Fall From Space: Celestial Reasonings

Dress: So, Kohl's

Boots: Penny Loves Kenny, Amazon

Top: So, Kohl's

Bag: LC Lauren Conrad, Kohl's; Bangles: B Fabulous; Ring: Mixit, JCPenney

Fabulous Felt Autumn Elegance Barrette

Dress: Jessica Simpson, Amazon

Choker and barrettes: Kohl's

Ring: Mixit, JCPenney; Bag: Privileged, Zulily; Boots: Penny Loves Kenny, Amazon; Tights: HUE, Amazon

Skirt: Rewind, Kohl's

Bag: Mellow World, Kohl's; Ring: Charlotte Russe; Red and yellow bangles: B Fabulous; Zigzag bangle: Strawbridge & Clothier; Green bangle: Burlington Coat Factory

Shoes: Chase & Chloe, Zulily; Tights: HUE, Zulily

Top: LC Lauren Conard, Kohl's

Now that we're into November, it's finally starting to feel like fall.  And not just because it's cooler and leaves are actually falling from the trees.  But because Halloween is behind us, with Thanksgiving just around the corner.  So, wearing gold and boots and leaf-themed things feels less like a bit and more like real life.  I even busted out last year's Thanksgiving dress and made a new leaf barrette complete with a crescent moon.  And you know what?  It turns out that autumn, although not my usual cup of tea, is very colorful.  And also very nice.  

 

Harvest Moon Barrette Brooch

So, welcome fall!  I'm finally happy that you're here.

I'll miss you come December when I'm dragged, kicking and screaming, into Christmas.

If at First You Don't Succeed, Then Try (er, Buy) Tie Dye Again

Sunglasses: Target

Shoes: Worthington, JCPenney 

Dress: B. Smart, Kohl's

Bag: Apt. 9, Kohl's

Boots: JustFab

Bag: Privileged, Zulily 

Trippy Hippie Choker

Top: BCX, Macy's

Blue top: Jennifer Lopez Collection, Kohl's; Pink top: Wild Fable: Target

Bag: Delia's, Dolls Kill

Simply Citrus Brooch

I tried tie dying exactly one tee shirt as a kid, for school or maybe a Brownie badge.  I chose orange and yellow, and it came out pale and blotchy, not at all like the vibrant colors and patterns I saw on tie-dyed clothes at the mall.  But then, I was never one for exacting arts and crafts -- I bombed at gimp weaving, sewing, and ceramics -- gravitating toward the more forgiving activities of drawing and jewelry making.  I wanted to make things that didn't limit my imagination with dropped stitches or clay that wouldn't stick due to a lack of that watery glue known, oddly, as slip.  Any endeavor with relentless rules -- and only one answer -- might as well be math.  

That said, I've always loved the look of tie dye.  So whenever I see it, I like to stock up.  All of this stuff is old except the dress, which I just had to have despite the impending cool weather.

Just like I had to have those Brownie badges to make an oh-so-colorful sash.  

Camping soon cured me of that scheme.