Jessica's Corner

Happy 2015! I hope that you had a great New Year's Eve and Day and brought in 2015 right. I wanted to start by saying that you so much for supporting me in this blog! Since starting, I have had such a positive response from readers around the world. I've also gotten tons of helpful suggestions, requests, and feedback from readers that have helped me grow tremendously. I am so grateful so THANK YOU! With this being said, I am doing some redecorating in my corner. First off, I am ending regular Fashion Friday posts. While I love posting on fashion, I get the least traffic on my Friday posts so in the spirit of quality versus quantity, I am going down to a four day per week blog. I will leave all past Fashion Friday label up, on my home page as I may post seasonally. The second change that I am making to my blog is my Tuesday topic. While Non-Fat Tuesday was started with the best of intentions, I am not a fitness guru by any means so I cannot continue to write on this sub...

image from happynewyear-cards.com Happy Fashion Friday! New Year's Eve is coming and I am not sure if I am going to go out or not, but of course I had to create a Pinterest board with some great looks that I found! As always, the pictures are not links but the link can be found below. Jean Outfits Skirts/ Dresses Fancy Tights Jazz up something that you already own for New Years with these! To find more looks for New Year's Eve, please visit my New Year's Eve Style  board on Pinterest. Check out my Fashion and Style  and Accessory  boards while you are there! And, please follow me on Pinterest if you already don't and I will follow you back. Are you going out or staying in this New Year's Eve? And what will you wear if you go out? Leave it in the comments below, I would love to know! **I have a big announcement coming next week so please stay tuned! Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!!!**

Christmas is just 6 days away! And since I always am shopping at the last minute for holidays, I will be shopping for a new Christmas Party Outfit this weekend. I of course was on Pinterest looking for outfit ideas and I found some cute ideas! As always, the pictures are not links but the link can be found below for the board with all of these fashions and more! Skirt Outfit Ideas Dress Outfit Ideas -add a long sleeve under a short sleeve dress Casual but Fancy To see the links for these pictures or more great outfit ideas, please visit my Christmas Party Fashion board on Pinterest! **What are you going to wear to your Christmas parties? I am leaning toward jeans or leggings and a fancy Christmas sweater but we will see. Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!!**

Pinterest is such a great site to find inspiration! One trend that I noticed becoming more popular is to mix patterns, like polka dots and stripes for example. There are tons of great full outfit idea pins that include pattern mixing on Pinterest. I recently came across some great outfit ideas and wanted to recreate them. I only had a chance to recreate one this week so more to follow in next week's posting. Just to give you some additional content and ideas, please check out my Fashion and Style  board on Pinterest. Favorite Outfit of the Week From Pinterest I loved this outfit because of how great the patterns seemed to work together. And, the colors don't really match either but it seems to work. My Recreation I got pretty close with this look, except my sweater is brown. I just love how the outfit came together. **More recreations to come next week! Don't forget to follow me on Pinterest if you already don't. Thanks for reading!**

One of my favorite parts of thrifting is finding designer brand items in good condition. Sometimes, especially with accessories, it can be difficult to know if an item is authentic. Flea markets and street fairs often have great knock-offs so buyer beware. I was out shopping with my friend recently and she came across this Coach purse at the Second Hand store for $30 (Half price for the day). Since the bag was older we decided to check the authenticity and it was real! The bag actually was going on eBay for $75 that day. Here is the purse: If you come across a designer bag and you want to make sure it's authentic, examine the bag closely. Do the markings look like they should? Are they facing the right direction? Is the font familiar? Then, the second thing that you look for is a tag of authenticity on the inside of the bag. On that tag, there will be a serial number that you can look up and find your bag. Most designers have some type of tag of authenticity some...

Well, its here... Black Friday. Did you go shopping? I did and always do but I was not out at 6PM when some of the stores opened. I actually had a pretty pleasant experience, it was not too busy out there and I got a lot of great deals! Today's post will include a few of the items that I got, along with my promised Outfit Of The Day for Thanksgiving and makeup. I can't share much because most of what I bought were gifts but I will share what I can. 1. Kohl's Horse Hoody and Slippers for my daughter. The slippers were half price and the hoody was on clearance at 60% off! Body spray and lip balms for my little sisters. Shh!! 2. Target 2-Pack of Throw Pillows This pack was on sale for $12. I may try a DIY in the near future with them and add a pattern. white suede 3. The Children's Place $5 novelty tees and half-priced boots. These are not a gift so my daughter will be wearing this on Monday. 4. Bath and Body Works Surprises. Can'...

So, I definitely need to find an outfit to wear for Thanksgiving dinner! And because I have no idea what type of outfit I should pull together, I went to Pinterest. As always none of the pictures are links but, a link for the board that all of these are on can be found below. Next week, I will do an OOTD post on Friday for what outfit I actually wore and the details of where it was purchased. I will also do a mini Black Friday haul of all of the items that are not gifts for people that may be reading this.   Here are a few of the outfit ideas that I found and loved: She's so fancy... Comfy and Casual I need this sweater! And this one Pretty Casual Chunky sweater and sassy heels ;) Simple and Sweet To see more great outfit ideas, please visit my  Fashion and Style board today! I also have a great  Fall Fashion board that you should check out, too. **What are you wearing for Thanksgiving? Let me know in the comments...

 This week for Fashion Friday I wanted to give a few plugs to my favorite YouTube Beauty Gurus. These ladies are all awesome for their content, dedication to posting, and loyalty to their fans. I love watching tutorials about makeup, hair, nails, and fashion so when I find good channels, I tend to subscribe. While nails wouldn't necessarily be included as a beauty video, I really wanted to showcase artists with tons of beginner tutorials for those who are interested. There is a ton more amazing content on YouTube, you just have to find it amongst the thousands of videos on the site. If any of these topics interest you please watch the videos below. TheChicNatural                                               Cute Polish ArcadiaNailArt                             ...

So, this week I decided to do another tag post for Fashion Friday. The TMI Tag originated on YouTube but has carried onto various beauty blogs around the web, so I wanted to do it too. The TMI Tag consists of 50 questions that are pretty much an "All About Me". So, if you want to get to know a little too much about me, keep reading! 1. What are you wearing? An oversized knit sweater, black leggings, and my favorite quilted-boots 2: Ever been in love? Yes   3: Ever had a terrible breakup? Hasn’t everyone? Probably not but yes!   4: How tall are you? 5’2”   5: How much do you weigh? 132 Pounds   6: Any tattoos? Yes, 2 hidden tattoos. I want more!   7: Any piercings? I have three holes in each ear and my belly button but I don’t wear an earring in it anymore.   8: One true pairing (fictional couples)? Carrie and Big (John, aha) - Sex in the City   9 : Favorite show? The Game   10: Favorite band? I like all kinds...

I know that I posted about Thanksgiving yesterday but I could not help but share my week of costumes for Fashion Friday. As I said last week, this week at work we had a themed day each day. I participated for all five days. I am also going to include my Trick-Or-Treat costume because I always dress up when I take my daughter. Monday Superhero Day I only had a cape and mask so I just decided to wear boots and call myself Super all day. Tuesday Sports Day I kept it simple by just wearing a shirt calling me out as the #1 Packers fan. And bonus, jeans on Tuesday! Wednesday Pajama Day How lucky am I as an adult to be able to wear PJs to an office?! :) I had to wear my leopard pants and moccasins. Thursday Videogame/ Cartoon Character Day And I decided to think outside of the box (hehe) and make my costume for this day. I found the idea for being a Game Boy on Pinterest and decided to recreate it. I f...