As You Glide Down the Isle of Style . . .

 Over the Rainbow Necklace

Tee: Gifted

Jeans: City Streets, JCPenney

Flip flops: 9&Co., JCPenney

Bag: Loop, Toilet Water, Ocean City

Scarf: A.C. Moore

 Call Me Carmen Necklace

Dress: O'Neill, Macy's

Camisole: So, Kohl's

Flip flops: 9&Co., JCPenney

Bag: Loop, Marshalls

Scarf: Express

 Pastel Shell Necklace

Tee: So, Kohl's

Skirt: Kohl's

Shoes: Madden Girl, DSW

Bag: Candie's, Kohl's

Scarf: Express

 Fabulous Felt Pink Horizon Necklace

Top: Macy's

Skirt: Decree, JCPenney's

Flip flops: Mixit, JCPenney

Bag: Bisou Bisou, JCPenney

 Citrus Slice Necklace

Top: Kohl's

Skirt: So, Kohl's

Shoes: Barefeet Shoes

Bag: Marshalls

Belt: Everything's $10 Tournier

 Fabulous Felt Tribal Tropics Necklace

Dress: Macy's

Shoes: Marc Fisher, Marshalls

Bag: Apt. 9, Kohl's

Fabulous Felt Hibiscus Necklace

Top: Macy's

Jeans: l.e.i., Macy's

Shoes: Alloy

Bag: Marshalls

Sunglasses: So, Kohl's

Sweet Salsa Necklace

Tank: Mossimo, Target

Tee: Wet Seal

Cardigan: Candie's, Kohl's

Skirt: Prabal Gurung for Target

Shoes: BCBG, Marshalls

Bag: Betsey Johnson, ROSS Dress for Less

Belt: Izod, Marshalls

. . . be sure to snag some Hawaiian Punch.  Speaking of summery sweets, some weeks ago I was enjoying the first Rita's of the season, a super sweet vanilla water ice, when I blurted out my love for the tasty treat, i.e., "I love vanilla ice!"  Then I heard myself.  I had the grace to be embarrassed, a feeling that's now heightened as I realize just how many references to that rapper reside on this blog.  

For my next trick, I'll try to come up with something cute to say about Dairy Queen. 

Naturally, Neon

 Feather Fest Necklace

Top: So, Kohl's

Skirt: Macy's

Shoes: Alloy

Bag: Apt. 9, Kohl's

Jacket: Blue Asphalt, Wet Seal

Mellow Metal Necklace

Dress: Mossimo, Target

Shoes: Guess, DSW

Bag: Bisou Bisou, JCPenney

Scarf: Gifted

 Far Out Feather Necklace

Pink tank: Worthington, JCPenney

Tan tank: Old Navy

Skirt: Xhilaration, Target

Boots: Charles Albert, Alloy

Bag: Nine West, ROSS Dress for Less

Jacket: Candie's, Kohl's

Belt: Marshalls

This post's pieces (and the outfits that love them) are a mix of old and new styles, a rustic renaissance reignited by neon. Kind of like a pioneer wandering, awestruck, along the Vegas strip in search of a watering hole. You know. If pioneers wore pink and didn't die of cholera while chugging along the Oregon Trail.

But on to lighter things.  Like the Mellow Metal Necklace's focal point of an industrial pendant.  I spied it on the clearance rack during one of my many visits to Michael's and plotted to purchase it the next time I returned.  When I later relayed this to the fiance, he shook his head and uttered something about the sad, stalkerish shopping habits of women.  Why, he asked, don't we just buy everything we want all at once?  I explained that this would never do.  After all, what could be less sad than saving a little something for later, a kind of rainy day treat snatched from life's candy dish to be enjoyed on some spinach-filled Monday?

Shop on, pioneer princesses.

Creature Feature

 Fabulous Felt Antique Owl Necklace

Dress: Marshalls

Shoes: Frederick's of Hollywood

Bag: DSW

 Petunia the Peaceful Elephant Necklace

Top: Venus

Skirt: So, Kohl's

Shoes: Chaps, Kohl's

Bag: Candie's, Kohl's

Fabulous Felt Our Pal Owl Necklace

Top: Kohl's

Jeans: Vanilla Star, Target

Shoes: Madeleine, DSW

Bag: Gifted

Belt: Wet Seal

This week's trio features two more pieces that are part of what I've come to think of as my cool collars series because the felt "wings" flanking the pendants look like little peter pan collars about to take flight.  A mixed-media marriage of hardware and felt, these sassy hybrids open the door to ever more eccentric themes.  Take the Fabulous Felt Antique Octopus Necklace.  After finishing it, it occurred to me that our tentacled title character should've been surrounded by seashells instead of flowers.  But then, I kind of liked the incongruity.  Not to mention the "Octopus's Garden" connection that, for all I know, subconsciously fueled the entire enterprise.  Now, that's what I call strange serendipity.    

Rambling Roses and Loquacious Lilies

 Fabulous Felt Girly Garden Necklace

Top: So, Kohl's

Skirt: Candie's, Kohl's

Shoes: Ami Clubwear

Bag: Princess Vera, Kohl's

 Ruby Rose Necklace

Jacket: Material Girl, Macy's

Tank: Worthington, JCPenney

Skirt: Candie's, Kohl's

Shoes: Betseyville, Macy's

Bag: Nine West, ROSS Dress for Less

Scarf: Wet Seal

 Flora's Flowers Necklace

Dress: Modcloth

Shoes: Candie's, Kohl's

Bag: Old Navy

 Fabulous Felt Bunch of Blooms Brooch

Dress: Modcloth

Shoes: City Streets, JCPenney

Bag: Journeys

Scarf: Marshalls

  Fiona's Flowers Necklace

Tank: Rewind, Kohl's

Jeans: Sears

Shoes: Bongo, Kohl's

Bag: Loop, Marshalls

There are no lilies entwined within the felted foliage of these pieces.  But I wasn't about to let a detail like that stop me from vaunting my vocabulary.  I love adjectives, and I've always found "loquacious" to be an especially glamorous-sounding one.  It makes me think of beaded gowns and feather fans and, for some inexplicable reason, flamingos.  At any rate, it lends more dignity than "You Grow, Girl!", which was the runner-up for this week's post title.  It's also fitting, as these bejeweled blooms have as much to say as the wonderfully whimsical ones that mouthed off in the 1985, made-for-TV version of "Alice in Wonderland."  I know this because I had a childhood obsession with the campy classic, which now resides on my DVD shelf between View from the Top and the first season of "Girls."  That's fitting too, as it's right smack-dab-in-the-middle of fairy tale and horror.  Watch Carol Channing morph into a sheep just once and you'll know what I mean.