Category :Chiffon Tops

Wallis Summer Stylist

Top- c/o Wallis  //  Pants & Necklace – F21  //  Shoes – Threadsence  //  Sunnies – Lace Affair  //  Bracelet – thrifted
I’m taking part in the Wallis Summer Stylist Contest.  Basically, if you vote for me I might win a shopping spree and be featured on the Wallis website as their select stylist.  Can I just say that this would be amazing?  I would love this chance to share my style with a new group of incredible ladies.  
I chose this amazing top, and when it came I was overwhelmed with the ideas that flowed into my head.  But since this contest is a new thing for me, I thought I’d try two new things and pair it with colored pants.  I know!  I’ve never worn colored jeans here before.  I like how the tones played off of each other and how the bold pant brought out the darker aspects of the top.  Since the pattern on the blouse was so bold, I kept everything else in terms of accessories minimal, allowing the print to speak for itself.  
The tribal and ocean air feel of this top has me enthralled.  I would love your support on the Wallis Facebook page with a vote for the win. 

And So With The Winter Goes My Brain

Top -Lush  //  Tank – Gap  //  Cords – Le Chateau  //  Shoes – Threadsence  //  Necklace – Ruche  //  Coat – Staring At Stars
It’s starting to get to the point of the year where I don’t freeze off any appendages while taking outfits shots.  You know what that means – Spring is around the corner!  But along with the winter blues, my memory seems to be going as well.  I’ve gotten to the point where I forget the shops at which I purchase things.  For example, I can not for the life of me remember where I got this top, so I have to list the tag as reference instead.  
See I make a mental note, and a physical note, of the items I receive from sponsors, but when I get something myself eventually that knowledge flies out the window.  I know it’s over a year old, so it’s unlikely that it’s still in stock.  So I apologize for the lack of a dependable mind.  
p.s.  do you like the bright socks?  Yeah, I didn’t even think they would show, but they did.  See, that just goes to show that I don’t think everything through.

Not A Trend

Top – Freeway via Ruche  //  Pants – Gap  //  Boots – Feet First  //  Sunnies & Earrings – F21
Can I just say a little something?  I love fashion, but maybe I’m not understanding something.  How is Black and White the trend for Spring?  It’s not a trend.  It’s a color combo.  Moreover, it’s a classic color combo dating back goodness knows how long.  It’s the simplest color combo.  This is not a trend for Spring, this is a classic and age old color combo that should have no one surprised.  I think it was pretty much the first thing I learned about fashion – that black and white go well together.  I’m somewhat dismayed that the fashion world has no more idea than to go back and call B&W a new trend for Spring.  I think we can be more creative than that.

Swirling

  Sweater – Pink Martini  //  Top – Threadsence  //  Jeans – Gap  //  Boots – Locale  //  Necklace – Ruche  //  Earrings – Ten Thousand Villages
 Today is one of those days where there are so many thoughts swirling about my head that I can’t seem to pick out one in order to focus on it.  I wish I could pluck one out and share it with you.  Instead, all I have for you are these pictures.
p.s.  A couple of you have asked about how to get this hair.  Well, it’s really the result of wearing this Easy Headband Updo in for a whole day.
True Story:  
Baby Girl has decided to help me with my boots the way I help her, by holding them out for me to put my foot into.  
She insists on it and won’t let me do it myself.  
But because she’s two what that really means is I spend 10 minutes hopping around on one leg trying to catch the ever moving boot opening. 

Hap Hazardly Thrown Together

Top- F21  //  Scarf – unknown  //  Jeans – Gap  //  Boots – Locale  //  Necklace – c/o Imprintalish
Andrew woke me up this morning and gave me about five minutes to get ready and come downstairs before he had to leave.  I’d showered the night before so it wasn’t the end of the world to just throw on clothes, but it was really challenging try to think about clothes when my brain was still in dream mode. *read: “I almost nodded off again sitting in front of my closet”* So I grabbed jeans and then just molested my closet frantically until something worked.  Turning 90 degrees, I was faced with this scarf and necklace hanging on my scarf rack.  The final step was to throw it all together.  
So the morale of this story is two fold.  One, it’s okay to molest your closet when you’re half awake because it won’t press charges.  Two, sometimes outfits are best when they are simply hap hazardly thrown together.  

Impulse Control

 

 Pants – unknown  //  Sweater – Kensie  //  Top – Threadsence  //  Boots – Aldo  //  Hat – made by my Mama
Necklace – Lustre in Montreal  //  Bike Ring – Spotted Moth  //  Knuckle Ring – F21

Do you ever just want to smack someone upside the head?  Honestly, when did that go out of style?  I have at least three good instances in a week where I think someone just plain old deserves a good smack upside the head.  You know, a nice and easy, not too hard, smack just to shake some things around and hopefully uproot the common sense that has been lying dormant in there.  I know, I’m a very cheerful and optimistic person….I’m assuming that they have some common sense to shake up.  

New Year, New Look

   Top – Threadsence  //  Tee – Smart Set  //  Jeans – Gap  //  Boots – Locale  //  Necklace – F21
Okay, so clearly these photos were taken before we got dumped on with snow here.  I haven’t had a chance to post them yet, so before they get super duper old, here it is.  I hope you all are doing exceptionally well this fine day.  I’m excited for ModaMama to have a newer sleeker look for the start of 2013.  I just really like the simple minimalist look you know, and wanted a polished finish.  So that’s where I hope we are right now with the look of the site.

In other news, I get a whole day out today to game.  That’s right I’m getting my boardgame geek on today!

Quote of Today:
“Mom, I’m not drinking zombie water.”
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Scene Stealer

Top – Maddy…K
Shorts – Ruche
Shoes – Payless
Earrings – handmade gift 
There I am trying to take some outfit shots and Drake up and walks in and pees in them again!  That dog is such a ham and scene stealer.  I just love him.
Happy anniversary dear Husband.  You’ve survived in the same house with me for 8 years, and I haven’t smothered you for your snoring…yet.

Quote of Today:
“Hang in there.”

Egg Zeppelin

Top – Ruche
Shorts, Sunnies, and Earrings – F21
Shoes – Payless
Practicality does not necessarily have to be boring, predictable or dull.  This was a necessary practical outfit.   I went to photograph a show, called Egg Zeppelin, and I needed something that allowed me unrestricted freedom of movement, would keep me cool, and still have a certain level of professionalism about it. Did I mention that it needed to keep me cool?  It was hot, humid and sticky outside!
True Story:
We have to keep a close eye on our coffee cups in this house.  
The second you leave one unattended Baby Girl is drinking from it like a dying man in the middle of a dessert who’s been given a keg of water.  
Who knew that unsweetened, bitter coffee was baby heroin?

Some Kind Of Wonderful

Blazer – UO
Top – Ruche
Pants – Jacob
Shoes – Payless

There’s nothing I haven’t told Andrew about.  No deed, no word, no act.  Whether good or bad, he knows it all.  Whether he wants to or not. And still he’s married to me.  That’s some kind of wonderful. 
 
Ok, that’s a lie.  
I didn’t tell him about the $9 shirt I bought on sale at H&M last week. 

 Quote of Today:
“I’ve got a poop waiting for you!”

 

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