Mondays attire

This is the outfit I wore Monday to take the girls to the art museum.

I'd wanted to wear this outfit for awhile but was iffy on the color combo.I finally decided to wear it and I am simply in LOVE with the color combination!

I think next time i'll wear plain black flats instead of the ones i decided on. But all in all I think it worked :) Kinda makes me wish it were Fall because of the color of the shirt though!?

Details:
top-kohl's
skirt-american apparel
bag-thrifted
shoes-hot topic
hair clip-handmade by friend
necklace-handmade by me for little a.korn designs
Thats all folks!!
xoxo

a trip to see art...

So we live in a small town,there's not much to do with kids that isn't the park library, or at a church,so I feel as though Im forever on the hunt for fun,different things for us to do with the girls.We don't have a legit art museum here, just a small gallery that showcases local artists (I had my sophomore year art show at the same gallery actually :) So Monday, I took the girls to "The Ned" to see some local artist paintings:)

Zoe REALLY enjoyed it! Poor Amelie on the other hand just woke up from a car nap when we got there so she wasn't as thrilled.But after awhile she warmed up to the fun colors and wanted to get a closer look.

The entire place is not very big at all, and it only took a small time to see all the paintings (we went around twice).But we did go get ice cream after and Kevin asked Zoe what her favorite thing was the ice cream or going to the art museum and she happily answered the art museum! (Score!)

I think the exhibits are changed monthly, so we may make this a normal stop on our downtown adventures.

I think it's unfair to complain about your town not having anything to do.I feel you have to hunt down anything you can for a good time! AND if you look hard enough you can even find awesome FREE stuff to do! I have stumbled upon SO any neat things to do with kids that aren't super boring and don't cost much at all.Im so happy the girls enjoyed this experience, as I can clearly remember going to the art museum in Berkeley with my parents when I was little and being so thrilled at all the colors and creativity surrounding me.
I hope to do the same for Zoe and Amelie and let art rule their little hearts just as it does mine:)

xoxo

drum roll please!!!!!

The picking process:



I want to thank EVERYONE FOR ENTERING!!!! I had so much fun with this Im thinking of another giveaway for a few weeks!!:)

Now all you have to do Lisa is email me your info and ill mail it your way!!!
( akornelson@gmail.com)

It very rainy and yucky today. I wa supposed to take the girls to ballet and tap class and go to mississippi to work at the tattoo shop, but I just may be in the house all day working on some Blog posts:)
Have a good day!!
(real post coming soon)
xoxo

quick clothing re-cap

Since I haven't updated regularly I guess I'll do a quick little outfit update (I've had some cuties!!)
Last Fridays dress:)
(I seriously think this may be my favorite new dress! It was a gift from my mom and I can not wait to wear it again)

Such pretty colors!!!

Ok heres the run down:
Dress-target
leggings-f21
headband-target
sandals-rainbow
owl necklace-hot topic
This dress is from last hmmm Monday?It was also a gift from my dear mother:)
And I must admit I love it lots and lots too!

(Kevin takes most of these outfit pics too (the ones that look good) i think he does good:)

I was a bit hesitant to wear the socks (i looked REALY funny whenever I looked down) But I think it turned out nicely :)
details:
Dress-converse
belt-rainbow
leggings-f21 or target?
ruffle socks-macys
flats-urban outfitters
zipper rose hair clip-made by my best friend conchata
necklace-hot topic
sunglasses-hot topic
shrug-rainbow
This next outfit was fun,I didnt intend to wear the purple (zebra print!!! leggings but I had no clean black ones and it somehow worked, although my mom said she thought it looked a bit too tight...thanks mom ;)

Close up of the fats:)

info:
dress: idk (very old)
leggings: macys
shoes: claires
belt: rainbow
necklace: hot topic
bow: mine from childhood
This is my cheap outfit!!! (i quickly took the crappy pic before rushing off to work btw)

shirt= wal mart lol
skirt= wal mart lol
leggings f21
sandals= rainbow
bow=hand made by me for little. a.korn designs
necklace= hot topic

And the last one of the bunch. I wore this to lunch with my parents and aunt the other Sunday. ( I think next time I wear it I want to wear it with a little black vest?)

Close up of the felt rose:)


outfit info:
dress:hot topic
belt: rainbow
leggings:target
sandals: hot tomato
necklace: hot topic
flower: handmade by me for little a.korn designs


Okie dokie! Thats's all folks! I hope this didnt bore you to death!!!
xoxo

4th of July re-cap (better late than never eh?!)

First of al I want to say HI!!! to all my new followers!!! And that im so excited about everyone signing up for the cute little giveaway(which ends tomorrow at noon!!!) Oh what lucky gal will win!??!!?!

