Big Changes Ahead!

I'm so, so, excited!  Today is my last day of work in my office at my "real job".  Starting tomorrow I am joining the Work-from-Home force ahead of my family's big move to Tennessee at the end of the week!

Working from home is going to be a big change for me.  It's going to require a LOT of discipline and ORGANIZATION!  Luckily, I've found the Erin Condren Life Planner to help get me there.

Let me start by saying, I am a total organization junkie.  I am by no means organized.  I'm one of the most dis-organized people I know...by a long shot.  But I try.  I am obsessed with office supplies and organizational tools.  As a kid, one of my favorite Christmas gifts was an Office Max gift card in my stocking - screams of joy for that one.

One of my favorite things to buy/use is a paper planner.  I consider myself to be very tech-minded (I do work in IT after all...), and I use a lot of online organizational tools like Google Calendar, Google Drive, Google Keep (notice a trend?), and Dropbox.  But there is something about putting a pen to paper, making an actual physical list, then checking or crossing things off of that list, that gives me such a sense of accomplishment - one I've never been able to replicate on a screen.

My husband was making fun of me the other day because I was describing to him the never-ending supply of notepads and notebooks I have to pack up as I move from an actual office to my new home-office.  4 years worth of notes and lists...things that I look back on from time to time when I need to remember something (I was blessed with a terrible memory...I'm one of those people who would forget their head if it wasn't attached...and I mean that in the least cliche'd way possible).

give me ALL the notebooks!

I grew up using a Franklin Planner.  It was very grown up and sophisticated, but if I'm being honest, I hated it.  I never used it the same way I used the notebook style planners I could get at the office supply store/section.  One of my favorite planners ever was the one I got for free at my college orientation.  I was so mad when I didn't get another my sophomore year.  That thing was legit.  The spiral-bound notebook style planner is just my thing.  It gets me.

So cut to last night - my husband and I were packing and purging (something that is very difficult for me as well...I'm a bit of a hoarder) and I found my old Franklin Planner.  I decided to keep it out because it would be a great tool to keep me organized as I transitioned to working from home.  But then today, as I was looking through new refill packs and not finding anything nearly cute enough, I decided I didn't want my old Franklin Planner any more.  I needed to go back to the old school.  I remembered my direct sales friends all RAVING about Erin Condren planners for their businesses and decided to look them up.

 

Um...I am in LOVE.  This is exactly what my life has been missing.  This is everything I need in a perfect little spiral-bound package.  I can organize my "real" work, I can organize my Jam business, I can organize my mom-life, and my wife-life all in this brightly colored gift from god.

Get yours here!

The 2015 planner launches in 7 days and I am all over it.  Sign me up.  NOW (actually...go sign yourselves up and get $10 off with this link)!

I'll be sure to post a review of the actual planner once I get it.  I am counting down the days, hours, minutes, seconds....until I can customize my new friend.  We're going to be besties, Erin and me.

*this post is not sponsored or endorsed by ErinCondren.com (though if they wanted to send me a free planner to review, I certainly would not say no).  All opinions are my own.*

April Showers Bring May Flowers

"April showers are gone and May Flowers are here! This month's Sisters' Style wrap features vibrant red blossoms on a clear background. Worn alone or layered atop your favorite lacquer, May Flowers are the perfect way to guarantee gorgeous blossoms all spring long."

Today is the first day of May which means a new Sister's Style Design!  I'm loving May Flowers and am ordering it post-haste!

The floral design has me so excited for warmer weather and my favorite fashion item for spring and summer - Sundresses!

I've had so much fun tracking down a few styles that would look fab with this wrap.

Similar here and here

First up is this adorable poppy dress - if you're big into matchy, matchy, this dress compliments the wrap perfectly!  Of course I have had a hard time tracking down the designer of this dress, but I think it may be from Forever 21...either way, it's not current and that bums me out...keeping my eyes peeled on eBay!

This is an original design, but if your creative juices are flowing, you can get the pattern here.

I NEED this maxi from Urban Outfitters!

This Dorothy Perkins shift dress would be great on a cool evening

To be honest, the first thing that came to mind
when I saw this wrap was a bright yellow raincoat and rain boots...but since I'm thinking sunshine, I found some fun yellow sundresses that would look great with this wrap!

Loving the lace of this dress.  Another great one for evening activities!

How adorable is the heart cutout in this Sabo Skirt dress?  Swoon.

I love me a good maxi.  And this one from Free People is a good maxi.

You can't go wrong with a classic white sundress.  So perfect for spring (before or after memorial day)!  And the red flowers from your nails will just stand out against the neutral background!

May Flowers is only available during the month of May, so be sure to scoop it up while you can!

March Madness-inspired Jamicures!

Jamberry is great for a lot of things...including sporting your team spirit.  Which is perfect with the Final Four just around the corner!

Are you a UK Cats or UW Badgers fan?  Check out these great team spirit Jamicures!

University of Kentucky, Kentucky Wildcats, Cool Tiger

University of Wisconsin, Cardinal Lacquer

Unfortunately, Jambery doesn't have licenses yet for MSU and Duke - but I expect them to be coming in the future!  And until then, you can always get creative in the Nail Art Studio and show your Spartan or Blue Devil Spirit!

Check out this feature from ModaMob about all our Collegiate designs!

So what does your Final Four Bracket look like?  Here's mine...gotta root for the hometown team!

Good luck with your brackets this weekend and...

What Colors Are This Wrap?

Metallic Gold Pinstripe (or maybe we should call it Blue and Black Pinstripe instead...)

Guys please help me - is this wrap white and gold, or blue and black?  Me and my friends can't agree and we are freaking out!

Ha Ha!  By now, unless you've been living under a rock, you've seen this picture and debated with everyone you know over the color of THE DRESS:

Photo Credit: Swiked

No matter what I do, I only see this dress as white and gold (and therefore, that Metallic Gold Pinstripe wrap would actually look quite nice with it)!  But between everyone I know weighing in on the issue, it's split pretty 50/50 (with a few special snowflakes, like my husband, who see blue and brown...).

For the record, it really is blue and black - here's the same dress that was pictured above, shown in different light later in the night:

Photo Credit: Swiked

Hard to argue with that I guess.  But the rate at which this dress blew up the internet yesterday (totally overshadowing those silly llamas and net neutrality), I thought it would be fun to take advantage and do some wrap pairings!

So if the dress is white and gold - what would you pair it with?  Here are some of my suggestions:

Gold Sparkle, Gold CrissCross, Metallic Gold Pinstripe, Gold Leopard Tip

If the dress is blue and black - what would you pair it with?  Here are my thoughts:

Spotted, Black Lace, Berry Blue Tip, Victorian Lace

And what about if the dress wasn't white and gold OR blue and black?  What if it was red?  or white?  or peach?

Rose Gold Sparkle, Black Lace, Fire Engine, Victorian Lace, Flourish, Black Tip, Berry Blue, Lace Noir

If you've totally fallen in love with this dress by Roman Originals as a result of all this hubbub (seriously, I need it now...just need to decide which color...I wish it came in white and gold!), you can get it here!

And after all that - this is all I can think of!

"Blue!" "No, Pink!" "Blue!" "PINK!" "BLUE!"