C. 1950s red velvet hat with faux pearl hatpin (they came together): Green Dragon Lady
Black micro crystal studded heart earrings: Claire's or Payless
Vintage appropriate autumn leaf sweater with crystal embellishments: Thrifted (Value Village)
1950s dark teal gloves: Unknown, had for years (probably thrifted)
Clear plastic butterfly stretch bracelet: Unknown, had for soooo many years
Red bow stretch belt: (An Asian clothing store at) Pacific Mall in Toronto
Vintage black velvet pencil skirt: Lady Kitschener's Vintage Emporium
Mid-century black patent purse: Probably eBay or Etsy
Black seamed nude stockings: eBay
Red patent pumps: Payless
Lip colour: MAC Russian Red
Photography by Tony Cangiano
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Autumn, I have said before - and always felt - is my own personal new year. Of course I celebrate the changing of the calendar guards at the stroke of midnight on January 1st, like most folks, but in terms of what feels like the natural start of the year to me, it has been early fall for my entire life.
I believe in going with our inborn inclinations like this and joyfully welcome autumn as a time of renewal, bolstered energy, goal setting, decluttering, introspective thought and, yes, despite many things coming to a end around this time of the year, even a rebirth of sorts.
My birthday is in July, but I often think of the years of my life as beginning anew each time around in the fall. Today, as we kick off this most gorgeous of jewel toned seasons again, that is very much the case for me.
I also, in viewing these recently captured photos, notice that I look older. I don't say this as a complaint in the slightest (getting older always beats the alternative!), simply as an observation. I've been photographed heavily for a few years now and its fascinating to look back and see subtle signs of (further) age appear on the scene from one season - be it autumn or any of the other three - to the time it rolls around next.
Naturally, to greet this sparkling new autumn, a seasonally inspired outfit was in order. I reached for some familiar staples (the mid-century vintage skirt, bags, gloves, and hat - though I'm sure if this hat, which I've owned for a number of years, has appeared here before or not) and added this gorgeous, very vintage appropriate leaf sweater, which I thrifted several months ago and have been champing at the bit to sport it ever since (those who follow my YouTube channel may recognize it from this recent video featuring examples of vintage appropriate clothing from my own wardrobe).
I love the background and light colours in these images, which were taken at a beautiful woodland nature park in the nearby city of Kelowna (the Robert Frost worthy two paths diverging in the woods behind me in some of them only adds to it appeal to me). Though the leaves had not sprung into full on autumn splendor yet, there were subtle tinges of ripe pear yellow and coppery brown that let one know instantly that they would be doing so in a matter of days.
Connecting with, and spending time in, nature is incredibly important for me and I always love to greet the seasons by making sure to do so, so I couldn't be happier that my shoot for today’s vintage outfit post took place in a majestic forest setting like this.
Years roll on, the seasons pass like two ships in the night, one gradually morphing into the next, and we age. This is the natural cycle and pattern of life. Unchanged since time immemorial.
Am I older? You bet, and I don't mind at all. For each year brings with it new wisdom, new gifts, new lessons, new friends, new memories, and at the same time, the return of old favourites, like autumn itself and many beautiful joys that call this enchanting season home.
ReplyDeleteI see a young lady elegant and sophisticated, yet she deeply loves the simplicity and the rhythms of Nature! My dear, you are fantastic! I love your lipstick and hat! Good pictures and good ... equinox!
You are so very kind, dear Serena. Thank you so much!!! Again, I have no qualms with aging (and thank the universe with every fiber of my being that I get to be here on earth and do so), I just find it fascinating to notice sometimes when I see more signs of doing so in my face and/or body. I'm sure that when I look back on these very photos in even just three or four years, I'll feel like I looked much younger now than I do at that point in time (I see it all the time when I look at snaps from even just 2012 or '13 these days).
DeleteMany hugs & joyful start of autumn wishes,
♥ Jessica
Yours is the right way to be and I like a lot, time is precious and Nature changes are fascinating as well as necessary, we must learn from every season! and then love for our loved ones and the things we love are a great antidote! Here it is morning, a warm autumn morning ... Good morning my dear friend!
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Dear Jessica,
ReplyDeleteI must say I do not think you look older at all, you look your lovely beautiful self as ever! I absolutely LOVE your sweater, those colours look terrific on you. I love being outdoors and experiencing nature, I believe it strengthens the link we have with the universe (and it has a calming influence on me, which can only be a good thing!) Jenny xx
Very wisely said, dear Jenny. I couldn't possibly agree more and am deeply troubled sometimes by how many folks no longer get to do so (connect with nature and tap into its calming, soothing, inspiring, healing powers). I feel so blessed to live in the part of the world - and country itself - that I do and try never to take the nature that all around us here for granted.
