Wright For Michele

Lifestyle blog devoted to cultivating stylish, relatable and creative content.

Events & Moments

Portland To Coast | Thong Distance Walkers

The 31st annual Hood To Coast Relay was last weekend. It is one of the longest and largest relays in the world with 18,000 total participants. The course runs approximately 200 miles from Timberline Lodge on the slopes of Mount Hood, through the Portland metropolitan area, and over the Oregon Coast Range to the beach town of Seaside on the Oregon Coast.
Walkers can choose to compete in the Portland To Coast which is the last 127 miles of Hood to Coast and what my team participated in. Sure, walking… DONE! Okay, I feel duped seeing that walking was not as effortless as I assumed. Nor did anyone warn me about the muscles used when trying to get somewhere fast without RUNNING. I mean really. It’s kind of ridiculous how unprepared I was for this. I pulled both hip flexers due to forward hip flex swing motion that I was convinced would get me from A to B faster. I know I probably looked amazing and all making those motions but I should have just saved it for the dance floor. Which is exactly what we did after celebrating our finish on the beach. My feet needed more of a beating and honestly I could have used one more injury; a stiff neck from hair whipping. You’d be proud Claire, Michelle and Megan.
Anyways, big THANKS to Heather for inviting me to be a part of the team this year and for organizing it all. It was more fun then imagined and would totally do it again. 

Personal Style

Today’s outfit

Bella Dahl Gingham shirt HERE
H&M Necklace similar HERE
Vintage Dooney & Bourke Satchel HERE
Bracelets: HERE and similar HERE
Rachel Comey heels – Old style, sold out.
Ring – Family heirloom


crowded calendar summer 2012 
Birthdays, bookclub, BBQ’s, Hood to Coast, family gatherings, weddings, bachelorette party’s, camping, hiking, dinner parties, concerts, did I mention weddings?  Since the weather changed from rain to sunshine my calendar has been stuffed with glory and no time to do what I enjoy most; blog about things I love.

People often ask me about who takes the photo’s of me in my blog. Currently I’m using my Cannon point and shoot (which sucks) because my Nikon SLR is being serviced for the past month and am looking forward to getting it back. Anyways, the lucky non-photographer photographer is my husband Jeff. Yes, Jeff gets the privilege of taking all my photo’s and absolutely loves it. For example, some of the responses I get from him when handing him the camera are “FUCK, REALLY!” and “Are you serious, It’s 100 degree’s out, I’m sweating and we’re going to be late!” or my personal favorite, “I hate you right now!”. To me these behind the scenes moments are the highlights of my blog because it makes me laugh so hard, but no one gets to enjoy these like I do so I’ll try to share these moments with you from now on for your enjoyment. Oh, the torture I sprinkle upon him! Yet it is true that he does not favor the photo snapping I have to remember he is my biggest fan and the most proud and supportive person in my life. For that, I love you Mr Wright and thank you for being the patient man that you are.

Until next outfit post where you’ll get to read a little blurb about Jeff’s latest photo snapping tantrum. WATER YOUR GRASS… obviously we haven’t.

Create

Wright this down | DIY friendship bracelets

What you’ll need:

I purchased the friendship bracelets off of Etsy (HERE) because I do not have the patience nor talent to make myself. This seller also uses embroidery floss which makes these extra durable. I purchased the studs from OREGON LEATHER in Portland. You can also find them online HERE. The chain was leftover from a necklace I recycled HERE but you can also find chain online HERE. And lastly the nylon thread was purchased from fabric depot or online HERE which was used to attach the chain. 
You can leave the ends of the bracelet the raw edge and tie each end in a knot then tie on your wrist when ready to wear or you can finish the bracelets with hardware. To do this you’ll need some bracelet crimp ends, jump rings and clasps. You can find any of these items at your local bead store or online HERE.

Create

Wright this down | DIY Leather tube bracelet

I’ve had so much fun making bracelets the past month or so which I have yet to share until now.

You should know about this blog, Honestly… WTF. No Seriously, I mean honestly… Never mind. Click HERE!  I made the tube bracelets above from the instructions on Honestly WTF. If you want to know how to make them yourself, click HERE to see the list of what you’ll need and step by step instructions on how to Do It Yourself!
 
I have owned this J. Crew chain necklace captured above for some time and really never wear it so I thought i’d give it a new life by making it into something that I would wear more often. I cut all of the chains shorter, measuring each peice to wrap around my wrist at the same length as well as removing some strands entirely. I then added a couple of jump rings and badabing… bracelet. 
 
See what I did with the leftover chain later this week.

Personal Style, Travel

Bend, Oregon | Erin & Andrew


First off, congratulations Erin and Andrew!
Super fun long weekend in Bend, Oregon the last weekend of June celebrating these two. Rehearsal dinner, day float on the Deschutes River, horseback riding (finally made it happen) and wedding day blowout.

I have to say a little blurb about this Roarke necklace that I wore with the orange H&M dress above. It’s a pricey piece I typically wouldn’t splurge on had it not been for my wedding. While searching for a perfect wedding neck situation I stumbled across a blog article about two women who created these beautiful hand crafted necklaces. I knew they had just started their company so I emailed them about needing to own one of their amazing pieces for my wedding and was able to get them to sell it to me for a discount. The power of just asking. 🙂 Perfect piece to pair with an old T and jeans.

ABOUT THE BLOG

Wright for Michele is a Portland based lifestyle blog devoted to cultivating stylish, relatable and creative content. It also serves as a personal time capsule of my family’s journeys, giggling and stumbling a bit, through it all.

I started "Wright for Michele" back in 2010 as a creative outlet and to share the things I love (basically the exact same reason the rest of the internet started blogging). Often this blog is about family, sometimes it’s about style, and in general it’s about life and how you (and me) can make every single area in it, better. It’s simple, it’s real (sometimes a little raw and almost always full of grammatical errors), it’s honest and hopefully no matter what it’s a little sweet.

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