How To Wear Red

How to wear winters “it” color – Red! There are lots of winter trends, but the one I was most excited about is red! It was all over the  runways, and Pantone even declared the shade Aurora Red as one...

Fashion Show Fun with Chico’s

Fashion Show F-U-N with Chico’s A long time friend, Heidi, asked that I assist her by going shopping with her to pick out some new fall and winter outfits!  Of course, it was and always is my pleasure to go...

Poncho Perfection For Fall

Alternative For Your Jacket – A Poncho Or Cape Ponchos & Capes are back this fall and they’re hotter than ever.  Of course, it’s hard to fit a coat on over a poncho, so you can only really wear them...

Practicing some self-care

Embracing the Self-Care Movement of Nesting & Resting About 14 years ago I was diagnosed with degenerating discs in my lower back.   I haven’t had an episode in 7 years.  8 weeks ago I woke up in terrible pain in my...

Soft Surroundings

Soft Surroundings – Part 3 of 3 I cannot tell you how pleased FTF was when Soft Surroundings approached us to choose pieces from their Fall “Transitional and Timeless” collection.   If you haven’t heard about Soft Surroundings before, their philosophy is to...

Soft Surroundings

My Time. My Place. My self. (Naperville, Illinois) Soft Surroundings – Part 1 of 3 Fashion Trends and Friends were thrilled to receive an email asking if we’d be interested in collaborating with Soft Surroundings…well let us think about it...

Athleisure Fashion Trend

Athleisure Wear For The Women On The Go   Athleisure is one of those fashion trends that has lasted much longer than everyone expected.  In fact, based on what I see and read, I think it’s safe to say that...