Merry Christmas!
All the best to you and yours this holiday season.


Oooo to have the money to splurge on a hand bag! Like this Vivia Ferragamo hand bag from Arm Candy. This “small doctor” bag, for some reason, reminds me of a snowy owl. Ok, use some imagination people! The buckles are the eyes. The downward peak in the center is the beak. Anyway, I think…
You know how some people dislike the word “fat” as a descriptive and others are proud of it? Well, I dislike the word “kaftan”. Anna Scholz on the other hand has been using it for a few years and yes I’ve been incredibly resistant to it. But today I was thinking it may be a…
La Grande Dame has one of the best looking plus size tribal print dresses I’ve seen yet. It has attached ties to control the fit. I’m not sure who the designer is. It comes in sizes 1x or 3x for $349. Check the website for “limited” promotions too. I also came across these Blowfish Malibu…
I wanted to say… I know it is summer and you are probably all about short sleeves and what not but I love this long sleeve Sapphira dress from Igigi. Mostly because of the pattern but I also like how they made it look like a sleeveless dress over a top. It is a doubly…
Who is Flash Jackson? Flash is the alter ego of 16 year old Haley Bombauer, a tomboy in search of her authentic self. The self she learns was there all along. This was a coming of age story that I thoroughly enjoyed. This review was originally published at Linear Reflections then again at Literary Fiction,…
I love bookmarks. Especially the ones made with the creative influence of other people. Bookmarks make great gifts and can be personalized for each person you make them for. Bookmarks can be made from ribbon, leather, paper, recycled products or a multitude of other things. In desperation I’ve even used a folded up square of…