Style Collaboration: Faux Fur Vest

Today I am excited to bring back another style collaboration post (see my holiday wear collaboration here, and mustard cardigan one here), this time with Grace of colorandgrace.com and we will be showing you how we styled our white faux fur vests for the spring weather coming.

 

I have known Grace for only a short period of time but I had originally started following her on Instagram but liked her style so much I just had to follow her blog and things have been great since. Grace blogs on outfits and her past travels and adventures everyday (even on the weekends). This girl is dedicated to her blog, fashion and her readers.

Today she has styled a great street or work wear outfit appropriate for spring. Although her vest has a touch of black at the bottom I just love how she incorporates little touches of black in her heels as well.  I also love how she incorporates the trendy marsala (burgundy) color through her lovely pants, and chambray with just the right amount of sparkle through her accessories as well. To view more on her vest and meet her go here.
I choose to style my white faux fur vest with a vintage floral boho blouse of mine (I mean vintage shirt in that this thing has been in my wardrobe for almost 8 years or more, and I still wear it each season). I topped off the look with white cropped pants and blue suede flats.

If you haven’t already read it before then you will know now. I LOVE wearing BLUE and will be incorporating more blue throughout my spring and summer wardrobe for sure, so of course this had to be a staple color with the vest, especially with spring around the corner.
The right amount of sparkle in the jewelry adds some fun and flirty elements to the vest, giving off an extra oomph of sparkle and light.

Don’t you just love photo bombs- that cone just ruins these pictures. But my hubby who took these pictures didn’t factor in the obvious, haha! God rest his soul!

Ways I have worn this same vest before are here and here for the winter season.

Fun fact: I now own a Cannon Rebel T5 EOS 1200D DSLR camera (used to take these photos). My hubby and I saved money in an envelope for this very camera since before Christmas and I ended up getting a HUGE package deal off of amazon for this Camera, tripod, lenses, filters, mini-tripod, strap, carry bag and more for only less than $500 on sale- It WAS WORTH IT! Any tips you might have on how to use this intimidating camera would be helpful!

*In these collaborations I select bloggers that are interested or that I happen to want to work with based on similar wardrobe items and we make it work and feature each other and share our different styles. Let me know if you are interested in a future style collaboration in the comments below.

Outfit details- Faur fur vest: Xhilaration (via Target a few months back on clearance)//Floral blouse: Charlotte Russe (very old)//Cropped Pants: Style & Co (old)//Shoes: via Plato’s Closet//Necklace: The Mint Julep Boutique//Earrings: part of a set from The Sparkle Exchange (buy here)//Lipstick: Avon- Lovey Dovey pink

Have you entered the $300 H&M giveaway that I am participating in yet?

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Prize: $300 H&M Gift Card

Co-hosts: Jenn’s Blah Blah Blog • Mommy on the Money • Dallas Single Mom • StushiGal Style • Simone – Your Style Architect • The Surznick Common Room • Stonegirl • Life is Poppin’

Giveaway organized by: Oh My Gosh Beck!

Rules: Use the Rafflecopter form to enter daily. Giveaway ends 3/6 and is open worldwide. Winner will be notified via email.

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Linking up with: Leanne, Liz, The Pleated Poppy, Tuesday Talk, Carrie,Dawn

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Borrowing from my sister

I may have mentioned in the past that I love to borrow my sister Annalises’ clothes (well I actually mean accessories). Here is one of those times. The scarf, cardigan and boots are hers, but she allowed me to borrow them for a day of shopping with her.

Actually the scarf was given back per her request, boots are STILL in my possession and worn often and the cardigan was given to me, SCORE!  I am so grateful for my sister Annalise (well all 3 of my sisters, see post here on all 3 of them) but it is just fun to share my passion for fashion with my lovely sister(s).

Outfit details: Scarf: Charlotte Russe (borrowed)//Cardigan: unknown//White tee: JC Penny//Leggings: Old Navy//Ankle Boots: Simply Vera Vera Wang//Bracletts: Charlotte Russe//Nail Polish: ULTA.

Oh and before I go for the day I want to show off my best that could be done with curly hair fishtail braid that Annalise happened to do. My first one and so lovely, even with the flyaways.

What or who do you borrow items from?
Thanks for reading ladies,
Rachel xo
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Prize: $300 H&M Gift Card

Co-hosts: Jenn’s Blah Blah Blog • Mommy on the Money • Dallas Single Mom • StushiGal Style • Simone – Your Style Architect • The Surznick Common Room • Stonegirl • Life is Poppin’

Giveaway organized by: Oh My Gosh Beck!

