Crockpot chili

For us, chili is a winter staple.  If someone said you can have chili this winter or have heat in your house, pretty sure both of us would choose chili and then just huddle around it with tons of  layers on.  David would eat it 12 months a year if I would fix it but I make him wait until it starts getting cooler outside.  It’s the perfect winter food… it’s a crockpot meal, it makes enough for leftovers and it’s the perfect thing to eat on the couch with football or basketball on tv and snuggle.  And although I… Read More

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Friday love

Cheeeeeeeers to the freakin’ weekend! You know how David’s obsessed with chili?  Well… the secret is that I am too.  I made chili on Sunday and then we watched Peyton break the NFL touchdown record.  It was a fab sunday evening… the perfect way to start the week. And naturally, I was doing a little blogging.  Copper loved the evening too.   #chiliandpeyton  Ok, so remember how I spent the weekend in Greenville two weeks ago?  Kaitlyn’s husband Andre kept asking me, “For Fashion + Feathers?”  We would be having a conversation completely unrelated to anything Fashion + Feathers but… Read More

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Fall is for…

My favorite thing about fall and winter is layering up.  I’m a big fan of scarves and cardigans… I usually have one or both on in the cooler months. But I felt like I needed some style inspiration so I hit up Pinterest.  {Naturally.} Let’s add a little something to this, how ’bout it?  I’m going to try to branch out and layer up in some new ways.  Here are my goals. 1.  Layer scarves in a new way. My go-to with scarves is the infinity style or tying a regular scarf to look like it’s an infinity scarf.  But… Read More

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Our {love} story: the dating game

Here’s part I and part II, if you haven’t read them. It really wasn’t a dating “game” to us but that was the best title I could come up with.  After that first date, we were obviously both hooked.  In January of 2009, I began student teaching so my schedule wasn’t the typical “college schedule.”  I was in High Point, NC.  David was working for the athletic department at Carolina which meant he had to be at every home baseball and football game.  So that basically left weekends available for me and since home games often fell on the weekends,… Read More

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Two ways to wear a striped shirt

What’s more fun than two ways to wear?  Two ways to wear with your sister.  Duh.  We chose this shirt… and each styled it. {Claire’s look} black jeggings | denim jacket | colorful scarf | ankle boots  {Kaitlyn’s look}dark skirt | green cardigan | necklace | ankle boots I love how these looks are so different.  I’m headed out to run some errands and Kaitlyn’s on her way to a business meeting.  Stripes are the perfect piece to layer because they add interest. What are  y’all gonna do next week when it’s back to just me for the two ways to wear posts?… Read More

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Exploring Asheville

Ahhh, the weekend.  But it went by too fast.  Usually Sundays are my big-time blog day.  And laundry.  So that combination doesn’t work too well for photographing our bedroom.  Kaitlyn told me I needed to do more house pictures and since our bedroom has my favorite decorations, I was going to share it today.  But since it’s laundry day up in here, the room’s not exactly photo-ready. Ok, plan B.  Usually, Dave takes my fashion pictures on Sundays.  But since I’ve been doing this running thing, this is my look. Not exactly the best for a fashion blog.  {This running… Read More

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My favorite things

Today’s #Blogtober14 prompt says to blog about what makes you happy .  And since I never post on Sundays, I decided today is the perfect day to change that. Here are a few {39 to be exact} of my favorite things… listed in whatever order they popped into my head. 1.  Weekends 2.  Wine 3.  Reba 4.  Finishing a project 5.  Seasons… and new beginnings 6.  Surprises 7.  Holidays 8.  Reminiscing on good memories 9.  When that team you hate… loses a game 10.  Watching my siblings play sports 11.  Throwback music {currently listening to “It Wasn’t Me” by Shaggy} 12.  Laughing 13.  Coworkers… Read More

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{Friday recap} a flashmob + a Greenville weekend

 Haha, for real, though.  This weekend, I’m excited for some time with David.  Last weekend was so much fun but a piece of me is missing when he isn’t here.   {Well, more accurately… he was here, I wasn’t.} “Do you want to be in a flash mob?”  Have you heard those words before?  Yeah, me either.  Well, not until about 3 weeks ago, anyway.  When Erin asked me I was all hesitant at first.  {I don’t really dance unless there’s wine in my hand.  I mean, I like to dance I’m just not good at it.}  Erin put it… Read More

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Celeb {fashion} inspiration

Remember this top?  I love it so much that I featured two ways to wear it.   Well here’s where it all started.  Last spring-ish, one of my friends was bringing some clothes over to ask my opinion about whether she should keep them in her closet or give them to Goodwill.  All of the pieces she asked me about are now lost on me… except one.  She brought her denim top over and was considering giving it away.  That officially began my denim crush.  It took a while to find the right one but it’s one of those pieces that I’m… Read More

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Our {love} story: the first date

In case you missed part I, you can catch up on it here. After we met at the Elon game and hit it off, David sent me a message on Facebook.  {Seriously, where would we be without it?}  So I checked with Megan to make sure I wasn’t going on a date with an axe murderer or anything… she cleared me.  Our first date was to a Carolina basketball game sometime between Christmas 2008 and New Years 2009.  How cool would it be if I had like… saved the ticket/knew the date of the game/who they played… and all that… Read More

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