Christmas Party Wear

Christmas Party Wear

Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Dress: Vintage | Belt: Vintage | Shoes: Thrifted (Michael Kors) | Earrings: c/o Happiness Boutique 

Christmas is just around the corner, and with it comes a slew of Christmas parties, family gathering, holiday celebrations, and New Year parties. When it comes to parties, especially around this festive time of year I am always thinking about the perfect ensemble to wear to any holiday gathering. If you remember this post, I talked about finding happiness in the little details of outfits, and this festive Christmas look takes all of that into consideration. 

I always love pulling in shades of the season into my looks, so this green vintage dress seemed like the perfect piece to pull out for a holiday party! Since the dress is green, it was only fitting that I paired a red belt with it to give it a more "christmasy" pop:) With all the colors of the look, I chose to play it simple, yet classic for my shoes and opted for this FABULOUS pair of Michael Kors nude block heels that I found for $8 at Goodwill......seriously my best steal ever! 

However, nothing quite pulls a look together better than jewelry, and I am completely obsessed with these gold double ball drop earrings from Happiness Boutique......absolutely so classic and they give me so much retro inspiration I could seriously wear them with everything, but party wear is their true calling! 

From classic heel and gold ball drop earring, to green dresses and plaid bows, this look has everything I need for a Holiday party, or Christmas Tea, or really whatever fancy "christmasy" thing I feel up to trying:)

Oh, and did I mention Happiness Boutique is offering all of you lovely readers 10% off with the code minniemuseblog until January 20th, so if you need some fabulous earrings for a special occasion you should browse their vast array of styles. 

- Madison

GIFT GUIDE 2017

GIFT GUIDE 2017

Saturday, December 2, 2017

It's that time of the year....CHRISTMAS TIME! While Christmas time is truly about the GREATEST GIFT OF ALL coming down to earth and being born in a manger, we still hold to a tradition over the course of history in giving gifts to those special people in our lives. However, gift giving is sometimes more stressful than it should be, so I put together a gift guide to share a few of my favorite gifts for your best friend (mom or sister), beauty lovers, and any guy in your life. I had so much fun putting this gift guide together and found a number of great gifts I would love to give! Hope you enjoy this and maybe even find something for a special someone:)

FOR HER

BEAUTY PICKS

FOR HIM

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

-Madison 

Post-Christmas Snapshots

Post-Christmas Snapshots

Monday, December 26, 2016

  

 This Christmas season truly has FLOWN by, just like it sadly does every year; but alas even in its ending it still holds many memories and continuations of past traditions that as always make it my FAVORITE time of the year! 

I have tried to savor every moment of this season by capturing it in pictures, baking cookies, throwing parties, wearing Christmas sweaters & all the red I can get my hands on, sitting by the fire, sipping cocoa, watching MANY Hallmark Christmas movies, staring at sparkling lights, wrapping presents in pretty paper, eating more sweets than I care to admit, and humming (more often singing) along to my favorite carols and Christmas songs.

We had a wonderful Christmas with our family. Our biggest Christmas celebration is always on Christmas Eve with my Dad's side of the family. This year we did something a little different.....instead of our typical Christmas dinner we had a HUGE breakfast spread for dinner! My Paw Paw's (my dad's dad who is 97) favorite meal is breakfast so we decided to serve that this Christmas Eve. With that, we all decided to wear matching pajamas by family since we were eating breakfast, which was extra fun and comfortable. After we ate,  we opened gifts, played white elephant, and then went on to play our traditional Bingo game on all the retro bingo cards we have collected over the years.

Christmas day we drove home to have our own family Christmas and then we headed out later that evening to drive down to Galveston to stay with my Grandparents in a condo for a few days. After that we will then head home for a day and then it is off to camp at our family farm for New Years.

I know the rest of this month will fly by, so I am trying to soak in the last bit of 2016 and the December season. However, I have decided that I might just drag out Christmas for a few more days in January.....

How was your Christmas?
What was your favorite memory from Christmas?

