Yearly Archives: 2015

Shade of Green

Spring work outfit idea - perfect for St. Patrick's Day

Pleione Woven Back Top with Gorjana Necklaces

Office Outfit Idea, perfect for spring and st. patrick's day

Perfect shade of green for st. Patrick's day

Lady in Violet | Office Outfit Idea

Teal Pleione top with gorjana jewelry

Pleione Top with Loft Skinny pants, perfect for the office!

Lady in Violet | What to Wear to the Office

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PLEIONE Pleat Back Woven Print Top | LOFT Skinny Ankle Pants in Marisa Fit | ENZO ANGIOLINI Finton Pumps | GIGI NY All in One Bag | GORJANA Zoe Studs,  Mia Tiered Necklace,  Chevron Pendant Necklace  | BAUBLEBAR Slim Hinge Bangle, Old [SIMILAR] | JULEP Shari

Hope you have your green ready, because St. Patrick’s Day is upon us!  I love seeing what shade of green everyone wears on this day.  Even in my closet I have mint, teal, hunter, olive and regular old green.  It kind of reminds me of when you open a giant crayon box and see the array of shades for each color.  I originally bought the mint dress from last week’s post for St. Patrick’s Day, but since that was promoted to Easter, I needed a backup plan.  I am a huge fan of Pleione tops, because they are so amazingly comfortable and even better, affordably priced. (This top is only $39!)  I love the geometric print on this one!  Since the top was full of circles, I decided to pair with my rectangular and straight-lined gold jewelry.  I thought the change in shape would help the necklaces stand apart from the very busy top. Since St. Patrick’s Day is a work day for me, I went with my new skinny work pants to help balance the fullness of the top.  This outfit could easily transition to nighttime festivities by adding skinny jeans in a darker blue and some nude pumps!  Hope everyone has a fun and safe St. Patrick’s Day!

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Let Your Light Shine

Office Outfit Idea for Spring

Ruffle Sleeve blouse with slacks, great for the office!

Arm Stack -The Shine Project, Stella and Dot, Nadri

What to wear to the office, love this look!

Asos Ruffle Sleeve Top with Loft pants, office outfit idea

Office Outfit idea - great to wear to work!

Elaine Turner Drew Clutch - Love!

Office Style - Perfect to wear to work outfit idea!

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ASOS Printed Ruffle Sleeve Blouse, old  | LOFT Trouser Pants in Marisa Fit | SAM EDELMAN Camdyn Pump | ELAINE TURNER Drew Black Clutch*ON SALE | KENDRA SCOTT Elisa Pendant Necklace, Tima Stud Earrings | NADRI Crystal Bangle  | STELLA & DOT Renegade Cluster Bracelet  | THE SHINE PROJECT Silver Bracelet | MAC Lipstick in Faux | ESSIE Under Where

Earlier this week, I mentioned the Thrive Blog Conference I recently attended to learn more about blogging.  The opening speaker of the event was Ashley LeMieux of The Shine Project.  My favorite thing about Ashley is that she saw a problem and was determined to help no matter how big or small.  The Shine Project employs at risk inner city youth to help give them hope for a brighter future.  Ashley taught herself how to make the jewelry that she would sell to help high school students in the area.  As her business grew so did the number of kids she was impacting. She currently employs college students to help make the jewelry so they can pay for school.  She believes in them and their futures, and works hard to give them hope that they can have a bright and beautiful tomorrow.  She continues to spread the companies message and jewelry line in hopes of helping more high school students reach their dreams of attending college through the The Shine Scholarship Project and to become the future leaders of tomorrow.  She has such an amazing and positive attitude, and it was very refreshing to listen and be inspired to put good back into our crazy little world.  During a break, I headed back to her booth where she was selling some of the jewelry.  Honestly, I had no idea what the jewelry was or would look like, for some reason in my head while she was speaking I started picturing little friendship bracelets or something like that.  I was blown away by how beautiful and professional the jewelry looked! Staring back at me was gorgeous silver and gold jewelry at an affordable price!  I decided to pick up the full silver bracelet to add to my arm stack for the day.  They also have other stone and glitter colors to suit anyone’s favorite color.  She also had some really cool necklaces displayed, and I’m really liking this silver layered set!  It’s true what they say, one person really can change the world.

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First Impression

Easter Outfit Idea - Mint dress with statement jewelry, love it!

Rocksbox First Impression Review

Pomp and Circumstance Mint Dress with Perry Street neckalce

Perfect Easter Outfit Idea or Spring Luncheon look!  Love it!

Perry Street statement necklace, rocksbox review with discount code!

Perfect Spring look and easter dress!  Lady in Violet Blog

Elaine Turner Clutch with gold bangles from House of Harlow and Baublebar

Rocksbox First Impression Review

Perfect Easter outfit idea!  Love the mint dress with statement jewelry for spring look!

