I posted a picture on my IG yesterday of a few companies I had found that were giving proceeds to Oklahoma tornado relief and I was asked to repost it here on my blog. Since then I’ve discovered a few more companies that are giving proceeds to Oklahoma!

Guys. thank you. My poor little state has taken quite the beating but the outpouring of love and support has been amazing. Many of the companies below are local businesses but a few of them are out of state and I can’t thank them enough for donating to Oklahoma. We truly appreciate everything that everyone is doing to help us!

I don’t think I mentioned this in my post yesterday, but I had a few people asking: I’m fine. I wasn’t near the tornadoes, nor were any of my family. We are all safe and sound, thank you Jesus! Thank you for your sweet words of encouragement and your concern for little ole me!1. Shop Good is donating proceeds from their Moore tee  to the American Red Cross. The shirt is on pre order right now. BUY HERE //

2. Tree and Leaf is donating 100% of proceeds from their Together tee to tornado relief BUY HERE//

3. Hello Apparel raised 35K is less than THREE HOURS yesterday with their Oklahoma tank! The tank is STILL FOR SALE, however they will now be subtracting their cost form the total proceeds (totally understandable, thanks so much Hello Merch!) BUY HERE

 4. One of our sponsors here at ARF, RiffRaff, is donating 20% of proceeds from their ENTIRE State Love line. Proceeds will go to the American Red Cross. BUY HERE//

5. 7th & West, another sponsor of ARF, is donating 50% of ALL sales between now and June 1 to tornado relief and 100% of proceeds from their bison ring (shown). There will also be a bison necklace posted later tonight on my instagram that will benefit the tornado relief fund! BUY HERE//

6. Max & Olivias (Who is giving away a $25 gift card on ARF right now! click here to enter) is donating 100% of proceeds from their For Moore album on their facebook boutique to Moore tornado victims BUY HERE

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for all of your support and donations to the tornado victims! It’s moments like this that make me want to play the Oklahoma! soundtrack all day long and wear my American flag shorts on a continual basis. I’m just so dang proud of you guys! ;)

linking up with Rolled Up Pretty and Because Shanna Said so!

Tornadoes are not a new thing here in Oklahoma. You get used to hearing the tornado sirens going off every Saturday afternoon, declaring the time to be twelve noon exactly, but also declaring that the sirens worked, that if they were needed the sirens were ready. You know the weathermen by name, you recognize the team when they’re out checking the skies for signs. If you’ve been here long enough, you can even start to predict them yourself. When the air gets still and quiet and the sky look like someone spilled ink across the clouds.

But you never get used to the after effects. The devastation and utter chaos caused from these powerful storms are just unexplainable. My heart is breaking today for those families who lost loved ones in this week’s tragedy. I am just sick thinking of those little ones who were lifted from the rubble by volunteers. I can’t imagine the things that these firemen, police officers, and others are witnessing, the things that they are having to force themselves to do to clean up the destruction left from this tornado.

One of the things that I absolutely adore about living in Oklahoma is our tight sense of community. I’ve mentioned it before, Oklahomans are family and we stick together. There has been an outpouring of donations, monetary or otherwise, but there has also been an even bigger outpouring of prayers. I’m proud to be a part of a state that gives so much to those in need.

Praying for those affected by these tornadoes this past week. Squeeze your loved ones extra tight today.

Our sweet friends Beccah and Johnny got engaged!! I’m so excited and happy for them! Here’s a few pics from their engagement party that we through over the weekend. Happy Monday!

we made a little “guest book” that will be traveling to each of their parties! I think they are really going to love all the sweet little notes everyone has been writing to them I used my mother’s vintage dishware for the party! Beccah loved it 7th&West helped me make these fun little Bride and Groom glasses!  Beccah’s new last name will start with a B :) My first attempt at infused water went over pretty well! I did Cucumber Mint and Strawberry Kiwi. Yum! The sweet lovebirds with Jared and me! We just love them so dearly, they are precious, precious people! (I got my dress from Target, last seen here)JoJo bear was a tired puppy after all the attention he got at the party!