DeleteMany hugs & sincere thanks for your beautiful comment,
♥ Jessica
Oh, I love that sweater!!
ReplyDeleteThank you sweetly, dear lady - I do as well, massively. It struck me this morning that it would probably look great with a jumper/pinafore style dress, so I'm going to give that a spin soon and see how it works. Good results may land here in a future outfit post. :)
DeleteTons of hugs & happy autumn wishes,
♥ Jessica
That's such an unusual - and cute - top! As ever, featured in an immaculately-styled outfit. I adore the blue gloves! It's interesting you say that about looking older - as someone who's been following along for I guess the past year now, it's not something I've observed, but then again, perhaps I wouldn't as I'm not you :) I certainly do notice the same in my own photos, even in the short three years I've been writing my blog. Although how much of that is due to some very dodgy photography in the early days is anyone's guess ;) x
ReplyDeleteThat's very sweet of you to say, dear gal. Objectively, I see less of a difference in age between this point last year and the same two to four years ago. I'll sometimes see a snap of myself from an older post here and almost get caught off guard by how young I think I look in comparison. That's natural though and I don't see aging, especially at this still relatively young point in my life, as anything that really gives me cause to worry or that I have an issue with. I'll happily trade a few more subtle signs of how old I am for the countless benefits that come with being this age. Wisdom, more confidence, (being in) a good place career wise, having a small home of our own, no longer feeling like a kid that almost no one takes seriously, and so and so on. Those are the points that matter, not fine lines, wider cheeks (my face just keeps widening subtly as I age, even when my weight remains the same - oh well!), or a few more wrinkles.
DeleteIt's really neat that you've noticed your own aging process through your blog, too. I think that fashion bloggers and others who routinely share photos of themselves online are in a relatively unique position to do so in a way that would have been almost unheard of for non-celebs or models prior to the days of digital cameras and the web.
Huge hugs & joyful start of autumn wishes!
♥ Jessica
Ooh looky how teeny your waist look with that fab belt! Great ensemble and beautiful photos :)
ReplyDelete*Blush* Thank you very much, dear Helen. My natural waist is relatively small, but because I'm short and have a curvy hourglass shape, and also due to wearing layers at times, sometimes it gets hidden or not shown in its true size by various outfits. That doesn't phase me at all, but it is nice to let my figure shine through a bit more in curve hugging ensemble like this one at least every once in a while.
DeleteI hope that you're doing well and having a great first week of autumn!
Big hugs,
♥ Jessica
Happy autumnal equinox! I've also started noticing that I look older than I did last year, and not in a bad way. This year has gone surprisingly quickly. Also, I love the teal gloves with this outfit!
ReplyDeleteAgreed on all counts, my dear. I am floored by how quickly the past year has flown by. At this precise time last year we were on our wonderful two week long vacation to Vancouver Island. I swear, I think I can even remember what I was wearing on this date last year - it's the recent in my mind.
DeleteI don't mind that I look older either. It's great to have more than three decades of life - and experience - under my belt to know that, all things willing, I still have a nice stretch of time ahead of me as well. I'm really enjoying my 30s and look forward to what this autumn and the coming year (from this point onward, I mean) hold in store for me.
Tons of hugs & joyful start of fall wishes!
♥ Jessica
Happy "birthday"! My birthday is in a few weeks, and I can't imagine not having a birthday in the fall. I've also noticed that I'm looking older (more wrinkles in the forehead region) since I started blogging in 2008.
ReplyDeleteThinking about you as the Vintage Expo gets closer! I'm taking my camera!
You're so sweet, dear Shelia. It's slaying me that I'm not on the Island right now. That's life though - sometimes my work takes priority, sometimes Tony's does, and sometimes we can both get away and have a holiday like last year (no vacations are in the cards for us this year). This time it's Tony's and that's totally okay, but I do wish I was there enjoying Expo this week with you all the same. Fingers firmly crossed that it's able to happen next year!
DeleteBig hugs & joyful start of fall wishes!
♥ Jessica
The print of this sweater is so perfectly 40's! I can't think of anything better than fall leaves and bows! So perfectly fall and feminine. Such great colors in this ensemble, I would have never thought to pull the teal from the sweater for the gloves but it looks so lovely. Great hat too, I have had a red velvet hat in my favorites list on etsy for a while now and you may just push me over the edge into buying it!
