Back in February, I found this AMAZING dress while thrifting.  Black, lace overlay, and satin details on the front.  My favorite part is the fit – they sure did understand how to make dresses in the 60s! I knew as soon as I bought it…

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I’ve been having so much fun going through my Europe photos, and still have LOTS to show:)  I’m doing these blog posts so you all can see what we did on our vacation, but I am also doing them as “diary entries” for myself to…

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One of the things I knew I wanted to do in London was visit some of their open-air markets.  Tristan and I visited the Borough Market one day, and it was amazing! The market is located underneath the southern end of the London Bridge (how…

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We got back from our Europe trip a few days ago, and we had the best time!  London was first, and it was so good to be back! See?  Happiness!  The weather was in the 50s and 60s (my FAVORITE weather!), and rainy for parts…

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Hi friends!  Tristan and I are back from London and Paris, and we had an AMAZING time!  I took SO many photos, and hopefully got a few good ones to share;)  I will be going through them for the next couple days and will tell…

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This is a joke, right?  There is no way it’s already May 1st…I refuse to believe it. Stephanie May and hubby are back tomorrow – yay!  I’m sure they are not quite ready to come back (except for those sweet kids of course) but I…

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{Lyrics from Sucre’s “Hiding Out”} Kelli Murray recently wrote a guest post over at A Beautiful Mess on 5 Ways to Style a White V-Neck.  Since I’ve been wanting to try different things with the simple shirt lately, I was stoked.  My favorite look of…

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As I’ve mentioned in the past, I get bored with my hair very easily.  That doesn’t apply only to color, but to styles.  I get into ruts where I just do the same things with my hair over and over again and never take time…

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Tristan and I are leaving today on our anniversary trip!  I can hardly believe that it is finally here, and I am SO excited.  I am not taking this trip for granted – I feel so blessed to be able to spend 8 days with…

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Here’s the deal:  I thought I wanted to participate in the Photo A Day challenge that everyone else was doing on Instagram (@stormierhoades in case you want to follow).  Yep, I gave in to peer pressure. I went 23 days with the project, and now…

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