Spring into Fall

I know that everyone sees this alot, but I just wanted to point out how easy it is to gets lots of wear out of a great spring/summer dress year round.  See below for what I am wearing and my tips for how to come up with your own fun combo!

 

(please excuse my messy home office in the background!)

 

Starting with this basic dress from Target (black background, green and blue dot print)

Adding a sweater, tights and boots

 

Now for the pictures NOT taken with an iPhone ;)

 

Added a scarf and accessories......so easy to go from one season to the next without buying additional clothes. I love doing this!

 

 

What I am wearing:

Dress: Mossimo via Target here (last season) similar here

Sweater: I.N.C. via Macy's (several seasons ago) similar here

Scarf: Handmade from Etsy here

Boots: Madden Girl (several seasons ago)

Bag: Steve Madden via TJ Maxx (this season) similar here

 Stella & Dot Renegade necklace and F21 mini bead chain necklace (current)

 Gorjana "Brinkley" bracelet via Rue La La

 Stella & Dot Pippa Stone earrings

 

 

The dress I am wearing I wore a ton in the summer months - super easy to wear, comfortable, cute, forgiving and cool in the hot temps. I have paired it with and without a wide belt. Worn it with sandals and with pumps. Out for a day of running errands, to dinner and worn it to the office. 

Now that the temps are cooler I have topped it with a sweater, pulled on some tights and boots and even added a scarf. I still love it just as much in the fall and cooler months as I did in the warmer months and it is so easy to do!

I'll bet you have several dresses or skirts in your closet that you could carry over from season to season. 

Some rules of thumb if you are going to try this out:

• Make sure that the fabric is heavy enough (or looks heavy enough) to cross over into cooler temps. The dress I am wearing is actually a very light material, but it is lined with a heavier weight material that makes it a perfect dress to "cross-over".
• Prints are fine. Florals are even fine in the cooler months as long as they aren't to "tropical". It is hard to make a hawiian flower look right with a sweater and boots in the winter.
• Brights and pastels are certainly in right now even for the fall and winter months so don't shy away from those completely.
• Maxi dress and skirts work great in the cooler months, but do NOT wear pumps with them!  Wear flats, sandals or flat boots. A small wedge may work if you are very short, but be cautious.
• Pair your floral skirt/dress with an edgy leather jacket and boots or put a boxy oversized sweater over a maxi dress and flats. A fitted sweater looks great with a full skirted dress, too! Have fun and play around with different combos. You might be surprised what you come up with!

 

 

I wanted to get a pic of the inside of this bag becuase I just love the mini chevron print in there!

Well that is all I have for now. I hope you enjoyed this post!

XO

Jessy

Some color and fur.....

I was working today at a different location for our organization than I typically do and this one has a bit chiller temps in the office than where I usually am so I opted for some warmth from my faux fur vest today and it delivered!

 

Hope everyone had a great Wednesday! I did and I am so looking forward to another beautiful day tomorrow :)

 

Skirt: via Target (many many seasons ago)

Button down shirt: Worthington stretch poplin via JCPenney (current season)

Faux Fur Vest: Kenar via Marshall's (current season)

Boots: Madden Girl (no longer available

Bag: via TJ Maxx (current season)

Hooded Wool Duffle Coat: Victoria's Secret (current season)

  

 Such a fun pop of color with this coat! :)

                                                                      Earrings: Stella & Dot - Garden Party earrings

 Necklace: Stella & Dot - Renegade Cluster Necklace

Bracelets: Stella & Dot Vintage Twist Bracelet & layered with my dad's gold necklace (wrapped three times on my wrist to be worn as a bracelet).

Watch: Kenneth Cole white leather band with gold face (similar here and here)

Rain, Rain go away.....

Well, I guess everyday can't be sun shining and beautiful. Today is a very overcast, rainy day, but we have so much to celebrate anyway! 
My family is on our way to my son's elementary school for a celebration honoring our veteran's. My mother-in-law's husband, Clifford Neu, will be presented with a poppy flower "medal" and a certificate of appreciation from my boys. They are proud to have him as their grandpa and excited about the assembly. 

It had to be red and/or blue for me today so I settled on a red sweater dress, my "worn probably way to much" black cardigan from several years ago at Target, beaten up Madden Girl boots and my light weight trench. 

 

 

 

 

Find outfit information below and sorry about the blurry self pics....too yucky for good ones outdoors today and I wanted to show you the layers! :)

Red Dress: Connected - purchased at TJ Maxx (find similar here)

Black Cardigan: Mossimo - old purchase from Target

Horse print Scarf: Dorthy Perkins (find similar here)

Pattern Tights: Chinese Laundry (find similar here)

Boots: Madden Girl - old from DSW (find other Madden boots here)

Trench: Daisy Fuentes - old purchase (find similar here)

XO

Jessy

Tory Burch Sunday Best

Sunday morning here and what a beautiful morning it is - and not just becuase of this great Tory Burch shirt dress! ;) 
Warming to near 70 degrees today this is a rare November day indeed and I am taking advantage by wearing my latest purchase with no tights, no jacket and no scarf. Just a beautiful, simple, lightweight and stylish Tory Burch dress for a nice casual sunday look.

