Friday, April 10, 2015

Blush and grey


 
Blazer/trousers- JCPenney  option
belt- thrifted
shoes- Payless  option option
necklaces- Lulu's/ gift  option option  option
Worn April 3, 2015
 
If you notice something different here, I changed the blogger template. It seems my home page was not showing correctly. All the widgets were at the bottom instead of the side. Each post page showed correctly but the homepage was all jacked up. Changing the template did not fix it, but I finally found the issue. One post had images that was too wide, so it was pushing everything to the bottom. The weird things blogger does!
 
I love the pairing of blush and grey. Blush and white is also a great spring and summer color pairing. All of these pieces are in my capsule and should see a fair amount of rotation.
 
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Thursday, April 9, 2015

Blues and white





 
Vest - Forever 21 option  option
pants- TJMaxx  option
shoes- Payless  option  option option
necklace- online boutique option
 
Three more pieces from my capsule. I think this is one of my favorite ways I've worn this white vest so far. It's in the capsule because it's a challenge to me. I love vests but freeze when it comes to styling them. Below are two other ways I've worn the vest.


 
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Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Lavender for Easter



 
 
Shirt- Liz Claiborne/ JCPenney  option
skirt- old option  total splurge
clutch- thrifted   option  option
shoes- Unlisted/Belk  option
worn April 5, 2015
 
I wore this for Easter church services and everyone  said you look so "Eastery". Is that a word and does it mean I look like an egg? 
 
 These pieces are not part of my capsule. The capsule is work only so weekends and church are free range. I do have a matching jacket for this skirt that made it into the capsule. This set taunts me. It's old (10+ years) but I can still wear it and love it hanging in the closet. I just never know how to wear it other than as a set with a white blouse. Boring to repeat. So the skirt has been salvaged from going to Goodwill by pairing it with this plaid pastel blouse I picked up last year when I realized I didn't have very many pastel shades or "spring" colors in my closet.
 
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Monday, April 6, 2015

37 piece spring work capsule

I've finally narrowed down my choices for a spring work capsule. I've decided to give the capsule option a go from now until June 20. I started utilizing pieces in the capsule April 1. I've finally got the pieces together to show you. Boy, was it hard. I wanted to include so many but had to keep telling myself this is just for spring and there is still summer coming. I did not want to photograph each item so I've made sets of similar or the same item from the internet. My apologies to those of you who saw my strange polyvore posts. I don't use polyvore much so it was a learning curve for me.

On to the capsule: I am going to create my work outfits from 37 pieces for the aforementioned time frame. I decided not to include casual weekend pieces in my capsule because my weekend needs fluctuate so much. I may eventually get around to settling on another casual capsule but for now I'll just play with the work wear. I did not include shoes or accessories. Those are free range. My self imposed rules are that I can swap out two pieces at the end of thirty days if these just aren't working. I'm also allowing myself to utilize pieces not in the capsule on two occasions if necessary as long as one capsule item is still included in the outfit. Want to play along? Feel free to and let me know in the comments.

Here are my choices: 11 tops
Spring tops

1. Sleeveless green top by Merona/Target - (old) pictured item is similar
2. Loft floral and butterfly top- recent Poshmark purchase pictured is similar
3.  Floral Target top- exact item
4. Coral/navy/mint chevron top- similar item pictured
5. Worthington graphic print top- exact item
6. JCrew grid print top- similar pictured  option
7. Black lace top- similar pictured
8. Chartreuse top- similar pictured
9. JCrew Factory blue stripe button up - similar pictured
10. Blush Limited top- similar pictured  option
11. Lemon Loft utility blouse- similar pictured
 
13 Bottoms:
Spring bottoms



 
 
1. Navy Merona pencil skirt -similar pictured
2. Pink Worthington pencil skirt- exact
3. Green Limited pencil skirt -similar pictured
4. Mint Limited skirt- similar pictured
5. Print Worthington pencil skirt- smiliar
6. JCrew dot pencil skirt similar pictured
7. white Loft pants- similar pictured
8. Light grey Worthington trousers- similar pictured
9. Loft trousers- exact
10. Limited navy trousers- exact
11. Loft cobalt pants -similar pictured
12. Heathered navy trousers similar pictured

12 Blazers or completer pieces- all pictured are similar

Spring toppers

 1. Black Gap blazer option
2. Light grey Worthington blazer
3. White Ann Klein blazer similar
4. Grey pinstripe blazer
5. Coral blazer  option
6. Hot pink blazer  option
7. Mint blazer  option
8 Lavender blazer
9. Beige sleeveless trench coat option
10 White vest similar
11.Mint cardigan
12. Beige pinstripe blazer option

What do you think? Would you give a capsule a try?

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Saturday, April 4, 2015

Mint and white



 
Jacket -Old Navy  option  option
shirt- Forever 21  option
scarf- BAM option  option
shoes- Payless  option  option
worn March 27 PM
 
Just popping in to say Happy Easter and share an extra outfit from  a week ago. It has nothing to do with the capsule I'm working on. Last week when I wore the shirt and scarf with the suit, I came home and used those two pieces to change into a casual outfit for running errands and dinner. It was still chilly so the jacket came in handy. I was just complaining about not getting enough wear out of this white jacket, but for now, it's been saved.

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