ReplyDeleteAgreed massively!!! This print is so quintessentially 1940s, whereas the slightly dolman sleeve-esque arms is wonderfully 50s (one say that style in the 40s, too, but not as often, IMO), so it's a great piece to sport with looks from the 40s clear on through to the early 60s even.
DeleteThank you very much for your awesomely nice comment and compliments. Pulling a shade from a pattern to use for my choice of glove color is one of my favourite elements of vintage styling. I tried a few other colours here (black, red, white, etc) and none worked as well as these dusty teal ones (which, funnily enough, were last seen here as part of an outfit that essentially kicked off the summer - full circle or what! :)).
Tons of hugs & bliss early autumn wishes!
♥ Jessica
Loving this color pallet and that sweater! My birthday happens to be in the fall so I feel a new year begins in each fall as well:)
ReplyDeleteHow exciting!!! I always wanted to be a "fall baby". No dice though, the universe saw fit to have me appear in the summer (I wasn't premature, I just mean that's when I was born). It's a pretty great season to be born in, too, and while I can't have a fall birthday, I am able to have an autumn wedding anniversary, which is pretty awesome as well. :)
DeleteTons of hugs & happy early b-day wishes, sweet dear!
♥ Jessica
This post was a perfect kick off to Fall! Love your sweater:)
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Thank you very much, sweet gal! I'm smitten with the sweater, too. It's one of my favourite vintage appropriate pieces ever. If only more actual repro brands were putting out knits like this - I think there'd be a real market for them.
DeleteBig hugs & tons of happy autumn wishes!
♥ Jessica
I actually love being my age. I have never been more comfortable with myself in my life, and I'm happy about it! :) Yes I do look older than I was before, but since when that's a bad thing? :) And you look beautiful - I don't think you look older by the way :) :) Your skin looks fantastic as well!
ReplyDeleteThat is such a wise way to look at things and really sums up how I feel about aging, too. In the past two years in particular, I feel like I've grown massively as a person and that I am so much more comfortable in my own skin (there's no way I could have started posting videos on YouTube, for example, if I wasn't). I love being in my 30s and am trying to embrace and celebrate all of the perks of this great period of my life.
DeleteThank you so much!!! I think that fall is the kindest season to my perpetually dry and endlessly sensitive skin. It doesn't dry it out as much as summer and (especially) winter does, so that's another point in favour of this season for me. :)
Oodles of hugs,
♥ Jessica
I've never really understood people who freak out about getting older, as my Nan used to say it's the one thing you really can't do anything about! Personally I find Autumn a time for reflection and as I really don't do heat, a welcome chance to feel at ease in the temperatures so I feel more active and motivated.
ReplyDeleteI can see both sides of the coin, but as touched on here, it doesn't really phase me and I think that there are so many perks to aging, especially once you've gotten beyond the very earliest of decades and have (hopefully) grown more confident and self-assured as a person. I wouldn't trade looking 18 or 20 again for the life lessons and wisdom that aging has brought my way and those sorts of things trump looking a touch older any day of the week!
DeleteSo true!!! Autumn and winter are often my perk times of productivity throughout the year and I am certain that their cooler temps are a big part of the reason (naturally being indoors more often during those seasons helps, too).
Wishing you an absolutely fantastic autumn, dear lady!
♥ Jessica
Lovely outfit, you look so beautiful and perfect for the season
ReplyDeleteThank you sweetly, dear Freya. This really is the perfect sweater/jumper to kick off fall with, I agree. I suspect I will wear it each autumn for as long as it holds up. :)
DeleteBig hugs & happy Friday wishes,
♥ Jessica
This is such a beautiful post, dear Jessica! I know you said you are not complaining, but I don;' think you look older - but OK, I am a new reader. I think you look stunning, I loved these pictures and you are right, this place is wonderful! I loved the hat, the blouse with leaves (and bows) and the belt in red... cause red is my favorite color and I love red accessories! You look so beautiful and very sweet, candid - I mean, with a sweet atmosphere coming from the pictures! I loooved what you said "For each year brings with it new wisdom, new gifts, new lessons, new friends, new memories"... I totally agree with that. You are so wise! Hope you are well, and as you can see by the length of the comment :) I am feeling better - hopefully it lasts, but the week had ups and downs (concerning eyes). Hugs and kisses!
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Sweet Denise, it puts my heart at ease to hear that you're starting to improve. Thank the universe!