YAY Beccah and Johnny! I’m so excited to be a part of this wonderful time in your life :)

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It’s FRIDAY! YEE!
Today’s Friday Fancy is a collection of my favorite Essie summer polishes! My poor tootsies are in dire need of a pedi STAT! Don’t you just love all the cute names Essie comes up with? I’m thinking Penny Talk is my go to summer color! What about you?

Line 1, L-R::California Coral//Fear or Desire//First Timer//In the Cab-ana//Aruba Blue

Line 2, L-R:: A Crewed Interest// Maximillian Strasse-her// Don’t Sweater It//Penny Talk// As Gold as it Gets

Don’t forget to enter the Max & Olivia’s Giveaway! :D Happy weekend!

Have you guys discovered Facebook boutiques? They’re kind of my favorite thing these days and Max and Olivia’s is my FAVORITE favorite! Firstly because M&O has some super cute pieces and they don’t break the bank, and secondly because M&O is an Okie boutique! Us Oklahoma gals have to stick together :)

So here’s your chance to win a giftcard to Max & Olivias! YAY!

YAY! so hop on the giveaway train baby!  Winner will be announced next week!

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I’m not gifted in the art of saying “no”. I very rarely have the brains to say no. If I’m honest with myself it boils down to the fact that I carry around this monster in my heart called Pride and I don’t want anyone to think I’m not capable of doing something.

I feel that if I say no that someone will use excuses like I’m too young or too inexperienced or too immature or I don’t have the skills or (my favorite) that I can’t do it because I’m a girl (no one gets to pull the girl card on me except for me, dang it!) Or the even better ones, I’m selfish or mean or I’m stuck up and therefore I WON’T help anyone out but myself. So I say yes, yes, YES! and then my list of To Do’s is out the window and I have days like yesterday when I went to the bathroom and had myself a good little cry because I felt so entirely suffocatingly overwhelmed.

Needless to say, I’ve decided I need to work on saying “no”. And maybe deal with my pride as well, i don’t know. And possibly my people pleasing addiction. And my inability to convey my frustrations without crying. And my addiction to Dr. Pepper. Oh wait no, scratch that one, I’m ok with that one.

vintage romper (another find from Lori!)// Zara heels//Target Sunnies

linking up with Rolled Up Pretty, Becuase Shanna Said So, and The Pleated POppy!

Mother’s Day was split this year between two very special mamma’s. Jared and I took a trip to his hometown and spent the morning with his sweet mom Sonja and his family. Then we spent the evening with my family and my sweet mom Sonya. No this is not a joke, they have the same name. Not a single picture was taken with Jared’s family, at least not on my camera. I”m so embarrassed. Next time people, next time.

I’m so thankful for the wonderful mommas that I have in my life. I’m surrounded by strong, Christian women who are living examples of dreaming big and trusting in God. If I turn out to be 1/10th of the mommas these ladies are, I think I’ll be doing pretty dang good.

sweet baby sister and my beautiful momma. 
all the mommas! 

little baby deer from the terrarium I gave mom. You can see the finished project here 

in addition to all the many talents my sweet boyfriend posses,he is also quite the little chef. Lucky for me since cookery makes me want to lay down on the floor. Chloe had to make unleavened bread for a class project and Jared jumped right in and showed her how. Cuteness overload.

And now for my favorite What She Wears linker!

I loved Kelly’s darling red and turquoise combo, and those shoes are totally to die for. I’m thinking I need to run over to Old Navy and snatch up that dress!

DON’T FORGET to link up your WSW look on the first tuesday of every month! Next month’s theme: MAXIS! Maxi skirts or dresses, show us how you style ‘em! You never know, you could get featured!

Happy Friday lovers!

