Vintage (inspired) Christmas

Howdy, bloggers! And a *late* Merry Christmas to you! Rei and I have been extremely busy this past few weeks and are just now getting the chance to blog again. :) Enjoy this post and as always, leave your comments below!  

For this post, Rei wanted a vintage look, so we pulled out this outfit! The skirt, in my opinion, is what gives this outfit a 'vintage' twinge! Also in this outfit we have a prime example of how to wear red shoes. ;) With any other type of skirt, the heels may have made the outfit immodest, but with a skirt coming a bit below the knees the heels add a modest, classy look! 

                     Rei really hit the jackpot when she found this skirt at the local thrift store! Always, always, always check your thrift stores for great finds like this one!

Loooving the hat! Also, you can use a scarf such as this to cover up any skin that might peek from underneath a normally low cut top! (Just remember: scarves blow up in the wind, so don't count 100% on your scarf to cover up what's yours.)  

Look! Rei's kitty was posing! :D

Shirt: Thrifted

Scarf, Shoes, Bracelet/Necklace: Gifts

Shirt: Thrift

This last outfit we used the same 'vintage Christmas' color scheme but paired it with a pair of classy trouser-looking pants! Again, heels are a great combo for this type of outfit! And, you may be wondering why Rei is donning short sleeves in December, but where we live we have 80 degree Christmases. ;) 

I hope you enjoyed this post! Look out for more! God bless you this new year!

~Jaymee&Rei

Almost Winter~

Howdy! (Jaymee here!) This is our debut post here on Blogger--the first of many yet to come!

Our theme for this post was "almost winter" colors! (Rei's idea;)) We decided to pull blues, browns, and blacks from our closets and develop some new mix-n-match outfits!

In the first two outfits, Rei used a black leather jacket over a blue longsleeve shirt with a beige scarf, black boots and 'fashionably tattered' blue jeans! ;) 

Blue Longsleeve Shirt: Target

Jeans: JC Penny

Jacket: Garage Sale (score!)

Scarf: Target

Black Boots: Walmart

In the 3rd photo (pictured above!), we decided to leave out the black leather jacket and simply pair the blue shirt with the beige scarf! This made it more of an 'almost winter' outfit! ;) This is a simple and inexpensive outfit that can be put together using a variety of scarf/shirt combinations! Also, you can use a thick scarf as a modest cover for thin-strapped shirts! Wear it as a draped-over shawl and enjoy! :) 

In the above photo, Rei modeled a scarf/cardigan found in another fashion blog! We thought we'd give it a shot and try it out ourselves! And, thanks to Rei's sewing skills, (which I sorely lack...) I think we did a decent job. ;) 

This lovely cardigan/scarf was an awesome DIY tutorial by Studs-and-Pearls! She used a regular square scarf but I had a sheer scrap laying around that just happened to be the PERFECT size! I hemmed the edges, put a small decorative seam using gold thread and cut two diagonal lines for the shoulders! Its so easy it's weird... If you're using sheer, be sure to hem the edges of the sleeves as well to keep them from fraying. With a scarf the edges will roll up by themselves~

Giving the outfit a dash of 1950's pizzazz, Rei used this leftover scrap of fabric as an old fashioned neck scarf! This look can be done using long, short, thick or thin scarves!  

Adding a different jacket and scarf to the above outfit gave it a whole new twist! Longer, more 'trench-coat-looking' jackets are perfect for winter fashion!

Jacket: Francesca's

Scarf: Khol's

Going back to the black leather jacket and tying up our last combination for these outfit sets, Rei added a white, wrap-around belt and my black, high heel boots! This outfit was definitely one of my favorites! :)

Belt: Khol's 

High Heel Black Boots: 5-7-9 

Well, that pretty much finishes our first post and our "Almost Winter" outfits! :) We had a great time taking photos outside and then relaxing at Starbucks to blog it all. :) 

All the clothes we used were found at local stores (Target, Walmart, Khols) and the majority of the combinations were old shirts, scarves and shoes mixed in a new way! Fashion can be really inexpensive if you just take a second look at your closet and pair up things you never thought to pair up before! Also, Thrift Stores and Garage Sales can be great hot spots for vintage clothes or fun accessories! 

We'd love to hear back from you! :) Leave a comment and tell us what you thought of the outfits! 

Have a wonderful and blessed day!

<3,

Jaymee & Rei