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Linking up with Whitney, Lisa, Liz, Molly and Carylee. Carrie Jacqueline, J, Dawn.

In the woods and Guest hosting What Wives Wear Link-up

Ever have days where you repeat outfits verbatim? I received the scarf and cardigan pictured from StyleGirl Boutique from a giveaway collaboration the shop did with blogger Ariel (thanks ladies) and have worn the scarf and cardigan with the exact same shirt, pants and boots two weekends in a row now and receive a lot of compliments. This scarf and cardigan are actually my hubbies favorite items on me, and I agree with him as they go with EVERYTHING! You can see how Ariel styled this same cardigan and scarf here.

I wore this outfit to my mother-in-laws 50th Birthday lunch, and got a moment to steal away in the woods with my hubby while he shot these photos. I am in love with the woods and missed walking in them even if just a few feet into wooded areas for these photos. It’s the little things in life that can make a day so nice, woods, hubby, birthday parties, a comfy casual and fun outfit. Need I say more.

Outfit details- Cardigan and Scarf (Style Girl Boutique)//Shirt: J.Crew (old)//Pants: DKNY jeans (old)//Boots: Belk.

I am excited to be guest co-hosting with Carrie and Sherri for the What Wives Wear Link Up today. I just love these two ladies and their blogs filled with inspiration, family, fashion and faith. Be sure to check them out and link up below.

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What Wives Wear Link Up!

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She also happened to be the winner to our 

“Oceans” pendant giveaway a few months back.

 

Check out how she styled it here.

 

Rachel’s blog Garay Treasures is where she shares about her love for God, her kids, fashion and style along with her other loves (Michael Kors, jewelry) and treasures. 

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Link up your favorite outfit post of the week. 

Get inspired while inspiring others!

 

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Join us each week and we may just pick you!

 

This weeks Top Two picks were both so chic in plaid.

 

Cynthia shared her almost all grey look with a grey sweater

and dark grey skinny jeans.

 

She topped off her outfit with a grey, red, and blue plaid scarf that 

is belted with a brown skinny belt.

 

To pick up the red in her scarf Cynthia is wearing red pumps

and a red bag.

 

Let’s not forget her rose color shades which compliment any outfit.

 

Leanne is wearing a black and white plaid jacket with a black leather belt.

 

Her black coated denim jeans and black booties go well with 

her look.

 

Her accessories include a black leather snakeskin clutch, and

black shades.

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Bust to Must (Outfit recap of 2014)

As we near a new year I thought I would recap some of  this past years outfits worn on the blog and give you my opinion on what I liked the most and which ones were busts. Naturally, I also like to see how my style has evolved, along with poses and background.

I am going to break down this post starting with the bust photos and then the must photos, with some inserts of my own opinion.

BUST:

Certain patterns just don’t go together, or look good. The last outfit pictured is too plain.
Trying to mix accessories can be tricky when sometimes they just don’t go together well or with the outfit.
Not as great as I thought ….

What was I thinking?

MUST:

I have recently tried wearing more red in lieu of the holidays and can’t get enough, not only is it a strong color, but it is elegant and a new favorite of mine to wear. I feel confident in red.

I always feel freer or lively in the color blue. To this day blue is my favorite color to wear. I can’t get enough of the looks above. Plus, I can’t get enough of my Michael Kors purses (my favorites).

Sometimes pastels bring out the color in my skin, especially pinks and grays. I wanted to include my bold eShakti dress in (even though it is filled with neon) as it brings out the pink tones in my skin as well. Pink is one of my favorite colors too.

A little dress to add some glamour and sexy is sometimes nice.

Finally, everyday looks. These outfits are what I am comfortable in almost 95% of the time- a good pair or jeans (or leggings) and flats/flip flops (depending on the season) and a comfortable bulky or nice fitting tee.

My overall opinion or observation: I have noticed that in my “bust” photos I tended to wear older clothing (either out of style or just plain) and tried to hard to accessorize them, not giving a care to the out dated or mis-matched accessories used. In my “must photos” I add in a trendier outfit or accessory or favorite color to give off elegance, confidence, etc. I also want to point out that the clearer the background or the more natural my poses (like laughing or smirking) the better or more real and confident I am.

What else do you notice?

