I am not an animal print wearer, but when I saw this amazing look and posted it recently, I was smitten!
I searched the web to find that there were no more Malene Birger coats available…(super sad face). I scoured the web in search of a “knock-off” to no avail…
BUT…as I was making a quick run to the mall on Saturday to pick up a couple of things at Sephora, a leopard coat caught my eye hanging in Forever 21‘s window. I just knew that when I touched it, I wouldn’t want a thing to do with it, but I was blown away at how soft and expensive the fabric felt!
OK…it’s not exactly like the Malene Birger version, but it’s very close for $62! I always buy a size bigger at Forever 21 because I find that things are cut smaller there, so please keep that in mind if you decide to order. Since I bought a size bigger, I plan to have it tailored so it will fit closer to my original version and it’s actually longer on me than it shows on this model. You won’t be disappointed. Find it online here.
Now if we could just have a little cold weather here in Texas I might get to wear it this year!
Have you ever seen a child open an expensive gift and they end up playing with the box it was packaged in more than the gift?
The playground featured in this video is made from business waste. I found this on another great Dallas-based blog, Tiny Dallas. I agree with her…this is very inspiring! I hope that this will inspire some of you to think about what you’re tossing. Are you throwing away something that could spark your child’s imagination or creativity? If you know a teacher or child-care worker, please share this with them. Let’s keep our kid’s right brain functioning at a high level!
One of my new favorite blogs is Yummy Mummy! She recently posted a detox salad that I can’t wait to try and couldn’t wait to share it with you! Cleanse away, my friends!
Winter Detox Superfoods Salad
serves 4
1 small bunch broccoli, raw or quickly blanched
2 tangerines, peeled and segments separated, plus 1 for dressing
1 pomegranate, seeded
1/4 cup shaved or thinly sliced fennel
1 avocado, sliced
1/4 cup walnut pieces
extra virgin olive oil
Toss first 6 ingredients together in a medium bowl. Drizzle olive oil and juice of one tangerine over salad. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Be sure to check out Yummy Mummy’s Skinny Mummy Secrets! You’ll have your “Eat healthy” New Year’s resolution tackled in no time!
I define my style as somewhere between a ‘bad-ass’ motorcycle chick and a little vintage-laced sweet girl… I think that’s why I love these adorable boots that are a great mix of both worlds…
Pointelle Fringed Booties, $198
Do you find yourself somewhere in the middle when it comes to fashion and design? We live in a time where it’s cool to ‘mix and match’ as we please and live in an environment that is pleasing to our eye…no rules! I love it! I went to my Pinterest boards to reflect on the images that I have tagged as ‘my style’ and found that I really like to mix it up. Here’s what I found…
The future’s so bright, you’ve got to wear shades! That’s the outlook I have for 2012! German artist, Nina Nolte’s series entitled The Best Is Yet To Come, that I just spotted on Luella & June, is the picture perfect representation of my feelings about turning the calendar year!
I’m moving into a new year that is full of changes and I couldn’t be more excited! I love that the women in this series are more mature (notice I didn’t say old…), glamorous, seem to be gazing at beautiful sights and are with their girlfriends…again, very representative of where I am. As I grow older, my friends become more and more important and enjoyable. I hope that some time this year I’ll be sitting in the sun with a my girlfriends planning the next adventure. I just hope that our jewels and scarves are as beautiful as these beauties!
Did you all have a wonderful Christmas? I hope that you all spent time with your loved ones and shared some love and laughter. That’s exactly what my family did. I haven’t shared this on my blog, but I lost my sweet Daddy a few weeks ago. He had suffered for many years with Alzheimers and his passing was bitter sweet. I am so thankful that he is now in his heavenly home, but we will surely miss him. It was my Daddy that created a family culture of fun and laughter, so that’s exactly the atmosphere that we continued to have this Christmas.
This note from Santa is a great example of the culture that my Daddy helped build in our family. My niece and nephew are teenagers now (14 and 16 yrs. old). Carson, my gorgeous niece, loves to bake and left Santa a plate of cookies before she went to bed on Christmas Eve. This is the note that Santa, whose handwriting strongly resembles my brother’s, left for them on their ‘uneaten’ plate of cookies on Christmas morning. …poor Blitzen!…
This is my pretty sister-in-law holding the ‘Texas sized stocking’ that my Mother prepared for each of us this year.
Clayton (my nephew), my brother and I got a whoopee cushion in our stocking! My brother and I spoke at my dad’s funeral and both shared stories about my Daddy’s legacy. He could always make people smile. There was a period of time, when my brother and I were in elementary school, that my dad loved to leave a whoopee cushion under the couch cushions and ensure that laughter ensued when the guest took the ‘seat of honor’! I remember my dad having us sit down on the cushion to make sure that we had placed the cushion in the proper position… It was so much fun! He always said that he wanted sneak into church early on Sunday morning and put it under the pastor’s chair cushion behind the pulpit… We could only imagine what a scene that would have caused in our East Texas Baptist church!
I am so thankful for the joyous home that I grew up in! What does your family do to ensure joy in your home? Did you receive a funny gift this year that caused laughter?
I hope that your Christmas was full of all of the things that you love the most! You all bring me joy by reading and sharing the things that I find interesting every day. Thanks for adding to the joy and happiness in my life!
Thanks you, sweet Katie, at Modern Eve, for featuring The Hidden List on your 12 Days of Christmas gift guide!
Katie rounded up some of Dallas’ most stylish bloggers…her words, not mine, but very flattered to be among this group…and asked them to send a gift guide and share our favorite thing about the holidays.
