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 Whether you want to look fashionable and trendy, cool and casual, sleek and sexy, or cute and patriotic you will definitely look smart and sensible in all these sandals under $50.

1. Open-toed closed wedges by SO Central for $35.00 at yesstyle.com

2. Cleef Flat Sandals by Blowfish for $34.30 at Macy's

3. Sayda3 Gladiator Sandals by Rachel Roy for $44.50 at Macy's

4. Rachey Platform Wedge Sandals by American Rag for $49.00 at Macy's

Creation of The Lady in Red logo

1. First was the brainstorming and rough sketching. Figured a cartoonish logo would be best because its more cute and easy going.

2. After erasing all the marks I mixed white and black to make the hair and brown, yellow, and red for the skin tone. First I painted the light gray base for the hair and went back to create the lines with a small brush.

3 To get ready for the teeth I went in with white paint to get rid of any other marks.

4. Darkening the skin tone with a little brown and watering it down after I painted the eyelids and nose. When everything dried I used a smaller paintbrush to line the bottom of the eyes with pure black and delicately painting the eyelashes.

5. To prepare for the teeth I used a mix of black, white, and a little water to line the teeth

6. Going back lightly with black I painted within the gray lines to finish the teeth. When dried I went back with red to layer on the lips and black to paint the eyebrows. 

7. For the top I went in with watered down red as the base and layered on the color. As the finishing touch I darkened the neck.

 And voilà

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To get the look: Metallic Cap Toe Stilettos $49.99 at Mango, Lauren by Ralph Lauren handbag Newbury Slim Wallet $98.00 at Macy's, and Drawstring Dress $59.99 at Zara

Craft: Mason Jar sewing kit

The reason I liked this craft is because today I found out that you're not supposed to re-use the mason jar lids(of course!rust!). So with a useless lid my mind then went to this craft I saw on http://www.momtastic.com and I just had to try it. Plus I really wanted a cute sewing kit for college!

 For this craft you will need:

-a glue gun with clear glue

-mason jar with two piece lid(can get at Hobby Lobby or Michael's)

-pillow stuffing(can buy from a fabric store or use an already torn pillow)

-A wide strip of fabric( something I had lying around)

1. To measure how much stuffing you want to use take the stuffing and use it to push the fabric through the lid ring. Work with different sizes of the cushion and the fabric.

 2. Take the lid disc and trace a circle on the fabric that is 2 inches bigger and cut the fabric.

 3. Using the glue gun attach parts of the circle to the lid disc leaving a little pocket for the stuffing. After filling the pocket glue down the last part of the pin cushion.

4. Next pop the pin cushion through the lid ring and voi la you are ready to fill your sewing kit!

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Items (starting from the left) : Lucca Couture Chambray Polka Dot Shirtdress from Urbanoutfitters now $39, Brixton Avenue Boater Hat from UO $50, Ratner in Tan from NeedSupplyCo. $170