It's snowing Day 4 of the 30-30 challenge

It's snowing of course we have reserved tickets to see Les Miserable. Well I will be Plus Miserable if we cant get there...

I'm wearing my snow boots which I never got to wear last year. My husband laughed when he saw me put them on. We only have an inch or so of snow.


I layered my vest over the brown jacket. I have a tunic top over my brown leggings If nothing else I'll be warm without the bulk at the theater. Navy Beret and gloves complete the outfit.

red with red with brown day 3, 30-30

Merry Christmas! 
Today I wore my red skirt, red sweater and brown metallic jacket. I added a red scarf because it tis the season. I added metallic flat shoes today because I was doing the cooking.
The skirt and sweater look like a different red in this picture than the scarf but in person they look very similar.
I think the proportions are okay again in this outfit. The shoulder to hip length of the jacket is shorter than the hip to hem length of the skirt so I am not cut in half.
I hope you all ate well today and made merry with friends and family. 

30-30 day two: Metallic denim with paisley

Who says you can't wear a jacket with a dress?? 
Color:I believe that this jacket works with this dress because the colors in the print of the dress are of the same muted brown tone of the jacket.
Proportion:The length of the jacket is ever so slightly longer than the length of the dress showing below the bottom of the jacket so it doesn't cut me in half. 
Shoes: They are a peep toe pump with a 2 1/2 inch heel. They bookend my hair color so it functions to bring the eye back up to my face.
Accessories: Brown pearls combined with turquoise stones. Earrings match but I dont mind being matchy-matchy when everything else is different.  

30/30 ChallengeThe Jacket: Vogue 1036

The Jacket is finished! What a long project this ended up being top stitching and top stitching galore lots of aggravation. This was a project that I wanted to put in my best effort. I made several muslin versions just to get the fit I wanted. I still think that the sleeved shoulder area was too roomy. The pattern called for both a header and shoulder pads. I would have preferred a simpler treatment. I did like the sleeve detail even though it took a lot of time to sew it and top stitch it. I used buttons instead of snaps and I am happy with that choice. I never have much success with snaps they always seem to come loose from the fabric.

So now that I have finished it I decided I need to wear it. So I'm going to try to come up with as many outfits as I can incorporating this jacket. Why not 30/30 challenge. In the next 30 days I will wear the jacket incorporated into the outfit. I think this will be fun to see what I can come up with.

Faux animal with a pop of color/downsized tree

 This is a fake animal print jacket. It maybe is better described as an abstract black/white print. It has always reminded me of an animal print. I always wore this with black or another neutral. It just occurred to me the other day when I was sitting on my bed looking into my closet that these pieces would work well together. The top has sequins all over the front.
And that is my new 4 ft Christmas Tree. I bought it at Target. I wanted to downsize from our old 6.5 ft. tree that wasn't going together well anymore. It is just the perfect size.
Well I feel visible in this outfit today so you can see me over at Not Dead Yet Style

Can you wear more than one shade of green together?

 Can you wear more than one shade of green together? I say yes! I have a deep olive green coat, a moss green scarf, and a khaki green striped T-shirt, with a green cargo skirt. My leggins and shoes are black. I have a black quilted  vest on under the jacket that is visible in the above snap shot.

I like my greens do you ?

Another attempt at the Lagenlook style:homage to a ragpicker

My husband calls this style 'Chic Rag-Picker'! I don't know why but whatever. I like the concept of wearing over-sized clothes that are made out of linen and cotton and rayon blend knits. All so comfortable. I have my summer dress over a long sleeve T with a brown Chico's draped cardigan.  I'm wearing my textured tights and my brown motor cycle boots.
My necklace is very old from 1991. Here is the picture that was my inspiration.

This dress is much looser and has more volume in the hem area than mine but the boots reminded me of mine. I added the jacket layer for warmth.