Usually, March is when I begin transitioning my wardrobe from cold to warm weather. But this March has been ridiculously cold and winter-like, hence the delay. So today, I wanted to share the key pieces in my closet that will help me refresh my closet staples for the springtime! If you looked at my closet, I would say about 70% of it stays put year round. I depend on these versatile pieces to form the base of my outfits. For example, I have some basic tanks and tees that I wear year-round: Read More
Lazy Saturday Reading
Here are a few finds from the interwebs for some lazy Saturday reading... Most people wear about 20% of their closet 80% of the time. Are you one of those people? Does anyone else love Dick's Sporting Goods new advertising campaign for women as much as I do? These prep ahead bowls look delish! (I'm all about the freezer meals/prep ahead food these days- it's been wonderful not having to worry about prepping dinner with a five week old! Mommy reads from fellow bloggers: Thoughts on Read More
2013 in Review: DIY Projects
I thought it would be fun to do a recap on all the DIY projects the hubs and I did this year. As it turns out, we did 12 projects this year- WOW! (Actually, there are 1 or 2 that were blogged in 2013, but were finished in 2012 if you want to get technical.) Kinda crazy when I look back at it now! Cue the “12 Days of Christmas” song… ”On the first day of Christmas, my handy husband made for meeeee...” Ok, I’ll just stop while I’m ahead. But you get the idea. Click on the title of each Read More
Chaos to Order
I thrive on being organized. I’m the type that needs to have a clean workspace before I can work, otherwise I’m distracted. I am in love with the Container Store and think that if I made a career change, I’d love to be a professional organizer. But when it comes to our master bedroom closet, I knew it was something I wanted to tackle. It’s not terribly unorganized, but plastic drawers and cubes just weren’t working for us. My long dresses were starting to invade the left closet, which Read More