DeleteAnd thank you, lovely lady, for the splendidly nice comment and compliments you shared with me here. It's awesome that you're a big fan of red, too. I wear it often, but do try to mix things up to keep its frequent presence on my blog interesting and fresh feeling. The mere fact that it, like many colours, can play a different roll in each season certainly helps there. In this case, it calls to mind the red of falling maple leaves, candy apples, and even this month's upcoming blood moon (which I'm so excited for!).
Thank you again! I hope that this autumn is one of the nicest and most enjoyable ever for you!
Big hugs,
♥ Jessica
This is one of my favourites, Jessica! You look so stylish and elegant.
ReplyDeleteMany sweet thanks, dear Elinor.
DeleteI hope that the season has kicked off on a marvelous note for you!
Have a beautiful weekend,
♥ Jessica
Well what a lovely outfit to herald Autumn in! It's particularly inspiring as I've just returned from Spain and had been thinking of bikinis and such, and hadn't put any thought into what I wanted to wear for Autumn, so this will help get me started. I think our faces change, for sure, but I'm not sure that to others it would be seen as 'aging', our faces just simply start to look a little different from time to time. I look back at a few photos from the early blog days and notice I had slightly chubby cheeks in some, which makes me laugh now. I think all we can do is hope to grow into ourselves more? Anyway, I look forward to catching up on your other posts, and thank you so much for your heartfelt words of congratulations on my recent wedding xx
ReplyDeleteThat's a very insightful way to look at things and I completely agree. I think that for me personally, my mother is a great example of what you were discussing. Though objectively I know she's far older than when I was a child, her natural youthfulness partnered with how often I've seen her over the years means that she often still looks so young in my eyes. I think that's a beautiful thing and hope that there's someone out there (Tony perhaps) who views my own aging the same way.
DeleteWe do definitely grow into ourselves more as we age and that is a brilliant thing to say the least. Sure, it would be great to have the skin (and hair, in my case) of a 18 year old again, but I wouldn't trade a supermodel's body for the wisdom and experience that time has granted me as I've aged.
You're very welcome! I'm so elated for you both and can't wait to see and hear more about the exciting things that have been transpiring in your life lately, darling gal.
Huge hugs & joyful start of fall wishes,
♥ Jessica
Okay so I am pretty JEALOUS that you get the experience the beauty that is fall, with all of the brilliant brightly colored leaves...*sigh*. You always look timeless - I think that's the beauty of wearing vintage/vintage inspired, no one can tell what age you are because they are either too distracted by what you're wearing, or its the fact that vintage looks are so youthful and elegant that you don't look dated the way one might when wearing modern trends that quickly disappear with each season.
ReplyDeleteSuperb points, sweet Harlow - and important reminder to all of us who wear vintage if we do start feeling like we can see our age (not that such is a bad thing of course, but it does affect each of us differently). I think that's a huge part of the reason why women in their 30s and older often looks so remarkably elegant and agelessly beautiful in the mid-twentieth century. Their impeccable sense of style and ability to make the most of their figures helped to give them not so much a young look, but a timeless one and that is something that sadly is often lacking from 21st century fashion.
DeleteThank you very much for your excellent comment and absolutely lovely compliments.
Tons of hugs & happy weekend wishes,
♥ Jessica
"Am i older? You bet, and i don't mind at all!"
ReplyDeleteGetting older is a bittersweet thing. But once we adopt the point of view, like you have so graciously displayed here, of rolling with it, enjoying it, and recognizing it as normal and fun, life becomes so much better.
I'm always amazed at the flawless ways you combine vintage outfit posts along with deep personal thought and well crafted writing. This outfit in particular, makes me excited for fall. I too, feel a deep renewal during this season which is so close to my heart.
And thanks for all the love over the years, you special gal. :)
That is an immensely touching compliment, my sweet friend. I see beauty and poetry both in words and in fashion alike. Separating the two has never even crossed my mind and I wouldn't dare try to do so. Each would lose something great, IMO, if I did. I know that my style of writing isn't everyone's cup of tea, but to those who do appreciate it, I love that I can use my written words as the ultimate accessory to any ensemble that I share here.
DeleteYou are immensely welcome! Huge thanks to you for the very same. I'm so glad that our paths were able to cross online and that we've been able to enjoy one another's blogs for quite some time now. I never cease to be inspired, moved and uplifted by your beautiful writing and soulful images.
