My Fall uniform

I have been on a bit of a shopping tear lately. Sadly, it must come to an end but I feel really good about my Fall look.

Jeans

Hat 

Barbour Bedale

Barbour Liddlesdale

Leopard flats

Driving mocs

This is a roundup of my Fall purchases.

I have had my Barbour wax jacket for about 10 years and its not the Bedale but its similar. Which reminds me, its time to rewax.

 I have wanted the waxed baseball cap for a long time and I just got it. Its way more comfortable than most baseball caps...no itchy. Since I chopped my hair off there is no ponytail option for those weekday mornings where I just can't get it together.

The Barbour Liddlesdale is really lightweight and it runs small so the adorable pink quilted jacket is only for slightly chilly days.
I am loving both pairs of flats.

 Do you have a uniform?

Fashionable semantics

Februaury 2009 World of Interiors

Let's define trendy. Trendy, in my mind, means something on the new side of fashionable. Something hot but not in every home catalog.

 In the photo above, furry floors aside, I see nothing trendy but it strikes me as very fashionable.

This disparate mix of the untrendy, somehow as a group becomes the trend.

my house

My family room has some uber-trendy items like the laquered tray but the mid-century Brno chairs with the Eastlake dresser are an odd pairing, just the way I like it.

I took this photo after a small coup of a conversation with my 16 year-old daughter. She is finally coming to the conclusion that its more interesting to be original in decorating than choose matching sets, which she has always done.

This fine line between mainstream, trendy and fashionable and the individual perceptions of where they lie have been on my mind lately.

Sure, its fashionable to mix up pieces of different eras and quality but hasn't a touch of eccentricity always been chic?

Once a group of tastemakers decide that something is fashionable, isn't it too late?

How unfashionable do you have to be to be fashionable?

What I wore...

Last night was "First Friday" here in Fredericksburg. It is a night that all of the art galleries host an opening reception for their monthly shows. 

The painting above is one of the pieces I chose to show this month. Several people commented on my outfit's close resemblance to the colors in  my artwork.

This is what I wore.

I wore this Lilly Pulitzer Nina dress that I treated myself to for my birthday.

I carried my new Kate Spade Christy bag too.

It must be serendipity that there is the cutest boutique, Monkees, just across Caroline Street from the Art First Gallery where I am showing my work. I bought the dress and handbag there.

Could be a dangerous combination!

Tell me, tell me

Amanda Nisbet

This Amanda Nisbet fabric, "Positano" got me thinking. Trouble is so did a bunch of other stuff. Today I am going to tell you about a few of my inspirations, cravings etc and I want to hear yours too.

The fabric made me want to make a wallpaper for my little girl's room. then I thought, "Duh just paint it".

Whaddaya think?

Also in the little girl world realm, is this fantastic shared space for blogger, Elizabeth of  Little Black Door's daughters. I am crazy about it.

ORC Little Black Door

My little girl's favorite color is green but it is not mine. I am really digging these green pillows here though. I already have mostly white bedding, pink and black velvet bolsters and a painted (ASloane graphite) dresser in her room. I really need to leave matchy-matchy world and incorporate some pattern and color.

Elizabeth did a bang up job of it.

One thing I love is is cheese grits. I am absolutely not allowing myself to eat such things at the moment but Oh how I would love to dive into that. It is so easy to make and comforting. 

I make them with regular Quaker grits following the directions and add as much or little Colby Jack cheese when the grits are done. Plus a sprinkle of garlic salt. Don't even think about using instant grits or fake cheese.

One reason that I will not indulge in such deliciousness is that I would like to wear this.

 If I can't wear a skirt in the next few weeks that Groundhog is in a world of trouble. Snow in March!

So tell me:

What are you dreaming of changing in your space?

What is knocking your socks off in blogland?

Made anything yummy lately?

Any fashion love to share?

Do you also want to kill that stupid groundhog?