Spring Metallics

It is almost spring and it looks like for most of the country we may have an early spring this year. Luckily the winter wasn't as cold as it has been in passed years for those in the colder states. Luckily for me its spring and summer year round here so we don't get much cold weather, I sometimes wish it was colder so I could wear more winter fashion and styles but then when I see all those snow photos, and think of dealing with those freezing temperatures I am grateful for the cool fronts we get here in Florida that normally are at the coldest 40/50's in the evening and 70's in the day time. 

My favorite part of spring is planning our annual spring break vacation and the fact that summer break is only a few months away. I have survived the first half of the school year and will soon be rewarded with summer break, quality time with my family, sleeping in passed 5:30 am, says at the beach or pool side at our house and summer trips. 

Working in the fashion business I am blessed to get to see all of the spring and summer fashion trends as they are being released, sometimes even before the rest of the world is getting to see them. Usually all of the season fashion trends will be leaked by other stylists and fashion reporters before trends hit the runways. I have already done several posts on the hot trends to keep your eye out for this year, including the metallics. I featured a post earlier this year on metallics for spring featuring the silver leather mini skirt from the Kendall and Kylie collection, I shared a similar skirt I found on eBay by Sanctuary for way less but with the same lines, structure and feel. I am now going to share some other style skirts in metallics in different lengths and price points for those who like metallics for spring.

Kendall and Kylie have a line with TopShop, this silver Metallic mini skirt sold out quickly and retailed for $180, you can now find a few select sizes left online in different shops or on eBay. I found the below skirt on Nordstrom's site on sale for $94.99 

They only have sizes 4 and 6 left. If you don't want to spend close to $100 even on sale for this look you can check out the skirt I purchased below. 

I found this skirt on eBay through BHFO and it's made by Sanctuary. I won it in auction format for $10 plus shipping and it is way better then I had even expected. Pictures don't do it justice, this picture anyway didn't do it justice. When it arrived I was amazed at the quality of the faux metallic leather and how similar it really was to the TopShop skirt. It has a body-con tight fitted look and is a great length. Being taller at 5'8 with longer legs I sometimes try to avoid mini skirts or short dresses because they end up looking even shorter on my frame but this skirt fits me amazing, it is made for a woman's body more then a junior sizing like the TopShop style. Either way both skirts are gorgeous and look great with all types of tops, from tees, button downs, peasant tops, crop tops, blouses, and more. 

Pleated metallic skirts are all the rage right now and you can find them in mini, midi and maxi lengths. 

This pleated silver metallic skirt comes from Forever21 and is only $27.90. I love the pleats and high waist. These skirts look great with cropped tops and tanks. 

 I found this the above black waisted and silver pleated mini skirt at Express for $69 but it is currently on sale for $39.99. It also is high waisted but has more of a fan style thin pleat versus the larger box pleat look. This skirt can be dressed up or worn casual. 

Check out this lovely Gatsby inspired and 1970s feel in a pleated gold midi length.  I am obsessed with anything with a vintage vibe or look, this skirt has it that feel 100%. It is designed by Andrea Lieberman for the resort line 2016 by A.L.C and retails for $595. You know the bargain hunter in me would have to find something similar in style for my amazing followers. 

I found this Ralph Lauren skirt which is almost exact, it retails for $295 but I found many sizes on eBay listed for $50-89.97, depending on if you are bidding or buy it now. For $89.97 it is a great deal compared to $595 and you are getting the same feel and look. 

Below I added a couple other looks that are similar in where to shop.  I will add a link to the ebay items tomorrow am for anyone interested in ordering from eBay, you can search on eBay Ralph Lauren gold pleated skirt or Sanctuary metallic silver, or faux leather silver mini skirt.  

Hope you enjoyed my post on the gold and silver metallic skirts and will be sharing more on my love for midi length skirts tomorrow.  From solids, stripes, florals, textures and more, I have a love for the mid length a line 70's vintage look skirts.  I am going to share some of my favorites online now and in stores as well as some I own and wear often for work or play.  Good night XoXo

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Eclectic Gypsy Boho Chic Bedroom Update

Welcome to my Eclectic Boho Chic Bedroom Design

This is an update from multiple previous posts I have done featuring my design and decor of my bedroom that has been a work in progress for over a year, as well as other posts featuring my home and decor that can date back to the start of my blog. I have been sharing my decor style and photos of my own home for many years. You can scroll back to see older photos and more recent shots.  Thank you. 

