Fun, Family Weekend

Hello Everyone! 

I hope everyone had an awesome weekend!! We traveled to Michigan this weekend for my niece Elisabet's baptism! Even though it is pretty rough being in a car for 6 hours with two little kids I love family weekends. We don't get to see my brother-in law and sister-in law too often, so it is always nice when we do! Elisabet is growing way to fast, and I wish we could get up there more often!  

My husband and the beautiful Elisabet!

I don't know about everyone else, but I always try to find ways to dress up and look cute!! I mean let’s face it, I am a mother of two little kids, and most days it is jeans and a sweatshirt for me. So when I do get a chance I am all over it! This weekend I paired one of our red pencil skirts (Pencil Me In) with some vintage items, and loved the way it turned out!  I am a huge fan of mixing vintage with new items, and figuring out what suits me! 

 

 

 

 

 

{pencil skirt: PipLey Vintage, clutch, gloves, collar: Vintage, tights: Kohls, shoes: Target} 

One of my favorite new items to wear is vintage gloves!  I am so excited that pairing gloves with an outfit is starting to make a comeback!  I think it looks so classy, and adds a little sass to an outfit!  I love looking at old photos and seeing all the women with matching hats and gloves with all their outfits.  The gloves I am wearing were my husband’s great grandmother Pearl’s gloves.  His grandmother gave them to me, and it is the best gift I have received in a long time!  I love wearing family items.  My clutch is from my grandmother Helen, and it is just a beautiful pearl clutch!  I wish they still made items like that….

Love,
PipLey

What a great way to say Goodbye to October

As many people I have always loved Halloween, but for some reason it is so much more fun with my kids than it ever was when I was a kid!  The excitement on their faces and the fact that ringing a doorbell can be so cool is so much fun!!  I love dressing them up and acting like someone totally different for the entire day!  My girls and I wake up and get dressed first thing in the morning....what can I say I have passed on my love of Halloween on to them! 

A family shot before we left!

 



Another thing I love is making it a family affair.  Usually we get to go trick-or-treating with cousins and my mother!  We live in Indiana so it is usually pretty cold come October 31st, so my mom makes cookies and hot chocolate for after so we can go through our goodies and warm up!

My youngest daughter Pippa is only 1, so this was her first big introduction to how fun it can be to look adorable and get candy for it!  She was my little flower, and she wore it well.  By far the cutest little flower I have ever seen.  She was a little nervous at first and didn't like the fact that strangers were opening the door and talking to her...but she got used to it towards the end! 

Cutest little Flower

 



My oldest daughter Finley is 4, and she is a pro at ringing the doorbell and saying "trick-or-treat", she is a little ham, so she loved all the attention!  It is so hard to keep up with a little 4 year old running from house to house and trying to capture it all on camera...don't they understand the importance of a picture???? LOL.  Her bucket was so full by the end of the night that she refused to carry it!  I am pretty sure my husband was not complaining about that one! 

My little witch and flower!

 

 



I hope everyone had an awesome time with their families and I am so excited about the upcoming Holidays!!

Me and my girls

 



Love,
PipLey

Colder Weather

Hey Everyone,

I don't know about anyone else but I am loving this colder weather!  I love everything about this time of year;  the stores are so much more festive, the clothes are so cute, the family gets together often, and the food is amazing!  Who doesn't love getting together with friends or family and eating till you can't move!  Today I am going to post some of my family's favorite recipes, and hopefully you guys will enjoy them as well! 

The first is a true family favorite!  If I do not bring this recipe to my family events, then my family seriously will not talk to me.  Even my little cousins know not to look my way if I do not walk in with my mac n cheese!  My mom has been making this recipe for years and when I was old enough to take over she taught it to me...

Macaroni and Cheese Bake

2 cups macaroni noodles (cooked)

2 cups Velveeta (cubed)

2 cups cottage cheese

2 cups shredded cheddar

2 cups sour cream

4 eggs

Cook macaroni till done, then mix all ingredients together and place in a 9x13 pan.

I like to add the seasoning Nature Season to the mix, I think it gives it a little more flavor but this is optional.  :)

Bake at 375 for around 45 minutes, longer if you like a crunchier top.  This will be sure to be a crowd pleasing recipe!!

The second recipe is a favorite for dessert!  These brownies are to die for and are almost like fudge.  WARNING: These are super rich and very addicting!!

Brownies

Batter

1 1/2 cups flour

2 cups sugar

7 Tbsp cocoa

1/4 tsp salt

3 large eggs

2 sticks butter (softened)

1 tsp vanilla

Mix all ingredients in mixing bowl.  Place in greased 9x13 pan.  Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes.  Do not over bake!

Icing

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

1 Tbsp milk

1 Tbsp oil

1 tsp vanilla

2 Tbsp cocoa

Mix all ingredients until thick.  Pour over hot brownies and spread!

Hope you enjoy these recipes as much as my family does!!

