Lilly Love: Happy Birthday Lillian Lee!

Today is Lillian Lee born McKim then Pulitzer and lastly Rousseau's birthday!

She was an incredible human being and a fabulous accidental designer!

And this Florida girl happens to LOVE those designs both past and the new ones designed by the company named after her and carrying on her legacy!

Hooray for Lilly Pulitzer!

So in honor of her birthday and the celebrations going on in stores this past weekend my baby bump and I donned a vibrant Lilly dress, belt, bangles, and (of course)some pearls!

It was a very #resort365 look.

Then I hightailed it to my favorite Lilly store in Winter Park, FL to get shopping.

Everything there is vibrantly colored and as vivacious as the lovely Lilly herself was.

Even the dressing rooms are gorgeously painted.

And these shells are actually on the bathroom wall.

(The bathroom, a pregnant ladies favorite room, lol.)

Even the store door is bright and inviting!

Hope everyone's having a fabulous, bright, sunshiny, celebratory kind of day!

Kisses,

K

(All images created and owned by K. C. S. Please ask permission prior to use.)

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After Christmas

Well, Christmas this year didn't go remotely as planned... My Mom was in a bad car accident, had to have surgery, then a stay in the hospital. And I, of the chronic auto-immune issues, ended up with pneumonia... No Grand Floridian gingerbread house visits for us this year...

 

That being said, we're both ok and our family got to be together on Chrirtmas Eve. Nothing is more important than that! Even if it was brief (I'm pretty sick) it was lovely to be with them. My Mom has a long road ahead of rehab and won't be allowed to put weight on her severely broken leg for a while and hopefully my pneumonia will go away (soon please!) but even then those who love us make our lives worthwhile and wonderful!

 

In the meantime, here's a bit of sunshine to perk us all up!

This Slim Aaron's "Christmas Swim" photo from 1954 is Ahhhmazing! Someday I needs must re-create it!

Facts: I live in Florida. I have a pool.

 

Let's make this happen someday people!

 

 

As they say at Lilly Pulitzer, forecast is sunny and palmy...

And sunshine calls for more sunshine, especially when feeling blue. Whenever I feel down or sick and am able to I try to dress extra perky even when no one will see me except my pup and husband. Thus today finds me in yellow Pilcro pants (from Anthropologie) and a pineapple shirt and cardi (from Target).

 

The cardigan: i.e. Florida's winter coat.

Let the sunshine in!

Kisses,

K

(All photos created and owned by Krista Carson. Please ask permission prior to use. Obvious exception is the epically fantastic Slim Aaron's piece!)

 

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After Christmas

Well, Christmas this year didn't go remotely as planned... My Mom was in a bad car accident, had to have surgery, then a stay in the hospital. And I, of the chronic auto-immune issues, ended up with pneumonia... No Grand Floridian gingerbread house visits for us this year...

 

That being said, we're both ok and our family got to be together on Chrirtmas Eve. Nothing is more important than that! Even if it was brief (I'm pretty sick) it was lovely to be with them. My Mom has a long road ahead of rehab and won't be allowed to put weight on her severely broken leg for a while and hopefully my pneumonia will go away (soon please!) but even then those who love us make our lives worthwhile and wonderful!

 

In the meantime, here's a bit of sunshine to perk us all up!

This Slim Aaron's "Christmas Swim" photo from 1954 is Ahhhmazing! Someday I needs must re-create it!

Facts: I live in Florida. I have a pool.

 

Let's make this happen someday people!

 

 

As they say at Lilly Pulitzer, forecast is sunny and palmy...

And sunshine calls for more sunshine, especially when feeling blue. Whenever I feel down or sick and am able to I try to dress extra perky even when no one will see me except my pup and husband. Thus today finds me in yellow Pilcro pants (from Anthropologie) and a pineapple shirt and cardi (from Target).

 

The cardigan: i.e. Florida's winter coat.

Let the sunshine in!

Kisses,

K

(All photos created and owned by Krista Carson. Please ask permission prior to use. Obvious exception is the epically fantastic Slim Aaron's piece!)

Posted with love, please credit when re-posting.

What I Wore

I put on some weight last year due to a medication I had to be on.

And by some, I mean 45 pounds.

And it doesn't want to leave. Like ever.

My doctors warned me it might not ever go away and I'm healthier now (I have a chronic health problem) than I was then so... I decided to try to figure out how to dress the body I have now in a way that makes me feel good and confident.

In an effort to do that and embrace myself how I am now I decided to start doing occasional outfit posts here. I'm a great person and it's time I stop hiding my light under a bushell and treating myself like I am!

So here we go!

I don't have a huge budget so I try to use pieces I already have or make or that I can find on sale like this Christian Siriano striped jacket that I paired with comfy skinny jeans, black ankle boots, and a long sleeved black tee for a chilly day.

I also paired it with a new pale pink lipstick I tried out that apparently looks terrible... But Che sera sera, that's why we try things, right?

On a different note... I threw on my favorite french blue Raybans, my "grown up" Italian black leather purse (With the Project DIY tassle keychain I made here.), and my Argento Alchemy made chunky semiprecious gemstone necklace (That includes jade that my sister brought back for me from her travels. Shoutout Stacy, awesome present!)

I also finally got a hold of the real Downton Abbey book so I'm pretty psyched about that! Have you read it yet? Are you reading it now?

I know I'm a work in progress and am just learning how to dress my current body and shape but I think I'm off to an okay start. Besides, the best you can do is always good enough.

Kisses,

K

(All images created and owned by Krista Carson.)

 

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