Still Stuck on Stickers and Cacti

Boots: 2 Lips Too, Zulily

Cactus Canyon Necklace

Bag: JCPenney

Top: LC Lauren Conrad, Kohl's

Stickers: Hallmark

Dress: Zulily

Motel Spell Necklace

Bag: Delia's, Dolls Kill

Headband: Michaels

Made time to make necklaces.

Boots: Wild Fable, Target

Cammie Cowgirl Necklace

Tee: Wrangler, Kohl's

Top: LC Lauren Conrad, Kohl's

Saguaro Circle Necklace

Bag: Excel, Delia's

Hair clip: Amazon

You wouldn't think that a fortysomething would collect stickers, or that a Jersey girl would be into cacti.  But here we are.  I was excited to make these necklaces and wear them with my western best.  (I'd crack a joke about Best Western, but I've done that before.)  Just as I was excited to find those succulent stickers at my local Hallmark.  They're so cute and cheerful with their cartoonish, pain-free prickles.

It really is the little things.

Even when they're a little excessive.

Home is Where the Harvest Is

Jacket: Blue Asphalt, Wet Seal

Adorned Acorn Necklace

Belt: Steve Madden, Zulily; Bag: Apt. 9, Kohl's 

Koala Baby

Yellow top: LC Lauren Conrad, Kohl's

Blouse: Candie's, Kohl's' Shoes and bag: LC Lauren Conrad, Kohl's

Mushrooms and succulent: Kohl's

Sweater: Amazon

Mum and pumpkin: Michaels

Bracelet: ZAD, Zulily

Skirt: Hollister, Marshalls

Top: Nine West, Kohl's

Bag: Amazon

Dress: LC Lauren Conrad, Kohl's

Jacket: Candie's, Kohl's

Bow: Wild Fable, Target

Wreath: Kohl's; Ribbon: Michaels

Boots: 2 Lips Too, Zulily

Orchid: A. C. Moore

Square Dance Romance Necklace

Bag: JCPenney

And by harvest I don't mean produce, but stuff that looks like produce but is plastic.  That's right.  I've changed my décor -- and wardrobe -- from creepy to cozy in honor of the oft overlooked Thanksgiving.  This is new for me this year, just as decking the halls with skulls was new for me last Halloween.  It looks like I'm turning into my mother after all -- which, Mom, if you're reading, I mean in the best way possible!  

Speaking of motherhood, I was decorating the fireplace while Char Bar watched from her blanket.  She was screaming up a storm, which she does when she's excited and/or frustrated.  So I shouldn't have been surprised when she rolled over onto her stomach for the very first time!  She couldn't roll back onto her back, though, so I had to turn her over.  Undeterred, she proceeded to roll -- and scream -- three more times as I kept one eye on her and one on my tchotchkes.  She hasn't stopped since, and I'm sure next year I'll be working overtime to prevent her from playing kickball with the pumpkins.

Some harvest that'll be!

Boots Before Booties and Other Kitsch Cuties: Also, Hello Zipperless Denim

Flannel: So, Kohl's

Bag: Betsey Johnson, Boscov's

Hair clips: Marshalls

Jeans: Sonoma, Kohl's

Boots: 2 Lips Too, Zulily

Dress: Lily Rose, Kohl's

Headband: Zulily

Bag: INC, Macy's

Boots: Wild Fable, Target

Sweater: Gap

Boots and bag: LC Lauren Conrad, Kohl's

The bigger I get, the more I love boots.  It's nice to have the height and support that come with a sturdy block heel -- not to mention the sass of the Southwest.  You know what else is nice?  Maternity jeans!  At first I was suspicious of these so-called jeans sans zippers, but now I can't live without them.  

That said, no new jewelry to show this time.  But I am working on a special new "drop" (do people still say that?), and I'm pretty excited about it. 

So stay tuned.  I'll be here, dwelling in cloud-soft denim.