Do you have any busts in outfits from this past year? What makes them busts? What do you feel most comfortable in?
*A few bloggers and myself are having a $100 Starbucks instagram loop giveaway that you won’t want to miss, it ends on 12/31 at 12am CST. Just go here on my instagram to enter- must follow the rules to be eligible to win. Goodluck!

Linking up today with:
Whitney with Personal Style Monday.

Andrea of Friday Favorites at momfessionals.com

Rhea for #styletoinspire

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Nothing on Clark Kent and Velma

I normally have a hard time coming up with the first few sentences and introduction to my blog (fact!). Sometimes the title is the challenging part, but today all I can think about is Clark Kent and Velma. You must be asking yourself why? and maybe its because these two icons are not only awesome, smart and dorky but wear glasses, and I just adore them as icons.
Nothing on Clark Kent and Velma, but today, you are getting your first glimpse of me in glasses here on the blog. Fact, I am near sighted but cannot, I repeat CANNOT see ANYTHING but blurred visions far away, so I normally wear prescription glasses. A few months ago I made a visit to my eye doctor and purchased not only some contacts (which I normally wear) but some glasses, and I actually like them and learned a bit about how face and eye shape can either make or break the way glasses will look on you, so at that appointment I was careful to select squared shaped ones, with the help of the sales attendant. I came away with some nice ones.
A few weeks ago I was contacted by a Global Online optical store called Firmoo.com to select a pair of glasses to review. Taking my knowledge from my appointment a few months back I carefully selected the ones that you see pictured on me.

I choose this pair here because I wanted something dark with some brown tones to go with my hair color, and I liked how the shape was similar to my previous bought glasses. On the Firmoo.com site there were options to select and enter prescription numbers and PD (pupil distance) numbers for a more accurate lenses clarity. I was lucky to get the prescription numbers from my doctors office but could not get the PD from them so instead I had to have my hubby take a mm ruler and measure this. To measure the PD my hubby had me look straight ahead, and taking the mm ruler to the bridge of my nose he measured the pupil (black dot part of the eye) of my left eye to the right pupil. He must have taken 5 to 6 measurements to be sure it was accurate for me to record on the website before ordering my glasses. Once measurements and prescription was in on the site my glasses were ordered and check this- sent to me within less than a week.

I was highly satisfied with my glasses when they came in. These glasses came in faster than my doctors office glasses (which needed to be specifically ordered and shipped to my doctors office, and took almost 2 weeks) so that says a lot about how I feel about Firmoo’s quick shipment. The glasses prescription is perfect and aligned with what I needed. Not only that but they are cute, different in style from my other pair and just wonderful in power.

I choose to style my glasses with a oversize sweater, and distressed flared jeans for a look of comfort.

The sweater is actually my hubbies, and let me tell you it was all I needed on a cold day like the other day as it was warm enough against the cold winter air to make me feel like I was curled up near the fireplace with a hot cup of coffee. Not only was it so warm (no coat needed) but I felt great in it. My hubby actually thought I looked sexy in his shirt, which is a GREAT thing too.

I had the pleasure of wearing this outfit and glasses out to see the movie “The Hobbit” in theaters with my hubby, and walk around his college campus where these pictures were taken.

Besides our date and the glasses there were many more goodies that came in with my glasses, such as a glasses case, drawstring bag for the case, glassed repair kit with screws and cleaning cloth. I didn’t receive this luxury with my glasses from the eye doctors.

While I might have a hard time coming up with a great catchy blog introduction, I might add that I can end with saying that I am highly satisfied with the service and my glasses from Firmoo.com, my hubbies sweater and our date. Nothing on Clark Kent and Velma here.

Do you wear glasses? What shaped glasses do you wear or would like to try? Avaitar? Round? Firmoo.com has a selection and shapes for everyone.

Outfit Details: Glasses (c/o Firmoo.com)//Sweater: hubbies from Old Navy// Pants: gift from a friend//Boots:Kensie Wear (gift)//Necklace: old, gift.

*This post is a sponsored post/collaboration post. I was given a free pair of prescription glasses in exchange for a review. All opinions expressed are 100% my own.

Linking up today with:
Whitney with Personal Style Monday.

