The Tiny Closet

A few months ago, Redbook magazine contacted me, asking if I'd like to be in their July issue for a lil spread on white dresses....  Oh, would I!!

What a treat!

Remember this Catherine Malandrino dress from my favorite thrift store?  I've adored this dress since the moment I spied it on the rack.  I am so happy and not to mention, incredibly flattered that Redbook liked it too!  Enough to put me and my pup in their issue!!  

And check out the amazing company I'm in...  These ladies are rocking out the LWD for sure.

Sooooo, pick yourself up a copy of the newest issue when you can.  Jada's on the cover - it's a good one.

Thank you, Redbook for this print!

And speaking of things I adore  - I actually only wear clothing I absolutely love, as this is the Tiny Closet lifestyle.  So of course, I also adore this striped dress.  I debuted this big ol' Tiny Closet Collection dress a couple months ago with my trusty oxfords and red lipstick.  But since I've been trying to slow my roll these days, I've been wearing it around the house a lot.  

The sumptuous jersey I chose for this dress is sooooooo cozy!  I can lounge out and I can lounge in.  

Win win.

So after my roomie surprised me with the issue Thursday evening, I was on cloud nine as I curled up with a movie and some random champagne I found in the fridge.  

I've been completely without conditioner the past few days and my hair has been HATING me for it.  I muffled it's frizzy screams with a leopard turban.  Perhaps you remember this turban from the post I did a while ago here?  Last night was leopard and stripes.  Mama like.  

The combo works, yes?  No?  Maybe?

Anyway, I'll be catching up with everything this weekend and joining you on the flipside come Monday.  

I've actually got a few more awesome surprises coming soon so please keep visiting to find out what's next!  

It's hard keeping all these exciting secrets to myself!  

Enjoy your weekend :)

There's been a lot going on lately as I'm bringing more designs together for Spring.  I took a break from  all the sewing and planning to see a dear friend perform at a Bobby McFerrin concert last night at the Walt Disney Concert Hall.  The concert was amazing and truly special because for one, I absolutely adore Bobby McFerrin and two, my friend played drums and sang backgrounds.  Singing backgrounds for Bobby of all people!  I died.

Before our evening stroll to the concert hall, we took some shots of my highly improvised outfit.  Leggings, a waterfall skirt worn to the side and a maxi tee.
Casual with a bit of modern evening formality...  But mainly casual.

top: Tiny Closet Collection / leggings: F&F / skirt: Forver21 / heels: Zara / cuff: RiaRia

Thanks for visiting!

I've been focusing inward lately.  Like on my new home, specifically :)  Focusing on decor, colors, fabrics, new furniture, whoooo!  My head is spinning with inspiration!

So Thursday, I took a break from going out and stayed in to marinate in all my ideas.  And possibly watch Goonies. 

But these days, I'm living in the middle of everything as soon as I walk out of my front door.  And since I like to always feel my best (and feeling my best means looking my best), even when I was cozied down inside, the couple times I needed to escort my doggie outside for a tinkle, I quickly transformed my house wear into an ensemble that was more than doable for a quick outing.

From staying in to stepping out, all I needed was a crisp business shirt and earrings.  Nothing more.

And while inside, I kept it even more simple.  

For the record, I didn't wear my earrings inside but kept them on for the shoot cus I'm fancy like that.

I also took some photos of things that have been taking up my idle attention lately: 

 our Stendig calendar newly hung in our living room....  Some mags and my favorite interior decorating book, Domino...   And my artsy husband put our kitchen chalkboard to use that morning.  Not for groceries.  It's been raining lately so of course he felt poetic.  As he does :)

The day was also spent avoiding dealing with my not so Tiny Closet.  Ugghhhh :(  But I've got some ideas that I'm excited to share that may alleviate the stress... 

More on that later!