My New Favorite Sweater

Cashmere Cardi by BrianneLee featuring J Crew

Items in this set:
J Crew cardigan, $168
Collection John Lewis Women dress, 75 GBP
Paige Denim jeans, 200 GBP
Loeffler Randall boots, $240
Kimberly McDonald ring, 19,000 GBP

Last week I had Wednesday off for Veteran's Day and I decided to get my engagement ring re-sized while I had time. The jeweler did it in about 20 mins, but while I was waiting, I wandered over to a store called Second Time Around. I usually never find anything in this consignment store, but this day I happened to find a navy blue Ralph Lauren cashmere cardigan on sale for $50. I seriously wore this sweater all weekend and am wearing it at work again today. Shhhhh, its fine.

Anyways, I decided to play around on Polyvore and make a work outfit and a weekend outfit for my new best friend.

New Jewelry Acquisitions

Happy Friday everyone!!!!

I wanted to show you some of the new items I have added to my jewelry collection the past few weeks.

The first is a celluloid dog charm I found on Ebay.

The bracelets on the right are Victorian bangles and the zipper bracelet was a bday present from my friend Nora.

Finally, is a beautiful cocktail ring designed by Midwest Alchemy. I emailed Kelly, the artist, about doing a custom ring for me, and she could not have been more sweet or patient. The first ring she sent me ended up being too small (my own fault... I told her I was a size 6 but I seem to be a bit bigger on that finger), so I sent it back and she made me a brand new one. Def check out her shop if you are looking for a unique cocktail ring for all those holiday parties coming up.

Birds of a Feather

I promise not to turn this into a wedding themed blog, but I just had to post these cute little wedding cake toppers. As soon as I figure out where I am having my wedding and what colors I want to go with, I am totally going to buy one of these cuties.

Images from Corn Flake Girl's Etsy shop

Blogger Trade

I "met" the lovely and talented Linda of Struggles of a Creative Mind through her friend Jentine's blog My Edit. I was perusing Linda's latest blog post a few weeks ago and read that she has an obsession with bows. I purchased this bow last year for myself, but I could never make it work with my hair, so I asked Linda if she would like it for her collection.


Linda creates lovely sketches of people with a business that she calls Misketch. In return for my gift of the bow, Linda sketched this picture of me. I think it is amazing!


Here is the photo it was taken from:


Check out Linda's Etsy shop filled with pretty jewels. You can also purchase your own Misketch here. It would make a lovely present for yourself or a friend (Christmas is just right around the corner!)

Thanks Linda!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sunday Flea Market Find

This morning I got up bright and early and headed to Todd's Farm for some late fall flea market shopping. My friend Lesley is moving into a new apartment, so the main purpose of the trip was to pick out some things for her new place. She got some AMAZING furniture (seriously jealous), but I couldn't resist picking up this antique autograph book for myself. It is from the late 1800s, and I love the fancy script. There are a few color drawings inside as well. Such a treasure!

Thank you all for the lovely comments on my engagement! I am really excited and will keep everyone up to date on the plans :)

Some Birthday Bling

I'm engaged!!!!!

This lovely ring was made by my future sister in law :)

(Please excuse the dust in the photo.)

Happy Friday!

I did a lot of thrifting this week, but most of the things I purchased are related to my wine and cheese party that I am having tomorrow night, so I don't want to show them just yet.

Anyways, I found this little guy as I was leaving my fav thrift store this afternoon and I couldn't pass him up.

Happy Friday everyone!