Give Thanks in Style!
Happy day, reader dear! Thankfulness is on minds and hearts all over the United States this season. Thankfulness should be on our minds and in our hearts all the year long, but we humans are wired to take things for…
3 Reasons Ad Style Doesn’t Work
AND 1 Reason It DOES! Happy day, reader dearest! You really ARE the most dear! Thank you for your patience over the past few months. Your understanding and extension of grace during a crazy season has been a blessing. Every…
Easy Halloween Costumes from Your Closet
Bonus Post! Happy day, reader dearest, I certainly wasn’t expecting to pop an extra post in this month, but I couldn’t resist. Halloween is coming and it’s one of my favorite holidays. Costumes. Candy. Our wedding anniversary. Did I mention,…
Copycat Style: October 2021
Happy mid-October, reader dear! You know what that means, don’t you? It’s Copycat Style time! Copycat style is a little series that began in January of 2020 and took on a life of its own. I felt like my style…
Copycat Style: September 2021
Double Denim (Again!) Happy day, reader dear! Bring on the Copycatting! If you are new here to Closet Play, Copycat Style is the monthly series in which I take looks from Pinterest and make them work for me–my style, my…
Fall/Winter 2021/22 Trends
Hits & Misses Good day, reader dear! Now that we’re past the Labor Day holiday, it feels like fall might finally come! So the timing is right for some fall style inspiration. I like to stay on top of the…
Change Your Topper Change Your Look
A Variation on Dawn to Dusk Dressing AKA: Styled for Work and Play Happy day, reader dear! I know, our moms told us that the outside doesn’t matter, and it’s what’s inside that counts. I agree with that! It goes…
3 Tips for Simple Style with Wow!
Simple Doesn’t Mean Boring! Happy day, Reader dearest! What’s new with you? I’m over summer. Even if most of what I am wearing still looks like my summer wardrobe, I’m staying busy trying to give those summer looks a fall…
Summer Capsule 5 Favorite Looks
Happy day, reader dearest! Someone called to my attention that I haven’t done any Fave Looks posts in 2021. Whoops! With all the goings on, it simply slipped my mind. (Which, alas, will make the year end faves post a…
Summer Style/Restyle: Vol 8
White Jeans + White Shirt Happy day, reader most dear! Third time is a charm, right? It’s time for the third all white look of this Style/Restyle series, where I take an outfit from this week last year and update/restyle…