Styling Preppy T-shirts + collab

Hey y'all! Sorry long time no blog post.
But I'm back with an awesome collab with Julie from Pinky and the Prep.  Today we're collaboratig on how to style one of our favorite things, preppy t-shirts! During the middle of the school year and especially during the holiday season I know I don't always feel like looking 110%. So my got to ootd usually consists of a t-shirt and jeans or leggings. You may not already known this but just adding a neclace to a t-shirt really makes it stand out and actually look nicer! So lets get to styling!

Outfit #1:

I'm a hot natured person so I usually end up wearing more short sleeve shirts than long sleeve. So for my fist outfit I decided to style one of my absolute favorite shirts from Crescent Cotton. I recently got the shirt at the SC state fair this year. Use the code CCrep_sam for 15% off your purchase!

For this outift I decided to style my short sleeve t-shirt with some black leggings (which I own an abundance of. lol), my Bean Boots, and some J. Crew socks.

To make this outfit a little nicer I decided to add a seven pearl and leather necklace and some pearl earrings.

Outfit #2:
This is one of the long sleeved t-shirts I styled. This is one of my favorite Jadelynn Brooke shirts! Use the code SDHS16 for 15% off your purchase!
I styled this t-shirt with some black leggings, my brown Chinese Laundry booties, and my quilted cream colored vest!

Adding a vest to your long sleeve t-shirt actually makes an outfit look more put togther and all you did was add a vest! You could also add a statement necklace to this outfit! J. Crew has some of thr best!

Outfit #3:
Here's another short sleeve shirt from Emily G. Collection. Use the code egcrep_samantha for a discount off your purchase!
I styled this short sleeve shirt with some more black leggings and bean boots. I also added a necklace to this outfit and stacked a couple og my favorite bracelets.

Outfit #4:
For the forth outfit I decided to style another long sleeve Jadelynn Brooke shirt. This shirt I decided to style with a scarf. This scarf is so colorful and light so it works perfect in the 60 degree weather. If you dont feel like a vest or a necklace, scarfs are the way to go! Blanket scarfs also look great with fall colored t-shirts!

Outfit #5:
I'm the kind of girl that doesn't always want to wear the tradition fall colors. So if you're like me I like to add some color to my fall wardrobe! So what better way than with Lilly Pulitzer leggings! Lilly leggings are easy to style and contain so many colors that almost any color t-shirt will look great! I paired this Jadelynn Brooke football shirt with some braclets and Lilly leggings.

Outfit #6:
My last outfit I paired another beautiful Crescent Cotton logo t-shirt with some black leggings and bean boots! 

A different way to style this oufit is with a cute hat or handband (especially Lilly ones from @greekchicboutique on instagram!)

I hope you enjoyed my preppy fall stylings! Something as simple as a necklace can make an outfit look really nice! 

Be sure to look how Julie styles her preppy t-shirts so you can get even more ideas! 

Click Here for her blog link!

Also follow her on her social media's! 

Instagram: @pinkyandtheprep

Pinterest: Pinky and the Prep

Be sure to check back soon for some more blog posts! Have a great day! 

Xoxo, 

Samantha 

@theofficialprep

*big shoutout to Jarrett for taking some of these fab photos!*

Sailing in Color

Hey y'all! So this is my first outfit blog post so I hope y'all enjoy! 

I absolutly LOVE this outift. It's so bright and fun! This would be the perfect outfit for a day around town or a lunch date. It's super comfortable too. I have all of my outfit details listed at the end of this post. Some of them aren't available anymore but where I got them are listed. So I hope you enjoy my first ever outfit blog post!

Here's the overall look:

I love these headbands and i wear them all the time! The sail boat on the headband are what inspired the tittle of this blog post.

I absolutly love this purse! It was actually my first purchase with my summer job money!

This necklace is a classic!

This is my classic arm candy look. These bracelets pair so well togther!

As you can see I haven't broken them in yet but they are still so comfortable!

It's almost Fall!!

So here's the details:

Lime Green Shirt- Land's End
Black Shirts- Belk's
Purse- Vineyard Vines
Shoes-Palm Beach Sadals
Headband- Greek Chic Boutique (you gotta regatta print)

use the code theofficialprep for 15% off your headband! 
Necklace- Kendra Scott
Earrings- Kate Spade
Bracelets:
Blessed- Little Words Project
Whale Tail- Bay Ridge Dock
Hair Tie- Simply Gold Accessories
Beaded White and Gold- Lilly and Laura

So that's all for now! I hope this outfit gives you some ideas for your future outfits!

Xoxo,
Samantha
@theofficialprep

Confetti Ring Plate DIY

Hey y'all! So a few days ago I received some of the absolute most perfect confetti from The Confetti Bar! (I'll list all their information at the bottom of this post!) I wanted to create something with this confetti so it wouldn't go to waste. That's when I decided to make a confetti ring plate! This is how it turned out! 

If you want to make one of your own, continue reading and I'll teach you how! 