Love,

PipLey

Celebrating "Big Papa"

What I love most about the Fall/Winter season is all the family get togethers!!  I get to eat all the amazing food that you only get once a year, and catch up on what everyone has been up to.  I love watching all the little kids play together, and see what games they make up while the adults stuff their mouths full of food. 

This weekend we headed to South Bend to celebrate my husbands Grandpa's 88th birthday.  My mother-in-law made an amazing meal of ham, cheesy potatoes, beans, apple squares, pumpkin roll, and an apple cake!!  I probably gained about 5 pounds this weekend...but who could blame me!  I love sitting around the table with family and enjoying a home cooked meal, there is nothing like it.  Especially with someone as cool as Grandpa Dale (the great grandkids call him Big Papa). 

I also love to see what everyone will be wearing.  There are so many different personalities in our family that the fashion is so different.  We have cousins who like to wear comfy clothes, some who like to wear cute, but comfy, and then there is me who likes to go all out and wake up a room!  I wore my purple Abby Skinny jeans by Liverpool, with light green tank and a vintage sweater!  I love showing everyone how fun it can be to mix the new with the old.  I also wore some vintage jewelry that has been in the family for years!  I love that all of us cousins are about the same age and yet have totally different taste in style. 

I can't wait to see what everyone is going to be for Halloween!!  Pictures of our little stinkers soon!!!

Love,
PipLey

Enough Said...

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!  PipLey is heading to chicago for Vintage Garage and will be posting pics and all the fun activities of the day!!!

xo,

PipLey

Mixing the Old with the New

Anyone who knows me knows that I love mixing vintage pieces with newer pieces!  I love the idea of mixing my generation with my grandmothers.  I feel like women back in the 1920’s-1950 knew how to put an outfit together.  I have so many pictures of my grandmother from back then, and she looks stunning even when she is just around the house!  I would find dresses and think they were for an evening out, and she would say that was just her house dress…seriously grandma??  I love how clothes were made to last, I feel so sad for my daughters because I feel like the clothes I wear from my generation will not hold up for them when they are older and into vintage fashion. 

      

For me I always mix the old with the new in two different ways.  My favorite is mixing a newer dress with a vintage sweater, cardigan or shawl.  Nothing pulls an outfit together better than a great vintage cardigan!  I have been doing this a lot lately with the weather getting cooler.  It is a great way to make your dresses last a little longer, and still keep warm and cute!  My second favorite way to mix the old with the new would be to mix in vintage jewelry!  I am a huge collector of vintage jewelry, and am so blessed to have a grandmother who was an artist and painted a lot of her jewelry!  If I wear an outfit that is all modern day, I will always throw on some vintage jewelry to show it off!  Vintage jewelry is so easy to layer and collaborate with other pieces.   I really don’t think I go a day without something vintage…ha ha.

Love, PipLey

The pictures are of my beautiful Grandma Helen, who is still alive today at the ripe young age of 92!! 

Finally Fall

I am a huge fan of anything Fall!!  I love the weather, colors, food, bonfires, hayrides, pumpkin patches, and the fact that Christmas is right around the corner.  I love the friendliness this season brings and the family aspect of it.  There is no greater joy than seeing your kids find that perfect pumpkin, or them helping you in the kitchen making apple pie.  Even my husband enjoys the weather getting colder because that means it is football season, and most importantly almost college basketball season (Go Hoosiers!!).  I would have to say my most favorite part of the Fall season is the fashion!!

There is no better feeling than dusting off those boots and big comfy sweaters.  I am a huge fan of layering and pairing skinny jeans with just about anything oversize.  I know I am not alone in this feeling because I see so many women right now wearing the same thing!  My favorite staple this season is the colored skinny jean.  I love the purple, yellow and green skinny jeans paired with a neutral top, great color heel, and great colored accessories.  I really don’t think you can go wrong with that combo.  Another great Fall piece I like is the maxi dress with a blazer and flats!  This look is very boho chic and comfortable to wear during any of your Fall festivities. 

So whether you are enjoying a bonfire in your skinny jeans, or out at a festival in your maxi dress enjoy the weather and the season!  Make sure you check out some of my favorite picks for Fall from our website!!

                           http://pipleyvintage.com/Abby-Skinny-by-Liverpool-Golden-Yellow-B0006.htm

                            http://pipleyvintage.com/Abby-Skinny-by-Liverpool-Plum-B0008.htm

                              http://pipleyvintage.com/Abby-Skinny-by-Liverpool-Vert-B0007.htm

                            http://pipleyvintage.com/Bohemian-Love-Maxi-Dress-DR0003.htm

                           http://pipleyvintage.com/Fall-Foliage-Cardigan-by-Tulle-Orange-SH0011.htm

                       http://pipleyvintage.com/Evening-Stroll-Sweater-by-Tulle-SH0012.htm



Love,

PipLey