Dress: Tory Burch "Tanyei" - purchased at TJ Maxx last week. Selling out or sold out everywhere that I had originally found it.  I picked up at TJ Maxx for less than half the original price! If you like the dress and would like to own one of your own I would definitely check the TJ Maxx close to you!  (find similar here and here - possibly!)

Handbag: Michael Kors "Hamilton" tote (find purchase info in this blog entry)

Boots: Madden Girl - purchased a couple of years ago. (find similar here)

Arm candy: Michael Kors watch, Stella & Dot bracelet, Hammered Bangles - similar here

Today I mixed my silver and gold pieces. My MK watch and hammered gold bangles were pulled together perfectly with my Stella & Dot "Vintage Twist Bracelet". I also add my gold "Belle Fleur Ring" (no longer available in gold, but you can get a great gold ring here). My left hand incorporates more of the "silver" with my white gold weding set. This also effortlessly pulls together the silver accents on my Hamilton tote to the gold colored buttons and accents on the Tory Burch dress.

Well, that is all I have for today..... Hope you enjoy your Sunday!

XO

Jessy

Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon and Warm Temps!

Good morning All! 

Today is going to be a great day.  I started my day off with a volunteer appreciation lunch with my fellow PregnancyCare of Cincinnati company greats!  It was such a nice treat and I was so glad to be able to attend. I just began my work with PCC back in July and they have already been such an amazing blessing to me.
To celebrate and partake in the lunch I decide on some easy layers since it was supposed to warm to almost 70 degrees today (which it has - yay!). 

Here is what I ended up with this beautiful day:

 

Printed Rayon Dress: Simply Vera by Vera Wang - older (find similar here and love this one!)

Scarf: from Etsy (find similar here)

Cardigan: Mossimo from Target - very old....I would retire it if I could find one I liked even half as much as it is pilling like crazy ;( Super light weight, 3/4 sleeves, perfect length,  has some stretch and is the perfect fit for me to button or leave unbottoned...goes with EVERYTHING! *sigh* (find similar here)

**I know I actually wore this same scarf and cardi combo yesterday afternoon. It's definitely a favorite combo becuase they go with so much and top off the outfit for me :)

Open Toe Wedges: American Eagle - older, I purchased at Payless (find similar here and here)

 Handbag: MK "Hamilton" Large Tote  (find here and here)

 

Right hand/arm candy: Ring =Stella & Dot - no longer available, Bracelet=Prestige Jewlery (find similar here)
Left arm candy: Watch=Michael Kors (find here), Bracelet=old (find similar here)

 Earrings: Stella & Dot (find similar here)

 

 

 

Mommy Style

So this morning was very busy!  All 3 boys were off school today and we had parent teacher conferences followed by our school's annual "skating party" at the local Rollerina.

As I mentioned in a previous post, I am the Yearbook "person" so I have to attend events and take pictures to make sure I will have photos to put in the book! I actually really enjoy taking pictures and I usually have a partner in crime (my co-chair), but she was out of town today so I was on my own for this event. My husband did come with me so that made it a bit easier to wrangle 4 children (one of them 8 months old!) and all the activities.   To accomplish all of this I pulled together a very casual and comfortable outfit complete with my favorite ballet flats to navigate the wood skating floor so I could help my 6 year old on skates AND manage to get a few pictures of the other students as they skated by!

Cardigan(old): Target

Polka Dot Blouse: Forever 21

Skinny Jeans: a.n.a. (find here)

Flats: Coach (find here and here)

Scarf: hand made from Etsy store

Watch: Michael Kors (find here) & Bracelet (on left arm): super cheap turq bangle - can't remember where I got it!

Tiffany & Co. bracelet on right arm

Stella & Dot ring on right hand

Earrings: (can't even see them in pic so see above!) Stella & Dot (here)

Handbag: Michael Kors - found at TJ Maxx for almost half the price they are selling for on MK's website! It was the only one in that style and lonely so I had to take it home (plus I had been craving it for a while! Imagine how excited I was to see it hanging there before my eyes one glorious day this past week!! ;)

Find it here

Momma on the go! :) 
I am also toting my Oi Oi Diaper bag (find here) - LOVE! And check out this  Quinny stroller (the only full size stroller that will fit my daughter's car seat by Maxi Cosi and folds up small enough to fit behind the third row seat when it is in the fully upright position!) Super easy to push and operate - worth the investment! We bought this one at a discount at Buy Buy Baby as they had accidentally "assembled too many of them" and didn't have room to keep them all on the floor. It was my lucky day!  Saved us $150!!! :)

Okay, now typically I wouldn't have both bags at the same time. But for the sake of getting a shot of them both and the size comparison, I wanted you to see them together. The MK bag is big, bug fairly light weight compared to the diaper bag and MUCH more organized on it's interior. I HATE digging in my purse and this bag has a pocket and compartment for everything. In love..... 
No worries - I will NOT be using the MK for a diaper tote ;)

Thanks for visiting today!

XO

Jessy