Go to the thrift store and find a cute old lady pin (brooch, however you spell it). Like seriously who wears pins? Why not make it a cute ring like this girl did. It works with ribbon, faux flowers, and pins. I can't find my faux flower one but I do have this pin I found.

  A cheap pack of bands at the art store and really tough glue is all you need! Make it happen! Did I get your creative juices flowing? Hope you enjoyed this short blog!

  QOTD ; “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

Want to make your own highwaist shorts!?

Do me a favor. Don't spend $35 bucks on these shorts. Spend 35 minutes and have an original pair! I don't know what happen to the before picture I had for these jeans. Buy I bought them at savers which were have off the original price. I got them for $1.50! Say what!?! All you need are some scissors. And tongs!

 Before you get started on your jeans. Make sure you go for a pair of jeans that feel thick the more the threads the better the fringe.

Put on your jeans, take a pen mark where you want them, go a little bit lower than where you prefer because the fringe will make them shorter for you. Take your scissors and cut you markings. Cut the back about a half inch longer than the front to make sure your booty is covered. Take your tongs and grab the jeans and it will pull the threads quickly. Cut random slits in you jeans, take your tongs and do the same thing. Don't cut them too high you don't want your thighs hanging out Or maybe you do. If you are like me and didn't cut you jeans that short but want the pockets hanging cut the inside of the pick about the quarters of the way so when you put your shorts on they hang out. I had the express tag in the back of my jeans which i didn't like so if you don't like yours just simply cut the thread that is holding it on to the pants. (which is optional)

 Throw them in the washer and dryer, and you have your high-wasted shorts!
 If you want to be more daring you can spray them with bleach to give them a more distressed look. You can even soak half in bleach for an ombre effect. You can find some like that in our shop. If you want to go crazy you can add a few studs to your shorts and you can find those in our Motley shop! So remember you can be crafty as you would like!

Here is a link to our studs on our page. Have a beautiful day!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/156168292/50-silver-12x12mm-clothing-studs?ref=shop_home_active

QOTD -
There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you.

Fabulous outlook

Here at Motley my partner and I love to take things that are beautiful and give them new life. We do it everyday with a pair of jeans but we are more then that. We can find treasures in the middle of madness and our job, our goal is to share them with you. Weather it be you don't have the talent or the time to look for what we find, we bring them to you.



 For example take this black and white blazer we found at the thrift store, it is very in and I bet you could find somebody with this on somewhere, but we made it a little different. All we did was add shoulder patches to it and it suddenly becomes a one of a kind piece that you don't see anywhere. Having one of a kind pieces definitely makes you feel special.

Sometimes there are treasures that we do find that we leave untouched and the odds of seeing someone else wear it is probably really crazy. Here is another example, we have found these adorable farmer jeans in the midst of the giant thrift store and let me tell you these are ready to wear. A little twist to your outfit will make everyone wonder wear you got it!

You can tell them you got it in New York like my friend always used to do when she didn't want anyone to copy her or you can tell them the thrift store, not like they will ever find it.
Sometimes you have to go beyond your size, beyond your section when you walk into Savers or Salvation army because you never know what could be if you don't look. I know we talk a lot about thrift stores in this blog, but this is what Motley is we are fabulous finds. We do it for you.
(We do it a little for us)


Anywhoot Motley loves you, have a great day, stay cool!



QOTD: Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

Journey to your dreams

This isn't your usual blog from us. It's more like a blog for hopes! We here at Motley had a slight bump in the road, not really a bump more like a pause. But we definitely recognize it and always look for ways to change it. It is very easy to have a dream and set goals everyone knows that. But to keep them and stay ambitious about the dreams is a different story, that is why most people fail or give up. We are different we felt a little stuck but we know in order to make it, we want to grow and try new things for our small company. Here are somethings that help us get through our tough times.


We always try to put positive thoughts into the universe! We have a vision board that we work on when we feel a little stuck and we brain storm our new ideas and we jot them down in our vision book. Seeing is believing so we feel if we see what we want come true it will! We want to be as big as any household name brand and we will. So if you ever feel stuck or like you want to give up don't write down the things you want to accomplish. Don't sit around waiting for the opportunity to come to you it won't you gotta put in work!

As for you, our advice is to be ambitious, driven and stick to your goals! You can accomplish anything you put your mind to. Don't ever worry about other people's doubts, some people just don't care if you make it because of their own insecurities!


Sorry for the ramble I hope this gave you hope. We love you, SMOOCHES.

-Motley


QOTD
“Good things come to those who wait… greater things come to those who get off their ass and do anything to make it happen.”

when boredom takes over

Hello blog readers! How are you. we are fab over here at the Motley headquarters. So the other day my partner and I were too bored, so we wanted to give this dining room of mine a little face lift since it is so ugly and boring. All we used were a ruler, pencil, painters tape and the like .60 paints from A.C.Moore to pizzazz this wall. So that means it cost under $10.00 to make this happen.

 

What a boring wall isn't it. It definitely needed something. Don't ya think?

We did put picture frames and accessories over the top of the stripes. The picture frames came in a pack and the pack is from Walmart less then $20.00 (I clearly don't like buying things if it cost over $20.00) The candle holders are stolen from my mamma and the decals were only a buck each at the Dollar Tree. Here is a tip when you get a small decal like that it doesn't look to good on it's own floating in a wall space it tends to get lost and make your place look empty, try to put it with other things such as the wall we did for an example.

