Taking a Blogging Break

As my school year wraps up, I have decided to take a break from blogging. My Wardrobe Wednesdays are taking a back seat. I don't think too many people will miss them, considering I only have a small number of followers. The beginning and end of a teacher's year are always the most stressful. In the next three weeks I have to write grade cards, make a purchase order for next year's classroom items, prepare my students for their student-led conferences as well as their moving up ceremony, pack my classroom up for the summer, read/research about Europe, pack and prepare for Europe and welcome my visitors from Kansas City!!! I am under pressure. I will occasionally add some updates of photos to my blog, but I probably won't have a lot of time to write! Enjoy the last few weeks of May.

Time to pack up the classroom for the year!

Wardrobe Wednesday

Summer is around the corner and I can't wait! I am on a mission to find some cute tunic tops for my Europe trip that is three weeks away. Tunic tops usually hit somewhere between the hips and the ankles. Tunic tops are great with leggings or capris during the day and jeans at night. I have picked my top ten tunic tops for the summer below all at great prices!

Anthropologie Draped Collar Tunic $39.95 on sale from $78.00

Banana Republic Fay beaded tunic $69.50

 Forever Twenty One Striped Tunic Top $10.80

Frenchi Lace Layering Tunic (juniors) Nordstrom $38.00

Macy's Style & Co. Sleeveless Medallion Printed Studded Tunic Tank $38.00

American Eagle Floral Embroidered Tunic $34.50

 Francesca's Latitudes Tunic $34.00

  JCPenney's Liz Claiborne Pullover tunic $33.00 orig. $44.00

Moda (Victoria's Secret) off the shoulder tunic black $5.99 www.mjrsales.com

Express Sparkle Chiffon Drop-waist top $54.90

Calypso for Target $36.99

 

Wardrobe Wednesday

I have chosen this week to write about a recent partnership between Calypso St. Barth and Target. Starting May 1st Target collaborated with Calypso and started selling a spring line at their stores. Calypso is a resort-style wear that has lots of fun prints and colors, it is beach chic. It is very popular with celebrities like Jennifer Aniston. The Target line includes clothing and house ware items and generally the pieces are under $80. They have beautiful women's clothing as well as adorable children's clothing. Calypso's things can run up to $800. I had several friends that ran right out to purchase the clothing. One of my friends went onto Target's website and ordered about $200 worth of merchandise the first day. Some of the feedback I have heard is that the items fit big. If you usually wear a medium then you might want to get a small. I have also heard that you can tell the quality isn't as good as you would expect. I decided to go to Target and take a look myself. Just like I thought, when I got there I noticed that most of the clothes had been picked over. The only things that were left on the racks were the larger sizes. I did find an xs small dress and since I knew the sizes ran big, I grabbed it to try on in the fitting room. I found that the dress fit perfectly. I loved the beading around the neckline and the rope tie belt. It is a perfect summer dress. My favorite part of the dress was the pockets. The price was $49. Many of the Calypso items are perfect for Florida living. Take a look at the website for your self!

 Calypso for Target

It has pockets!!!

Calypso Website:: http://www.calypsostbarth.com/

Calypso for Target: http://www.target.com/gp/browse.html/%20ref=sc_iw_ss/?node=2571338011

Wardrobe Wednesday

Field Trip day!!! If you're like me and you work with kids, then you need inexpensive outfits that you can afford to get paint on a.k.a. ruined. The outfit I picked out this week was for a field trip to see a play at the Coral Springs Performing Arts Theatre. I knew I wanted to wear red because the students were wearing red and I wanted to match them. :) I also wanted to wear layers in case the theatre was cold and I wanted to wear comfortable walking shoes. Here is what I came up with!

School Field Trip Outfit

Navy Shirt: Nordstrom

Red Shirt: Target

Olive Green Skinny Cargo Pants: Target

Shoes: Tom's-Nordstrom

Necklace: Aldo

Earrings: Target

Bracelet: Banana Republic

Watch: Michael Kors

SAS End of Year Party

What lucky teachers we are!!! Saint Andrew's School wraps up the year with an end of the year party put on by the Board of Trustees. It was a great evening with dinner, drinks and dancing.
Here are some of the girlies below!!!

Wardrobe Wednesday

I love white t-shirts!! I swear I can never have enough. There are so many ways you can dress up or dress down a white t-shirt. Sometimes I throw on a colored sports bra and a white t-shirt with yoga pants to work out. Other times I throw on a funky scarf with a white t-shirt to make the colors on the scarf pop. So, for this week's "Wardrobe Wednesday" I decided to show 10 ways to wear a white t-shirt. Dig out those crazy earrings that don't match anything in your closet and throw on a white t-shirt with them!!!

10 Ways to Wear a White T-Shirt

White on white is great for a summer dressy look

I love these dark jeans with a white t-shirt and an orange scarf

Grab a strapless dress and throw a white t-shirt under it for a high fashion outfit

Tuck in a baggy white shirt and grab some colorful shorts

The tribal look is very in right now; add some fun accessories to your white shirt.

Throw on a floppy hat and colorful belt.

A black blazer with bright pants makes any white t-shirt exciting

Add some neutrals with a long necklace and a belt over the t-shirt

Make your look relaxed with a loose white t-shirt and shorts

Add a vest and jean shorts to give your white t-shirt a casual day out

Hope this gives you some inspiration for a new outfit with an old white t-shirt!!!

What is in your Easter Basket?

My other fun recipe over the weekend was Easter Basket Cupcakes. I made these for my family, the kiddos I tutor, my friend's daughter and now I am bringing two dozen to school tomorrow. They are so easy and are totally cute. I have also posted the recipe below. Enjoy!

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Easter Basket Cupcakes
Ingredients

·                     3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

·                     1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

·                     1 1/2 cups sugar

·                     1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

·                     3/4 teaspoon baking powder

·                     3/4 teaspoon salt

·                     2 large eggs

·                     3/4 cup warm water

·                     3/4 cup buttermilk

·                     3 tablespoons canola oil

·                     vanilla icing tinted green (use store bought icing or try this recipe)

·                     Cadbury Mini Eggs

·                     12 standard pipe cleaners (brown works best); cut in half

Method

1. Preheat oven to 350°. Line standard muffin tins with paper liners.

2. Sift cocoa powder, flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into a large bowl. Add eggs, warm water, buttermilk, oil, and vanilla, and mix until smooth.

3. Divide batter among muffin cups, filling each 2/3 full. Bake until tops spring back when touched, about 20 minutes. Transfer cupcakes to wire racks, and let cool. Cupcakes will keep, covered, for up to 3 days.


4. Make frosting if you will be using the homemade kind. I like to make homemade icing, as it always tastes better than the store-bought kinds. However, in a pinch, store bought icing works well. I also recommend that you colour the icing using a gel paste and not liquid food colouring. The gel paste allows for stronger, bolder colours and does not add liquid to your icing & make it runny. You can find the gel pastes at places like Michael's (craft store).


5. Frost the cupcakes with the green icing. In order to make the icing look a little like easter grass, I used a decorating tip like this one. Place 3 Mini Eggs on the top of each cupcake. Curve the pipe cleaners into a basket handle and stick right into the cupcake. And voila....adorable easter basket cupcakes!