Easter Basket

Happy Monday! It's finally starting to feel spring-like here, but we had one last (I hope) snowy day on Friday. It's all melted now – it was actually melting on my head as I took these photos! – and I think it's supposed to be beautiful this week. And speaking of this week... it's time for both Passover and Easter! I don't have a matzoh dress (yet...), but luckily, Easter is the perfect holiday to show off all of my pastel pieces.

I was taken with this Collectif dress from the moment I saw it. Pastel candy-colored gingham is essentially the way to my heart. In all honesty, the fit isn't my favorite; it's a little odd in the bust, and I wish the skirt was a bit fuller. But it looks really cute with a cardigan (and my chocolate bunny brooch from Kate), and I'll most likely be wearing it to Easter brunch this year. Why wouldn't I want to match the pastel M&Ms in my Easter basket? :) What's your favorite kind of Easter candy? (Mine is Reese's eggs, followed by licorice jelly beans – yes, I know I'm the only one who likes them.)

Outfit Details

Collectif Chloe Candy Gingham Dress: A Classic Paradise (available here)

Tootsie Cropped Cardigan in Light Pink: Doll Me Up

Chocolate Easter Bunny Brooch: Kate Gabrielle

Shoes: B.A.I.T. Footwear

Have a great Monday!

Catty

Can one ever have too many kitty-cat-festooned pieces of clothing? I feel like there used to be a much bigger stigma (at least for me) about being called a cat lady, but in the last few years, I've totally embraced it. It definitely helps when there are cute skirts like this one! It doesn't look like it's available anymore, but the dress version still is.

I had a pretty low-key weekend, but I did go vintage shopping and got SUPER lucky. I got the most adorable blue rain cape, a strawberry-covered hat, a brooch, and a great pair of sunglasses. Did you do anything exciting this weekend?

Outfit Details

Black Harley Top: Pinup Girl Clothing

Mary Blair Cat Skirt: Zulily (via Pinup Girl Clothing)

Party Animal brooch: c/o Erstwilder (available here)

Flats: Amazon

Have a great start to your week!

Friday Favorites #148

It's been SO LONG since I was able to put together a Friday Favorites post! Since it's officially spring (though it may not feel like it here), today's post is filled with florals, pastels, and other pretty things.

I'm obsessed with both of these floral print dresses!

a    ||    b

This tarot card print bag is incredible!

How great are these retro shoes?

Look at this gorgeous hydrangea print skirt!

I really like the look of this rose-on-gingham print dress:

These kitschy bunny heels would be so fun for Easter!

I definitely need this lapel pin:

I'm also going to need one of these frothy dresses, please.

mint       ||       peach

A sparkly peach purse?? Need!

These unicorn and mermaid makeup brushes are everything.

1   ||   2

This plaid Collectif dress is the epitome of spring.

I think I'm going to have to get this ice cream travel cup:

And finally... KATY PERRY CAR SHOES!

Have a wonderful weekend!

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Dutch Connection 2017

If you've been reading my blog for a while, you might remember this post from last year, where I visited the George Eastman Museum during their Dutch Connection event. It's an annual tradition that honors one of Rochester's most important figures and provides a welcome respite from our long winters. I was actually asked to write a guest post for the museum's own blog about the event, which you can find here. Because of that post, I was able to get into this year's event for free, so of course, I jumped at the chance to go and see some pretty blooms.

I won't go into too many details about the event's history (you can read more about that in my Dutch Connection post from last year or my post on the George Eastman Museum blog), but I do think it's pretty amazing that it's been happening for more than 100 years. My favorite offerings are probably the hyacinths and the daffodils (did you know their real name is narcissus?), but I love the tulips, too. Although we had a fairly mild February, March has been especially brutal, so it's really nice to look back on these photos and remember that spring will arrive... eventually.

I didn't take outfit photos for this, but my mom did capture this quick snap of my outfit (which was themed, of course!). I really want to get this dress hemmed; it's too long for me right now, but the print is so gorgeous that I can never part with it. 

Outfit Details

Dress: Pinup Girl Clothing (similar)

Cropped cardigan: available here

Flats: Aerosoles (similar)

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Candy Store

I've now styled several of Unique Vintage's novelty skirts (you can find some here: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5), but out of all of the other ones I own, this print might be my favorite: it's a pastel, retro-kitsch fantasy filled with sweets! That combination cannot possibly be wrong.  :)  I'm trying to start eating better again, so I'll have to be content with wearing candy instead of eating it. 

I wish I could've found a location to compliment this skirt a bit better. Instead, here I am in the snow... again. Most of it's melted by now (and I have my fingers and toes crossed that this is the last we'll have for the year), but everything's looking pretty drab. Nothing's in bloom yet, and with every day that passes, I feel a little more impatient for spring to arrive.

Outfit Details

Candy Shop Swing Skirt: c/o Unique Vintage

Leotard: similar  ||  Bolero: similar

Lollipop Mickey brooch: c/o Femme De Bloom

Belt: similar  ||  Shoes: B.A.I.T. Footwear

I was lazy as could be this weekend (other than watching the RuPaul's Drag Race season premiere with my best friend), but I forgot to mention that I saw Beauty and the Beast with my boyfriend, his sister, and his niece the weekend before! I enjoyed it a lot, though I did have some issues with it, musically and otherwise. I've been trying to motivate myself to get out of the house in the evening and on the weekends because most of the time, all I feel like doing is being a couch potato. But I think as the weather starts to warm up, I'll have much more motivation to get moving. Until then, I'd love to hear from you: how do you motivate yourself to stay active? 

Have a great start to your week!