Andrea of Friday Favorites at momfessionals.com

Rhea for #styletoinspire

Bloggers Who Have Inspired Me #15 Link

Hello and welcome to the 15th link up for Bloggers Who Have Inspired Me. I want to thank the numerous new and come back bloggers who linked up last week, there were so many awesome and inspiring posts that it was hard to choose my favorite 5 to feature today. I hope you will enjoy those featured today and meet some other lovely ladies linked up. I wanted to also report that this will be the last link up of 2014. You can still link up and come back next Tuesday to see my featured 5 ladies but I just won’t have a link up widget up next Tuesday. I want you to be able to enjoy the Holidays and New Years coming. As I mentioned in this post here I will be taking a break for most of the month of January but will resume blogging again in either late or early February. I can’t wait to read what you link up today!

Here are my favorites from last weeks link up-

DIY/Fashion:

Heather of @thriftstories.me linked up a very intriguing post on how she thrifted her sweatshirt and then created the gems design on it. Her idea was to spend less money creating something trendy than spending butt loads of money on something similar sold in the stores. Hop on over to this post here to see how she did. Doesn’t her look just remind you of the 90’s grunge? Hello Claudia, Noami, etc.

Jill of @dousedinpink.blogspot.com linked up an adorable DIY holiday décor project under the cost of $5. She created these adorable mason jar holiday scenes décor that I think you will enjoy trying for yourself, I know I will. You can check out what she did and materials here.

Fashion:

Hannah of @sweeterthanserenity.blogspot.com linked up a beautiful holiday dress that I think is just stunning for those already here or coming holiday events, plus who doesn’t want to party unless in some glam and sparkle. You can view the entire outfit post here.

Leanne of @classyyettrendy.com linked up a fun Aztec printed cardigan and boots combo that I just loved. I have been looking into getting ankle booties in this same color so of course her look inspired me with just one of the many ways to style my future tan or camel colored booties. I also like how she added a dresser look to her outfit with the lovely statement necklace.  You can view her post here.

Ashley of @fabellis.com linked up a nice review of her new L’egg pantyhose and I reminisced to my younger days where these were THE PANTYHOSE in my families household so I believe in them. I don’t wear pantyhose much anymore (I am a leggings girl what can I say) but I just though Ashley looked lovely as she made a summery look go fall/pre-winter with just the touch of ankle booties and long sleeved shirt. You can view her review and post here.

**Before you start linking up I want to acknowledge Ariana W, as the winner of my 1 year blogiversary, 500 plus instagram follower giveaway last Tuesday. She won a $10 Starbucks giftcard, bracelets and homemade apple butter.  Thank you to all who entered. I will be participating in a loop giveaway on Instagram a few days after Christmas and a few more after my blogging break.

Now the rules and link up:
1). Please link up recent posts and include the link up button or post this URL link back on your blog. The posts can be about fashion, DIY projects, recipes, inspiration, tips, etc. *If you link up other link ups or giveaways please be sure you share this link up on your link up post to share the blog love and I will be sure to link up to yours. Also please follow me in the below social medias and let me know how you are following and I will follow back. Thank you!

2). Please follow your host Rachel of Garay Treasures either by Bloglovin, Instagram, Facebook or Twitter or all.
Comment below and let me know how you are following so I can follow back.

3). Stop by and check out the other bloggers who have linked up and be inspired.

4).Depending on how many link up I will feature 5 bloggers and their posts for my next “Bloggers Who Have Inspired Me” link-up or series.

5). Have fun! Comment below if you have any questions! Thanks for linking up!

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Rachel xo

Style Collaboration: Holiday Wear 3 ways, 3 bloggers

I am excited to bring to you today another style collaboration (see my last one here) with two lovely ladies, moms, and fashionistas that I have had the honor of getting to know better through the wonderful world of blogging.

I had wanted to come up with some collaborations for some time and contacted these two ladies as they had been interested in collaborating with me. Melissa was awesome enough to come up with the theme- holiday wear with the holidays coming up and I thought it was a brilliant idea.
Through collaborating with these ladies it has been nice to be real with each other and share in the love of totally different holiday outfits. Our outfits are all pretty casual with a touch of elegance and style for those holiday gatherings that we all know can either be dressed up or down or in between. As all three of us are moms I believe it is important to look nice and have some fun as well so I hope you will stay a bit and check these ladies out, visit their pages and enjoy meeting one another.

Susan:

Susan of @charminglucy.com shows us today that you don’t have to wear heels or nice slacks and dress to celebrate the holidays but that it is just as fun in converse sneakers, boyfriend distressed jeans and layered tops and vest. Susan is a wife and mom to her 13 year old daughter and is a dog lover, here lab dog just had leg surgery.  If you could keep her family in your thoughts in prayers for their pups healing. You can visit her styled holiday post here.

