Seasonal Wardrobes

Coordinating Outfits Revisited

Coordinating Outfits Revisited

This is probably a bit off-topic, but I was fascinated by the response to my question about dressing children in coordinated outfits, and I wanted to share more about what I meant by coordinating (okay, and maybe I wanted to show off my cute girls too!).
Actually, I’m going to borrow from Angie’s comment, because she [...]

Question of the Day: Do You Dress Your Kids in Coordinating Outfits?

Question of the Day: Do You Dress Your Kids in Coordinating Outfits?

I have a bit of an obsession with dressing my girls in matching and/or coordinating outfits.
Although they are all wearing matching dresses in the picture above, I don’t actually dress them in the exact same outfit that often, but I find myself obsessing about whether their outfits coordinate on almost a daily basis basis (which [...]

Question of the Day: How Do Your Organize Your Clothes in Your Closet?

Question of the Day: How Do Your Organize Your Clothes in Your Closet?

I’ve been wondering this since our Rotating Seasonal Wardrobes series:
How do you organize the clothes in your closet?
Do you hang them by style? By color? In whatever order they come out of the laundry?
Are you happy with your system? Can you find what you’re looking for most of the time? What would you do [...]

Rotating Seasonal Wardrobes (Spring): A Step-by-Step Plan

Rotating Seasonal Wardrobes (Spring): A Step-by-Step Plan

Okay, this is it – the day we’ve all been dreading looking forward to.  It’s time to rotate the seasonal wardrobes!
So where do we start? I’ve included a step-by-step plan below with the pros and cons of each step to help you make this somewhat overwhelming process a bit easier!
1. Pull out and sort last [...]

Rotating Seasonal Wardrobes (Spring): Creating a Wardrobe Checklist and Inventory

Rotating Seasonal Wardrobes (Spring): Creating a Wardrobe Checklist and Inventory

Whether you’re rotating your children’s clothes, switching out your own wardrobe or simply cleaning out your closet, I believe the best place to start is to write out an checklist of what you’d like each person to have.
Having a written checklist before you start saves time, space and money in several ways:
1. If you’re working [...]

Rotating Seasonal Wardrobes (Spring): Thinking Through Your Needs

Rotating Seasonal Wardrobes (Spring): Thinking Through Your Needs

With the official start of spring and more and more warm days every week, I’ve got the itch, and I’ve got it bad. It’s definitely time switch out all of our wardrobes and pull out the warm weather clothes.
With three growing girls (plus an undeniable need to break out the maternity clothes for myself), [...]