Knit fit in pink!

Hello, and thanks for stopping by my blog!

This week I am styling two cropped sweaters for spring in pink-a vest and a cardigan

All of the pinks have really been trending since fall, which is a bit of a surprise!

At first, I thought the pink trend might not catch on,

since light pink especially, seemed such an unlikely shade back in the fall

But catch on, it did!

I'm glad to see pink is continuing to be popular for spring and summer

I worn both of the sweaters in this post previously on the blog this winter

The first one in a post about sweater vests in February 

and the second one in a post about the Baricore trend, back in January

First, restyling the cotton candy pink sweater vest

 over a blue and pink ditsy floral blouse

The blouse worn underneath is so sweet

 with tiny ruffles around the neck and at the sleeve caps

I wore the blouse on the blog this winter also,

 in February, for my Valentine's week post

Paired for spring with a button front medium wash denim skirt

I have had this little mini satchel bag from Dooney & Bourke for years

It is a classic style and it goes especially well with all types and shades of denim

Accessorizing with gold tone jewelry 

A disc pendent, small hoop earrings and an open cuff bracelet

I think all together this outfit has a bit of a retro preppy vibe,

the vest just takes me there, no matter what I pair it with! 

Tan suede shoe booties with stacked heels

to finish the outfit

More pink!

This two tone bright and pastel mixed pink cropped cardigan 

 looked like it would be a lot of fun to wear when I fell for it in the store

It turns out to be a bit much for me!

The only two times I have worn it, it turned out looking pretty costume-y

I will probably consign this one, someone else will adore it, I know

Worn here with a bright pink tank top underneath,

and medium wash denim jeans

It does make a fun and cheerful outfit!

All this screaming 😱 pink seemed to call for more color to balance it out

so I chose to carry a bright turquoise fold over flap bag

For jewelry, a silver tone cuff bracelet with faux turquoise,

geometric bar and scallop shaped link necklace and hoop earrings

A few more accessories:

(I must have been in a "more is more" mood when I got dressed this day)

A vintage scarf in a geometric mix of bright and pastel colors in my hair

and a bone colored braided belt 

Matchy bone perforated slides with wedge heels

to finish the outfit

Previous pink from spring, 2020

After that overload of pink, a little bit of a different spring color-yellow

The daffodils 🌼 are now in full bloom in our garden

It's such an uplifting sight and a joyful, exuberant color!

Read on if you are interested a bit of nostalgic childhood reminiscence

in a short piece I wrote on the blog back in 2016 about daffodils

 

When I was in elementary school, every spring there was a field trip to Mr. Culpepper's garden. 

Mr. Culpepper was a very old man, with a large piece of property, a few short blocks from the school. Much of his vast garden was left unmanicured, but would sprout with bunches of daffodils in the Spring. Each year, whole classes went, one at a time, to admire his wonderful bounty of yellow and white blooms. The old man would trade each of us 25 cents for a big bunch of the flowers, which we would carefully transport back to school, and put in jars to decorate our classrooms. There were age appropriate lessons to be taught at each grade level from these yearly outings, about gardens and flowers and how to be respectful of, and not fearful of elderly people, like Mr. C., (even though he was old and wrinkly and had big thick swollow legs). There were more lessons about the cycle of life, and the delicacy of the flower petals. There were drawing lessons. There was a lot to be learned from Mr. Culpepper's garden. Each Spring when the first daffodils rise from the earth, I think of Mr. Culpepper, and these excursions out of the classroom, to his garden. He is gone now, and his vast property was willed to the county for the purpose of building low income housing for less fortunate elderly members of the community. 

Little bunches of those daffodils were left and still bloom today in the garden on the grounds there. 

Mr. Culpepper was even more awesome than my elementary school age brain could comprehend

 at the time, and his memory lives on in my mind today.

Hope everyone has a good week!