Ok now onto the Fourth of July pics.:)I must explain why I haven't been updating and why this post is sooo late. This past week I worked every day of the week!! (EEEP!!!) Back and forth between the tattoo shop and at the store I was tired!! (Mix that with two little girls that have swimming lessons, ballet classes, etc, I had no time to even sit in front of my poor Mac) Oh and let me not forget the call I got from the Art College telling me my portfolio cd was not working properly and my scramble to get all the pieces emailed as soon as I could!! So yes I have had a very busy week!!!(To say the least) But now things are slowing down,I even got to have three of my best friends over Friday, which was a huge treat because I haven't seen them all at once in so long:(
(I have a few pics from that night I'll have to post soon)

Ok here's the re-cap of our fourth...

Our day got started a little late because I had to work at the store and Kevin I both had some insane car trouble.But once all that was put aside,we all met over my parents house to stuff our faces with my dads super yummy BBQ.Zoe and Amelie (of course) wore cute matching red, white, and bluse dresses. And were thrilled to bits about promises of root beer floats,cookies,and firework action!

Once I had properly over eaten :) We took the party put fun for some pre fireworks, poppers and party popper action with my cousin Doug :)

Kevin and my cousin Doug (dont you just love his hair?!)

The aftermath of the party popper action! (very pretty)

I felt bad about all the mess and spent a good ten to fifteen minutes cleaning up my moms driveway.
After I got done (everyone else left me and went to the backyard! oh the lovely life of a mom right?!) we started to set up for our bundle of fireworks:)

(thats my mommy and daddy awwwe)
Once it was dark enough we started....blowing stuff up!! :) I actually had more fun with the sparklers:)

Zoe was a fan as well:)

I even saved a bunch of sparklers for future pictures :)
Once we put on our super awesome firework display it was time for root beer floats and cookies:)


By that time we were all exhausted! As usually it was a fun Fourth of July we were all happy stuffed and proud to be Americans!!
I hope you all had a great holiday too!
xoxo

LITTLE A.korn DESIGNS GIVEAWAY!!!!!!!!!!!

YAY!!! Im so happy to be doing a tiny little giveaway here top kick off bigger and better things for my little blog! Im only giving away a tiny little treat this time, but I'm sure there will be many more ideas to jump in my head for future giveaways!!

HOW TO ENTER:
1. MUST BE A FOLLOWER OF MY BLOG.
2. COMMENT ON THIS ENTRY WITH YOUR NAME AND A LINK TO YOUR BLOG!
3. AN EXTRA ENTRY WILL BE ADDED FOR YOU IF YOU FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER.(BE SURE TO LEAVE IN YOUR COMMENT THAT YOU ARE DOING THIS!) (THERE IS A LINK TO MY TWITTER ACCOUNT IN THE SIDEBAR;)
4. AND ALSO AN EXTRA ENTRY WILL BE ADDED IF YOU MAKE A POST ABOUT MY GIVEAWAY ON YOUR BLOG!
(REMEMBER TO BE SURE TO MENTION THIS IN YOUR COMMENT!!)
5. THE CONTEST WILL BE OVER NEXT MONDAY @ NOON!!!
^.^ GOOD LUCK!!!!!!


Ok here's what Im giving away.....


Heres the goodies all laid out :)




YAY!! Good luck to all!! And I hope to meet many new people via this giveaway!! Now, Im of to get ready to go get tattooed!!! ;)
xoxo

picnics in the park!

First thing, Happy Fourth of July!!!

Eeeep! I know I haven't blogged in a while :( I have been so very busy working, working,and working some more!! But before I headed to work Friday I planned a little family picnic in the park!

Living in the south it gets REALLY hot in the summers and it's hard to get out side and do stuff. But I noticed, that the weather wasn't too bad Friday so i decided that a picnic in the park was very much in order.

The girls were thrilled and it was good for all four of us to actually get to sit down and have fun together.

It's funny to watch Zoe and Amelie when we get together and do fun stuff as a family. They get so happy jsut doing the most simple activities which kind of makes Kevin and I wonder why we work so much,. It's really odd for me since I just went back to work at the beginning of this year (I was a SAHM for two years) and it was a glorious time. While having more money is definitely a plus, I truly do miss getting to spend every second with Zoe and Amelie an getting to witness first hand how they are leaning and growing. However activities like the fun park picnic, put things back into perspective and make all the hard days of work,worth while.

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We have a really busy week ahead of us.Even though today is the fourth of July, I still have to work at the store a few hours. Then tomorrow I work at the tattoo shop. Im actually thrilled about it, because I'm getting my chest piece worked on tomorrow!! Yay!! It's a tribute to my grandparents :) So while this week is going to be very busy indeed, I'm happy that we will have this picnic day glued in our memory banks for safe keeping and happy thoughts when things start to get a little hectic this week.

I hope you all are having a great weekend! Tomorrow I am doing something fun on my blog stick around for details!!!!! Take time toi make memories to super glue in your mind! <3
xoxo

Adele - Hometown Glory

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