All items will be listed that are still available or similar items below in the where to shop section.

My duvet cover and pillows in this photo are all from Target,

I scored this for $8 at Homegoods they told me it didn't work and was messed up over the holiday rush.  I loved it and didn't care if it worked, plus I like the rustic or vintage look.  Got her home and put batteries guess what she works perfectly.  Love it and adds this romantic feel like candles do to the room.

My Wall collage is a handmade Indian Arrowhead from the Cherokee Indians in NC, The feathers I hand dipped and made a garland then these clusters for decorative purposes around the room, the longhorn cattle skull is from White Faux taxidermy, needlepoint hoops are from Wooden.Arrow.Shop on Etsy, the Dreamcatcher and the slice of wood that was burnt carved with a feather are also from Etsy shops.  Let me see the tray and ram skull is also Homegoods, the sage, shell and feathered fan for cleansing the home is from NC and the indians also.  Letters are from Marshall's and TJ Maxx then the antlers I found in NC.

For a while I have been meaning to buy a shadowbox for my left over feathers and while at Homegoods found this one on clearance for $6.  Love how it came out in the end prettier then I imagined.

I purchased these sheets, the center feather pillow and the right medallion pillow, but ended up returning them and ordering online when I saw that Target.com had a promotion if you spend over $100 you save $25 plus free shipping, so I got a pillow for free, love that savings.

The two pillows I got, my room is white and grey but I have blue and coral light pink accents, these sheets are the perfect color that I have been looking for and the accent pillows match so nice.  Couldn't be more excited to use these to add to the texture, colors and eclectic design of my space.

I have wanted one of these for some time from Urban Outfitters and almost ordered them but glad I didn't, I got this last week and it is cream with shades of blue.  I returned it because it was on sale when I went to return the sheets and pillows, ended up getting some cattle skull wall decor and this feather statue for the same cost due to the sale they had.  I also have ordered a handmade one online from Etsy that is gorgeous will post photos soon.

These are photos of the many different duvet covers and pillows I have tried out.

All my furniture is vintage finds on Craigslist or Garage sales that I sanded and refinished myself.

Can't wait to see the light pink sheets and new pillows on my dark grey duvet.  Also I purchased darker grey velvet curtains with sheer white curtains for under neath when I open the darker velvet ones.

Work in progress, and still is a work in progress.  I have a lot of ideas of things I want to do to the room and add.  Little by little it starts to get closer to what I have pictured.

The two TV's in our room is because one is for our security system, safety is important to us as a family.

Hope you enjoyed and will have more up to date photos once my hubby has a few days off after today to hang some lanterns, and things for me, also waiting for my pillows to arrive.  Have a great day.

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Late Fashion Post

Hello everyone and so sorry for my absence I have been so busy with work, then my kids got sick, and I have been having health issues myself so things have been chaotic to say the least. I have a little post to put together with some home decor items and then wanted to go over some of my outfits from last week on social media. Let's start with the fashion first then we can move onto the great home decor finds from Target and Homegoods I came across last week or over the weekend. Target was having a great bedding sale online and if you spent over $100 you saved $25 so I actually returned my in store purchase to order some items online for my bedroom then saw they had some items I had purchased on sale so returned them and even got a couple extra items since I saved so much. Saving is for sure my middle name. 

Loving denim on denim, last week I shared a pair of Black Orchid jeans with multiple denim patches and wanted to get that look with what I had in my closet. I found these old Loft jeans with distressed look, that have darker patches to cover the holes and paired that with a chambray top from Walmart last winter. Of course I had to add one of my many graphic tees from my collection, this one I got at Marshall's awhile back for under $10. 

Necklaces are from my favorite Etsy shop Fawninginlove, the shorter is a triangle opalite and then longer is a blue and gold tone tusk style horn. Love her jewelry it is all high quality, amazing customer service and her packaging is totally adorable. Shoes are my strappy grey ankle boots from Shop Sophie May. 

Next up is a flat lay of an outfit I wore for my first collaborated styled shoot for the blog. I am so excited to have some of the first images and once editing is complete I will have some shots for you just in time for Valentine's Day:). Lots of fun stuff going on with my blog. This graphic tee is from the Light Blonde and you can find her on Instagram @thelightblonde. She has this tee in white with black or a limited addition Valentine's Day tee with white and red. This was another limited edition that is burgundy and cream. I took some inspiration shots of looks for the shoot and had paired it with this burgundy tone textured pencil skirt from Forever 21 and some nude faux leather lace up sandals from GoJane that I got for under $20. 

