Baby Skye Birds' Nest

Hello! I hope everyone is having a fabulous Monday evening! I am so exhausted today it's not even funny! Oaklee is being a little stinker today and giving mommy a run for her money.

Well today I wanted to shout out the cutest little shop, Baby Skye Birds' Nest.

This Mama is one busy gal who loves to share her talent making bows! 

These are so well made and you can tell just how much work she puts into each bow! I was blown away with the detail that goes in to each one, especially the Victorian Collection bow! I freaked out when I saw that one and O received so many compliments on it! 

Just see for your self how cute these bows are!  

(I'll have each bow linked below the picture)

Victorian Collection

The Evelyn Bow "#7"

The Evelyn Bow in "Just Witchy"

Baby Bird Felt Bow "#3"

Are you all dying over how cute these bows are like I am?! Lucky for you I have a coupon code for you all to get your own!! 

Use code "oakleebb15" for 15%

Now shop your little hearts out and spoil your little girls because I know I am! Thanks for stopping by!

Love Always, 

The Crazy Collards

21 Weeks!

How far along: 21 weeks as of November 8, 2015!

Total weight gain/loss: My grandpa got me a scale this week I just haven't picked it up from my mom's yet! I will be planning to do that this week! 

Maternity clothes: I ordered some more items this week but I am having a hard time finding some inspiration for cute outfits. Pinterest is letting me down for winter maternity fashion! :(

Sleep: I've had my ups and downs with sleep this week. One night my back was killing me and I couldn't get comfortable! My legs keep hurting from being on my sides for so long. 

Best moment this week: She always has these moments at night (especially when Zack talks) while were laying on the couch or eating dinner where she has a little dance party in my tummy for awhile with non stop movement! It is by far my favorite time of the day to feel that! I am hoping she will be a pro soccer player with all the kicking she does!

Food cravings: Milk, milk and more milk! ha ha but seriously!

Food aversions: Nothing really!

Gender: Baby Girl! 

Labor signs: Nope! 

Pregnancy symptoms: Belly is growing more and more everyday!
I had a little morning sickness this week when we ate dinner a little later, 
this might be tmi but.. my boobs are leaking. Its gross and weird & I guess natural? ha ha

What I miss: When my boobs didn't leak! ha ha 

What I am looking forward to: Just looking to getting closer and closer to our due date every week!

Milestones: Made it to 21 weeks and I can't believe how fast it is going now!

One tip I could give a first time mom who is also 21 weeks along: Stay healthy by eating right and working out. (I need to work on this a bit more.)

20 Weeks!

How far along: 20 weeks as of November 1, 2015!

Total weight gain/loss: Had a doctors appointment this week so I am at 126lbs. It scares me a little seeing it go up. Being small I've never seen this happen!

Maternity clothes: I can't fit into some of my favorite pieces anymore but I've made up for it by buying new clothes that can stretch while and grow and still look awesome later on! 

Sleep: Sleeping really good this week! Loving the time change! Zack and I have decided to just stick to our old schedule (what our body is used to) so we wake up at 6:00 now and it's so refreshing to not have to rush to get ready and still have time to pick up around the house before we leave to work!

Best moment this week: We were able to see our baby girl this week at our 20 week ultrasound appointment! Everything is looking good and she is one wiggly little girl!! My favorite part was when the tech tried to get some pictures of her face she decided to be a little shy and hide by putting her hands AND her feet in front!! 

Food cravings: Still loving that milk! And donuts!! I have been wanting donuts so bad lately! 

Food aversions: Um nothing really bothered me this week!

Gender: Baby Girl! Zacky asked the tech to double check just in "case" anything changed. Still for sure a girl!

Labor signs: Nope! 

Pregnancy symptoms: Belly is for sure growing!! I love it!
My belly button is starting to really poke out! I hate it! ha ha
She moves like crazy and I am able to feel it on the outside! The most insane feeling ever!
Swollen/sensitive gums. They bleed so bad when I brush my teeth.

What I miss: Really miss playing soccer with my sisters!

What I am looking forward to: Meeting my new doctor (kind of nervous) 

Milestones: Made it to the halfway point!!

