Month: May 2016

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Spring Outfits

 

Spring Outfits….

Just a little taste of what I have been wearing this Spring!

A normal Spring in Utah is A little Rain and in the 60’s and 70’s Mostly Sunny…. But this year It’s been A lot for Rain and Mostly 50’s and a little 60’s & 70’s with sun… Very little! I am a born and raised California girl so I love Sun shinny days and our ” Seattle” weather in Utah is Killing me! So this Spring isn’t full of dresses and short’s of us…. It’s more like Jeans and a light sweater and more days with Hunter Boots then I would prefer😘

Spring….longer day’s, flowers blooming, green trees & Grass with Birds singing. For a lot of us this always means Spring Cleaning…. For me I have cleared out Closets, drawers, storage area’s… I love starting Spring & Summer with a FRESH closet. I can see what I HAVE and what I want to add to My wardrobe… Owning a clothing Boutique has its perks 😊 Most All my wardrobe come’s from Our shop!

This Spring I added in Some Fun New pieces, A fun little Birdie shirt ( that screams Spring to me), White Jeans, ( I LoVE White Jeans and have a couple pair’s) Olive Cargo shorts, striped dress ( can use as a duster come FALL), this Season’s MUST have strapped clog sandal, floral Tee ( you always need a little Floral for spring) and Concert tee a must Have for Concert season coming up…. I also added in some New Jewelry …Airplane Necklace for our Vacation😉 Some fun colorful earrings 7.99 on our website and in our shop. It’s My favorite shape ( see the yellow ones in the photo below) Light weight and easy to wear, I own almost every color.

Each outfit below is a mix of Old and New with budget friendly and some Not budget friendly pieces. Mixing up your patterns and playing with some color is fun for Spring. Wear what you love and try something New this Spring!

Hope a couple of My Spring Outfits inspire A Outfit for YOU!

Have a Great Week ❤️ D’Arcy

    Stripe & Bird Shirt $39.99, Edyson Jeans $89.99 shoes by Poetic Licence , My Favorite Earring Shape $7.99
Floral & stripe tee $34.99, stripped cardigan $64.99, Edyson Jeans$89.99, Hunter Boots
Light off the shoulder sweater(cashmere) $110, lace bra free people $48, white Kut from the Kloth Jeans $84.99, Airplane necklace $7.99, Tory Burch sandals
Kut from the Kloth White Jeans $84.99 & denim shirt$ 74.99,Camel belt by Hermes price upon request, camel strap clog sandal $34.99
Concert tee by Junk food $43.99, Edison jeans $82.99, cross body bag $21.99 Chic StyleBox item
Plaid and lace Dress/ Duster $46.99, Tory Burch Sandals
Neon pink stripe tee
( J Crew) seahorse cardigan $39.99 Olive Shorts by Kut from the Kloth $64.99, pineapple belt $8.99, shoes Steve Madden,jewelry all Kate Spade
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Summer Bedding

Summer Bedding

Ahhhhh….. The change of the Season! One of My favorite times of the year SUMMER,

Long Day’s, Open windows, warm temperatures and the longing to be outside!

All the reasons to Give your room a little redo.

The Decorator in me is alway’s changing stuff but when it comes to our Bedding I change it twice a year ( not the sheets people I wash those every week😉) I change out the Comforter, pillow , shams and even our Minky’s…. From heavy winter blankets, flannel sheets and our thick Compforter in Darker color’s to Our Light weight sheets, pillows and x the Blankets for just This Beautiful light weight cotton Quilt by Anthropology in White. Perfect for the Summer temperatures. I even change our Minky Couture blankets to the lighter version. If you don’t have a Minky Couture blanket your really missing out! In our home everyone has a blanket( a Minky Blanket) even in the Summer you’ll catch me using mine snuggling up reading or lounging there so soft our cats even find it to lay on!

