Monday, June 30, 2014

We heart Matilda Jane Clothing!!

Happy Monday!!

Anyone who knows me knows I love love love fashion and and especially love tot/kiddies' fashion as well!  I love styling and putting together outfits for both Preston and Bella, but especially love the girl clothes.  And with Vivi coming in less than four months, it has gotten even more fun! :) I wanted to share with you all a super huge sale that Matilda Jane clothing is having (JUST in case you have not heard of it yet!)  It ends today, and if you have never bought this brand but have wanted to this is a PERFECT and ideal time to do so!! EVERYTHING is 35% off-- that means all the lines listed on the website!! 

I have become hooked on this brand in the last few months, and it is VERY quickly becoming my favorite children's brand right along with Janie and Jack!! The reason I love love love Matilda Jane is the quality, comfort, and super cute and adorable styles and prints!! Every piece is so unique and exudes a whimsical effect. You just can't match the quality, comfort, and affordability-- especially on a great sale like this!! 

How CUTE is the packaging!? This was a picture I took of my very first order! 

Andrea is a favorite blogger of mine over at Momfessionals  that got me hooked initially, and if you are interested at all in purchasing anything you can do so by creating a wish list on Matilda Jane's page and putting katkempson@matildajaneclothing.com as the trunk keeper and Andrea McAnally as your Jane!! 

Below I am sharing some of the Matilda Jane pieces we have!! Bella loves wearing them! They are seriously the MOST comfortable clothes I have ever bought for her while also being the most unique! I just love how so many pieces mix and match and the fun prints; I honestly can not say enough great things about the brand. I was skeptical at first, but once your first order comes you are convinced. :) 



These pictures she is wearing the Butterfly Lulu Dress.  I love so many of their dresses because you can "winterize" them in cooler temps by adding a cute short or long-sleeve shirt underneath!  It gives the effect of a whole new outfit and look! :)


This was on Cinco De Mayo, and I thought the bright colors were perfect for this day-- or really any summer or fall day! It is the Perry Inn Knot Dress, and you can find it here!


This is a favorite top that initally sold out, but some sizes have popped back up! I bought it in a 4 so it could last her another season! Sometimes I buy to fit perfectly now or a little room to grow-- depending on the style and what other pieces we have that match! You can find the Pontoon Halter Top here! I think it is gone in smaller sizes, but you might get lucky if it pops back up. :)


This is the Larks Lake Ellie Top! This I purchased in size 2 to fit perfectly this summer! 



A fun matching picture with her Bitty Baby in our cat-eye sunnies from this spring in the Perry Inn Knot Dress! The nice thing about the knot dresses is you can "extend" the strap to grow with your little girl. :)


Mother's Day matching in the Gloria Bubblegum Dress! :) 



These pictures are a perfect example of how you can "winterize" and layer the pieces.  The Georgie Tee and Love Bug Knot Top can be worn separate or together to add a whimsical, unique look! I would have never ever ever paired these together, but when I saw it paired in a picture on the website, I was convinced! :) 

Some sweet kisses from big broski!! :)

Why are you taking my pictures SO early after waking up!? ;)

She was SO tired right after waking up when I tried to snap a picture of) the made-to-match bow with the dress! ;)


The Cakewalk Tank Dress can be found here! She has worn this a lot; it is a favorite and a perfect twirling dress! The fun thing is that SO many of the Matilda Jane Clothing outfits/pieces have made-to-match headbands you can purchase through Etsy! Two of my favorite are London Raquel and Cozette Couture! Each of them have a plethora of matching headband options to match Matilda Jane! I also love that they both run specials frequently for 20% off if you follow them on Facebook or Instagram! 


This is another favorite for twirling! A lot of moms have told me that they have this style frequently; I think this print is sold out now, but they will definitely be having more in this style probably in the future! 


The Trellis dress is in my top favorites! :) I love love love the color comb with the roses!



The Pond Hill Cookie Tank and these shorties are so sweet paired together. 

Something I have been having so much fun doing is getting a few matching pieces for Bella and Vivi to wear together when she is born! :) Below are the matching pieces they have so far, and Matilda Jane makes it so fun to match and coordinate two little girls! I just can't wait to see them together in these! :) The really nice thing was that most of these pieces I bought even cheaper than the 35% off when Matilda Jane Platinum's Good Luck Trunk did a major sale a few weeks ago that was over 50% off on some older lines.  The items sell super fast, but I got lucky to grab some matching pieces for the girls before some sold out. :) I am newer to this brand, but I am told this sale does not happen often, and it is always a random gamble what will show up! 