Forever 21 wide leg, gaucho style jumper in chambray paired with lace up nude shoes, a kimono with feather pattern and pompom trim then finished off with my gorgeous Fawninginlove blue and gold tone bohemian horn. I also have the turquoise she sent me and love them both. 

The Blue agate necklace with feather is also by Fawninginlove on Etsy and the bracelets are all Lacey Ryan. You can find some of her collection at Maurice's or she has her own site you can find a link for in my favorite shops on side bar. 

Here I am wearing a white gauze style top with lace insert and tie tassel sleeves by Free People, was an eBay score for under $20. I also found this Spell and the Gypsy maxi skirt in brown and a pink tone for under $40. I paired it with my arrowhead necklace from Simply Quinn's. You can find her link and the promo code to save on your purchase in my favorite shops in side bar:). 

I think I may have shared these in a prior post, just in case I didn't the above items are from Tara Lynn's Boutique. Again her link to her shop is in my favorite shops and if you use my link you can save on your purchase. She was kind enough to send me this gorgeous tapestry red fabric skirt, Love each other graphic tee and grid pattern tunic. These will be in my upcoming post with styled photos from my blog shoot. Just a quick note if you go back to before the summer I have been discussing doing these shoots for some time. I was going to have my daughter or husband take the photos for me or use my DSLR with remote but it always ended up being more of a hassle when I usually snap my photos on the way out the door literally, that is why half are taken in my driveway. I finally decided after talking with many people I work with and a friend who is a makeup artist that I would do collaborations with local photographers looking to build their portfolio and hair stylist or makeup artists that way we can all build our portfolios up to help each other. My first several dates we set were rained out and I had picked outdoor locations. I did compromise and do some indoor shots but didn't care for them, being a photographer myself I like natural light photography and love outdoor photos. Nature is a huge part of my life we love to hike, travel to the mountains and explore the local nature all the time. Where I live there are amazing photo spots from the beaches, Everglades, downtown, historic district, Wynwood which is the art district and has the most amazing hand painted and graffiti murals. There are even some of my locations that I love like Tree Tops park which right by my house, and I have been shooting there for years, we even had our family photos taken there back in 2003. Anyway moving along I finally was able to get some photos done and I am working now on scheduling my next styled, collaborated shoot in a couple of weeks with my friend Vanessa that happens to be an amazing and extremely talented makeup artist. 

Be sure to check out this amazing shop on Instagram @TaraLynnsBoutique and follow her page for all the latest new styles. She is always getting new trends and designs in stock. Customer service is amazing and every time you purchase you are supporting a small business owned by a mother with a love for fashion. I love supporting smaller owned shops and businesses. 

Pam & Gela, check out my link for 20% in Favorite shops located on the right side bar of the desktop version of my blog.  You must view full site to see side bar content.

Hands down this has to be one of my favorite graphic tees to date from Pam & Gela. I ordered this off Nordstrom's site on clearance, they did send me the tee with the security tag but a quick trip while working picking up samples into one of the stores and they removed it for me. Paired it with my ripped, high waisted  black jeans. 

I love this graphic on this tee because it has a shiny wet like look and will look good paired with jeans or with leather leggings. I even have a cute leather skirt from Pam & Gela that it is perfect with. You can layer a flannel or leather jacket and it has that rocker vibe I love. 

We have had a lot of rainy weather due to cool fronts moving down across the state so I decided to pair my off the shoulder Pam & Gela sweatshirt I scored on eBay with some Vigoss tomboy, distressed jeans and my matte black Hunter boots. Purse is by Bohemian Vibe Boutique I have been carrying this bag a lot since purchasing over the summer during their Christmas in July sale when I got it for 50% off. Was a great bargain at $30 and wish I could find another for been this one has taken its final beating lol. 

I added a Never-full bag to my collection last week and the grey fur purse clip I got before Christmas from Bealls outlet for $3.99. If you haven't ever heard of the shop TheRealReal check it out. They have designer bags, shoes and clothes that are lightly used, you can also try their payment plan as well if you don't have the money to pay for it all at once, I got a $25 credit for signing up and was approved for the payment plan but ended up just purchasing the bag since it wasn't to expensive. I saw so many amazing bags and shoes, if they don't have a bag or it shows it is sold out you can click to be added to the wait list and they will email you once they get another of that style bag in stock. Love this shop and will be adding a link to my side bar under favorite shops. 

