NEW Year.. NEW name..MORE meaning

After much thought, and maybe too much benadryl (just kidding!).. I have decided to change Simple Life a bit, now don't you worry it will still be run by the one and only me, myself..but through the past few years I have decided to 

re-focus my blog!  

Partially because of my love for style, fashion and pretty things, which is why its named STYLE, but more importantly because I want to refocus this as an outlet for GIVING, specifically giving to our community, our country and our world.  

I want to make a promise to at least weekly highlight either a charity, organization or current event that I feel as important to give back to or at least recognize!  I am open for recommendations and would love to highlight any of those my readers would like to share!  I hope that this new focus will open up all of us, while still being able to reflect my style and share all my quirks and un-reasonable fashion ideas!

So I thank you all for your support and would love feedback!  Here is to a terrific 2012, full of GIVING & great STYLE!

new BLOG name, and link: givingstyle.blogspot.com
come on over, and join the fun!

NEW Year.. NEW name..MORE meaning

After much thought, and maybe too much benadryl (just kidding!).. I have decided to change Simple Life a bit, now don't you worry it will still be run by the one and only me, myself..but through the past few years I have decided to 

re-focus my blog!  

Partially because of my love for style, fashion and pretty things, which is why its named STYLE, but more importantly because I want to refocus this as an outlet for GIVING, specifically giving to our community, our country and our world.  

I want to make a promise to at least weekly highlight either a charity, organization or current event that I feel as important to give back to or at least recognize!  I am open for recommendations and would love to highlight any of those my readers would like to share!  I hope that this new focus will open up all of us, while still being able to reflect my style and share all my quirks and un-reasonable fashion ideas!

So I thank you all for your support and would love feedback!  Here is to a terrific 2012, full of GIVING & great STYLE!

new BLOG name, and link: givingstyle.blogspot.com
come on over, and join the fun!

New Year..new styles!

Ok so maybe not completely new, but being under the weather since the new year has arrived, I do apologize for my lack of posts.. But due to the crazy cold weather I thought everyone could always use some basic layering inspiration! Cold weather doesn't mean it lacks in style, thanks to many fun layering options everyone can still be ultra stylish and warm without looking like a snowman!

Love the sleek leather pants matched with soft easy hair and a beautiful fur coat, even though fur and leather seem like a lot, if you play everything else down and keep within the same color palate you'll be able to pull it all off, without necessarily turning every head (although who doesn't want that!)

LC looks super stylish while staying warm with an extra thick scarf, you just cant go wrong with a good scarf..you'll see how many more I have below!

Love this super stylish mom (and blogger) the bright tights with the more elegant dress and thick knitted scarf, so many colors and textures but it still works! love this

More great scarves, and even more lovely hair dos!  I actually wore the top knot for my NYE festivities, pics later! and I secretly have always wanted a pixy cut!  Love both of these looks, both dressed up and down!

Yellow and Leather and the perfect shades! This is a perfect way to mix the last days of winter (please come sooner than later) with the first touches of spring!

Many layers with sleek pants and touch of leopard! Perfect way to stay warm and edgy!

Hope everyone is having a better start to their new year than me.. but here is too getting better and to a lovely weekend spent with lots of hot cocoa and movies!

new BLOG name, and link: givingstyle.blogspot.com
come on over, and join the fun!

New Year..new styles!

Ok so maybe not completely new, but being under the weather since the new year has arrived, I do apologize for my lack of posts.. But due to the crazy cold weather I thought everyone could always use some basic layering inspiration! Cold weather doesn't mean it lacks in style, thanks to many fun layering options everyone can still be ultra stylish and warm without looking like a snowman!

Love the sleek leather pants matched with soft easy hair and a beautiful fur coat, even though fur and leather seem like a lot, if you play everything else down and keep within the same color palate you'll be able to pull it all off, without necessarily turning every head (although who doesn't want that!)

LC looks super stylish while staying warm with an extra thick scarf, you just cant go wrong with a good scarf..you'll see how many more I have below!

Love this super stylish mom (and blogger) the bright tights with the more elegant dress and thick knitted scarf, so many colors and textures but it still works! love this

More great scarves, and even more lovely hair dos!  I actually wore the top knot for my NYE festivities, pics later! and I secretly have always wanted a pixy cut!  Love both of these looks, both dressed up and down!

Yellow and Leather and the perfect shades! This is a perfect way to mix the last days of winter (please come sooner than later) with the first touches of spring!

Many layers with sleek pants and touch of leopard! Perfect way to stay warm and edgy!

Hope everyone is having a better start to their new year than me.. but here is too getting better and to a lovely weekend spent with lots of hot cocoa and movies!

new BLOG name, and link: givingstyle.blogspot.com
come on over, and join the fun!

Lights..the great debate!

Hope you all had a VERY MERRY Christmas!  Part of me cannot believe this special day has already come and gone, but thankfully with still a week off from work and lots of fun friends and out of town family still ahead of me I am still fully in the Holiday spirit, not to mention an upcoming celebration of a new year and a Birthday too!

Due to the fact my life made it one of their missions over the last few days I have seen more Christmas lights this year than I have in quite some time, and because of this I would like to ponder a question.. Do you do colored lights or just white, or do you do the mix?

Here is a great article from New York Times, talking about the on going debate of colored vs. white!

and have any of you ever seen a christmas light show sync'd to music?  I saw a house in South FL this year which completely blew me away!!  

Here is another awesome show thanks to YouTube!

Merry Christmas plus one!  

Lights..the great debate!

Hope you all had a VERY MERRY Christmas!  Part of me cannot believe this special day has already come and gone, but thankfully with still a week off from work and lots of fun friends and out of town family still ahead of me I am still fully in the Holiday spirit, not to mention an upcoming celebration of a new year and a Birthday too!

Due to the fact my life made it one of their missions over the last few days I have seen more Christmas lights this year than I have in quite some time, and because of this I would like to ponder a question.. Do you do colored lights or just white, or do you do the mix?

Here is a great article from New York Times, talking about the on going debate of colored vs. white!

and have any of you ever seen a christmas light show sync'd to music?  I saw a house in South FL this year which completely blew me away!!  

Here is another awesome show thanks to YouTube!

Merry Christmas plus one!  

2 days, 11 hours, 15 minutes...

So you haven't been keeping up with the current countdown..what is wrong with you?  Well don't you worry its not too late..you still got a little over two days!

As one of my last posts before Santa Comes to town! I thought I would share just a fun, very christmas-y collage!

Merry Christmas my dears!! 

all pictures are thanks to Pinterest!  If you cant get enough Christmas craft ideas here, head over that way, I am sure you will be WoWed!