happy spring and giveaway reminder

Spring has finally arrived here in Portland.  We had a full day of sunshine yesterday with temps in the 70's and  it looks like we might have more of the same today.   Flowers are blooming, bees are buzzing, and renewal is in the air.  Ahhhhhhhhhhh.

If you haven't already, enter my giveaway for a $50 Shabby Apple gift card.  You have until mid-day tomorrow to enter.  I will announce the winner tomorrow evening.

Hope you have a beautiful day!  I snapped this picture yesterday while we were out walking the dogs.

"Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature -- the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter." - Rachel Carson

Vintage Fox

Have you all checked out all of the wonderful photos that were submitted for Tara's photo challenge over at Little Girl Big Closet? If not, go have a look! Tara's blog is full of inspiration and beauty and this post is no exception. I would like to extend a big thanks to Tara for including me:)

I put this outfit together last week for Molly's color inspiration challenge. This was a tough one! Thanks for challenging me, Molly! I wanted to use this terrarium, but I kept thinking that the colors were too boring. For some reason, I kept going back to it and once I remembered this skirt, I knew it could work. This beautiful fox necklace was the icing on the cake:) I won this necklace quite some time ago over at Have a Cute Day. Isn't it beautiful? It's hard to tell, but the charm is a tiny goose. Go check out the color inspiration posts at Anthromollogies - part 1 here and part 2 here.



Top: Calvin Klein
Cardigan: J. Crew Jackie
Skirt: Anthropologie Tiered Blueberry Skirt
Tights: Hue
Shoes: Indigo by Clarks
Necklace: Won from "Have A Cute Day" blog

ps - all of those little spots on my cardi/glasses are rain drops:)