Derby Time!!!

Last year around this time I sent out a fellow fashionista to get some great pics and relate the happenings of the Nashville Steeplechase: a horse racing, fashion wearing, mint julep drinking event.  She did a great job and got some awesome photos.  Hopefully this year we will be able to attend together!  However, this weekend, I am pulling out the big guns and I will be representing Patti Cake at the grand ole Kentucky Derby!  I am so excited, I am trolling pinterest like nobody's business to get hat inspired.  I think I will wear a fascinator for part of the day and then a hat for the other part.  What d'yall think?  Any ideas?  Which looks do you like best?

Hats

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Fascinators

Tell me your favorites in the comments below!

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Cherry Blossom Festival

The Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival was a lush, hot day filled with good food and light afternoon breezes.  The smells of the sweet blossoms were mesmerizing, and we had a lazy afternoon to take it all in.  It was glorious. 

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Floral and Chambray

Hi guys and gals!  Sorry for my absence on the blog scene last week, the tax man callith.  The only way that I could manage to sit down, concentrate, and do my taxes was if I had a personal ban on all things blog.  Otherwise every time I logged on I wanted to comment back to you lovelies, and look at your blogs and your outfits, and recipes, and general fabulousness, ect.  It was a tough battle, but I won, and my taxes have finally been submitted.  Huzzah!  Now let's celebrate with some floral prints and a promise I will never leave you again...until next tax season.

 Forgive me?

 Necklace: Red Earth Trading Co.

 Neon Ring: Posh Nashville // Midi Rings: Urban Outfitters

Boots: Steve Madden (similar)

Sunnies: Kate Spade // Necklace: Red Earth Trading Co. // Chambray Shirt: Urban Outfitters(similar)

 // Floral Skirt: Forever 21 (similar) // Boots: Steve Madden (similar)

STICK A FLOWER IN YOUR HAIR AND CALL IT A DAY!

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Let's Get Nautical

Land locked!  No escaping to a beach front here.  Drats!  Time to play pretend with my nautically inspired outfit.  Left my hair au natural for the beach effect, it always looks better after a dip in the ocean.  Ah, well, here's dreaming for now.

close up of fabric, dainty tiny stripes

Pearl rings & Pearl bracelet: TJ Max // Little Crab Ring: ?...

Chambray Boat Shoes: Dr. Scholls (similar) (similar)

Sunnies: Coach (similar) // Necklace: Tahiti // Top actually dress tucked in: H&M (option) // Pants: Express // Boat Shoes: DSW // 

Purse: TJ Max (similar)

When putting this look together I was surprised that I didn't have any clothing with nautical fonts since I love ocean/ beach inspired looks.  Then realizing that my living room has a nautical theme, I figured this is probably a good thing as I wouldn't want to be camouflaged into it...
yeah, I'll let him be the lucky one.

Garden State via

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