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POMP & CIRCUMSTANCE Pretty Edgy Dress | GUESS Nude Pumps, Old [SIMILAR] | ELAINE TURNER Annabella Chevron Clutch | GORJANA Zoe Studs** | PERRY STREET Cicily Necklace ** | HOUSE OF HARLOW Reflector Stack Bangle**| BAUBLEBAR Slim Hinge Bangle, Old [SIMILAR] | JULEP Shari c/o

**  Jewelry from Rocksbox Subscription c/o

A couple weeks ago, I was contacted by Rocksbox to try out their jewelry subscription service for a few months on them.  I checked out their website and was immediately intrigued by their borrow or buy program.  If you read my blog regularly or follow my outfit selfies on Instagram, you may notice I tend to wear the same few jewelry pieces.  I can shop for days for clothes, shoes and purses, but I tend to stick to my tried and true jewelry pieces.  I only add a new piece or two every so often.  I also tend to stray from picking up too many statement pieces.  I love window shopping them, but usually do not buy because I am not sure if I can get enough wears to justify the cost.  This frame of mind is exactly why Rocksbox intrigued me.  I could try out new jewelry including statement pieces for a few weeks, and then send them back for more jewelry or if I really loved something, buy it for a discounted price.  So with a free trial offer in front of me, I decided to give it a try.  I received my first box last week and wanted to share my first impression of the service with you.

After signing up, I answered a few style questions like whether I wear more silver or gold and what my favorite types of jewelry are.  I also headed to the wishlist section to favorite a few items.  A Rocksbox personal stylist used this info to create a three piece jewelry ensemble just for me.  I have never done a subscription service before, and it was kind of exciting waiting for the box full of mystery jewelry to arrive.  Even more exciting was finally opening the box and seeing what jewelry was handpicked for me.  My immediate reaction was this is awesome!  I recieved a statement necklace, a bangle bracelet, and stud earrings.  I immediately thought of this mint dress I picked up from a local boutique to pair with the blue and gold of the statement necklace.  The v-neck of the dress fit perfectly with the cut of the necklace.  The stud earrings were from one of my favorite gold jewelry brands, Gorjana.  I was thrilled to see a piece from House of Harlow in my box. I have admired this jewelry line for a while, but have never purchased a piece.  I have enjoyed wearing these pieces over the past few days, even pairing them with an all black look last night for a sorority alumni event.  In terms  of if I plan to keep any of these pieces, probably not from this box.  I really like the stud earrings, they are probably the piece I would be most likely to purchase.   The statement necklace was fun to wear for a bit, but I am still a little trigger shy when it comes to adding a statement necklace to my collection especially one with a defined color.  I really like the bracelet, but it is a bit too big for my wrist.  I also kind of want to see what I receive in my next few boxes before I commit to any specific pieces.  What can I say, I like to see some options, but I do have one more fun and casual look planned for these jewels before I send them back for my next box.  You will have to wait until next week to see that one!

NOW the best part of all this, Rocksbox is giving you a ONE MONTH FREE trial too when you use code LADYINVIOLETXOXO at checkout!!  And keep checking back here and on instagram to see the different ways I am styling my Rocksbox jewelry from this and future boxes.

Also, how perfect is this dress for Easter?? I originally bought it to possibly wear for St. Patrick’s Day, but I think it has definitely been upgraded to Easter!!

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Mixing and Matching

Mixing Layers for a cute spring office outfit idea - get more wears out of your clothes by layering!

Mixing and Matching layers with a print and solid, - great for transitional weather days

Enzo Angiolini Finton Black Pumps

Office Outfit Idea - Layer floral tunic under a colorful pullover sweater - love!

Gigi NY Black Clutch

Mix a solid sweater with a floral print blouse for perfect layering look, great for the office!

Transitional Style for the Office - Mix and Match layers to get more wears out of your closet!

Mix a solid top with a printed blouse for a spring office look

Office outfit idea for spring - layers!  Floral and solid color, love it!

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BANANA REPUBLIC V-Neck Pullover, old [SIMILAR] | DANIEL RAINN Floral Tunic, Old  | LOFT Skinny Ankle Pants in Marisa Fit | ENZO ANGIOLINI Finton Pumps  | GIGI NY All in One Bag | KENDRA SCOTT Elle Earrings in Slate | BAUBLEBAR Pave Links Bracelet, old [SIMILAR], Slim Hinge Bangle, Old  [SIMILAR] | GORJANA Zion Necklace  | MAC Lipstick in Faux | ESSIE Under Where?

Is it just me or was that weekend shorter than normal?!?!  I know bad joke, but hopefully everyone remembered to spring their clocks forward Sunday.   Our Sunday was nothing but rain, which was actually quite fine for me.  I haven’t been home on a weekend for a while and I had plenty to catch up on around the house!  Now it is time to gear up for another work week!  The beginning of spring is a great time to pull out some of my layering pieces for the office.  We have occasional warm days, so I have started pulling out some of my warm weather items like this floral blouse.   This blouse is something I normally wear on weekends in the summer with jeans or shorts, but I was determined to find something I could wear it with for the office.  A thin pull-over sweater is one of my top transitional weather pieces for layering.  I try to add a new pullover sweater color every year. I purchased this Banana Republic sweater last fall because I knew the color would work well with some of the prints I already owned.  I like the shorter length to allow another top to peak from the bottom, and how the v-neck allows for the collar detailing of the floral blouse to show through too.  The floral blouse is actually sheer which I liked for layering because it did not feel too heavy underneath the pullover sweater.   If you are trying to get some more uses out of the items in your closet, layering them up is a great way to do it.  The easiest way to start is by mixing a print and a solid with a similar color palate like the purple flowers on the print and  the purple sweater.  You can even flip and wear a printed top over a solid bottom layer.   If you want to create a similar look, but do not have a pull-over, try buttoning up a cardigan leaving a few top buttons open.  Now head to those closets and start mixing and matching, and if you are feeling really brave mix two patterned prints together!

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