Adorn yourself!

When I was in Rosemary Beach, Florida, my friend and I went into an art gallery and discovered the most amazing jewelry line.  This jewelry line, called Adorn by Samouce, features handcrafted contemporary jewelry using antique and vintage finds.  It is fabulous and unique...no two pieces are alike.  Just like beautiful you!  Please visit www.adornbysamouce.com to check out her beautiful wearable art.  I've shown just two of Mary Kay Samouce's pieces, but there are so many more online.  I was pleased to see that two stores in Colorado (listed on her website) carry her line as well!

You can Tucan

I love clever home items that are as unique as they are functional, but I especially love them if they involve our fine feathered friends!  The Container Store carries the Umbra line, of which I am a huge fan.  Check out these adorable home goods...the Tucan paper towel holder, the Penguin soap pump and the Birdseye overdoor rack.

Tucan Paper towel holder, $19.99, Container Store

Penguin soap pump, $14.99, Container Store

10 hook Birdseye Overdoor Rack, $24.99, Container Store

Thanksgiving decor

It seems like we are flying through fall and Thanksgiving will be here before you know it!  I just bought my turkey gravy base from William Sonoma today, trying to get a jump on it before they sell out!  To me, decorating for Thanksgiving is more fun than cooking for Thanksgiving, probably because my cooking skills leave much to leave desired.  I love the Finnish designer Marimekko & her Kumina Neutral tablecloths and napkins are GORGEOUS for Thanksgiving.  I encourage you to check them out on Crate and Barrel online, although the online colors do not even remotely do it justice!  Stunning blue, olive green, brown, mustard and gold.  The tablecloths come in all sizes and shapes.

Marimekko tablecoths and napkin squares, Crate and Barrel.

Cutest dishtowels EVER!

Okay, I'll admit it.  I am a dishtowel fanatic.  Isn't that a weird thing to love?  I have dishtowels for almost every occasion, except Arbor Day.  Problem solved!  This is the cutest dishtowel on the market right now (in my humble opinion) and it just so happens to showcase trees.  (You know I'm kidding about the Arbor Day quip...right?!?)  I love the orange/green combination.  Spoiler alert -- I may give this dishtowel as gifts to everyone I know.  It is $5.95 at Crate and Barrel.  I've listed one other that is also adorable called the Autumn Squash dishtowel ($4.95, Crate and Barrel).

Sweet hair ties

One of the benefits of longish hair is that you can put it up in a ponytail, and the most stylish way to do so is with Emi-Jay hair ties.  I absolutely adore these ponytail holders!  They come in terrific colors and are stretchy and soft, so they don't pull out gobs of hair when you remove them.  They are also secure enough to weather a work out.  I have given these as gifts to girls and women alike, and they have become addicted to these!  You can wear them on your arm as a sort of bracelet, just in case you need them.  It's super cute!  My favorite colors are shown below.

emi-jay.com, metallic collection, $10.99 for set of 5

emi-jay.com, pearl collection, $10.99 for set of 5

Sinful nail polish

I saw my friend, Yvette, yesterday and she had a beautiful nail color on that I would have SWORN was Chanel's Particuliere.  Of course I inquired!  She said, "Nope, it is Sinful Nail color in Nirvana.  $1.69 at Walgreens!"  WHAT!?!?  This color is gorgeous and come to find out the Sinful brand makes all sorts of fashion colors.  At that price you can definitely experiment with the trends without breaking the bank.  The truly best part is that this nail polish does not use all the yucky ingredients you want to avoid.  Thanks Yvette!!!

Stunning eye shadow

I have discovered the most beautiful eye shadow from Burberry beauty, and I just had to share it with you! Midnight Brown, #21 is a beautiful, neutral brown with subtle flecks of shimmer.  It goes on sheer, but add layers for a more intense color.  It is perfectly wearable for day or night, and gives the eye a gorgeous glow.  This is a luxury item ladies!  Check it out at  Nordstorm online, $29 (Park Meadows Nordstrom does not carry the Burberry beauty line)

I'm back!!!

Ladies, I am so sorry I have been gone for so long but I am back and ready to start dishing out fall fashion advice!  Life got busy and the blog fell by the wayside, but enough of you have roused me out of my haze and said to get back to writing!  Thanks so much for your support and encouragement!  I hope what I write helps you in some small way.

The past couple of days have been about 60 degrees and it makes me want to put those boots on and pull out the fall clothes.  But what to wear???  Here are a few of my fall picks.

1)  Red pants -- You've probably seen these all over the fashion magazines (if you have a spare moment to read them!), but they really are very current and wearable.  They are appropriate for work, and appropriate for any moment you want to make a real fashion statement (dinner with the girls?).  I'd wear them with a white button down shirt, a skinny leopard print belt and a statement necklace.  White, black, navy and animal prints are perfect partner to red pants.  Dixie pants, anthropologie.com, $98

2)  Killer shoes -- No, I don't mean shoes that kill your feet...rather shoes that make people stop and stare.  I will only wear shoes that are comfortable, so my pick is one in which you can actually walk!  Naya shoes from Nordstrom are actually a comfort shoe disguised as a fashion shoe.  This comes in the brown combo and black.  Both are stunning!  Perfect with jeans or dressy cropped pants.  Naya "Kasha Pump", nordstrom.com, $159.95

3)  The dress -- I love this faux wrap dress from Cabi.  I have several Cabi dresses and they have never let me down.  They are wash and wear, extremely hard to wrinkle and a good price for such a useful dress.  Pair this dress with black tights and platform pumps, booties or knee-high boots, and you are set!  Cabionline.com, $108

4)  Statement necklace -- Oh how I love a statement necklace.  You can wear an inexpensive sweater from Target, but when you pair it with a statement necklace it is automatically elevated!  This is high - low dressing at its best.  The one shown is $68 at Nordstrom (Torsade necklace), but I also love the Sunset necklace from Ann Taylor (geodes! $88) and the Marchesa necklace from Stella and Dot ($178).  The statement necklace should be super cool, very fun and you should LOVE wearing it.