Today’s Friday Fancy is a combo of my favorite summer look: rompers and hats! Rompers are so easy and cute, and a hat can make any outfit suddenly look different and unique. Here are a few of my favorite rompers paired with a cute hat!

peplum romper// straw panama//polka dot pin up romper//white floppy//sailor moon romper//red porkpie//water color key hole romper//sparkly snapback

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I don’t have anything scheduled for today so I’m just going to let out a few thoughts that I’ve been having lately, alright? alright.

This week has been a little bit of a ick one. Back in August I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis (yes at 24. so ridiculous) and a few days ago I had what I like to call “a spell”. I don’t have very many spells (we’ll get to that reason in a bit) but when I do they suck the life right out of me and make me feel like the most pathetic person on the planet. Occasionally the spell is in my hands or my knees but this time it was deep in my hips and lower back and lasted for days.

The pain is an ache that steals your sleep and your peace of mind and you start to wonder if it’ll always feel like this. Until one day you wake up and the pain is gone, you can move freely. And you start to think how silly and pathetic you were acting. Until it happens again.

When a doctor tells you that at 24 you have arthritis, it’s pretty unbelievable. When he tells you that the medicine he’s about to put you on can cause major emotional malfunctions and infertility, it’s infuriating. I’m still not entirely convinced that I have RA, due to the fact that since August I’ve had less than 10 spells and none of them have been as bad as that very first spell that sent me to the doctor with hands so swollen I couldn’t get a ring off my finger. But not even that first spell, when I felt like I had to bend almost completely in half just to be able to walk up the stairs, is worth the side effects from that medication. Medicine should not have that many negative side effects, it contradicts the definition of medicine.

So I’m not taking any. I’m researching natural methods, like eating more fish which is high in omega-3 fatty acids (which sounds disgusting but apparently it’s good for fighting RA) and doing more yoga. I’m experimenting, finding what works for me so that I don’t have to feel that helpless, depressing pain ever again. So that I don’t have to be scared of what is going to happen to my mind in order to “take care” of my body. And most importantly, so that I won’t have doctors telling me that I need to stop wearing cute shoes and start wearing Dr. Scholls.   Just kidding. kind of.

This past week I had a spell. I had dropped the ball on my yoga, stopped being as conscious of the food I ate, and apparently it back fired on me. It was a painful wake up call, but it did it’s job. Instead of forcing me to run screaming to a doctor who would give me ovary destroying medication, it caused me to remember why exactly I was working towards becoming healthier in my eating habits and my lifestyle.

I was given a painful diagnosis(granted, it could have been much worse, I know) and a stupid remedy to that diagnosis. But I’m not accepting either one. Words are powerful, but only if you allow them to be. If you allow negative words to fester in your heart, to take root and burrow into your soul, then you will accept anything anyone says about you, not just silly diagnosis’, but what people say about your character, about your abilities, about your worth.

But the same works for positive words as well. If you refuse to accept what people say about you, if your worth comes from something more than just the words of those around you, then you know that you are capable of anything.

target hat//U2 tee borrowed from my brother//DIY cut offs//Threadsence smoking slippers

I know that doctors are put in place for a reason, i know that they save lives and do wondrous things. Maybe this doctor is right, maybe I do have RA. But if I can live the rest of my life in a healthier way and NOT have to take stupid ridiculous drugs? I do believe that’s a win/win for everyone.

WHEW you weren’t expecting THIS today were you?! They don’t call me The Rambler for nothin ;)

Went to the very first Oklahoma Fashion Week! yay! so fun// my dress for OFW! // one of my favorite shots from this post, he’s such a cutie// I’ve had this song on repeat constantly, so good!// JoJo Bear got hims a haircut// the 7th & West trunk show!// sweet baby sister// I found 8 of these darling pink glass goblets! She claimed they were depression glass but I’m skeptical. Either way, their pink! eek!// a great new app! 365 Daily Inspiration, get a verse a day for a whole year! Here’s the free NIV version (with ads!) or here’s the MSG version!

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Have you linked up with the What She Wears: Date Night partay? The linkup is live for a whole week! Link up your favorite date night look!

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