Don’t you just love it when you find an amazing product and then later discover that the company itself is equally amazing? This is exactly what happened with the Big Blanket Company and it is a story that is absolutely worth sharing. My first introduction to the Big Blanket Company happened right before the holidays when their ads were bombarding all of my social media accounts. Many unwanted advertisements just annoy me, but every once in a while there is one that really grabs my attention. As a person who tends to run cold, the idea of a wearable blanket really appealed to me and I began hankering for one.…

Way back in September 2020, a group of five other bloggers and myself kicked off our Thrifty Six group in an effort to draw attention to the environmental impacts of the fashion industry and share ways to decrease that impact by styling fabulous outfits using preloved, secondhand, or thrifted wardrobe pieces. A few days later, I began this fun little Adventures in Thrifting series to highlight additional preloved pieces in my closet. In 2020, I estimated that approximately 30% of my wardrobe consisted of secondhand items found on resale sites, in thrift stores, flea markets, yard sales, or simply handed down to me from someone else. Over the last six…

I have a few confessions. I am a shopaholic. I love clothing and accessories. I am a maximalist when it comes to personal style. And I am susceptible to advertisements featuring beautiful apparel…especially when said apparel is on sale. I honestly can’t remember where I first saw the ads for Soft Surroundings but I suspect it was on some social media platform. Social media seems to be overrun by ads these days. I generally find this overabundance of advertisements rather annoying. And then an ad for this gorgeous Gabriela Duster in a Peacock Paisley print popped into my life. The duster length, the mixed prints, and the stunning color palette…