Melissa:

Melissa of @missyg.com added a dressier outfit. I adore the chiffon pleated skirt paired with a graphic tee. The cardigan touch brings it all together to create a elegant formal outfit.  No doubt about it Melissa will be the talk (in a good way) of the party in her cute outfit. Melissa is a wife and mom to a 2 in a half year old son. You can view her outfit post here.

For this collaboration I am including photos taken from our personal friend and photographer Cary Elizabeth Photography. She has done 3 photo shoots for us now and because we were doing Christmas photos I asked if she could do some portraits and outfit shots for the blog and here are the results:

For this photo shoot and collaboration I choose to go with this dress I bought the night before the shoot for 50% on clearance at Old Navy. Because the dress was a bit tight and smug on me I wish I had shopped for a vest to go over it (we are our worst critics though) and the leggings were needed as the length of the dress was a bit short on me but for the price of the dress I was glad to make do and make it work for the photos that day.
I added a thrifted gold accent necklace and some golden bangles to give the outfit more personality and festive feel. I couldn’t decide on shoes that would do with the dress so I went with my leopard print shoes as leopard goes with everything.
So far I know this look would be perfect for holiday dinners and church events coming up and so I couldn’t wait to show it to you before hand. Check out below how I have also styled this dress and enter a Christmas wear challenge.

Outfit details-Dress: Old Navy (clearance)//Leggings (Old Navy)//Flats: via Plato’s Closet//Necklace: thrifted//Bracelets: Charlotte Russe// Lipstick: Maybelline//Nail Polish: Rimmel London, Red, Set, Go…

How else have I styled this dress: As a shirt, with a skirt.
It wasn’t until recently that I found a lovely white faux fur vest and so I have recently styled this same dress as a shirt under a skirt with a faux fur vest that you can see in this post here and by the photos below:

Sometimes I like to remix my closet and make more with what I have.

What about you? What will you be wearing this holiday season?

***The Winner of the $25 Target Giftcard and $25 Groopdealz Giftcard and more is Jessica W. Congratulations! Teressa should have e-mailed you to claim your prize*****

Linking up with:
Whitney with Personal Style Monday.

Andrea of Friday Favorites at momfessionals.com

Rhea for #styletoinspire

Ada

Ring in a 5 year wedding anniversary

I love a good festive style outfit around the Christmas season and this one hits the spot and I couldn’t be more thrilled to share it with you. I recently scored this lovely faux fur vest from Target on sale, with a giftcard gifted from Laura of @walkinginmemphisinhighheels.com (thank you hun) and this lovely sweater dress from Old Navy underneath a favorite old Limited skirt. In truth these items are lovely and had been on my wish list for awhile, however I styled the outfit around the beautiful ring you see on my ring finger.

I was honored and VERY excited when Anjolee Jewelry contacted me about wearing and styling one of their rings. My 5 year wedding anniversary is coming up in July and it just so happened they had a selection of anniversary rings for me to pick from and so I went with the Eternity band.

I was excited to receive my ring and of course wear it. Here I am wearing the ring alone but lately I have worn it in between my wedding ring and engagement ring for extra glimmer and elegance.

Anjolee.com features classy jewelry such as diamonds and more. Upon visiting their anniversary rings (or any type of ring for that matter) you will note that you can choose the type of total carat weight, stone shape and setting type. There are options to have a vintage styled ring, classic,
eternity or gems along with diamonds.

With my 5th wedding anniversary coming up this July, the rest of the jewelry you see worn was worn on my wedding day. I thought it only appropriate and special to bring it out to wear with my new eternity band ring and festive outfit for an extra charm.

Lately I have worn the eternity ring in between my wedding band and engagement ring as seen in this photo.

The ring came in a lovely box that I couldn’t pass up showing you:

I don’t know yet what is in store for our 5 year wedding anniversary or what we will do to celebrate, but I know I have the perfect ring to wear and remind me of this special occasion, thank you Anjolee for this gift*.

*This post is a sponsored post from Anjolee.com. A sample ring (with CZs)was sent in exchange for a review along with compensation but all opinions are 100% mine alone.

Today is the last day to enter the giveaway to win a $25 gift card to Target, $25 gift card to Groopdealz.com and more. Enter the link below and goodluck!

