~what to wear~

Hello there!!

First off, thanks so much for your feedback

on yesterday's post about my

pillows & chair covers!! 

Do you know, I just remembered I have

about 5 yards of vintage grey & cream french ticking????{duh!}
oh man!! that little round pillow in grey ticking??

{Thank you Laurie from Heaven's Walk!!}

Anyway, I love hearing all your thoughts & ideas for

stuff to go in the store :)

but today, I'm not talking

 about pillows & chair covers

 or gorgeous interiors....

I'm talking about this stuff....cute stuff....

ok so I think I've already confessed

my whole Pinterest

addiction to you all....well maybe it's not

an addiction, per se.....ha ha ha dream on....

but let's go with that....

but another way I have loved it

 ~aside from decorating~

{oh, is there anything else??? }

why yes, dear....(talking to myself here)

you do need to "dress yourself!"

hmmmmmm.....yes I do......(myself responding...)

is it's help in answering

 this looming question.....

 what do I wear????

you see......ever since child #3 came along....

and the weight didn't come off

{oh couldn't be the nutella I discovered shortly thereafter....}

and the second income ended...

{after choosing to stay at home with kiddos}

I really lost interest in what to wear....

well didn't really "lose interest"

 ...more accurately... got a little discouraged

cuz...my "new" size 12 didn't dress up as cute

as my old size 6.....

then time rolls on.....garden girl...decorator girl...

remodel girl........"run around after kids" girl

ends up wearing levis (boot cut at least!) and

various neutral colored (black, white, tan, cream, grey)

tops...and calling it "good."

and you seriously would've never guessed I started my

career as a Nordstrom manager.....pining for

a buying position.....worked there in college...

worked my way up....was waaaaaaaaay into

fashion.......

but the new "one income" budget....didn't really

work for Nordstrom shopping anymore....

and cheap clothes don't do much for your figure (usually)

but anyway.....

I think you get the picture! right??

well having darling teenage girls....

has gently pushed me into dressing a little

cuter....ya know??

they are so dang cute..aren't they??

can I say that?  is that bragging??

Madi (Madisen) on the left is 15 and a sophomore

& Mackenzie (Kenzie) on the right is 14 is a freshman

(and oh were they trouble as toddlers......!! I broke into a sprint

if  there was ever "silence" for over 30 seconds....that meant someone was stuffing, dumping, pouring, mixing, cutting "creating" something ...somewhere....that

was gonna be a major challenge to clean/restore/throw out/grow back etc...

hee, hee} but I digress....back to fashion...where

was I????

I mean, they are "into it" and love

being girly & dressing cute...so I have

to say....it's definitely got me thinkin'

about dressing a little cuter...

a little funner...a little zippier...

but my big problem

was not knowing

what in the heck to wear!!!

I mean.....I would just go to a store or 2 and browse

around...pick up a few things....try on a couple...

& leave with one item....not exactly a way to

build a wardrobe.....

but I honestly was thinking...."I don't even know

how to dress myself anymore!!!!"

now that was a very long story to get to

my point.....my new found love

finding cute outfits on Pinterest.....

and "pinning" them....

now I know what to wear....

I feel my old self returning....feeling excited about

clothes, shoes, boots, bags....

accessories.....yay!!!!

don't have to feel like a dummy at the store

anymore.....yay!!

hee hee!!

if you have ever felt the same way....

{now I know most of you are

seriously amazing stylish

blogger fashionistas....

and probably don't need

any help....}

but just in case....

I thought I'd share.....:)

you can see my "pins"

on decor (of course!)

living rooms, kitchens,

bedrooms, bathrooms,

gardens etc....

and

"what to wear"

here

and then cuz I know you'll want to

find way more stuff.....

browse around & see what you can find

to cutesify your already darling self!

xoxo,

Shellagh

P.S.

here's another great site for fashion scoping!

Polyvore

{all images via pinterest/tickingandtoile}