Hugging the Fridge

Happy Sunday! Today I'm mixing it up and bringing you a good old outfit post! Yesterday I attended a semi-casual spring luncheon at my friend's church. As you can see by the patches of snow behind me, it's still kinda blah looking in Michigan. My fingers are crossed that real spring weather is on the way.

I snatched this tunic from my sister's bag of giveaway clothes. So she'll probably laugh when she sees this post. It's cute and it was free!

necklace: c/o RedEnvelope // tunic: Charlotte Russe

pants: NY&Company // shoes: Mix No. 6 

I was recently given the opportunity to pick out a jewelry item from RedEnvelope to share with you! What a neat site. I'd heard of it before but never really took the time to poke around to see what they had. What the variety of gifts! I ended up choosing the Artisan Sentiments Necklace and have since been wearing it a lot. I'm very pleased with my selection!

In house news... yesterday I had my new refrigerator delivered! And I had my new range delivered this past Tuesday! I'm so geeked. I feel like I just got a new toy for Christmas and want to set it on my nightstand so I can look at it while I fall asleep. Seriously. I think I'm going to go hug it now. I'm so weird. Will share pictures soon!

Hope you're all doing well! Sidenote: did you hear that Google Reader is going away? I've started moving all of my blog subscriptions over to Bloglovin' so make sure to move yours too! :)

Restoring The Closet Door {part two}

Remember my post from last month when I found an exact match door for my house? Well, if not, here's the recap. My house was built in 1942 and it still has all of its original interior doors except for one. And the door that was put in it's place is just horrible, because it's fake wood, it's the wrong color, and it just doesn't match the design of the house (don't get me wrong, the white door below is a classic look, but it's not the right design for my house, a 40s bungalow). I was super lucky to find an exact match of my original doors in the correct size! It was painted white, but I had it stripped.

Below we have the funky fake wood white door.  This has to go.

And here is the freshly stripped door that I found to match my originals!

It seriously looks like a brand new door!  You wouldn't guess it is actually 71 years old.

Now the next step is to stain it to match my originals. I still can't get over the fact that I found an exact match. How many times can I say "exact match" in one post?

In other news, I am currently in the middle of a big winter storm! It's sleeting/icing/raining/snowing outside right now. Good thing I'm all tucked in wearing yoga pants, now to pour that glass of wine...

And finally, a few bloggy things to tell you about! First, Cup of Tea is finally using PassionFruit Ads! I don't know why I was putting this off for so long because it was really easy to set up. Stop by my Sponsor page to have a look! You know you want to... :)

And finally finally, I am offering my Cup of Tea readers 20% off your purchase at eShakti! Remember this post from last summer? Well now you lovely readers can buy your favorite eShakti piece and love it forever like I love mine. From now through March 10th use code CPFTESTYLE and shop to your heart's desire! They offer a huge variety of sizes and customizing, so take a look!

Surrounded by Creativity and a Pine Cone

In my last post I shared some photos taken by the students in the photography class that my friend Lauren teaches. Well here are more! These were taken by the beginner students at Paint Creek Center for the Arts. Only one outfit this time, but it was just as fun!

all photos by students, slight editing by me

polka dot blouse: Charlotte Russe // jeans: American Eagle // shoes: Target

I love being a part of creativity. I strive to surround myself with it every day. It was fun to watch the students learn as they photographed...which angles were most flattering (And which angles were not! Those photos are not being posted!), composition and how to direct the model. Paint Creek Center for the Arts is lucky to have Lauren as a teacher there because she does a fabulous job!

Being a Guest Model

A couple weeks ago I helped my friend Lauren out by being a model for the photography classes that she's teaching at Paint Creek Center for the Arts. So much fun! The students were great too. Here are a couple shots the students took:

all photos taken by Lauren's students, slight editing done by me

rose shirt: Forever 21 // brown shorts: LC Lauren Conrad // 
peach pants: LC Lauren Conrad // purple blouse: Charlotte Russe // 
white sweater: Delia's

Later in the week I'll share a few more from the other class I modeled for.  Happy Sunday!

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day!

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