Tonight.

This is what I am doing tonight.


Twi-mom, Twi-hard, Twi-nerd, Team EDWARD.  Whatever you want to call me.  Tonight, I wearing those labels proudly.

I love you Edward!!!!!!!!!!!!!  *cue teenage girl scream*

{it comes out two days early here. YESSSS!!}

What I wore

We are a little under the weather here in our house, so getting dressed and being cute isn't high up on the priority list.  So I am sharing an outfit I had before I left for the states and cut my bangs and flew back two days later.  Yes, I fly internationally to get a haircut.

Fishtail chignon.  Perfect for the holidays!

The weather here in France has been fabulous.  I love it.  I am soaking up what little sun is here because I know in no time winter will be upon us and I'll be freezing.  This wimpy California girl doesn't do well in the super cold.  I guess I gotta go shopping for some comfy sweatshirts and new jeans.  That's a good enough excuse, right?

Well, off to go shopping!!  Happy Tuesday~
{if only life were that cool...}

Jessica Alba Hair Tutorial

Good morning everyone and happy Monday!  I had a MAJOR mom fail last week.  Thursday I slept through the alarm and we totally missed school.  Then to top it off Friday, we got up a little late, but I thought we could still make it... nope.  Got there and the doors were locked.  {in France they lock the doors to the school when class starts}  Tae missed 2 days of school last week because of me.  I felt so bad, I am totally determined to be better this coming week.  

The sad part is that most likely, we're talking high percentage here, that won't be the last time Tae misses school on account of his mom.  Sorry dude, I just can't get my stuff together sometimes!!  

That has got to be frustrating for my husband.

Sweater: France store; Shorts: H&M; tights: Target; Necklace: Lisa Leonard Designs {win one here!}

Here is a fun tutorial though.  I know we have all seen Jessica Alba's beautiful braided do.  I have wanted to try it for some time and here it is!  I left out my bangs because I liked the way it looked on me, but they very easily could have been braided in.

Here is mine with the original.  No comment on the skin tones.  I've been in France too long.

And to top it off I made a little video for you.  I try super duper hard to keep my videos short.  This one is 7 minutes.  Not exactly quick but not so long either.  You can click through it to get the gist.  I hope you like it!

If you follow me on Facebook, I posted some hair pictures to see which was your favorite holiday hairstyle.  I might just do a tutorial for one!  I am surprised, Selna Gomez is beating Lauren Conrad!  
In case you missed it, Lisa Leonard Designs is giving away $50 to her gorgeous shop!!  You still have time to enter, so go check it out!!
Have a great day!
 Linking up to as many Linky parties here as possible!  Go check em out, they're great!

7 Pieces, 7 Outifts ~ Day 3 & 4

You're gonna laugh at the next pictures.  My littles and I were having a good time with it.  I was laughing and dancing and making faces.  I know this probably throws any mysteriousness that bloggers are/try to be out the window, but hey, let's keep it real.  I like to joke around with my boys.

I twisted my bangs and put them to the side.  I still like to mix it up a bit!  And I am wearing the long sweater with argyle tights from Target (you can't really tell they're argyle), and boots that you can't see because my photographer is 4 years old. 

My absolute favorite picture is the one on the right.  Look at his face.  I was using him as a stand and his face is like 'dooooon't move or mom will fall!'  He is so funny.

Then we take it up a notch with the black skirt again, but a little more business-y with a black blazer and white polka dot ruffle shirt.  You could wear this out or two the office, win-win!  And you're welcome, for the awesome over-exposed bathroom shots brought to you, once again, by my four-year-old.

My lovely Lisa Leonard necklace.  Want one? Enter the giveaway by clicking the picture!

I liked these mirror shots.  Are they kinda cool and artsy or totally gross because I need to clean my mirror...

I'm going with cool and artsy.  Sorry all you neat freaks out there.  Momma's got better things to do!

Happy Sunday!

