Happy Day After Thanksgiving!

Hope everybody had a most splendid Thanksgiving!!  I'm so extremely grateful for my extended West Coast family of friends who took me in this year!!

Full rundown of my Thanksgiving ensemble in a few short hours...but yeah, that's an embroidered turkey on my sweater!

Thanksgiving Eve!

Hi friends!  I'm sure we're all getting ready for the upcoming holiday...  I just talked to my mom and she's already got the menu set and ingredients purchased, while I'm on the other side of the spectrum and still trying to sort out what to bring to the dinner I'm attending.  Totally typical, but I have been working on my outfit!! I've been given a chocolate-type dessert (pumpkin pie was already chosen) as well as a side dish of some sort (not including potatoes because they're already covered) to bring with me on Thursday.

I figured I'd reach out your way to field ideas!  What are your favorite dishes, traditional, non-traditional?  What do you salivate thinking about having on Thanksgiving?  I love seeing what you share in the comments section - I always get such fabulous food ideas from you!!

This isn't as much of a traditional giveaway today, but I will make a batch of delicious sweets to send out to one lucky commenter on Monday (...along with all the outstanding giveaway prizes that need to get shipped!)

Yes, I'm baking in the kitchen this weekend and a box of some sort of delectable treat will get sent to the randomly chosen winner!!  This is a first...and I love it!  I'm a baker and can't wait to put my Kitchen-aid mixer to use.

Looking forward to reading your holiday favorites!

Erica Louise's NDAD Creation

Hey friends!  I hope everyone enjoyed the weekend!  I spent the day road-tripping back from Phoenix after an amazing weekend, meeting lots of readers, scouring some Goodwill racks, and catching up with college friends!  Full rundown comes this week! This piece was sent my way by Erica Louise!  Since the weather has been all over the place on the West Coast and in chill mode on the East Coast, this garment is one that we can all make and use right now!

I purchased a second-hand tweed skirt from an op shop for $8…

It’s refashion time!!

Unfortunately I didn't have enough tweed fabric to complete an entire cape (oh no!), so I had to use a contrasting fabric for the back of it!

To complete the look, I used a thrifty brooch I purchased for a dollar.

I mean, how chic does Erica Louise look???

I LOVE this Erica Louise!!  I'm totally going to try my hand at this with an old, vintage, wool skirt in my collection.  Such a perfect way to reuse a piece from your closet in a brand new way!!  Looking forward to the next piece EL!!