What you'll need: 

• confetti (I 100% recommend some from The Confetti Bar) 

• mod podge (gloss kind) 

• paint brushes 

• whatever colors of paint you want (I used gold and white)

• terra cotta plant saucer 

First, paint your plant saucer the desired colors of your ring plate. I painted mine white with a gold trim. 

Second, make sure your plant saucer is dry before continuing on to this step. For step two place a layer of mod podge on the bottom of the plate. Don't put to much on the bottom. You want to be able to make the majority of the confetti stick. Sprinkle the confetti over the mod podge. Try to make it as even as possible! 

This next step can get a little messy. Press down on the confetti to make sure the confetti sticks to the bottom of the plate. 

Pour some more mod podge over the confetti. Don't be like me and pour a lot of mod podge over your confetti. If you pour to much it will take your ring plate forever to dry. 

After pouring the mod podge make sure that the majority of the confetti is covered. 

All you have to do now is wait until it completely drys! 

Like I said before, when I first pouredmy  mod podge, I pored too much. If this problem happens to you, don't worry! Wait until the mod podge drys. I waited two days for my mod podge to completly dry and it was still white (which means it wasn't completely dry). So all I did was put a thin layer over the white areas and add more confetti. And there you go, problem solved! Here are some more photos of my ring plate! 

I hope you enjoyed this Confetti Ring Plate DIY! I use mine for other things since I don't usually wear rings. As promised here is The Confetti Bar's information:

Instagram: @theconfettibar 

Website: theconfettibar.com

Xoxo,

Samantha

@theofficialprep

Today is one of my best friends birthday! So here's a quick shoutout to Jarrett!! Happy Birthday! 

Photoshooting in Cola!

Hey y'all! So Monday August, 8th 2016 I spent the day with Hannah. If you've been following my blog for some time you've definitely heard about her! Her Instagram is @scusemysouthernprep! This whole get together was planned the night before. From the outfits, to the times and everything in between was last minute. I guess that's how we roll! But without further adu here's how our Monday went! 

The 45 minute drive to Hannah's house in Columbia, SC was rough this time. The traffic was terrible due to wrecks on the interstate that morning, and to make things worse, I missed an exit on the interstate and was lost. Thankfully my GPS rerouted correctly and I was able to get to Hannah's only 10 minutes late! 

After picking her up we decided to head on to Pink Sorbet (our local Lilly store) hoping to meet up with the beloved owners that are the absolute sweetest. Sadly they weren't there, but we looked around anyway. Neither of us bought anything but I was able to snap two photos! 

Next we had some time to spare before my orthodontist appointment in West Columbia, so we stopped by the South Carolina State House to take some pictures. We were dressed in Lilly Pulitzer leggings and we each had on tennis shoes and a white shirt. During this mini shoot we took pictures with bubblegum, yoga mats, nature, and just different things. During our photoshoot we had several people walk by and stare at us which was pretty awkward, but that's something you deal with while taking pictures in a public place. Here are some photos from this mini shoot! 

We headed to my orthodontist for a quick check up on my teeth. I was in and out super fast because apparently I wear my retainer like I'm supposed to. (I actually don't lol) But after seeing the orthodontist we both were starving. We ate lunch at Grouch's which is a fabulous sub shop around the midlands area. If you ever find yourself there, I highly recommend the White Moose sandwhich! It's the bomb.com!!! 

Now it was time for another photoshoot! We decided to take pictures at this gorgeous church beside the State House. It had orange walls that stood out in the city full of gray and white buildings. After we changed into outfit #2 and before we took pictures we decided to play a game of Bean Boolze. If you've never played it before, I wouldn't recommend it. To play you spin to see which color of jelly bean you pick. The first one Hannah spun was yellow with specks. You should probably know that there are two different flavors that look like each jellybean, one good and one bad. So Hannah's were moldy cheese or carmel corn. Of course no one wants to try a moldy cheese jelly bean, but guess who did, me, that's who. Of course Hannah got carmel corn. But needless to say we only played three rounds because after trying booger and toothpaste, I was done. I never got a single good flavored jelly bean and it really sucked. But lets stop my rant right there. 

As we were getting out the car to head to this gorgeous church somethng not so good happened. My fingers were shut in the car door. I unknowingly had my pinky in the door jam of the back door and as soon as Hannah shut the door my finger started throbbing. But the photoshoot must go on, and that's exactly what it did. So here are some photos in my Lilly dresses at the church!

The next mini shoot was at the State House once again. Here we were in outfit #3 and #4. We just decided to walk around and see where we each wanted to take pictures. We took photos with different items as well. So here are some photos from our third amd final shoot.

After our last photoshoot we drove to Pelican's Snoballs and got a snoball. I got watermelon while Hannah got plain ice. So that was my Monday in Cola. I hope you enjoyed getting to know what I did and seeing some of the photos! Be sure to follow me on Instagram to see more of the photos from these shoots. 

Xoxo, 

Samantha 

@theofficialprep