I Heart: Pink Studio "Hobbs" peep toe wedges

Not that I need anymore shoes at moment...but these Pink Studio wedges from Ruche are simply adorable! The floral pattern on these is me to a tee.

Picture from Shopruche.com

I Hope You Like Dancing in the Rain

Another rainy, overcast day. It's kinda good though because it has cooled things down a bit. When Al and I went to the park to snap some pics, the ground was marshy muck and there was a certain swamp like smell to the air. It made things kind of interesting and I kind of liked it.

My whole goal today was to find something in my closet and remix it. I don't really consider myself good at doing this. I tend to purchases pieces together to comprise a whole look - which is not always a good thing. Nonetheless, I picked out this little chambray like dress which I typically wear with red accessories and paired it with one of my favorite cardigans.

This is the result:

Outfit Details:
Dress: Modcloth
Cardigan: Anthropologie (On sale)
Headband: Etsy
Socks: Topshop
Shoes: Seychelles

A Little Sunshine, Just to Butter My Toast

Happy Tuesday pretty people. Today is going to be a quick post as I sip my morning coffee and head off to work on this rainy, dreary, and grey day.

I took these pics last Friday in the midst of our 100 degree stint here in PA. Gosh, looking at these makes me realize that I am really gonna miss this park that my hubby and I frequent so often. It is such a lovely place to go, but at the end of this month we will be moving and I highly doubt that we will be able to spend as much time here:(

Anyways, this is one of my more work appropriate outfits:

This basic navy blazer is great because I can throw it over many of my sleeveless dresses making them office appropriate. Best thing about it is that it's very soft and comfy and not so structured feeling like most blazers. I hate feeling confined and uncomfortable while trying to work.

Because of the very swingy nature of this dress, for work I cinched the waist with my red scarf (the same one I wear tied in a bow on my head). I thought this worked well bringing out the bright red in the headband.

Outfit Details:

Dress and Blazer: Modcloth

Headband: Etsy

Socks: Urban Outfitters

Shoes: Seychelles

Bracelets: Lucky Brand via Macy's and Vintage

Well that's all for now. Have a lovely day!

Lemon Cake and Pink Champagne

Yesterday my hubby, son, and I headed off to West Chester, PA to attend our cousin's wedding. Though it rained and poured like cats and dogs all day long, it ended up being a beautiful evening. Don't they say rain is good luck on your wedding day anyways?

This is what I wore:

I purchased this dress last year for Easter and have worn it to several weddings already. It's one of those special occasion dresses that does not see the light of day very often, but when it does, it makes me feel so pretty and sweet. (I think I feel a chorus of "I Feel Pretty", coming on...hehe.) I love how the skirt is so pouffy and full.

Each time I do wear it, I try to remix it slightly so I don't feel like I am wearing the exact same outfit. This time I added a blazer with structured shoulders.

My favorite part of this blazer? The adorable polka dot cuffs.

This is one of my favorite necklaces.

Enough about me, this night was all about the lovely bride and groom.

The evening was filled with lots of love and family, the tarantella (a traditional Italian wedding dance), delicious Italian food, pink champagne...

yummy lemon wedding cake and....

no wedding would be complete in my family without tons of delectable Italian cookies.

Outfit Details:

Dress: BB Dakota via Modcloth (Spring 2009)

Blazer: Kimchi Blue

Headband: Modcloth

Necklace: Urban Outfitters (Spring 2009)

Flower Bracelet: Vintage-Gift

Heart Tights: Urban Outfitters

Shoes: Dolce Vita

Double Take - Ecote Scarf Dress, Part Two

As I promised, here is the way I wore my Ecote Scarf Dress. I actually purchased this dress in March of last year, so it was still quite chilly outside. Because of this, I wear it most often with tights underneath, making it a little more appropriate for cooler weather.

I pulled out color a little differently than my sis did focusing in on the grey, deeper green and coral color in the pattern of the dress with my cardi, necklace and tights.

My grandmother gave me this vintage necklace. I love the color of green. She seriously had some of the coolest jewelry and I'm always so thankful and thrilled when she passes something down to me.

How cool is this ring? It actually opens up like a locket does. I just wonder what was intended to go inside of it...hmm.

