Weekly Wears: Siamese Dream

Shirt: UO;  Skirt: c/o ModCloth;  Shoes: c/o ELF;  Bracelet: Noonday Collection

Band t-shirts.  I'm usually a girl who only wears band t-shirts from shows I've seen.  I don't know why, it's just a thing I usually stick to.  I did not get this Smashing Pumpkins shirt at a concert, but I'm giving myself permission to wear it based on the fact that this album is amazing and, hey, I just want to.  That's the thing about clothes, you can always break THE rules or your own rules if you want to.  :)

I can't believe it's the middle of August already, but it is, and that means only one thing in this family:  HOPE'S BIRTHDAY!  I'm off to wrap presents and spoil my first-born today!

**You can see how I styled this skirt for Fall right here.

H&M 50 States of Fashion

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Today is the last day to enter the H&M 50 States of Fashion contest!  Be sure to tag your Instagram photos of you wearing H&M with the hashtag #HMShopOnlineXX (your state abbreviation goes in the XX spot).  You can vote on the entries right here!

Happy Wednesday!

Duct Tape Bike Makeover

As you can probably tell, we've been a little bike crazy around the Skunkboy house.  It started with the tandem, and now our favorite family activity is riding bikes in the evenings.  Hope and I have been talking about finding a way to spice up her bike and make it scream "Hope", but we hadn't thought of anything great... until it hit us!  We've partnered up with Scotch Colors and Patterns Duct Tape to bring you a fun and colorful bike makeover!

The whole idea is to cover the bike in a rainbow of tape strips.  I did the cutting and Hope did the taping (until we got to some of the trickier spots).  Instructions for this DIY are literally cut and stick, cut and stick, repeat.  It was a really fun project that we were able to complete in just a couple of hours.

It was so fun to see her step back and take a look at the finished product.  "WHOA.  MY BIKE LOOKS AWESOME NOW."  So darn cute.  :)

This post is a collaboration with Scotch Colors and Patterns Duct Tape. To see more creative projects, visit www.ScotchDuctTape.com.  Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest

Stealing Time

This summer we've been visiting new cities, riding in boats, eating lots of pizza, throwing parties, workingworkingworking, having girls night, did I mention pizza (?), making new friends, stealing moments for dates, etc.  All of these things have been so fun and exciting, they really have.  It has truly been one of the busiest and best summers I can remember.  Those rare days when we have nothing going on, I feel like we appreciate those so much more right now.  Downtime has been a little harder to come by, so sitting on the porch, taking walks with the girls, reading books in bed... all of these things feel a little more precious.

Today is Hope's first day back at (home)school.  We are excited to dive back in and even try some new methods and routines this year!  Happy Monday!

**My shirt is from Marshall's and my dress is c/o ModCloth.