I personally love changing the look of the room with the season.. Tip go with a Wall paint that is easy to change seasons around… Our walls are Mindful Grey ( which happens to be a Big color Joanna Gaines uses from fixer upper) We painted our room this color before I learned it’s one of her favorite pick’s! I know why ….it works with every accent color and changes with the lighting from soft to crisp! I love it❤️

Adding in the little details….. Our Night stands ( different on both sides) Are desk, painted metallic silver. I love the size a versatility used as a night stand! It’s the First thing I see in the morning and last thing I see when I go to Bed, so needless to say I like pretty things on it. Fresh flowers are always a must ( it’s my weekly treat to myself) photos of my boys, my wedding rings and my daily read, are some of the things I always have on it. Seasonal changes are Adding a bowl of shells we collected over the years, changing out my boys photo’s to ones of them at the Beach and a yummy Summer scented Candle ( loving the new coconut one by Voulspa at our shop! YUM) Just these small changes make a BIG impact on your mood and the feel of your space for each season.

I hope I inspired you to make a little or Big seasonal change in your Bedroom!

Have a great week❤️

D’Arcy

 

Summer bedding, Master Bedroom peek… Crisp white, silver, golds… Black Bed and Grey Walls!
Summer bedding
Crisp White with a touch of soft Grey. Anthropology and throw blanket Minky Couture.
Summer touch
Adding a few Summer memories to my Nightstand… Boys at the beach & seashells
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Mother’s Day

A little peek into My Mother’s Day! The real Day not the Instagram or Facebook how people view your day… Day

Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day has a different meaning to everyone…..
Some like to share it with all the family….( mom’s, nana’s auntie’s etc)
Some like to be lazy and not get Out of their pj’s…
Some like to get all dressed up and go to Brunch….
Some just like to be remembered….

As for Me ,Mother’s Day I would love to do all of the above but of course that’s not possible!
We don’t live near our family, so it’s just the 4 of us! I never have big expectations for Mother’s Day as they never seem to be what I would picture in my head! ( 1 Mother’s Day I was electrocuted 😁) I am a Mother of boy’s and I try to teach them to be loving , caring and thoughtful…. They’re good boys… But Thinking of me isn’t always on the top of they’re list ( we’ve had long chats over this!) so being truly honest here…. I don’t have big expectations!
( nor do I think I need too, a what can I do for you today mom? Would be awesome)

This year is been a crazy couple of weeks and I just wanted a day in my Pj’s relaxing, a good breakfast

( would have loved a stack of something sweet😍 but not possible on Whole30) scrolling through Instagram and watching hallmark channel and HGTV!
My day started off the way I was hoping…. Except the 6 am enteral alarm clock!
Hubby Made a perfect whole30 breakfast, and we laid in bed watching Joel Olsteen and scrolling Instagram until my boys got up around 10…. No Happy Mother’s Day ( oh 1 kid was at sleep over so hubby ran and got him)
First thing out of my oldest Mouth is what are we doing today…. We’re not gonna just stay home and do nothing are we!!!! Still no Happy Mother’s Day
My Hubby and youngest came home with a card and flower ( which I know was purchase that morning) and we are doing something today right? I really should have said did you guys plan something but I didn’t….I went back to doing what I wanted to do which was lounging around!
Around 1 my hubby asked” what do you want to do?” I stated the above and said but our kids would love to do something!….. He said well it’s up to you!
So…. Because I am a MoM…. As most of us are, that put our kids wants before ours…. I said ok let’s go to Movies and dinner….not to see Mother’s Day as I would have picked but to see Captain America because of course I am a MOM of boys❤️
The movie was great and our Dinner at Twigs was awesome, we even squeezed in some shopping…my day didn’t go as planned but I spent it with The ones I love Most!
Let’s face it any time we get to spend the day with no phones and your boys attention is the Best gift you can get❤️
Most of us Mom’s don’t have have the perfect day or the perfect family but in each day I hope we can teach and learn lessons to be the best person we can be!
I hope your Mother’s Day turned out to be what you had planned or even better then the plans in your head❤️
Have a Beautiful week, D’Arcy

Breakfast in bed made by the hubby whole30
My outfit for the day…. It’s chilly and rainy here in Utah!
Another shot of my Quick Mother’s Day outfit… Dazzling sweater, Edison jeans, fedora and New balance tennis shoes!
My Boy’s❤️ The love’s of my lives! Hudson 19 and Hampton 13 ( remember I am 5’9 1/2 ) they grow so fast