Saturday Recap

Happy Saturday everyone!  It is a gorgeous day here in France, no jackets required, so we are heading out to the park then Ikea.  Little something for the boys, little something for mommy!  I say win-win.

Here's a little recap of what went on this week on the blog: {click the picture to head to the post}

7 pieces 7 ways day one and day two.                               Half up holiday hair tutorial.

       

                               Hi bun with poof tutorial             A chance to win $50 to Lisa Leonard Designs!!

    

The Lisa Leonard Designs giveaway is still open and you should enter!! She has so many options, it would fit anyone! Even for guys!  And super easy to enter.

I hope you are all having a great weekend.  I have some fun tutorials prepared for next week, hope you stop by!

Jewelry, Ornaments & a Giveaway!

Are you one of those people that has started decorating for Christmas?  Like you just can't stand it, some things go up before Thanksgiving.  The stores are starting to do it, that makes it okay, right?

At the very least I know most of you are planning for it.  Unless you fall into the category my husband and I do which is wait until the week of to get the presents.  Yep, we're awesome like that.

Well, I have something that is going to brighten up your Christmas planning.  I don't know about you all, but I love personalized items.  I'm not talking every.little.thing personalized, I don't need my initials on my underpants, but you know, the items that mean something.  For example, I recently got my Lisa Leonard necklace and I adore it.  It has be boys names engraved on it and somehow it feels like they are closer to my heart that way.  I absolutely love it.
 If you don't know about Lisa Leonard Designs, you must go check her out.  She creates beautiful hand-crafted pieces such as my necklace here.

This holiday season she has also created quite a few ornament designs that can be personalized as well!  These are particularly special to me because growing up my parents would buy us our own ornament each year.  It was such a special tradition because the ornament would kinda represent what we were into each year.  What a great idea to have a personal or family ornament to remember each year!

Find it here

Find it here

Find it here

Lisa has so kindly offered to give one lovely reader {that's you guys!!} $50 credit to her store.  JUST IN TIME for the holidays!  Could this be any more perfect?  Here is how you need to enter.

1.) Follow my little blog here & tell me what you would buy with you credit {mandatory}

2.) 'Like' Lisa Leaonard Designs on Facebook

3.) Tweet, Facebook, or blog about this giveaway{2 extra entries for each!}

You can use this tweet "I entered to win $50 to @LisaLeonard beautiful store @natalialsimmons place! Check it out: http://bit.ly/v8JuSV "

Bonne chance!!

Fashion Inspiration

I am feeling a little less inspired the last few days.  It could be my whirlwind trip to LA for the weekend and trying to catch up.  I was so inspired flying by myself, I felt like I could conquer the world.  Then I got tired and realized we live in a really big world...  Maybe I'll just take a nap.

It's hard to be a 'fashion' blogger and not have the funds to just shop whenever you feel like it.  So I have to resort to things like shopping my closet in my 7 items 7 ways or trying to complete a 30x30.  So to spark my creative fashion juices, I turned to Polyvore.  I love that site!  Why not Pinterest, you might ask?  Well, as much as I love Pinterest, I don't like when I post my pins on the blog and people pin them from my site.  It wasn't my work!

So here is what I put together from Polyvore.  I have a night out outfits, which I LOVE. It's my fav.  Casual which I think is cute and comfy.  Work appropriate.  I don't have a day job, or actually my day jobs are really messy and leave fingerprints on everything, so this wouldn't be appropriate for my job, but you know, if I had one where I had to leave the house.  Or my jammies.  This is something I would love to wear. Then I have my comfy chic. I like the sweater and tights.  The boots may or may not be comfy, hard to tell.  Maybe some ballerina flats would have been more appropriate.  

favorite looks by manouvellemode 

You can shop the items above.  But they're kinda expensive, because you know, these are dream outfits.  If they were featured in Target, I would be modeling them by now.

Would you wear any of these outfits?  Which one is your favorite?  Better yet, what do you do for a spark of inspiration?  Happy Thursday!