I know everyone who reads fashion blogs or follows bloggers on social media have seen these animal print fold over clutches everywhere lately. I was looking for an inexpensive option because it's something I would only carry with certain outfits and couldn't find any under $40. I decided to make my own. I use to work in interior design and have rolls of upholstery and high end fabrics from previous design projects in my garage. I bought this gorgeous leopard print fabric that has a fur or hyde like texture years ago on clearance to make pillow covers for a client and used some silky rayon material in black to line the inside. I sewed it on the sewing machine just like a pillow, starting inside out then flipping it right side out and stitching in a small zipper on the top. It can be folded wide or long ways for different looks. Didn't cost me a dime and only took me thirty  minutes to make. Love how it turned out and can't wait to get some better photos of it. 

Friyay tank and the Aztec leggings are from Target. I got the tank last week but the leggings are several years old, got them on clearance after Christmas at least three years ago. 

Scooped up some holiday print tanks at Walmart over the weekend for Valentine's Day and St. Paddy's day for $3.88 each. You can never have enough tanks. 

Kept it simple with a MetoWe raglan from Pacsun and some ripped boyfriend jeans by Silver jeans. My necklace is a chocolate and regular diamond butterfly by LeVian I have had for a long time, was a gift from my hubby. Also have a feather pendant he got me by them back probably about six years ago it was a year or two after he got me this one. I also have a cushion cut chocolate diamond they gave me with a purchase I hope to make into a pendant or ring for my daughter for her graduation gift using my princess cut and other stones from my first engagement ring. 

Back in October when I was finally due for my upgrade my hubby got me this rose gold iPhone 6S plus and realize I had never taken any photos of it cause I always use my phone to take all my pics lol so snapped a quick shot with my daughter's phone. She also got the same phone but she has silver or space grey which ever one that has the black front she likes the black versus the white front on the phones. 

My weekend manicure which is hard to see the gorgeous color, it's an army green with some sparkles. Love the color. 

I am someone who either goes with natural or French nails or the other extreme dark vamp colors like black, dark grays and reds but this green was beautiful only wish I could capture it's true color on my phone. 

Got this cute shirt dress with pocket from Target. Love the loose fit and stripes. 

My shoes are lace up black heels I featured a couple of weeks ago that I snagged from Forever21. Love them they are so cute and believe it or not comfy being as high as they are. Only $34 and seen some similar looks for around the same price. I will say because I have purchased several pairs of lace up style shoes from flats to heels that you really want to make sure that you don't scrimp to much trying to get a deal because quality does matter. Not only does it mean more comfort but the laces are important, I purchased a pair online and the laces broke already. They were only $25 but still wore them a handful of times and went to lace them up to have the cheap, thin faux suede just snap. I wasn't even pulling them tight. I was so happy with the price and they looked so cute but from the start the zipper was hard to zip up and then noticed the material had areas you could see where they had glued the piece that holds the laces. You get what you pay for but I will say I got my nude pair above from GoJane they are made by Classified and they are made really nice. Also I have noticed the faux leather is softer then the suede the suede tends to be stiffer and need more breaking in. Just a little tip for everyone. I have a lace up flat black, nude and grey pair then the black heels here and ordered a red pair of lace up heels with a shorter heel off eBay and hoping they aren't cheap cause I got them for under $20. 

More of my Pam & Gela Cali tank, with some Citizens for humanity flare jeans both items I won off eBay and $25 for each item. I also got the Pam & Gela You got a friend sweatshirt style muscle tank off eBay and then the Partners in Crime graphic tee shirt from Nordstrom Rack.  Pam & Gela had a sale where you could save an additional 20% off their already sale priced items so I got some more tees I didn't have, and two dresses. 

Nordstrom and Saks clearance tees arrived the top photo of the Cali tee looks off you can not see the bling which is crazy, the letters are blinged out.  Think this photo you may be able to see them better. That one was an Ebay find but still has the rhinestones weird stuff for sure didn't even notice till someone else asked me, but it has stones.

Pam & Gela Coke style logo, was made for me and my Coke love and P&G love❤️

Arrived today and can't wait to wear it, below are some more of my collection with a few left out that are being washed or in my closet that I over looked. Got this tee from Blue and Cream site.

Link below to get 20% off your first order from Pam & Gela

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Some of my Pam & Gela collection. This is just some of my tees you can see more of my collection of tees, sweaters, tops, bottoms and dresses on my Twitter or IG feed. Been collecting for a couple of years and love their line.