revamp.

so i have this pair of moccasins...

in fact they're this pair from target. 

however mine look like this...

you see i've had mine since high school which was...a few years ago...so they've definitely been loved quite a bit. in my defense the bows were pretty rickety when i bought them and only lasted about a month...maybe. so they've been on the raggedy side for pretty much their whole lives. but whatevs, they are sooo comfortable and easy and just wonderful so i never had an issue with their shabbiness.

the last year or so though, they've really taken a turn for the ugly. the worst part being the strings, which continually broke little by little until they couldn't even stay in their holes and just flopped around on the sides. 

so tonight i decided to do something about it. i have this pair of mint green laces that are the "alternate" laces from another pair of shoes that i will never actually use in the shoes they came with.

the poor little guys have just been sitting around feeling sad and useless.

ta da!

no more shabby moccasins and no more sad laces. what a happy pairing.

and now i'm even more in love with my moccasins. excuse me while i wear no other footwear but them for the next...two months or so.

le past.

hello you,

once upon a time i stumbled across my first style blog. i was just clicking around the internets as usual and then suddenly i was scrolling through outfit posts, laughing at witty commentary and drooling over outfits and style i could totally vibe with. this blog was kendi everyday. i fell in love with kendi's style and voice and felt something light up in me the more i read. i think i spent the next few days going back through all the years worth of posts she had and when i got through them all i felt like i had a new friend. i was religious about checking her blog each day to see what style magic she had created and what funny story about work or her mom or her husband she would tell. kendi everyday became a part of my everyday. then one day inspiration hit, maybe i could have a style blog too. i like being expressive and creative with my style and i can be clever and witty. and so ruffles and rags was born(what can i say? i like alliterations). at the beginning it was great; i would awkwardly take photos of myself and put them on the internet for strangers to see. i looked forward to creating outfits that were "blogworthy" and would jot down story ideas to go along with that days post. i was settling into style blog land and i was loving it.

one day kendi's blog got a makeover and went from "i'm a blogger blog" to "i'm a legit profesh blog" and i was like whoa. she was like a professional blogger where people would pay her money to advertise on her blog or sponsor posts and i thought, hey maybe one day my blog could grow up to be like kendi's. at this point i had found other style blogs too and was starting to feel like the community of style blogging was where i belonged. the only problem was that it seemed like all the other bloggers had much better, well, everything than i did. their photos were shot on a nicer camera, they actually had a person to take their photos on that nicer camera not just a wobbly tripod. they had more interesting stories to tell and cooler clothes. they seemed like friends because i'd gotten to know them from their posts but in reality they were strangers whose lives seemed so much better than mine. i started feeling dejected and uninspired and slowly but surely spent less time with my little blog. 

after a while i realized that blogging wasn't about being like everyone else(duh, didn't you already learn that lesson in high school cristen?) it was about being myself and sharing what was important and inspiring to me. my blog was supposed to be where i shared my world not compared it to someone else's. i also realized that i had put myself in a box by making it only about style since there were so many other things in my life other than the clothes i wore. i realized what i really needed was a lifestyle blog, where i could share every aspect of my life, style included. so here we are. glitter and glasses is a fresh start for me to share my world with you, whoever you are(...mom). my intention is that this blog will be a creative expression of my journey and discovery of life, love, friendship, adventure, style and everything else i feel like sharing on here. my hope is that while you find yourself here in my little corner of the internet, you might experience something that inspires or encourages you and that maybe you'll stay awhile.

love,
cristen

welcome.

hey there,

i'm cristen.

this is glitter & glasses,

i'm glad you're here.