Happiest start of fall wishes,
♥ Jessica
A wonderful post as always! Yes, fall is my fave, even though I'm a March baby (born in the sludgy part of the year!). And yes, now that I'm growing out the purple hair after a year, I've noticed quite a few more silver hairs interloping on the old scalp - sneaky things, multiplying whilst I was unawares! :)
ReplyDeleteSo true!!! When I first started shaving what remained of my natural hair (in November 2012), I had a smattering of grey, now I'd say my head is easily 30% or more grey a mere (almost) three years later. I think grey hair is gorgeous, but I'm not ready to rock it quite yet in real or wig form so early on in my 30s - perhaps in another decade or two. :)
DeleteWishing you an awesome autumn, dear lady!
♥ Jessica
fabulous fall outfit!!! love that you wear blue gloves! so unexpected and cool :-)
ReplyDeleteautumn is here too now - the days are still warm but the night get very chilly. heating the oven in the evening is a good idea. thank goodness the coals came last friday!
gorgeous woody location!!!
xxxxx
Thank you very much, sweet Beate! I tried a few other glove colours (red, black, white, etc) but none worked as well as this simple pair. They're well worn (by both myself and whoever owned them before me), but their colour is fabulous and they're still intact, so I have no plans to retire them this autumn/winter. :)
DeleteTons of hugs & joyful start of fall wishes!
♥ Jessica
*PS* I swear, I had a feeling you would like getting to see a snippet of Canadian woods and am very happy to know that you did.
I identify with everything you've said, and you put it so beautifully. Autumn always feels like a time for new projects for me, too - as though the school term is forever ingrained! And I love it when I can start digging out my Autumn/Winter clothes. That sweater is lovely, perfect for celebrating the new season.
ReplyDeleteIt really is marvelous to connect with our cold weather attire again, I agree. I'm sure come the tail end of winter, I'll be wanting to buy it a one way ticket to the north pole, but for now, I'm elated to sport it again and to weave old favourites with newer finds from the past few months.
DeleteMany hugs & happy start of fall wishes!
♥ Jessica
Love that you referenced Robert Frost - my favourite poet! You look wonderful, definitely ready for autumn! It has been feeling like summer here until tonight, when the weather broke. I think I need to go shopping!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much, my fellow Frost fan - he was my high school best friend's favourite poet and I cannot think about, or read anything from, him without thinking of her (sadly we lost contact eons ago). The weather has been very mild and pleasant here this week and still has traces of summer to it as well. The chillier nights tell you that fall is here though, but at least during the day we can still go out and take pictures without the need for 87 layers and the very real risk of frostbite looming near.
DeleteMany hugs & joyful first week of fall wishes!
♥ Jessica
The sweater was a great find! I would have pegged it as 50s, I love that it's a thrift store find. That's the kind of thing that makes me want to go comb my own local stores for a similarly awesome piece. Fabulous look all around. It really gives you a beautiful hourglass shape.
ReplyDeleteI'm also a big fan of fall, although I haven't gone quite as crazy in the run up as I did last year. I think I've been a bit more in the moment with summer than I typically am. I may have to get a pumpkin spice latte soon, though. I semi-ironically got one last year, and they're not bad.
Thank you very much, lovely lady. I'm not one for skin tight attire as a general rule, but I do love sporting fitted outfits like this sometimes that really highlight my body's true hourglass (with a wee bit of pear) shape - curves aplenty very much included.
DeleteThrift stores rarely offer up much in the way of true mid-century garments or accessories for me any more, but they are amongst my best sources for vintage appropriate ones and that alone is reason enough for me to frequent them often. It would be terrific if you found a similar vintage-y looking fall knit at one in your city, too.
Tons of hugs & happy start of autumn wishes!
♥ Jessica
Oh your entire outfit is gorgeous, and that sweater. I'm swooning. Wish it felt more like fall here, as of right now, the weather is 90F, so we've got a while to go.
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Your waist is crazy amazing, I think that's what I like the most in the 40's/50's fashion! The best piece here for me is, without doubt, the hat, god how I love a beautifully cared hat!
ReplyDeleteps: I'm loving your instagram feed! I've been a little away from the blog but I'm always sneaking around instagram ^^'
Thank you very much across the board, darling gal! I'm with entirely about a great hat. I will never for the life of me completely understand how and why dynamic, gorgeous, creative hats went out of fashion (for most folks at least). They, like gloves, add so very much to an outfit and can serve the practical purpose of helping you stay a bit warmer, too. I'll always hold out hope that the wearing of gorgeous hats comes back in a big way, but doubt, objectively, that it will, given the continual causalization of mainstream fashion.
