Style from the Sticks

We are winding down my 30 days of winter to spring style.  I can’t believe 30 days have almost passed! This was my outfit on a rare date...

What do you wear to a fundraiser breakfast?  I chose polka dots.  And then I added jeans and a black blazer because I didn’t want to look...

Disclaimer!  These last few days of pictures aren’t the greatest.  Here’s why.  Two words. The wind.  It has been insane!  I’ve done my...

How do you wear three different patterns?  It’s easy!  Start with a bold pattern like this striped sweater.  Throw in a smaller but...

I certainly felt like one in this outfit.  It must have been the stripes and the belt and the boots and the necklace.  I probably should...

Here’s a classic combination of two colors, navy and yellow.  I imagine them like the sea with some sunshine.  And I added a pop of...

Today’s photos aren’t the best because it was bright, bright when they were taken.  But that means that the sun was out and that is...

Mustard and grey are a surprisingly happy combination.  It’s a little bit like sunshine breaking through on a cloudy day.  Wow.  I’m...

Get on the soft pastels bandwagon.  The trend is huge for spring and I’m loving it.  It is a chance for those of you afraid of the big...

Over spring break we celebrated St. Patrick’s Day.  So I shot a picture of me by the Mississippi River wearing my green. Top o’ the...

For this outfit, I wanted to add a bit of pattern to otherwise solid pieces and beyond my textured shoes, I wasn’t sure how.  Then I had...

What would life be like without a girls’ nite out once in a while?  Just the phrase can get the blood pumping in this stay-at-home mom’s...

Warning:  this post has nothing to do with basketball.  It has to do with the fact that it is spring break here (spring is here, it...

This cardigan makes me feel a little like a Golden Girl.  But I embraced it because it also feels so much like spring!  We had a warm...

I would have made Ralph Lauren or Tommy Hilfiger happy in today’s outfit.  The red, white and blue was accidental, the preppiness was...

Who’s that?  I might be showing my age here (or at least my old Hollywood film repertoire, but Marlon Brando is non other than the...

I’m back in my orchid colored cords for a colorful outfit that is complete with this silky plaid blouse and coral sweater.  Oh, and my...

We had a day of thaw and the ground was very slushy and messy.  So I broke out the rain boots!  I paired them with some leggings and this...

I wore these black velvet pants the other day.  (Cue the song.) And it’ll be the last time I wear them until next winter!  It is almost...

I was keeping cozy in my striped cardigan here.  It has that pop of cherry in it (sometimes fuchsia, sometimes red) that wakes up the...