All Blue and a Messy Bun

Has this top appeared on my blog already? Oh yea, on my first day in Orlando, FL – fun times, fun times – but have I ever paired it with jeans before? I can't keep track of the outfits I post on here. I feel like I'm in a style-bump. My styling senses feel like it ran out of juice. I look at my closet and see nothing that's wearable. Plus the indecisive weather isn't helping either. Rain, sunny, windy, cloudy, rain, cloudy, sunny. DECIDE!

But! Since it's been raining, it gave me an excuse to whip out my combat boots, so I can "walk on and/or over puddles". 

Toastmaster speech competitions are next Wednesday and I'm freaking out a bit because I only just wrote my speech and I don't think it's funny enough for a humorous speech contest. This year I am going to try and place in at least one of the competitions. The past couple of years, I never actually tried to win because I believed that I couldn't. There were always people who were better than me so I just let them win. But this year, I'm going to try. 

| Top - H&M | Jeans - Bershka |

| Boots - Forever 21 | Accessories - Universal Studios | 

Oh, my glasses are missing. Right. Contact lenses. I just got them so I'm giving it a go – after so long. I've had contacts before but I was never comfortable with them so I stuck with glasses. But since these current contacts are specially made for my eyes only, it's worth a try. :)

How is everyones week going so far? 

 

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Weather Talk in Emerald Green

I hope you all enjoyed the Just You features last week, I sure did. It's inspiring to see people dressing like themselves instead of going all out sometimes. 

We went camping a last weekend – or more like BBQ-ing, running around in boots, playing games, and gossiping, with no sleeping under the stars – for my sisters birthday. It was a surprise that we planned a month back and I have to say, it turned out quite well. Everyone seemed to have a good time. 

The weather wasn't as cold as we expected. I brought my flannel, a hoodie, a scarf and a beanie with me to the campsite hoping it would be freezing, but it was relatively cool. Roaming around in my glow in the dark ghost busters tee and green flannel was enough. 

How was everyone's weekend? 

I took these photos with the hopes of getting some clouds to slide into the shot – since it was relatively cloudy today after the rain last night, and the iPhone weather app says that there would be a thunderstorm. The thunderstorm was a lie. LIEEE. I heard no thunder! Darn you weather app, why don't you ever tell me the truth? 

So the weather today was cloudy, windy, cool, but not COLD. Bahrain and her residence are still waiting on the 18 degrees rainy days to swing by for a visit. Nonetheless, the weather is relatively fine and perfect for long walks by the beach – or sidewalk, or park, or around your house. And of course fine enough to go out in just a short sleeve and a scarf.

| Shirt - H&M | Scarf - Gifted | 

| Jeans - Bershka | Shoes - Forever 21 |

Have a lovely day everyone! 

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Just You: Sawsan Abdulla

Just You, is a little project where a bunch of my favorite people with awesome styles get featured on this platform of mine. This is a week long project that will go on until Friday, 21st November.
The awesome people being featured were asked to style an outfit that makes them feel good and confident about being themselves, and in their own skin. They are to style an outfit that screams out THEM!

Sawsan Abdulla, Yasmeen's younger sister. The two have very different styles. As I said before, Yasmeen is quite elegant when it comes to styling clothes, while Sawsan, she's a lot more grungy, dark, and hipster-ish. She may have multiple personalities inside that mind of hers, but she embraces her dark and grungy side and when it comes to styling clothes – which I just love and hate sometimes. Sawsan, is the reason why I sometimes dress a little grungy-ish. She brings out the dark side of my style. 

This outfit Sawsan picked out for this shoot just screams her. Whenever we would hang out she would always find a way to pair a kimono and a choker with the outfit. Chokers may seem like it's so 90's but seriously, it seems to really suit her. Not many people can pull off a choker and not look like they just stepped out of a 90's film. Sawsan pulls it off really well, and it looks good. 

This kind of outfit is the perfect piece for transitioning to fall, when the weather isn't too cold yet, but getting there – like Bahrain. The crochet back of the kimono gives out the boho feel, which also allows some cool air to seep through the back during a hot summer day. It's definitely one of my favorite pieces about this entire outfit. 

