - envelope clutch

Fab Handmade - foldover zip clutch

Just email Linda or myself (HLKeenan22@gmail.com) by April 27th with either the photos of your clutch, or a link to your blog post showing off your new accessory! Linda and I will round up everyones photos and share them shortly after. 

Happy crafting!

P.S - the lovely invite was drawn up by Linda, herself. Isn’t she very talented :)

Love Hate

I’m not usually a dresses over jeans type of girl. But it was way too cold to wear this breezy, swingy dress alone. And I’m refusing to wear any more tights this season. So jeans it was. And you know what, I don’t hate it. 

How do you feel about dresses over pants?

dress: Lucca; Buffalo Exchange

jeans: BCBGeneration

necklace: DIY

shoes: Shoemint (won in a giveaway)

In My Life - Over The Weekend

Friday kicked off a good weekend when I found a gorgeous Marc Jacobs dress at goodwill. Scooooooore.

Saturday Boo and I had some yummy Mexican and I wore my hair in a Katniss braid when we went to see The Hunger games (finally).

Sunday we went for a little walk, grabbed some coffee, and sat our butts on the couch. 

That was my weekend. Did you do anything fun?

Are you on Instagram? Follow along! My username is : hollyjollydolly

Hunger (and Hockey) Games

The weekend is almost here agaaaaain! Our big plan this weekend? Finally seeing The Hunger Games! I know I’m like a week late on this, but I actually just read the book last week as the movie was coming out. I was late to the game, but I’m totally on the bandwagon now. *Sigh*, let the obsession begin. 

P.S - I’m wearing my blue and yellow today in honor of my Sabres :) They’ve been doing awesome making a huge playoff push recently, and they are making me very happy! Lets Go BUF-A-LO!

dress: BeBop; Buffalo Exchange

cardigan: H&M

necklace: shopHollyDolly

tights: Urban Outfitters

booties: Target

Weather Woes

Apparently my warm weather dance didn’t work, because its cold again. Not that I didn’t expect this - it is still just March, after all. But it doesn’t mean I won’t complain about it. Booooooo to cold weather :(

vest: handmade

tee: Urban Outfitters

jeans: BCBGeneration

belt: Anthropologie

pin: Jewelmint

booties: Steve Madden

Spring Lust List

A few things that I have my eye on as the spring season moves in….

clockwise from top left:

Citizens Of Humanity floral denim

Anthropologie frayed pleated skirt

ASOS color block watch

Brahmin Vivian polka dot dome satchel

ELF Ann flats

What I Wore: Blog Better Boston

Here we go - what I wore to the conference this past saturday. I’m really happy with what I put together, and it actually may be one of my favorite outfits as of late. 

I actually picked this top up at Buffalo Exchange just two days before. I wasn’t going to at first, seeing as I already have a polka dot problem. But I couldn’t resist. And I’m glad I didn’t!

top: (unknown)Buffalo Exchange

cardigan: Express

skirt: thrifted

heels: RocketDog

bag: THEIT

In My Life - Blog Better Boston

This weekend I had the pleasure of attending the first (hopefully annual) Blog Better Boston conference. We Bostonians finally got a little taste of all the fun all of you have at TxSC :)

The conference was absolutely fantastic. I honestly learned quite a bit, and came away with pages of notes from each session. You may notice some changes around here soon. They’ll be subtle, but I definitely have plans!

There were also plenty of other memories. I discovered some sweet new glasses from eyefly.com, made some new friends, laughed my butt of as Jamie DIY failed her BBBos tote, and mourned the loss of my cupcake (rip little cupcake).

Thank you SO MUCH Amy and Alana for putting on such a great event. I Can’t wait to see how fun we can have next year!

Hello Friday!

Happy friday! Any plans this weekend?

I’m going to be pretty busy myself. Tomorrow is Blog Better Boston, which I am super duper excited about (and you will be hearing about it next week). Will I be seeing any of you Boston ladies there? I hope so! Also, Boo and I will (hopefully) be picking out our wedding bands sometime this weekend.  Yay for crossing things off the wedding to-do list!

dress: thrifted

top: H&M

shoes: Jeffrey Campbell; Buffalo Exchange

camera bag: Epiphanie Bags

bracelets: handmade