Winter Casual

Hello friends! I may have shot this look pre-snow but the outfit is one I'm still wearing in the January cold (plus my cocoon of a puffer coat for any outside speed walking from car to building). Black denim becomes my favorite go-to for winter ... perhaps it's that slimming effect after all the holiday cookies?  Regardless, black feels more wintry and chic after all the lighter blues and sweatshirts reign supreme in comfort. A little off the shoulder number is fun as an alternative and bonus for me, works just as nicely over a leotard in my dance classes. A very 80's high hip leotard and off the shoulder sweatshirt sort of image is likely coming to mind right now, right? Lots of hip rolls and headbands. Ha! Yeah, it's exactly like that. 😉

Jacket - Zara

Jeans and scarf - Madewell

Sweatshirt - J. Crew

Thank you to Erin Jean Photo for the beautiful photography. 💗

Summer Dress into Fall

Hello lovelies! We shot this look before the temps dropped and quite dramatically too. Today it's a cool 30 degrees and if I was wearing this right now it would be a much cozier look, perhaps a pair of cream cabled tights and a big warm sweater in the same hue. Something a little more snow bunny-esque.  

But for this warmer fall day, this autumn floral jacket was all it needed. It's a moto fit in a very 90's tapestry, reminding me all too well of a vest I wore for my senior pictures in '95 - haha! A floral tapestry vest, fashionably (?) warn with pleated Bermuda shorts thankyouverymuch. Those senior pictures are something else, you guys. Wow. 

 Dress - Free People 

 Sneakers - Zara

Thank you Erin for the beautiful photography. 💗 Erin Jean Photography 

Rainy Rompers

Hello friends! I'm here to share some photos from an early evening spent with a lovely friend, playing around in a shiny parking lot near Bay Beach after the rain. We met up at a spot I've driven passed with the kids a million times this summer on our way to the pool, with a cute red staircase and the name of that much loved road in bold black. After taking our pictures we grabbed some dinner at the new Copper State Brewing Company. If you visit you MUST try the Smores dessert. 

I love that these pics feel so end of summer happy, as today the kids were all officially back at school and I'm just a little giddy about it. So there you have it!

Thank you Nichole for the photos. 💗 

Outfit: romper - Target, oxfords - Zara

Checkered Jumpsuit

Hello friends! Ahhhh, our beautiful summer is quickly winding down and I'm just not ready for it. Do you feel the same way? Sure we have all that fall yumminess to look forward to ... Wisconsin sure makes it hard not to love the change of seasons, even the inevitable sad cooling down is made bare-able (maybe even sweet?) by autumn's stunning transformation. We'll all be googly eyed over pumpkins and ciders soon. Okay I'll stop. 😉 

We're racing through August, on the final summer stretch now, and I just don't want to say goodbye to our beautifully unstructured lives and lazy togetherness. All of my favorite memories have been created in one summer or another. Oh the unfettered life! 

Anyway, I rarely feel sure of what to say in style posts these days. "Here's a checkered jumpsuit. So cute. I love them. Etcetera, etcetera." You already know and I think I'll just let the pictures speak for the clothes. I adore clothes and I can't help but share that with the world! Hah! But I'll let you fill in the blanks?

Jumpsuit - Free People

Keeping it Simple

Hello friends! We've had such a beautiful month, hanging outside with a pool just steps away as often as possible and creating as many adventures as we can manage. Days are spend with cousins, playing, swimming, bike riding and chilling and the moment the little ones wake up each morning they inquire, "What will we do with our cousins today?" 

The first month of summer tends to be a bumpy transition into newly unscheduled days and less time alone than we're all really comfortable with. So it takes a little bit to find that happy summer rhythm. By July it's sunk in and we begin to dread that moment when everything changes again and we no longer have unlimited togetherness. Hah! 

Some of our favorite July moments? Well, my sister and I took all of the kids (8 between us) on a 10 mile bike ride last week, a scenic peddle with ice cream at the halfway point. It went surprisingly well for such a serious distance, particularly for the younger ones! 😊 The kids also spent a week at a fine arts camp at our church - Celebration Church - and that was seriously awesome. Always a summer highlight. We spent a day in Door County, taking a little tour of some of our favorite kid friendly spots in Bailey's Harbor ... sunbathing at Murphy Beach, food and go carts at PC Junction, lavender lattes at Bearded Heart, ice cream sundaes (with a gorgeous view) at Yum Yum Tree. There's so much more fun to be had in Door County but this is what we manage to squeeze into one day trip. And then if we're not at the pool you'll find us at soccer, cheering big brother on. 

But my original intention was to share a little style today! So here's some of my favorite, simpler summer pieces combined into one look. Easy tanks pair well with faded denim for chill Wisconsin evenings and Madewell continues to be my top pick for most comfortable/flattering jeans and tees. I dressed these up for an evening out with ankle wrap wedges but slim gold sandals worked perfectly for day. 

Our shoot ended with a little rain! Thank you to Erin Jean Photography for the beautiful photos. 💗

Tank, denim, cap - Madewell (jeans - HERE, cap HERE) Hint, get on their mailing list and wait for their sales/coupons which come often.
Wedges - Old Navy