Ruffle Scarf

I have to admit, I really don't have much of a style. As soon as we were old enough to buy our own clothes (with the money we made working in the concession stand at the local pool), Jen and I would spend all of our money buying anything and everything from Abercrombie & Fitch. That phase lasted all through college, when we decided we were too old for Abercrombie and turned our sights on Express. Then I got married to someone that could be described as "cheap" and I've found that in the last 8 years, he's rubbed off on me. I would say that today the majority of my clothes come from Target. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that...Target is my absolute favorite store and I could spend all day wandering around the aisles of a Super Target. Anyway, I'm rambling, back to the point...my style now is mostly comfy and casual. I live in tank tops, bermuda shorts and flip flops in the summer and cardigans, jeans and flats in the winter.

I do love the current trend of scarves and boots right now, yet have never really worn either. I'm not sure I can pull off the boots look (even though I really want to try!), but I'm pretty sure anyone can pull of the scarf look. There are DIY scarves all of Pinterest (my newest obsession!), so I decided to make some for myself.

First I made the simplest, easiest scarf ever - a ruffle scarf. The trick? I used ruffled fabric (that I got from Hobby Lobby). Basically, all I had to do was cut 4 strips of the fabric, sew 2 short ends together to make 2 long pieces, then place the 2 pieces right sides together, sew around 3 sides, turn it right side out, and sew the short end closed. Took me all of 10 minutes, but I love how it looks. I even got some compliments when I wore it the other day!

(Somehow we didn't realize that the bottom half of the scarf is in the shade, but you get the idea. This was a pretty humorous "photoshoot". I make an awful "model"!)