Outfit Details:

Dress: Ecote

Cardigan: Urban Outfitters

Necklace: Vintage (from my Grandmother)

Ring: Vintage (from my Mom)

Tights: Urban Outfitters

Shoes: Dolce Vita

Double Take - Ecote Scarf Dress, Part One

This is the first part of a two part post on remixing a dress... doing a double take as I like to say :0)

While I was preggo, my little sis asked to borrow some of my dresses that were no longer going to fit my growing belly. (I love having a sis that wears the same size clothing and shoes as I do.) So I handed over my Ecote Scarf Dress to her and thought it was pretty cool that she styled it completely different than the way I usually do.

Though we like many of the same things, our styles are completely different. This is the way she wore the dress:

I love how she pulled the brightest colors out of the dress to use in her accessories - yellow necklace and headband, bright green cardi, and orange shoes. Hmm, lemon, lime, and orange...reminds me of the jingle from an old soda commercial back in the 80s.

How cute is this necklace? I'm thinking I may want to borrow it.

I love her whole look...very festive and very pretty (just like she is). Love ya Sis. Thanks for letting me take these pics of you. Tomorrow: My take on the dress.

Outfit Details:

Dress: Ecote

Cardigan: Old Navy

Necklace: J Crew

Bracelets: Urban Outfitters

Shoes: Target

Who Said Sailing is Fine?

Well what a weekend it has been! Sadly, I must say I spent most of it stuck in bed with a fever and aches, and all that good stuff. Blah. I missed taking a trip to Philly, I missed fourth of July visiting with family, picnic-ing, and feasting on yummy grilled goodies. Sleep and Motrin have been my best friends. Enough of being pathetic...I'm still under the weather but I am going to find a quick moment to post some pics.

Ok, now that I got that outta my system, this post is going to be about shorts (something that you rarely find me in). I don't particularly love shorts (on me at least), but I did manage to pick up several pairs this season - these jeans shorts being my most basic of pairs. Funny thing is, this is the first pair of jeans shorts I have ever owned. Yeah I know, strange, right? I picked these babies up on sale and thought, "I'm sure I will manage to find something to wear them with". Ok, so here you have it: going with the red, white, and blue theme for the 4th of July that I missed, I paired them with this adorable baggy sailboat pullover, topped it with my favorite red head scarf, and on the footies are my bright blue ankle boots (I promise these look better in person than they do in the pic). This ended up being the most comfy things to wear as the weather hit 100 degrees today.

Outfit Details:

Sailboat Pullover, Shorts, Anchor Necklace: Urban Outfitters

Red Head Scarf

Ankle Boots: Modcloth

In lieu of sailboats, I leave you with a song by Okkervil River:

I Heart: Vernal Festoon Necklace

There are just no words to describe how much I love this necklace from Anthropologie- enamel flowers of columbine and clematis, bright summery colors, it all just catches my eye.

Picture courtesy of Anthropologie.com

First Friday

Last night my hubby, Al and I spent the evening in historic downtown Lancaster for First Friday. I love the buzz downtown. The first Friday of every month is a celebration of the Arts in downtown Lancaster. All the galleries are open, artists are painting out on the streets, and there are musicians and bands performing around every corner.

Before dinner, Al and I caught a terrific little jazz band performing on the square. No time for pics though because our reservations were called and off to Annie Bailey's Irish Pub we went.

Gotta love this place...their bar was imported from Ireland. It's truly the real deal. We sat out on the back terrace and enjoyed fish and chips. It doesn't get any better. This is pub food at it's finest.

The terrace was really beautiful. A nearby church steeple peeked out over the terrace, giving us a lovely view from where we sat.

It was pretty darn funny trying to snap pics while people walked by. We received some crazy stares...gotta love that. Unfortunately it was impossible to take pics closer to where the action of the artists and musicians were...it was wall to wall people.

After dinner we walked around and took in all the energy downtown, we finished off the evening with iced hot chocolates at Prince Street Cafe.

Outfit Details

Blazer: Forever 21

Owl T-Shirt: Modcloth

Mint Fedora: Target

Jeans: Forever 21

Shoes: Seychelles

Bag: Urban Outfitters (5 years ago)

Sky Larkin - Molten

Just a little song to kick off your weekend...Love, Marisa