So if you have a wall you aren't happy with I hope we inspired you, you could also add your own flare, like make it chevron print or diagonal. And if you live in an apartment it is easier painting it back rather then painting your whole wall back. Just a thought, hope you enjoyed this read. Have a great day. We love you smooched


_Motley


QOTD "Fight for what you believe in; believe in what you're fighting for."

Fashion on a budget

Do you ever feel like you aren't trendy enough because your $$ is a little short. You should never feel that way. If you are in college or between jobs one thing is for sure no matter how low your cash is people always like to look their best. I know I do. Since high school I have always shopped at thrift stores not only did it make my wardrobe bigger, but it made it unique. I didn't have to go to school to see someone with the same outfit because I didn't get it at H&M or Forever 21.

I will give you the number one rule to shopping at the thrift store. Be committed you won't always find what you are looking for but when you do it's like your little gem hidden in a pile of rocks. Another rule I have is, sometimes you look at an item and you think EWE but look a little harder and think hmm those awesome shoes I have will bring this top to life! One more rule, if you love it, don't put it down, there are scavengers in there, you will never see it again in real life  but you sure will dream about it.

To end this off I have a little example of an outfit bought at a thrift store and how it is certainly very trendy and worth every penny. The top was $4.99 and the pants were $2.99. That means you just snagged an $8.00 find that you wouldn't see on anyone else! Beat that Burlington!

I mean if your not a fan of thrift stores and you'd don't want to be caught dead in one. I guess you can get an outfit similar to this one, I tried to be fair and find it as cheap as possible so here is a top from Forever 21 that cost $17.80 and a pair of floral harem pants for $22.80! Oh and the total cost of this outfit would be $40.60. Just some food for thought. 

I hope we helped you thinking about stretching your dollar a tad. Either way dress to kill and be a beautiful original!

-Motley


QOTD
“Sometimes people are beautiful.
Not in looks.
Not in what they say.
Just in what they are.” 

Just try upcycling.

Motley is all about finding old things and giving them new life. Today it happened to be a set of these ugly wicker chairs. Didn't matter to us they had nice bones, well some what. They were trashed and of course that means they were free!

All we did was buy some outdoor spray paint from Home Depot. That cost under $20.00 for the cans. We dusted these babies off with some bleach and paper towels. We also pulled the wicker off of the arms they were really lose.

Well we do want to put another coat on these chairs but we ran out of spray paint! We were also thinking about getting so thick rope and wrapping the arms and giving it a nautical theme. What do you think?

Did we inspire you? I hope so!

Sincerely,
  Motley

QOTD ; “If you don’t value your time, neither will others. Stop giving away your time and talents. Value what you know & start charging for it.

A day in the life of Motley

Let me just say how hard it is to keep up with a blog! We really wanna stick with this blog though, it would be great to look back and see how we worked and did what we did as we grow into a legitimate company. Well not that we are not legitimate but we are small right now and we will grow to be huge! 

A day in the life of Motley consist of 6-8 hour day together at the table working as a team. We also work an extra 2 hours or so on our own, marketing, on our social networks, taking pictures of outfits or shorts, and even making more orders! We are a very busy team and we put in long hours and cut into our personal time because we believe in ourselves. We are so happy to see so many people believe in us! We love waking up to new orders and new followers because it shows how much we grow and we are really putting ourselves out there.

Anyhow back to a day in the life. We usually chomp on some salad and tortilla chips with salsa and of course some green tea. In between the madness of shredding shorts on the dining table we listen to our Spotify usually N'sync and such. (we love 90's tunes) We usually have so much shreds of jeans it is all over our clothes the floor, the pets the children our food, but hey price we gotta pay to make it big.

                              

When we have had a successful day of making jeans and mailing out orders and making new products, we tend to treat ourselves to a glass of wine. We so appreciate all the love and appreciation we are getting from our family, friends and customers! We just want to keep doing it!

Maybe we should make a YouTube channel so you guys can be with us while we grow our business? Hmm, it's just a thought, what do you think?

Thanks for reading our blog.

  _MOTLEY

QOTD : The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.

What is Motley?

Motley is now blogging! As a new company we have been wanting to blog for a while now but we hadn't had time because of all the time it takes to start a new business. To start our blogging journey we will start our first post about the definition of what Motley is as a business and a word! 

Motley is currently an online business based company. We specialize in home goods and handmade items. Every piece is different from the last and different from the next. We have goals into growing our business into something huge, but we never want to forget the how we started we always want to keep our personal touches and ideas, no matter how big we will be. 

Motley's definition came after lots of brainstorming. We fell in love with this word because of the definition. We love it so much because it isn't a word you hear often and when you do you will remember us!

The actual definition, (says Dictionary.com) states this.... 

Motley 
adjective

1.

exhibiting great diversity of elements: a motley crowd. Synonyms: heterogenous, varied, diverse,mixed, assorted, sundry; incongruous, disparate, diversified, dissimilar, divergent. Antonyms:homogeneous, uniform, identical; similar, like.

2.

being of different colors combined: a motley flower border. Synonyms: parti-colored, multicolored,variegated, polychromatic; pied, piebald, mottled, dappled. Antonyms: monochromatic; solid.

3.

wearing a parti-colored garment: a motley fool.

For us the word couldn't be more perfect because of the different color, patterns,  shapes and sizes we sell. Everything that goes into our business is such a variety and we never have an exact two pairs of anything, Motley fits... 

Thank you for reading our first blog post we hope you had a good read! 

-Motley

Q.O.T.D. 

The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.

                    _ Arthur C. Clarke