This is BY far my FAVORITE matching Matilda Jane outfits for the girls so far!! When I saw these dresses over half off it did not take long convincing myself that they were must-haves...especially when I saw the adorable coral crush knee-high socks with lace trim!! I mean oh my goodness HOW adorable right!? ;) 


And I just can't wait for the girlies to twirl together in these dresses!! :)



And this matching/coordinating set I love because Vivi's top (pictured middle) can match two of the tops that Bella has! It is like two matching outfits with only 3 pieces. ;) Here you can find the Georgie TeeBitty Ballerina Top, and Judy and Ethel Tank

I hope you enjoyed delving in and sharing with me on my new love of Matilda Jane clothing! Again, if you have never bought before and have been thinking of it, today is a PERFECT time to do so! This is the last day of the 35% off sale.  You can make a wish list by going to the website here, click on "Our Collection/Collection," and browse by collection or however you wish! You can add  items to your wishlist, and then email it to katkempson@matildajaneclothing.com ! Also, you can put your Jane as Andrea McAnally (her email is dave-and-andrea@hotmail.com ! 

...until next time!! 


















Wednesday, June 25, 2014

A Quote-worthy Day!!


Quotes are one of my absolute favorite things; today I thought what better topic to share than some of my favorite ones!


I have vivid memories of being in 8th grade and sitting and talking about them with my bestie Lindsay. We were both equally obsessed and shared them back and forth like " notes" all the time! Looking back I feel like it was such a "funny" thing to be so "into" at that age, but it really told so much of who we were. We loved talking, analyzing, and looking deep into topics. It was so much fun, and I am so happy to have those fond memories. :) I just wish I could run across some of them we loved! It would be so much fun to take a peek back into our 14-year-old minds. :) 

We all see them all over social media-- quotes, quotes, and more quotes. Some stir our conscience, others inspire, but most of them somehow motivate us to better ourselves; they are all my favorite. My habit is to screenshot them into my camera roll on my phone when I come across one that speaks to me. I try to go back every few days and re-read them. How many times do we just scroll through, read something that provokes interest, think "I need to remember that" and we forget it the next moment!? I do this all.the.time! This is exactly why "screenshot-ing" them helps by being able to go back and look through them! I don't know about you, but there is not much better added "positive" to your day than running across words that provoke in an uplifting way. :) 

Below I am sharing some of my favorite ones from the last month or so. I hope some of these make your day brighter, happier, and more positive-- and better yet some may be JUST what you needed to hear to get you through today! 



Whitney English posted this to Instagram the other day, and I love love loved it!! 


I ran across this and posted it the other day-- HOW true is this!? ...and such a great reminder to us all! Sometimes you run across those quotes that mean an extra lot to you, and this was one of them! 






...I threw this in for fun!! I saw it at a boutique awhile back and thought it was a perfectly girly and glamorous quote to share! ;)


This sign was in Francesca's, and I could not help but take a picture of it because it rang so true. Happiness is so much about perspective and a choice.  It also reminds me of a post from this last winter I blogged about "A Little Bit of Happy after a lot of Sad"

One of my absolute favorite places for inspiring, motivating quotes and stories is Proverbs 31 Ministries. You can find them on Facebook, and I absolutely recommend following them. They make so many days seem easier to navigate through. They brighten many gloomy days and give for better days ahead on those extra tough ones. Below are some of their more recent posts that have helped me through a lot of days. 










This last one is just something extra I wanted to share. It was the number ONE thing people regretted in their last days. A lady who worked in hospice for years wrote this, and I thought this one was definitely worth sharing. How true and SIMPLE does this seem!? The hard thing is that so many (oftentimes without realizing it) live their life to always live up to others' expectations. When I ran across this it stuck as a great reminder to myself to not get caught up in "all of that."  If there is advice I can take from anyone, I will full well take it from people in their last hours; it definitely has an impact. 

Well thank you for stopping by for a "quotes galore" post!! I hope something rang true or inspired you in one way or another!! 

...until next time!! 












Monday, June 23, 2014

Matching Mama Monday update!

Happy Monday!!


