Scalloped Shorts DIY

I don't know if you guys have seen the scalloped hemlines everywhere,  but I have been noticing and I want them, all of them. 

Well I decided to make some of my own! I couldn't find any I really liked in store so I wanted to make some for myself! Being a poor college student I wanted to save a little going into the summer season. To do just that I decided to cut some jeans into shorts. I had a slight addiction to buying jeans for awhile and so I have quite a few pairs making it easy to spare a pair (or two if I messed up!) and secretly I think this pair may be Theresa's from high school but shhh..

This is my finished product and I loved how they turned out so much I was like why not post about them! 

All you need for your new jorts (jean-shorts) are:

-an old pair of jeans

-scissors

-a cup

and

-a pen

Turn your jeans inside out and decided how long you want your jeans to be.

Then use your cup to draw half circles on your jeans for a pattern of where to cut

I did mine so the sides each had a half circle, making it so I could only have to draw on one side and it will still be scalloped all the way around.

Excuse my undone hair and lack of makeup

LOVEEEEEE THEM!

Packing Tips

Sorry that we have been completely MIA for, well, what seems like forever! BUT we are back! Theresa and I decided now would be a perfect time for a back in action post because we are seeing each other next week! Our whole family is traveling to LA for our brothers graduation from university.

Theresa thought we should do a little pre-trip series, which immediately made me think to do a packing tips post. I might see myself as a slight professional when it comes to packing. My OCD really perks up and I go just a little pick cray filling up my suitcase.

Ever since I was little I loved traveling and going on trips, and in my excitement I would always pack ridiculously early, like three weeks early. Fortunately time doesn't allow for me to be that early anymore, but I still pack earlier than most people.

Anyways back to the packing, I always try to start with laying everything I think I want to bring either on the floor or on my bed, this time I had to resort to the floor since my bed was a disaster! I alway try to do this to keep myself from over packing...and no it doesn't work, but I still try not to overpack. Without fail I come up with other random little items that I want to bring, but that happens to everyone, right?

I don't know about you guys, but when it comes to packing, I am a roller. I think Theresa introduced me to the idea or maybe I read it somewhere long ago, but I have been rolling my clothes for years. I swear I could fit all my clothes in one suitcase to go to college, granted the suitcase was enormous, but I like to attribute it to my fabulous rolling/packing skills. I, being the loser that I am, totally have watched the Martha Stewart 'how to fold clothes' video more than once. So I start to fold it how Marta instructs,

And then I start to roll it up from the bottom to the top.

So I have a finished little roll like this. 

To save more space, or more of so I can fit more clothes in, I even put shirts in my shoes

And I pack everything up, separating it for tops and dresses on one side and bottoms on the other.

And for this trip this is the only bag I am going to bring other than my purse.

Now all I have to do pack  my sunnies and I am ready to go! 

And HAPPY MOTHER'D DAY to all the mothers out there, especially mine!! Love you, Mom!

Peace Out Denver

Despite being beyond excited to head back to school, I'm dreading doing all my laundry and packing up to go back to school just based on the state my closet is currently in. It looks like a tornado went through there.

Yeah I know, I swear I am usually cleaner and more organized.

Would it be wrong to have a suitcase of only shoes?? Just asking, totally hypothetical...

It was weird how being back home it was like nothing changed. It was like we never left each other, nothing had changed, which was odd because basically everything has! We're spread across the country, all with different majors, doing different activities, attending seriously different kinds of schools.

Adorable, right? This was taken by my friend Ryan after an intense nerf gun war. Yeah I know... Nerf guns.. we're all 18-19 but we don't want to grow up so we do everything we can to avoid it.

Even though I'll miss my parents, my friends, and those gorgous mountains, I cannot wait to go back to school! In the last month it has been so weird not seeing my school friends everyday, especially my crazy roommate/best friend Daniela!

Yeah, she's a hottie :)

But actually she is! And I've missed that kid like crazy since we have been at home for break.

I am going to straight up pounce on her when I see them.