One tip I could give a first time mom who is also 20 weeks along: Keep up with your baby book and write down these moments! 

Simple Holiday Makeup

Hey everyone! I hope you are all having a fabulous weekend! Today I wanted to show you a super simple holiday makeup look. This can be worn day or night and literally takes 10 minutes at the most to do! I'm not sure if you guys enjoy these kinds of posts but they are my favorite to do so I hope you enjoy! (:

Alright, the first thing I do is make sure my face is clean and moisturized! 

The next step really helps speed the process up and helps make everything simple. I am going to start off by using a cream highlight and contour. To achieve this I am using Revlon's Photoready Concealer, I use a shade thats about 2 shades lighter than my foundation. To contour I used NYX HD Concealer, this time I used one 2 shades darker then my foundation. I then used my regular foundation (recently I went back to an oldy but a goody, Revlon Colorstay). I blended everything out using my Real Techniques Sponge. 

Next I quickly threw on some blush, and highlight and did my eyebrows. You can see me doing this in my "Everyday Makeup".

I am in love with this eye look for this winter. It is so simple and can pretty much be worn with ANYTHING! I start out by using my Urban Decay Naked 2 palette. (I only do my right eye so you can see the difference)

I start off by using the shade "Tease" and blend that all over my lid and into my crease.

I then spray a flat shader brush with a makeup setting spray and pick up the color "Half Baked". I pack this all over my lid. Spraying your brush helps to intensify the color.

With a more defined crease brush I used the color "Snakebite" and focused that into the outter "V". I then took a blending brush and made sure everything was blended together. I then went in with "Bootycall" and highlighted my brow bone and the inner part of my eye. The eyeshadow is complete! 

The next thing I did was create winged eyeliner. I don't usually go for eyeliner but I felt like it really brings the look together and makes it look a little more glam. 

I topped everything off with some mascara, and the eye look is complete! Simple right?

The final step to bring everything together is the lips. I wanted to do 3 different lip combos so you can have a choice for what you feel most comfortable in. I went with a nude, red, and a dark purple. I personally love me some dark lips but I know its not for everyone.

Here is the nude lip. I used ELF's lip crayon in "In The Nude", topped with Revlon's lipgloss in 

"Peach Petal"

Here is the red lip. I used NYX lip liner in "Auburn" followed by NYX Xtreme Shine lip cream in "Absolute Red".

The third and final look is the dark purple. I used NYX lip liner in "Plum" followed by NYX Simply Vamp Lip Cream in "Bewitching", and topped off with NYX Butter Gloss in "Devil's Food Cake". (As you can tell Courtney loves her some NYX lip products.) 

Those are the completed make up looks! I hope you enjoyed and i'll be sure to do more makeup looks for you guys because they're my favorite! Have a safe weekend!

Love Always,
The Crazy Collards

Fall Photography

Hey ya'll! I wanted to get a quick post up today for some of the pictures I've been able to take this fall! Fall is so beautiful and such a great time to get pictures done. This past week I was able to do pictures for two girls I grew up with and they both have thee cutest daughters! Here is Jessica's session with her daughter, who is such a sweetheart!!

The next session was with Tori and her adorable little family.

 Hope you enjoyed this short post, i'll have more posts later this week! Thanks for checking in!
Love Always,
The Crazy Collards

Fall is in the air

Hey guys!! Today I am so excited to show off the pictures I took of my sister and her best friend Natalie. They turned out amazing! These two will most likely be on the blog a lot! They look amazing! I love doing makeup and hair and I felt like doing a fall look with these two. For Hannah I went with a berry lip which I feel is so in for fall and Hannah looks amazing with color on her lips (I need to remind myself to beg her to make it her "thing" cause she pulls it off like no other). For Natalie I went with a more natural look because she is naturally gorgeous, I also did my fav lip combo right now which is a nude/brown and I feel like it will be amazing for the fall. I hope you all enjoy! Warning, this post will have a TON of pictures! (:

I could seriously put 100 more from this shoot. It was amazing! Thank you for checking it out & let me know what you think! 

Love always,

   The Crazy Collards.