The entire outfit is amazing. It literally screams her. Kimono, boots, red lips, and choker, brings out the grungy witchy side she has in her that everyone secretly admires.

| Top & Kimono - Forever 21 | 

| Jeans - Bershka | Boots - Shop Wild Daisy | Necklace - Etsy | 

What do you think of Sawsan's outfit? 

I definitely love it. 

This is the last of the Just You posts. Hope you all enjoyed. Let me know if you would like to see something similar to this on my future posts. It was super fun to host. 

Thank you to everyone who helped out and contributed. Y'all are awesome! *virtual hugs to all of you* 

Have a wonderful day!! 

More Just You posts
Yasmeen Abdulla - Bold & Elegant
Najla Qamber - Modest & Comfy
Shabana Feroze (The Silver Kick Diaries) - Bold & Bright
Sarah Barcelona - Flowy & Floral
Anitha Sylvester (Break Free Girl) - Comfy & Free
Sawsan Abdulla - Grungy & Comfy

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Hello, October

Photo creds: Najla Qamber

It puts me in awe at how fast the year has gone by. My mind still thinks we're in May, so it's still trying to grasp the fact that it's already October. Next thing we know it, it'll be April of 2015. Alas, time cannot be stopped, it will just keep going for eternity. 

Well now that October is here, let's make the best of it. 

While half of the people in this beautiful Kingdom of Bahrain are itching for the weather to get cooler, the other half barely even notices. If you have me on instagram you will notice that I have a couple of sky shots. This is the first time the clouds have been out since last winter. We're all just waiting for it to rain to fully mark the end of summer and the beginning of winter.

Making the best of it, here are a few things to look forward to this October if the weather decides to drastically change:

• More pumpkin spice lattes 
• Wearing boots
• Adding more layers
• Giving our ACs a rest
• Darker lipstick
• Morning runs? Maybe?
• and Halloween

How's the weather over where you are? 

 

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DIY Autumn Leaves Garland

You know you need a little bit of a change when you walk into you room and notice that it looks so plain; despite the mess of course. And you're itching to change something, and move things around because you're just sick of what you see everyday and it's starting to look boring. 

So I've been obsessed with getting my room to look like an autumn pinterest board threw up on it. Okay gross but you get what I mean. It's been looking too plain and with the weather changing, I felt like my room needed a little change. And I decided to make some autumn leaf garlands to liven up the room a bit and get into the spirit of thanksgiving...kind of.

Here is how I did it!

First off, you will need a few things 

1. Autumn colored wrapping paper (the cloth-like kind that refuses to stick with tape) or normal colored paper. (Orange, yellow, brown, green) 

2. String

3. Scissors

4. Autumn leaves printouts (you can get some here; Just Paint It Blog and Spoonful)

5. A needle/ sewing pin / paper clip (if using normal paper) 

6. Maybe some tape (for normal paper) 

Cut them out. It doesn't have to be perfect since we'll be cutting bigger sizes with wrapping paper. 

Cut about 6 inches of your wrapping paper, and again it doesn't have to be perfect since we'll be cutting around it anyway. 

*if you're using new normal paper proceed to the next step.

 

Then you'll want to fold your paper in half twice to make a rectangle. Then you could either fold it once more sideways or cut it in half. I cut mine in half since the paper was a little too thick.
You will want to make sure the paper is around the same size or bigger than the leaf printout.
*folding it makes it about 4 - 6 leaves.

 

You will want to get your sewing needle and stick it through the printout and the paper to hold it in place while cutting. 

* If you're using normal paper, you can use a paper clip to hold it in place instead of a sewing pin

 

Once you're done cutting, it should look like this. 

* I used a pin because the wrapping paper is cloth-like and stretchable (no idea why), and so when I pin it, the holes aren't noticeable. 

 

Now you will want to cut small slits on two sides of the leaf to slip in the string. And you're done! 

  *if you're using normal paper, you don't need to slit holes in the leaves, just stick them directly on the string with tape. 

I literally jumped up and down for a bit after I hung it by my window. 

Hope you all have as much fun making these garlands as I did. I just love crafts! 

Good Luck and have a great rest of the day!!

 

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