-Madison

Recent Faves pt. 8 // Christmas Edition

Recent Faves pt. 8 // Christmas Edition

Monday, December 19, 2016

Can you believe it is only seven more days till Christmas (counting today)!!! Each year this season seems to fly by despite my attempts to savor it as slowly as possible. However, I still have a number of things to do before Christmas and plans to get me even more into the Christmas spirit than I already am:) Thankfully Texas has finally reached winter temperatures (even if they are freezing) which means bundling up in a coat and scarf whispers that Christmas is near and all that comes with it. Today I thought I would share all of my recent FAVES in their wintery and Christmasy glory so grab a cup of hot cocoa and a Christmas cookie and ENJOY!!

• Sarah KJP's Wedding Day seriously has me loving the small gathering in a christmas tree farm!
• I think we can all agree that Gingham as a coat in the winter is the BEST thing since cookie dough filled cupcakes! 
• This Post reaffirms the fact that I want to move to the New England Area! 
• This Winter Poncho from Hello Modesty is so perfect for the Christmas season and looks sooooo cozy! 
• Emileigh has some serious knitting talent and her latest sweater is perfection!
• NEW blogger love goes to Belle of The Ball 45 because I can't get enough of her classic preppy style:)
• Daphnie's perfect wrapping post, plus Stop Motion video is fabulous for Christmas! 
• Carrie over at Wish Wish Wish has some serious talent in making her own wrapping paper in a recent post! If you need some inspiration take some from her:)
• There is something about New York and Christmas time and I LOVE Olivia's breakdown of "How To Do New York at Christmas"!
• The pictures speak for themselves in this COZY Post! 
• I am constantly falling more in love with "New Darling's" every day and this post was so perfect (as are all of them)!
• Can I just head to LONDON right now for Chrismtas?!?!?! Carrie shared a dreamy post right off of Christmas card HERE! 
• Krista over at Covering The Bases has the most perfect Christmas style and I LOVE this sweater! You really just have to check out all of her Christmas posts because she knows how to rock holiday red!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! I hope you are savoring this time and taking a moment to realize the true reason for the season because Grace was born to us in a stable 2,000 years ago under the light of a shining star! 

Are you excited for Christmas?

What are you looking forward to?

-Madison

A 1960's Easter

A 1960's Easter

Monday, March 28, 2016

Dress: Me Made (1960's Sheet)
Hat: Vintage
Shoes: Grandma's
Sweater: Thrifted

Happy one day after Easter! I hope you all enjoyed the short break in which we celebrated the resurrection of our Savior as Jesus conquered death and washed us forever pure and clean with his blood. I for one thoroughly enjoyed my short break which thankfully felt like an eternity, which was nice to enjoy the long days. I always miss spending time with my family while I am up at school so an extra weekend to go home was great! 

As is my method every year, Easter dress preparations start at least a month on advance for brainstorming and usually a few weeks out to actually make the dress. Thankfully I was able to make a slight dent in my sewing pile over spring break, and this 1960's sack dress was one of those projects. Like most of my dresses, this one is made from an old 1960's sheet. Oddly enough, I received the sheet about three years ago from a friend and just now got around to using it for a project. From the moment I first saw this sheet I immediately imagined making a 60's dress out of it and every vision in my mind came true when it was all said and done! I have really been on a 1960's spree recently and this dress was the icing on the cake! 

Of course, you cannot have a fabulous 1960's look  let alone an Easter ensemble without having the perfect hat! Of course, this hat was a treasure I found probably 2 years ago and right when I got it I knew that I wanted to wear it with the dress I was planning on making from the sheet. Needless to say, this ensemble three years in the making but it was all worth it! I have to admit that the 1960's seem to be my spring inspiration and I will most likely be making a few more dresses like this in the future. 

As every Easter is my time to pick a decade, dress up, and wear a fabulous Easter Bonnet this Easter was no different! The fact that my family goes to an old small town Church on Easter Sunday makes the thrill of wearing a vintage ensemble all the more rewarding as the ladies in the congregation grew up in the decades that I dress from and I love seeing their smiles as I walk into the Church, as if stepping from a different decade. One lady even even came up to me when we were greeting everyone and said "I admire you in wearing that hat, it looks lovely." 

Until next time! 

What did you do for Easter?

What do you like to wear on Easter Sunday?

Do you like wearing Easter Bonnets?

-Madison