• Color

    How Many Colors is Too Many?

    It Depends! Happy day, reader dear! Isn’t the answer above frustrating? If you are the kind that likes rules and life in black and white, I apologize. I’m all about the messy middle (As Brené Brown calls it.) That place…

  • Style and Styling

    Outfit Flop to Fab!

    AKA: Reworking a Look AKA: Sometimes It Takes a Few Tries! Happy day, reader dear! Have you ever gotten dressed, caught sight of yourself in a mirror (or a picture) later and said, “What was I thinking?” Well, even an…

  • Accessories

    Style Staple #7: A Colored Bag

    Wishing the happiest of days to you, dear reader! If this is your first visit, welcome! If you are returning, thank you for coming to see me again! We are finally at the end of this batch of Style Staples,…

  • Accessories

    Style Staple #3: A Colored Shoe

    Or Shoes! It usually works better when you wear two… Happy day, dear reader! Whew! We are more than midway through August, and I need to get thinking about blogging again. I’ve been on a blogging break this month for…

  • Style and Styling

    3+ Ways to Style White Jeans

    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,…

  • Style and Styling

    3 Ways to Style Colored Jeans

    Or Any Colored Bottom! Happy day, dear reader of mine! Here’s hoping your day is full of only pleasant surprises! Today my surprise is a reader requested post topic. In this case, the reader is my older daughter-in-law. Every once…

  • Color

    Overtone vs. Undertone

    Happy day, dear reader! Hope your week has been full of only the pleasant kind of surprises! Today I want to talk about a color quality that people often confuse, undertone and overtone. Specifically as it pertains to choosing colors,…

  • Wardrobe 101

    Style Staples: #3 Colored Shoes

    Happy day, dearest reader! I am having fun with this Style Staples series… I hope you are, too! Two down, a third today, and a few more in the pipeline.If you are looking for a Must Have List, my apologies.…

  • Style and Styling

    What Makes an Outfit Work (Part 2)

    So how does one put What Makes an Outfit Work (Part 1) into practice? Lots of trial and error, until it becomes second nature. Here’s an example… Personality I have a pretty out-there personality. I am friendly, mostly direct, and not…