How We Wore It // Blair Does It Better

After the fun I had last month joining Brooke and a bunch of other bloggers

for the "How We Wore It" challenge, I immediately signed up again for

this month. Here's how it works: Brooke chooses an outfit photo from a fashion/style blogger

and all the participants recreate their version of the look.

October's look comes from StyleLovely...

Now, black and white outfits are my jam. Basically black and white anything.

But I hated basically every picture that was taken. I couldn't

get my posing right and my hair was not cooperating. And I'm shallow enough

to not post bad hair day pictures on the internet. So I did a hand off to my one year old, Blair.

She definitely rocked it, torn black jeggings and all.

Now go check out all the other awesome bloggers that participated in the

challenge. And be sure to sign up for next month while you're visiting Brooke's

blog. It's the first link in the list!

Brooke at Silver Lining

Alexa at He and I

Aubrey at Aubrey Zaruba

Hannah at Hannah Rae

Sierra at Sierra's View

Sharlee at My New Lines

Berkley at Berkley Anne

Amy at Harris Inc.

Brooklyn at Brooklyn Jolley

Amy at Lamb & Ivy

Autumn at Stay Gold Autumn

Brielle at Breezy and Co

Riley at Riley Jo Blog

Maren at Maren and Co

Tori at The Doing Things Blog

Kyla at FordOlogy

Megan at Diary of This Girl

Robin at Penn & Quill

Justine at Little Dove Creations

Bekah at These Are The Days

Lex at What Life Brings

Shelbie at R+S Brereton

Jennifer at Jennifer Sikora

Sarah at My For Real Life

Deidre at Deidre Emme

Rachel at Rachel Sayumi

My Favorite Home Decor Items Under $50

This may cause me to be shunned by bloggers across the country, but I haven't stepped foot into a Target in months. Not because I don't like the store; in fact it's quite the opposite. Target is like Disney World for me. Like basically every other woman who steps foot into that black hole of trendy goodness, I cannot get out of there without at least ten items. Eight of which I did not need, or even go into the store to purchase to begin with.

That being said, I did venture onto their website recently and can I just say "wow". Some of their home decor is really hitting it out of the park. It turns out that my favorite right now is the mixing of silver and gold. And I have never really been one to mix basic colors. Black and brown together? Yuck. But I have to say that they gray and tan combo is really doing it for me.

Here's a few of my absolute favorites and guess what? They're all under $50. I'm super cheap and fickle so you'll never find me spending loads of cash on decorations that I'll just end up changing when something new and trendier comes out. (Especially if it's something I can probably get Andy to make for me. Hello hexagon wall shelves, I'm coming for you!)

1. Rustic lantern.

2. Plaid pillow.

3. "Yum" placemat.

4. Cable knit pillow.

5. Geometric lamp base.

All items can be found at Target.

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Little Looks // Monochrome

I love buying little baby clothes. Especially when those clothes make your baby look like a tiny grown up. Not that I want them to be grown up; but it sure is cute when they look like it.

My current favorite place to buy baby clothes is Old Navy. Most of their stuff is pretty affordable and I have to say, their fall looks this year are killing it. So much plaid and so much black and white.

Andy says that I wear too much black and it makes me look "goth". I say it just makes me trendy. So with all that trendiness I've got going on, I put together a few monochrome looks for littles. And you can buy all of these pieces at Old Navy!

Five Things I Did This Week to Be Productive

It's finally starting to feel like fall here in Tennessee. And by that I mean, it's only annoyingly hot a few hours out of the day instead of the entire day. The kids and I have been trying to spend some time outside in the evenings. Emily has become obsessed with learning to ride her bike, although she hasn't quite mastered the art of pedaling. Blair "runs" straight down the driveway and into the road every time we are outside. (Well, she would if I let her get to the road by herself. I don't know what she's trying to tell me by always trying to get away like that...? I kid.)

Every week I wake up on Friday morning and think to myself that I should write a blog post with my list of five interesting things from the week. I rarely accomplish this, but it's the thought that counts right? I promise I'm not as lazy as I sound in real life. To prove it, here's a list of five productive things I did this week.

1. Wrote this blog post.

2. Showered.

3. I put a pre-seasoned roast in the crock pot

along with pre-cut veggies.

4. Only ate two pecan tarts, instead of the whole package.

5. Showered.

But seriously, I did bring up ALL 12 BOXES AND BAGS of outgrown and not quite grown into children's clothes from the basement and sort through them. Blair's almost got a full winter wardrobe now and the Salvation Army has about 10 boxes of kids clothes to hand out. That's a win for the week in my book.

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Lamb & Ivy Baby // Fall 2015

It has just very recently struck me that I did not ever share photos of the shops fall line on this here blog. I'm really excited for our fall stuff; it's gowns and harem leggings specifically for newborns along with coordinating knotted beanies and topknot headbands, which can be made to fit any size.

My favorite part about the line, is that you can design the gowns and leggings yourself. First you pick your base pattern: black triangles or black bird silhouettes. Then you choose from eight colors for your accent color (the color of the sleeves and cuffs). I'm pretty proud of these new additions to Lamb & Ivy and would love for you to check them out. It has given me some great ideas for the future of the company.

You can use code FALL15 for 15% off of your order!