Post Index

Outfit Posts

Spring

Travel Clothes

Poker Face

Wildwood Flower

Life in Technicolor

The Girl Next Door

Ingenue Blue
La Sylphide de Radiateur

 

Summer

Chic Galleria Summer 2012

Daydream Believer 

Surfin' Safari
Daydream Believer
Too Darn Hot
Off We Go
Oregon Road Trip: Katie Style
Oregon Road Trip: Rachel Style
Adventures in Jodhpurs
Girl Sailor
Dryad Daydream

 

Fall

Too Cool for School

Pumpkin Crazy

Last Minute Halloween Costumes

I, Swankenstein

Bookhemian

Weekender
Fashion Revamp: The Breakfast Club
Fall Capsule Wardrobe 2014
Making Accents Pop

 

Winter

Chic Galleria Winter 2013

Yuppie Up

Les Angles!

Platform Prancer

Don't Make Me Blush

Tea Time

A Wish Your Heart Makes
New Year, Same Me

 

How-To

Fashion: Budgeting

How to Cull Your Closet (Fashion Budgeting 101)

How to Calculate Your Budget (Fashion Budgeting 101)

How to Shop Your Budget (Fashion Budgeting 101)

How to Shop at Thrift Stores
How to Shop Smart
My Style Journey (II): Smart Shopping
 How to Use Purchase-Tracking to Define Your Style and Save Money
2017 Wardrobe Purchases & Evaluation

 

  Fashion: Capsule & Sampler Wardrobes

How to Create a Capsule Wardrobe: Introduction

How to Create a Capsule Wardrobe: Color Palette 

How to Create a Capsule Wardrobe: Lifestyle Needs

How to Create a Capsule Wardrobe: Item Selection

How to Create a Capsule Wardrobe: Outfit Creation
A Word on Capsule Wardrobes...
How To Build a Work-Friendly Capsule Wardrobe
How To Use Inspiration Photos to Build Your Capsule Wardrobe

Fall 2014 Capsule Wardrobe

Fall 2014 Capsule Reflection

Winter 2015 Capsule Wardrobe

Winter 2015 Capsule Wrap-Up
 Spring 2016 Capsule Wardrobe Lookbook (Video)
Summer 2016 Capsule Wardrobe Lookbook (Video)
Fall 2016 Capsule Wardrobe Lookbook (Video)
Winter 2016 Capsule Wardrobe Lookbook (Video)
How to Create a Sampler Wardrobe: Introduction
June 2017 Sampler Wardrobe
July 2017 Sampler Wardrobe
October 2017 Sampler Wardrobe
November 2017 Sampler Wardrobe
January 2018 Sampler Wardrobe
February 2018 Sampler Wardrobe 
March 2018 Sampler Wardrobe

April 2018 Sampler Wardrobe

May 2018 Sampler Wardrobe

June 2018 Sampler Wardrobe

July 2018 Sampler Wardrobe

August 2018 Sampler Wardrobe

September 2018 Sampler Wardrobe

Fashion: Sustainability

My Style Journey (III): Sustainability

How I Survived a Year Without New Clothes

How To Cultivate a More Sustainable Wardrobe

8 Amazing Resources to Inspire a Simpler Wardrobe

 

Fashion: Styling

How to Dress Your Body Type

How to Use Inspiration Photos to Create Outfits
How to Dress for a (Casual) Holiday Office Party

How to Create a Last Minute Halloween Costume

How to Avoid Office Frump
How to Style a Field Coat

 

Minimalism & Organization

How to Rid Your Room of 120 Things

My Style Journey (I): Minimalism

Makeup

Sugar Skull Face Tutorial

Low Maintenance Makeup and Beauty Rules

 

Recipes

Swahili Sweet Yams

The Best Pancakes You've Never Had

Chocoblock Cookies
Gimmie-the-Green Smoothie

 

Travel

How to Fit Your Wardrobe in a Suitcase
How to Pack Just Enough
How NOT to Pack 

 

Other

How to Recreate Instagram Filters
How to Turn a Sweater into a Christmas Stocking
How to Be an Adult

 

Writing

Humor

Distraction Pack-tion...

Stars Upon Thars

What I Learned My First Year Out of College  

Thanks, Seattle

7 Holiday Phenomenons That Demand Explanation

Phrases I Can't Stand

Taking Advantage of Your TV Addiction (Part One)

Taking Advantage of Your TV Addiction (Part Two)
Neurotic Thoughts I've Had
Halloween Costume Prophecies

 

Personal

Free Association: Summerthoughts

Breakdown 

The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth

Nowhere Man Here

A Wardrobe Memorial

Closet Psychology
Life Lessons from Robin Williams
All Ears
Au Revoir, 2014
On Fear
First Impressions of New York City
Make New Friends, Keep The Old
The Last of the Really Great Grown-Ups
Halloween Costume Prophecies
The Humanity of Change
 Making Space for Stories
Looking Back on 2015
Forever and Ever (for David Bowie)
Finding Gratitude in Grieving
Obsession, Fixation, & Inspiration
The Secret To Creative Thinking
My First New York Anniversary
Reflections on a New Year: 2017

 

Reviews

Film: New York, New York!

Film: Christmas Movies I Love
Book: "Wear No Evil" by Greta Eagan (Video)

   

Places

EUROPE

Arles, France

Le Continent: Installment One

 

Avignon, France

Le Continent: Installment One

 

Brussels, Belgium 

Le Continent: Installment One

 

Cordes, France

Installment Deux: Castle on the Rocks

 

Edinburgh, Scotland

Hoachin' Edinburgh

Up-late Update

Slow Tuesday

Impossibilities Before Breakfast

The Past Few Days

Vintage & Pubs

More Shows

Things I Did Today...

Golden Lochs

Sick in Scert-lernd

Last Days in Edinburgh

 

London, England 

London-Town

Back to Dorm Life

Complaining Jane

We're Not Living in America

If You've Dotted the i's and Crossed the t's...

Post-Postmodernism: A New Order?

Bueller... Bueller?
Catch My Fall
Around-the-City Extras

Having a Little Christmas

Regent Street Fun!

A Tale of Two Species

The Beginning of the End

Comfort & Joy

Keep Calm and Have a Pasty

 

Oxford, England

Oxford and Other Things

Tossa, Spain 

Installment Trois: The Rain in Spain... Never Came!

  

  USA

  Lincoln City, OR

Children of the Sun

 

Portland, OR

Flashes of Portland
Succulence 

New York, NY

Let Your Honesty Shine
First Impressions of New York City
Around NYC: Downtown
Around NYC: Uptown
"Manus Ex Machina" at The Met
My First New York Anniversary

 

Port Townsend, WA

Whence First I Found My Sea Legs

 

Seattle, WA

A Day Off and A Night Out

Beach Days

Thanks, Seattle
Pumpkin Hunt

 

Travel Extras

Video: Loveliness Increases
Final Reflection: No Place

For more travel writing, please visit www.one-thouwords.blogspot.com

 

Playlists

Summer 2013
Fall 2013
Christmas 2013
Winter 2014
Spring 2014
Summer 2014
Fall 2014

Christmas 2014
Winter 2015
Spring 2015
Fall 2015
Christmas 2015
Winter 2016
Spring 2016
Summer 2016
Fall 2016
Winter 2017
Spring 2017
Summer 2017
Fall 2017