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Bringing Your Summer Wardrobe Into Fall

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We're welcoming back Audrey today (yay!).  Her recent guest post on how to put together a re-mixable wardrobe was such a hit that I asked her to come back and bestow some more of her wisdom on us.  Check out her easy tips on how to transition your look from summer to fall...   Hello again, everyone!  My name is Audrey and I blog at Putting Me Together, a style blog that aims to help women maximize their wardrobe and hopefully spend less money on clothes.   I don't know about … [Read more...]

The Many Benefits of Family Camping

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I love this picture.  At first glance, it looks like C is pouting a bit.  But further inspection reveals he's actually softly smiling to himself.  Content just to be surrounded by nature, doing nothing more than breathing in the mountain air.   The family and I have been doing more than our fair share of camping lately and this photo reflects exactly why I've fallen in love with our weekends away.  The great outdoors has exactly the same effect on me as it does on my … [Read more...]

How to Build a Re-mixable Wardrobe

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I am unbelievably excited about today's guest post.  Recently I stumbled upon Audrey's blog and, I'm telling you, she's gonna be the one to drag me out of my jeans + cute top rut.  Not only do I love her easy, accesible style but her blog, and this guest post, is absolutely filled with tangible ways to build the wardrobe you've always wanted.     Audrey has a completely cracked the code on how to build an affordable, fashionable, and re-mixable wardrobe (see above for proof).   Read on … [Read more...]

What to Wear: Simple Summer Style

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Don't you guys love how much easier it is to dress for summer?  My sister and I were just discussing how summer dresses are our new favorite thing. There's absolutely no coordinating necessary, your whole outfit is just waiting on the hanger for you in the morning ready to be slipped on.  And they're super comfy too.  What's not to love? I'm also totally diggin' two of this summer's biggest trends, neon and stripes.  So here's my formula for the perfect summer look:  comfy striped dress + neon … [Read more...]

Improving Your Everyday

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Today is the start of a new MPMK series highlighting doable ways to simplify your life. It was born from my desire to share the many basic, yet inspired, tidbits I find around the web.  I truly believe it's the little things that make life great and I'm excited to start talking with you about exactly that on a regular basis.  I hope you enjoy this inaugural collection!   A lovely little tutorial on Kokedama, a Japanese practice of creating hanging gardens that was originally an … [Read more...]

I Get By with a Little Help From My Friends

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I'm officially calling a sick day.  This bug that has attacked my family has been keeping me up at night and I'm determined to get some sleep tonight (and not stay up to the wee hours blogging - as is my norm).  Instead of leaving you all in the lurch, I thought I'd roll out the first of a series of posts formally introducing the new MPMK contributors, yay!   First up is the lovely Kaley, who's Jell-O Play Dough post has been a smashing success over on pinterest.  As you can tell from … [Read more...]

Good Coffee

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Happy memorial day weekend!  How are you spending your day off?  The family and I are working outside on the yard as much as possible.  Now that summer is officially here, I wanted to quickly pop in and share my new favorite summer drink - iced coffee via the Keurig.   I know the newest version of the Keurig has an iced coffee setting but mine doesn't and, honestly, even if it did I probably couldn't be bothered to think far enough ahead to buy the special iced coffee k-cups. Instead I go … [Read more...]

What to Wear: Building Your Modern Mom Wardrobe

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I have a confession to make, I've sort of (OK I've really) let myself go in the fashion department since having kids.  At first it was because of the post-baby bod... then it was because of my need for everything to be breastfeeding-friendly... when that was done I was pregnant again and the cycle started all over.   But no more, I'm finally excited about getting my cute back!  The problem is I still don't know exactly what to wear.  So I've enlisted the help of MPMK's newest contributor … [Read more...]