• Style and Styling

    Copycat Style: July 2023

    Shorts + Top + Blazer Happy Day, Reader Dearest! I’m SO glad it’s that Copycat Style time of the month! Why? Because I’m glad to be getting a little break from the great-dress-embarrassment-of-2023. And I’m needing a little style shakeup.…

  • Capsule Wardrobing

    Spring Capsule Check-In

    Happy day, Reader Dear! How goes it? Such a simple question. That can have one or more VERY complicated answers! Some of which contradict each other. So let’s make it easier. We’ll narrow down the question to something answerable in…

  • Style and Styling

    Spring Capsule Wardrobe

    Building It Out Happy day, Reader Dear! I hope you are recovering from The Wearing ‘O the Green! Our family does St. Patrick’s Day. Hi, my maiden name is O’Connell and I make one hard-to-stop-eating Irish Soda Bread. We don’t…

  • Style and Styling

    5 Ways to Style: A Man’s Shirt

    With Feminine Flair! Happy day, reader dear! We’re wrapping up a month ALL about styling! That may be obvious for a style blog, but to help keep the creative juices flowing, I switch the focus up each month just a…

  • Style and Styling

    Easy Peasy Style Pop: Head + Scarf

    Installment 2 Happy day, reader dearest! Welcome to another easy peasy spring & summer style pop. There’s no real reason to pigeonhole this as spring/summer, btw. I think a headscarf is an amazing way to add color and personality to…

  • Style and Styling

    Denim Jacket Style (Part 2)

    Style It! Happy day, dear reader! Between the last post and this, I realized another one of the reasons I love a denim jacket. Like its friend the blue jean, it really is four season wear! You may want a…

  • Style and Styling

    3 Style Tips: Relax a Dress

    Happy day, reader dear! Spring has spring here in the Northern Hemisphere, and with it warmer weather and more dresses. Why now? Or should I say: Why especially now? With better air circulation than trousers, a dress is lovely for…

  • Style and Styling

    4 Ways 2 Style: An Olive Jacket

    Multi-Season Edition Happy day, dear reader! Today’s 4 Ways to Style is a post born out of frustration… I was cozied (Still working on hygge!) up the other evening, scrolling through Pinterest (as so many of us often do) and…

  • Style and Styling

    Relaxed Style

    Style Personality Series Happy day, reader dear! As I mentioned in the introductory post to this series, NO ONE is just one personality style! Each of these (Arche)Types is an extreme, or caricature, if you will. Every woman (and man) is unique,…