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Outfit details: Faux fur vest: Target (on sale)//Sweater dress: Old Navy (on sale)//Skirt: The Limited (old)//Tights: Target//Boots: old//Ring: Anjolee.com (c/o)//Necklace and Earrings (JC Penny, old).

Linking up with:
Whitney with Personal Style Monday.

Andrea of Friday Favorites at momfessionals.com

Rhea for #styletoinspire

Steal Cognac-olia

Good morning! Happy Monday, I hope you had a wonderful thanksgiving and cherished time with family members or friends. I enjoyed time with my family members Wednesday night (read that post here) and then with my in-laws on Thursday. I have so much to be thankful for and sometimes I take it for granted as I mention in this post here.

On Thursday night my sister Annalise and I hit up our local mall for some shopping. A thing I have learned while going Black Friday shopping is to have a plan and budget for shopping. I budgeted $50 and stayed reasonably in it going out of it by $8. I knew I wanted some new fall riding boots, leggings and winter tops and I found these along with a maxi dress and some cheap bangled bracelets and tees for the hubby.

I scored these amazing cognac boots for $19.99 (originally $90) at Belk for their HUGE boot sale and let me tell you this has got to be the best deal scored in months. These leggings and long sleeved tee were also super sweet deals as well.

Recently I won this Swarovski and pearl necklace from a lovely etsy shop called Designs By Stacy Lee and have worn it a lot (see post here that it was worn in as well). It is just perfect in length and weight and goes well with holiday wear this season. I felt it went well with the navy blues and cognac browns. You can find a similar necklace to it here on her shop.
Are you an etsy shop or small business and want to be featured then see my policies here.

Besides the fun shopping and steals I scored my hubby gave me a whole Thursday night of shopping and a house to myself to do whatever I wanted (while he and the kids spent the night at his parents). I ended up shopping til 11:30pm then came home and went to bed around 12:30 and slept til 9:30 am on Friday. I got to spend some time Friday going and sitting in a coffee shop ALONE, grocery shop and have these pictures done. I enjoyed every moment of it. Let’s just say my hubby got the best hubby award.

How was your thanksgiving? What kinds of deals or steals did you find?

Come back tomorrow for a fun giveaway I am co-hosting and for “Bloggers Who Have Inspired Me” link up and to see which 5 ladies are featured.

Outfit details: Boots: Rampage (Belk-$19.99 black Friday sale, originally $90)//Cardigan-Michael Michael Kors (gift, thrifted)//Leggings: Charlotte Russe: $6 (originally $12) Shirt:Old Navy ($4 black Friday sale, originally $10.50)//Necklace: Via Designs by Stacy Lee etsy shop//Purse: Michael Kors (gift).

Rachel xo
Linking up today with:
Whitney with Personal Style Monday.

Andrea of Friday Favorites at momfessionals.com

Rhea for #styletoinspire

 

Sisters & Thanksgiving

Last night I was honored to host a second year of thanksgiving dinner for some of my family members whom I won’t be eating with on actual Thanksgiving day (like today) due to going to my husbands family get together today instead. Everything turned out perfectly except the Turkey (which we forgot to thaw days in advance) first timer- no judging! Maybe next year we will know better!

My lovely three sisters and I enjoyed a photo session, full of selfies, outfit shots and just pure sisterly love and goofiness. We all had to share this lovely tartan Zara blanket scarf of course. (You can view me styling this scarf here and here).

 

So today I leave you with some thanksgiving shots of some fun girliness. Tonight my three sisters and I hit up the malls for some deals, but until then time with family is a must.

What are you and your family doing for Thanksgiving?

Happy Thanksgiving!

Outfit details: Lipstick: Maybelline Ruby Star// Blanket scarf: Zara//Polkadot Leggings: via Plato’s Closet//Shirt: Charlotte Russe (old)//Flats: via Plato’s Closet//Necklace: Designs By Stacy Lee Etsy shop

Have you linked up to “Bloggers Who Have Inspired Me” link up yet? You can link up multiple posts too. I would love to see what you are up to, maybe feature you and 4 other ladies.
****If you don’t see the Inlinkz button to link up your post then click on the little box or X below this statement and it will take you to the page to link up**** thanks and sorry about that.

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Linking up today with:
Whitney with Personal Style Monday.

Andrea of Friday Favorites at momfessionals.com

Rhea for #styletoinspire