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Real Women Style Awards: Behind the scenes

(In the shot above you’ll find the following wonderful, stylish ladies that I highly recommend you check out: Maria: The Style Letters, Georgette: Grown And Curvy Woman, Catie: Fleur d’Elise, Kimberly: Penny Pincher Fashion,  Caroline: House of Harper, Karla: Karlareed (Instagram), Victoria: It’s Versayce,  Kendi: Kendi Everyday, Brittany: The Brilliance of B) Wow, what a whirlwind yesterday was! Thank you all for your kind words and in joining us as we celebrated […]

A BIG Day! (plus a giveaway!)

You guys!! It’s been the hardest secret for me to keep all summer long, but the release date is finally upon us! I had the privilege of being selected as one of the 10 winners of Redbook’s first ever Real Women Style Awards!! For all of you that were voting for me back in April, […]

The Vest

My love of vests has been increasingly growing over the years. I started with the shawl/sweater vests which hooked me while I was pregnant since they always fit, moved on to denim vests and most recently the military/cargo vests. I love them because they can add much interest to an outfit without being too overbearing. […]

High Five for Friday!

Happy Friday friends! We’re working our way through August and I’m prepping myself for fall schedules as well as savoring these last few weeks of summer! I’m going to miss my 5yo like crazy, but on the flip-side I’m looking forward to being able to spend some one on one time with my 2yo and […]

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Floral Kimono

Our weather has been all over the place lately. From the mid 80’s to high 60’s the difference seems quite radical. This is when I’m thankful to have some light, summery layering pieces on hand. I purchased this kimono from Elizabeth & West Fashion House early springtime and have reached for it a number of […]

Cinnamon Roll Bread

A girlfriend of mine recently had her third child. Her third boy for that matter! She sure is the queen of that house!  In addition to a little gift for their latest addition I also wanted to take them something to enjoy. I didn’t have a ton of prep time, but I had been wanting […]

Wedge

JCrew is easily one of my favorite stores. It wasn’t until I sat down to work this post together that I realized most of my outfit (top, jeans, shoes) are all from JCrew. I suppose that only reinforces the fact that’s it’s ranked toward the top of my list. I grabbed these wedges on sale […]

Shop My Closet: and many more!

If you are an avid fashion-blog reader as I am, I’m sure that you receive some, if not a ton, of inspiration from bloggers. Wouldn’t it be great if you could have the chance to shop their personal closets? This is where Bloggers Closet enters the picture. Lauren of Style Elixir (a fantastic blog if […]

High Five for Summer!

It’s certainly been a summer week for us! I just looked back through my week and realized that I cooked dinner all of two times in the past seven days. We had a handful of picnics and get togethers with friends and family and have certainly enjoyed it all. Last night we ventured out with […]

Amused

Now that August is nearly upon us, I’m doing my best to take advantage of all of the summer things we have yet to check off of our list. One such item was visiting a local amusement park. It’s small and very manageable which makes for an easy outing for our family. Needless to say, […]

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