Thrift Style Thursday - Sunshine On My Shoulder

Today's Thrift Style Thursday theme was chosen by yours truly - inspired by the official Summer Solstice last weekend I chose a theme of "Sunshine" - any sunny, bright look that channels summer days! I originally thought I'd go for more of an orange hued look for today, but then I saw this shirt in my drawer and I was like, oh this is the one.  If there was every a sunnier feeling shirt, I wouldn't know!

Also today is one of those awesome days where the stars aligned and every item I'm wearing was either thrifted or gifted!  My wardrobe is more and more thrifted things these days, but it's still not often that every last thing I'm wearing is completely thrifted! Well ok, my Fitbit was clearly not thrifted, but it's also not all that fashionable, so we won't count that!

Shirt - Gap (thrifted), Skirt - Merona (garage sale)

Shoes - via Instagram shop, Bag - Stella and Dot (from friend)

Necklace - Mode (free from event) 

I just love how all of this came together today, it just might be my favorite Thrift Style Thursday look of late!  I might be biased because it was my theme though!  But seriously, the yellows and gold are just all playing so nice together.  I was even going to carry my favorite Stitch Fix bag (which wouldn't have been thrifted) to bring in some orange tones, but my favorite Stella and Dot bag tends to look either gold or silver and today it looks more gold and I think matches pretty well!

But someone else at our house decided to participate and wear some orange today, so I decided to take his picture too! #ToddlerStyle

And guess what?  His whole outfit is thrifted too.  This entire outfit came from Once Upon a Child, courtesy of Grandma.  He's still quite the ham when the camera comes out, he knows how to say "Cheese" now.  Love my cutie.

Both of my look and Ollie's look just make me smile and feel happy and that's what I think today's theme should be all about!  Be sure to check out the other thrifty ladies at their blogs listed below and also check out the Thrift Style Thursday Facebook page to see looks from some of our newer members too!

Thrift Style Thursday - Cinco De Mayo

Happy Thrift Style Thursday!  And happy belated Cinco De Mayo!  This week's theme was chosen by yours truly.  I thought it would be fun to create a festive outfit to celebrate Cinco De Mayo and since a lot of places around here celebrate all week long, figured it also doesn't matter that it's no longer May 5th!  So, here is what I came up with!

For some reason, when I think of something Mexican inspired, I think of reds and oranges, so I wanted to feature those colors.  Probably because I'm thinking of spicy red peppers!  I added this fun scarf and even wore it a couple of different ways here - it would be a good shall for a cool evening celebration, but I also just wore it around my neck as well for  different look.

We're pretty big fans of margaritas and Mexican food at our house.  I think we have a Mexican style meal just about once a week, so it's always like Cinco de Mayo! We rotate between tacos, fajitas and nachos.  Once we start getting good fresh veggies from our CSA we'll rotate in Nate's awesome homemade enchiladas too.  I shared the recipe for those last summer in this post if your curious!

Shirt - Express (thrifted), Dress - thrifted

Scarf - Garage Sale, Sandals - Target 

Our Cinco de Mayo was low key, we enjoyed a margarita and nachos at home.  If we had gone out somewhere though I would likely have worn this fun outfit!  It'll just have to do for a day at the office instead, I'll just have a fiesta at my desk.  Desk Fiesta, ole!
Be sure to check out the other thrifty gals and their Cinco inspired looks at their blogs listed below!

Thrift Style Thursday - Hats

Ok so first off - thank you from the bottom of my heart on the love and support on yesterday's post. You all are just the best!  As my favorite fish from Finding Nemo says "just keep swimming" am I right?  Anyway, now on to one of the best days of the week - Thrift Style Thursday!

So the theme this week is Fall Hats - I kind of cheated a little, this hat I'm featuring today was not thrifted, but it was made for me as a gift, so I feel that still makes it relatively thrifty!  My sister-in-law is an extremely talented crocheter (is that the right word for someone who crochets?) and knitter. A couple of years ago she decided to do a mystery pattern - you signed up, received the yarn and instructions but you didn't know what you were making until it was finished.  It ended up being this hat and when it was done she realized it would be perfect for me - it's a color I love and the style is something I like as well, so it became my birthday gift that year!

It's definitely warm and I like wearing it when I go walking outside in the Fall and Winter - especially if it's darker out, you'll definitely see me coming in this hat!  She's made me a couple of other hats before too, but this one is definitely my favorite!  She has also made me scarves too and I'm kind of excited about my birthday present for this year - I already know what it is because I commissioned her for it, it's kind of a snood, I can't wait to show it off when I get it, I understand it's already done too!

It's definitely cold enough outside for hats and scarves and mittens all of a sudden.  After our snowstorm this week we were plunged into winter.  And it's not going to get warmer anytime soon.  I think I was right when I said earlier this week that last weekend was possibly the last time we'll get to go disc golf!

 Hat - handmade by sister-in-law, Dress - H&M

Vest - swap, Tights and boots - Old Navy

Tired child - courtesy of teething

 (he is wearing a thrifted Gymboree shirt and pants)

I don't always keep my hats on after coming inside in the winter, sometimes they are more for the function of keeping me warm than for the fashion, but I got into wearing them more last winter after Oliver was born.  Some days it was easier than dealing with my hair!  How about you - are your hats more functional or fashionable or both? Be sure to check out some of the other Thrift Style Thursday gals at their blogs below! Alligator Toe Little Did You Know Lipstick and Yarn Thrift Style Thursday Facebook group