Dressember 2021, celebrates my 8th year participating in Dressember. What began, for me at least as a way to connect with people in 2014 after a move to a new state where I knew no one has become a winter tradition. My goal this year was to raise $800, I’m grateful to my friends and [...]
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Wear it Wednesday | Dressember Accessories for Cold Climates
I've been a Dressember participant since 2014. This means some of my experience with Dressember was in the warm and mild winter weather of Central California. A few years ago, I made a huge effort to wear a dress every day even when I was working from home or didn't particularly want to get dressed. [...]
2021 Human Trafficking Awareness Day
January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month & today, January 11th is when we wear blue to raise awareness of human trafficking happening locally & globally. Today I encourage you to wear blue, read an article on human trafficking, donate to an organization actively fighting human trafficking through prevention, intervention, or with holistic aftercare for survivors. [...]
2020 Dressember Wrap Up
Dressember 2020 is almost over! There is only one day left, tomorrow, but I wanted to share with you my dresses and a fundraising goal update! For my 7th Dressember, I wanted to raise $700 and we did just that and much more! If you are still looking to make a year end donation you [...]
Wear It Wednesday | Halfway through 2020 Dressember
Dressember is off to an AMAZING start! My goal this year is another 31 days in dresses, last year I opted for not getting dressed while I was at home plus I got the flu and basically it felt like I took a week off, this time I want to get dressed everyday because despite [...]
Mindfulness | Human Trafficking Books & Resources
Last month, we talked about types of human trafficking, modern slavery, and vulnerable populations. While we continue to debunk false narratives of human trafficking, today I am sharing some resources to continue learning and growing, so I am sharing some books, organizations, and articles. https://www.ctdatacollaborative.org/map?type=ctdcOften when talking about human trafficking survivors, we are not talking [...]
Wear It Wednesday | Styling a Boxy Top
This post contains affiliate links, when you shop through them I earn a small compensation (at no additional cost to you) through which I am able to support this website and my family. Recently when my parents drove up from Texas, my mom brought me my sewing machine. I asked for it the first Christmas [...]
Wear it Wednesday | Dressember 2019 Wrap Up
Rabbit Rabbit! (Anyone else say this on the first of every month? Just me. Cool.) Happy 2020! So December took forever to arrive and was gone in a flash! Like I mentioned in my halfway post, there was no reasoning to how I picked my dresses this year. Although looking back on my outfits, I [...]
Wear It Wednesday | How to wear a Maxi Dress Year-Round
I think we’re all loving the maxi dress trend, but raise your hand, does anyone struggle with wearing maxi dresses outside of say summer? I know I do. So, I put together 4 ways you can rock a maxi dress all year long, my favorite was the winter look which I plan to rock on the [...]
Wear it Wednesday | Dressember 2019 Accessories for Cold Climates
I've been a Dressember participant since 2014. Which means most of my experience with Dressember was in warm and mild winter weather of Central California. Last year, I made a huge effort to wear a dress EVERYDAY even when I was working from home or didn't particularly want to get dressed. Since moving back to [...]
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