Silver Splash

From flat to heels.  What is your preference?

I wore the heels to a meeting and switched to flats when running errands.

Jacket-W by Worth
Top-Etcetera
Shorts-Etcetera
Shoes (silver)-Aquatalia and pumps ?
Jewelry-Silpada

Blues

Happy Tuesday!

Hope your week is off to a great start.

My outfit today was inspired by a blog done by Atlantic-Pacific. 

She is a blogger that I follow daily.

If you get tired of the clothing that is in your closet,

  visit the different blogger websites or go to Pinterest for inspiration.

It is amazing how your clothing will feel new again.

Jacket-Liverpool

Top-Etcetera

Leggings-W by Worth

Shoes-Aquatalia

Handbag-Lois Vuitton (thank you, Brooke Fleetwood)

Sunglasses-Michael Kors

Jewelry-Silpada

Notable

Giving Thanks!

 This week I have spent quit a bit of time at this spot in my home.  I have had lots of Thank You's to write after the Rotary Gala.  I love going into the Living Room, as it is almost like being away from home. (the kitchen is full of too much hustle & bustle)

 I have a collection of stationary and it is fun for me to pick out which note card I'm sending to whom.  The "V" in the background were cards handmade by my daughter in her graphic design class.  She gave them to me for Christmas, along with the stamp she handmade.

 You can notice all of the natural light shining in the room.  That is another one of my reasons for loving this room.

Accessories

Part of my collection!

 This is one of my newest additions.  I love the brand Papyrus!

A closer look at the cards Danielle made for me!

shirt-Club Monaco

jeans-Paige

belt-Streets Ahead

boots-Aquatalia (super comfy)

Tip:  I just returned from a certification program in etiquette and learned that a Thank You note consists of 4 lines (the 1,2,4 relate to the event or gift, the 3 unrelated).

Graphics

Hope the sun is shining wherever you live.

It is funny how it works here in Wisconsin.  On the coldest bitter days, it will be sunny and the skies will be the most beautiful blue.  The color of the door reminds me of the sky color on those days.

This skirt was from the holiday Etcetera line, I loved the colors and the graphic design.

These boots are by Aquatalia and have been seen on Kate Middleton.  They are truly a comfortable boot and recommend them to anyone needing this style.  I like to wear them a lot with tights and boots, as I did with this outfit.

Coat-old from Nordstrom's
Blouse-Etcetera
Skirt-Etcetera
Boots-Aquatalia
Necklace-Lia Sophia
Sunglasses-Gucci
Handbag-Vintage

Daughter keeps me in line

This is my daughter, Danielle.  Along with being very intelligent, she is also a natural fashionista and very creative.

This is the dress that she wore to church Christmas Eve, even when it was freezing cold out~she still opted for style.

She was contemplating to wear this antique hat, which I just love.  She felt it had too much going on with the dress.

Way cool hat, don't you think?

This is the outfit that I "thought" I was going to wear to church (trying to stay warm).  Danielle quickly says "mom, that is Not you, you are surely not going to wear that). I talk a lot about "Branding" yourself and this first combination was not being true to myself.  So, we snapped the photo and up I went to change.

This is what I wore.  I would have opted for a black tank but since I had suggested that we wear ivory on top and black on the bottom for our choir group, I had to go with it.

Do your children keep you in line?

Hope you are staying warm,  Debbie

Jacket-Nordstrom's

Skirt-Etcetera

Boots-Aquatalia

Church decorating/ivory jacket

This pre-Christmas season, I kept myself very busy doing many things that I love to do.

Last year, I took a 12 week Certification class in floral design, so I decided to put it to good use.

I offered to decorate the church.  This was one of two large pots that are at the entry to the sanctuary.

Showing off my outfit for the choir concert that I was about to be in.  I love singing, especially Christmas music but am not choir caliber.  I joined for the Christmas season and thankfully they don't kick me out.  My goal was to blend it.

This is one of 6 window boxes that I designed.  I really liked how they looked against the beautiful outdoors, which is snow covered.  The lights added a delicate touch to the evening.

The church was getting ready to trash 2 of these wreaths.  Instead, I reworked them for the season.  They had birds and fruit in them prior and had seen better days.

About my outfit~
Jacket-old Cartise jacket
Skirt-old Chilli Couture
Boots-Aquatalia

Cheery Colored Christmas-Brights!

Each year I like to either change my Christmas tree decorations or modify the color theme (Using what I have).  Over the last several months I have been re-decorating my family room into bright colors.  (note the pink wall and crazy bright recovered chair)

So, this year I thought I would only put ornaments on the tree that match the chair.  Until.... my daughter comes home from college and says "Mom, that is not the Over-the-top tree that you normally do".  Knowing that her friends were coming over the next day, I took all the ornaments off and started over.  She was much happier.

Only thing missing is the glittery sticks out of the top!

Meet Armani, he is one of our family dogs.  He was purchased for our son, named by daughter, Danielle but he is MY boy.  He is never far from his me.

If you are into the re purposing craze.  The above painting was actually painted onto a backing of an old mirror that went to an old makeup stand.
It is done to look like a snow globe.

The mantel takes a new twist.

This year, my outside theme is snowman related.  I took the white tree that was in my daughter's room prior, papier mache'd a large balloon, purchased the tall hat back in Indiana and hauled it home, used plastic black plates for buttons and my black rubber boots.

Danielle is the artist in the family (Brooke is the makeup artist, how cool is that) and she is putting the final touches on my work before Frosty goes to the front porch.  More photos of that in another post.

 

Now for the fashion part :)

Top-Last Tango

Skirt-Carlisle (sister company to Etcetera)

Boots-Aquatalia

 

 

 

 

I have a passion for Christmas decorating and would love to feature items that you love around your home.  Please send your favorite photos to deb.vogler@baldwin-telecom.net in an attachment and you just might see your photo on my blog.

 

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