I admit that Dressember was a thousand times easier when I lived in California, but I also worked from home and honestly no one *actually* noticed I was wearing a dress every day because I left the house like 3 times a week and saw vastly different groups of people each time. Last year, was [...]
Category: 2018
Giving Tuesday 2018
Today is Giving Tuesday! Giving Tuesday is one of the largest global giving days of the year. All winter long, I'll be participating in Dressember, a style challenge that raises funds and awareness to bring an end to human trafficking. Would you partner with me this Giving Tuesday as I raise $500 to fund freedom? [...]
a love letter to my houseplants
An ode to houseplants of the past. I'm sorry I didn't keep you alive and even though you died a probably tragic death by your own account. I have to admit, I learned a lot from you. I've been reading and noticing when you do better, and how the light in my office is great [...]
Thankful & Grateful 2018
I like to post on or near Thanksgiving about thankful and gratefulness. Especially when the biggest shopping day of the year is the next day. SMH. I'm so thankful for being back in Colorado, it really makes me feel better. Strange how places can do that too us. This month we are celebrating one year [...]
Faith | Anger & Mourning
Anger and mourning are two emotions I can feel simultaneously. It's a set of emotions I feel frequently, unfortunately. I feel angry when I am typecast as a religious hateful person and I mourn for those who have distorted the love of God into hate speech. I understand the frustrations and hurt feelings we as [...]
2018 Dressember | November Edition
Dressember registration has been open for a month now! Do you have some questions on how you can participate? Or maybe you're just curious why we wear dresses? Answers below! Things to know about Dressember: 1. Why a dress or a tie? Women & girls are exploited daily around the world simply for being a [...]
Finished Reading | Preach to Yourself by Hayley E. Morgan
Remember Wild & Free? When reading Wild & Free I felt empowered to my core, I read it with energy and gusto. It made me active and actively changed me. Preach to Yourself, is not quite the same. While Wild & Free felt youthful and energetic, Preach to Yourself is more like sitting down and [...]
Walk for Freedom | 2018 Colorado Springs
I'm not sure where I get my strong sense of fairness and ethics. I'm always surprised when I meet people and I get into my strong ethics they ask if I was ever in animal rescue. Yeah? Why? My strong love for justice for the oppressed and the innocent is deep, it flows through every [...]
Wear It Wednesday | My Style
How do I define my style? I base my style on the pieces I wear frequently and styles I gravitate toward. Here are the words, I use to describe the pieces in my closet and how I define my personal style, as of right now. Because style, like life, is always evolving. CLASSIC | I'm [...]
Wear it Wednesday | Fall 2018 10×10 Challenge Recap
I thought I timed my Stylish Fall 10x10 perfectly. I thought I had the perfect diversity in sleeve lengths, color palette, denim tones. What I thought the weather would be like for these first 10 days in October and what it has been has been two very different things. Let's recap the pieces I selected: [...]
Stylishly Shelby 