Well today I am excited to play catch-up on my Matching Mama Monday posts since my last installment back in January! Anyone who follows on Instagram or Facebook knows that most every Monday I try my best to post a matching picture of my daughter and/or son and I!  I don't remember when it dawned on me to call it this, but I love that having this special day every week gives me a point to remember to match us and even better-- an opportunity to take a picture with one or both of the kiddies!  Of course it is fun to match ANY day of the week, but for me this just works best because I know if I did not have a special day set aside, I would not do it as often as I would like!  So below I included all of the fun "matching mama monday" pictures over the last few months! I mentioned back in my last post about this, but I will say it again-- most of the time the fun of this is shopping mine and the kiddies' own closets.  There are those times I will buy two pieces because I know they will match one another, but most of the time it is just using what we already have! I love a "nostalgic" look back on anything fun, so enjoy!




Back in January we had fun matching in our faux leopard fur vests!


I bought these cuffs at a gift market with my brother's girlfriend, and I love love love the vintage/lace/burlap look!  We still need to get a picture wearing them together, but nonetheless they were so cute!


In our "bows for days" matching tops!! I remember particularly this was a crazy busy, stressful day.  Whenever I look at this picture I remember though that these little moments are the ones that matter and mean the most! I am so happy I captured this. :) It took all the stress away for the day!


We rocked our matching "bow" cardigans and it just seemed fitting to make it a "black and white" picture! ;)


This quite possibly could by my FAV! Her face cracks me up and totally is a tell-all in to her personality! 


And I was SO excited that Jameson Monroe had a matching bow for her dalmation-print coat from Janie and Jack! How fun :)


...I feel like I could say each of these are a favorite for a different reason, but this one I love because it was a gift from my step-mom-- matching mommy/daugther aprons!! :) I just loved baking in the 1st time with them this day-- of course none other than cupcakes! :) You can't see from the picture, but she even added a layer of lace at the bottom to make them extra girly and fun! :) It was one of THE sweetest gifts that I will forever cherish :)




I love this because the mustard coat that fit Bella last year that we snapped a matching picture in fit her again this year-- hence it was fun to get a matching pic in our same coats a year later! It is so fun to see how much she has grown. :) ~bittersweet more like it ;)


This was fun because it was St. Patrick's Day, and we were on our Disney Cruise, so it was extra special to don our green for the occasion! I had this scarf from Target and ran across her St. Patty's Day outfit and realized the prints were almost identical! Her little purse just topped off the fun look! :)


On the cruise we also both wore our coral rompers on the balcony on one of our cruising days! 


This day I was so excited because we had a triple match day with Preston too! It is harder to find boy things that match, but we each had bright yellow stripes and the kiddies had gray too.  It is hard to get a triple matching selfie hahaha, but we tried our best! :)


Matching in our black and white polka dots cardigans!! I have had this cardigan for 5 years, so it was fun to dig out!


It was an embellished bows kind of day in the spring! And this might be my favorite smile of her that I have ever captured!! I just love it. :)


This is another favorite because my sweet mom always loved her cat-eye sunnies! I was so excited to find a pair I loved myself and one for Bella as well.  The icing on the cake was finding a pair for her Bitty Baby on a trip to the American Girl store this spring.  This was too much fun, and Bella LOVED that all three of us had the matching sunnies! ;)


These adorable spearmint necklaces I originally purchased for Bella and Vivi to match in, but once I realized they could also be a mommy/daughter set, I was loving them even more! They are from "The Vintage Crown" --an Instagram boutique! She sells THE cutest clothes, accessories, etc. for little girls! If you don't already follow her, it is a must, and the owner is the sweetest on top of it!


...so a couple weeks ago we donned our matching spearmint and pearl ribbon necklaces! I can't wait for Vivi and Bella to match in these too! 


...and just because I thought I would end this with my FAV matching pic of Bella and I from Winter 2013! She was not even two, and I loved these matching scarves that my step-mom made for us for Christmas! She was not in the mood to look at the camera for the picture this day, but the candid shot actually ended up being one of my favorites ever! 

Well I hope you enjoyed this "Matching Mama Monday" fun! If you have never matched or thought of matching with your little ones (or older kiddies!) I hope this inspired you to take a picture, two, or many! :) As I was compiling this post, the thought occurred to me that I will be able to duplicate so many of these pictures in the same outfits when Vivi can fit into these outfits someday! I can't wait to continue this fun tradition with her too! 

Later this week I will be sharing some matching sister outfits I have picked up for Bella and Vivi! It has been a dream to be able to match two little girls! I wanted to include them today but thought I would wait to share them with some exciting news on Wednesday!

Thanks for stopping by and have a happy happy Monday!! :)

...until next time!