DeleteBig hugs & happy wishes for this new week!
♥ Jessica
You look splendid! Perhaps you have a Celt or two somewhere in their ancestry - didn't Samhain mark the start/end of the year for them?
ReplyDeleteI have hit the point where there are things about ageing I'm definitely not happy with (facial hair WFT?!), but some that are good. As a flipside of becoming invisible, as middle-aged ladies seem to, I'm able to walk home from my dance class after dark with rather more confidence than I ever did in my youth.
Thank you very much, wonderfully lovely lady! I do indeed have some British blood (via one of my paternal great-grandma's) and love to think that it stretches back to the Celts. Indeed! Samhain was the start of the new year and is still seen as such by many Pagans/witches/Wiccans and other practitioners of earth based spiritual paths to this day.
DeleteI utterly love how my confidence grows as I age, too. It was something I battled majorly as a youngster, and probably always will to a degree in some spheres, but I've seen it improve in leaps and bounds in recent years and the benefits of such throughout my life and career have been fantastic.
Tons of hugs & happy start of autumn wishes,
♥ Jessica
♥ Jessica
I dont know what it is these days Jessica but you seem to be prettier than ever ! The colours, the backdrops… although I think its because Tony is back.
ReplyDeleteWhat an incredibly kind compliment, dear Lorena. Thank you so very much!!! Tony has long said - and not, I believe, just because he loves me - that I get more attractive looking as I age. Perhaps you're both onto something there! :)
DeleteBig hugs & happy end of September wishes,
♥ Jessica
What a lovely autumnal outfit! I really liked the pop of blue from your gloves. How fun to have found an autumn print top! I hope that you are enjoying the start of autumn. The leaves are just starting to turn here, I love to see all those beautiful colours!
ReplyDeleteHi sweet Kate, thank you very much for your lovely comment. The leaves are starting to hit their stride here as well and it's simply breathtaking. Our neighbours in the condo right next to us (we share a dividing wall) has a gorgeous, tall maple tree that is brilliantly crimson right now. It takes my breath away every time I see it.
DeleteI hope that you're doing well and having a marvelous start of fall. Canadian Thanksgiving is coming up here next Monday and I'm really looking forward to it!
Big hugs,
♥ Jessica
What a lovely autumn outfit, I really love the shirt/sweater with the leaves. And I love the colours you have paired it with. The simple black skirt is just perfect for this. I didn't notice you look older, dear. What I noticed is that your face look kind of worried, is something bothering you? You are always welcome to mail your thoughts to me if something is nagging you. But I do believe that Tony is there for you too. You might also just be tired, I just noticed. And it is none of my business, I know. I am 20 autumns older than you, you know, and I can tell you that I always look forward to the seasons changing, to decorating to the seasons or holidays. I love that autumn has come to Denmark now. Sunday we sat drinking coffee outside without a cardigan, Tuesday it was stormy and 10 C lower, like somebody hit the autumn button. I hope everything is ok at your end. I have book marked your Halloween post, which is a real treat I will spend a lot of time enjoying. Wishing you a lovely day, dear. :) XOXO
ReplyDeleteHi sweet Sanne, thank you very much for your lovely, caring comment. No, I swear, nothing major was weighing on my mind them or now. It's possible, as you suggested, that I was tired that day - I frequently am, as I get so little sleep in general due to my health - but honest to goodness, nothing was troubling me and I was actually in great spirits that day, in no small part thanks to the fact that it we were doing the first fall fashion shoot of this year. I sincerely appreciate your concern though and wouldn't hesitate to reach out to you if something was troubling me.
DeleteHow lovely that you got treated to an autumn storm! It's quite rare to see lightning here during the fall and winter, though rain and of course snow are no strangers. :) I hope that you guys are having a lovely autumn so far. We certainly are, with one of the season's highlights - Canadian Thanksgiving - coming up in just a few days time.
Thank you again for being such a sweet, thoughtful soul and also for each and every awesome blog comment you send my way.
Giant hugs,
♥ Jessica
Alright, this may my favorite look of all time from you (so far that is!). There are not words to describe how much I adore and covet this top. It is unique, cozy, elegant and downright adorable.
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-Janey
*Blush* Thank you times a million, dear Janey. That is such an awesomely lovely thing to hear. I adore this ensemble, too, and am so happy I was able to kick off the season's outfit posts with it. I love knowing, too, that it's a firm favourite of yours as well.
DeleteTons of hugs & happy October wishes,
♥ Jessica