Volume 3: Shorts + Blouse Happy day, reader dear! Welcome back to Friday Flashback, the summer series where I take an outfit from this week last year, review it, and update it. After last week's installment (of one of my favorite looks of 2018) it's a little embarrassing to take on this week's picture. But… Continue reading Friday Flashback!
Carrying Themes from Spring/Summer! Happy day, dear reader! It's interesting to watch the color trends as they shift over the seasons! Sometimes it's like watching a pendulum swing, and other times it's more of a gentle transition with some easy tweaks. At the end of last year, I wrote a post about the colors for… Continue reading Pantone Colors Fall/Winter 2019
A Tale of Many Colors! Happy day, dear reader! I get a lot of questions about my hair. I don't mind them. I love my grey, but for years it was a love-hate relationship. It's interesting that since I've gone natural, I receive compliments on my grey almost daily. Sometimes the compliment is on the… Continue reading Growing Out the Grey
Volume 2: White Jeans + Blouse Happy day, reader dear! Welcome to the second in the Friday Flashback series I'm running this summer, wherein I look back at an outfit I wore the same week last year, (probably a little) more objectively than I could then, and restyle it for this year. This outfit turned… Continue reading Friday Flashback!
closetplay.biz Turns Two... Happy day, good reader! I hope your week is going well! I'm celebrating! The blog turns two tomorrow! God-willing, there are no terrible two's for blogs... I'm still pleasantly surprised to be here, and ever so grateful for your visits! (And patience with my overuse of exclamation points.) Last year, we celebrated… Continue reading Happy Blogday !
And 3 Tips to Keep Them Clean! Happy day, reader dear! I don't know about where you live, but summer here in the south means white jeans. I'm good with that! I didn't used to be. Until we moved here, I had owned only one pair of white jeans, which I could wear for my… Continue reading 3+ Ways to Style White Jeans
Volume 1: Jeans + White Shirt Here's a new series for summer where I look back at an outfit from a year ago, and give it a thumbs up/down, and or a restyle! It's part of my effort to honor one of the items on my bucket list, which is to schedule more downtime. I… Continue reading Friday Flashback!
Happy day, reader dear! We've made it to June, and I am switching into summer mode. Over the weekend I transitioned my wardrobe from spring to summer, and am finishing up the laundry from spring's items to store away. It was a good time to take pictures of the changes to my Spring 2019 Capsule… Continue reading Summer Capsule 2019: The Edit
Happy June, dear reader! Summer is fully upon those of us in the southern part of the northern hemisphere. (That sounds incredibly contorted. Oh, well. Such is life on planet Earth.) Last weekend was the unofficial start of summer, and since our temps were hovering around 100 degrees all week long, I broke out some… Continue reading Summer Capsule 2019: Planning
Lessons to Take into Summer Happy day, dear reader! It's that time again! Time to look back and forward at once. To see what worked for spring and what didn't. Ostensibly, to learn from both the good things and the mistakes, and to peek forward into what I'm feeling like for summer. As a reminder,… Continue reading Spring 2019 Capsule Debrief
