Chris's/Kris's Closet (Kristin) November 24, 2012

Kris's Closet

Inspired by some great bloggers, Christina and I decided to start our own blog. In this blog post you will get a glimpse of pieces in my closet,learn where I found them
 and where I wore them.  

My name is Kristin. Welcome to my closet!

Saturday was the Ohio State/Michigan game. I got dressed in my Buckeye gear and headed to my parents to watch the game with my father.My guy and I took my parents homemade baked rigatoni, salad and garlic bread. My fella is a great cook. He is the reason I have gained 20 pounds. After the Buckeye's won and finished the undefeated season, we went to see Lincoln. Good movie! I took these photos in front of the house before I left. This is what I wore.

I wore a Buckeye hoodie that I bought the night before at TJ Maxx. It is made by Colosseum Athletics. I love that it has thumb holes in the sleeves. You can find hoodies like this in most sports stores, in store and online. My jeans are Paige Skyline Skinny from Nordstrom.

The vest is faux fur by one of my favorites, Betsey Johnson. It is also from TJ Maxx. It is super warm. It was cold out and that was all I wore Saturday, day and night. I found the vest on bluefly for a bit more than I paid.

http://www.bluefly.com/Betsey-Johnson-black-and-white-belted-striped-faux-fur-
vest/p/319662801/detail.fly

 My 80's vintage Gucci, I bought at Second Time Around in Grandview, Ohio. Occasionally, I see vintage Gucci on ebay and etsy but the brand has been creating new bags that look like the vintage bags from the 80's. Obviously, the new bag will be more though.

 These are a pair of my favorite boots. They are red suede fringe boots by Sam Edelman. They are over-the-knee boots, which are for my short legs, thigh highs. I love them because they are flat but still make so much style impact. I bought them two years ago at TJ Maxx. I found some similar pairs online, one flat boot and one platform. Click on links to view.

option 1: http://www.zappos.com/minnetonka-calf-hi-3-layer-fringe-boot-brick?ef_id=ULdsYAAAGUCMbESz:20121129140832:s

option 2: http://www.victoriassecret.com/shoes/view-all/burlesque-fringe-boot-mojo-moxy?ProductID=68705&CatalogueType=OLS&cm_mmc=CA-_-Google-_-BRANDED%20SHOES-_-ZG-2882570368.5&CAWELAID=1652897166&catargetid=1602216389&cagpspn=pla

 My necklace is a Buckeye necklace from the Barnes & Noble on campus. There are lots of places to get these if you don't already own them. I would suggest buying from small business on etsy. Here is a necklace I found from a seller on etsy with many options:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/55632816/real-ohio-buckeye-necklace-with-football?utm_source=googleproduct&utm_medium=syndication&utm_campaign=GPS&gclid=CMi7rdCu9LMCFYVFMgodFTQAMQ

This concludes another Kris's Closet. Thank you so much for stopping by!

Be blessed! Be free! Be fashionable!

Kris,

Style Adventures Vol. 8 (Powell, Ohio)

STYLE ADVENTURES 

(Powell, Ohio 9/30)

This is a blog about how to add to your wardrobe using antique shops, thrift stores, yard sales and other venues. We travel Ohio and beyond discovering unique and stylish items we want to share and the places we found them.

Yesterday I rode around the city and subs of Columbus. One of my stops was a garden center. I was not expecting to do a Style Adventure but once I got inside, I realized this was a place people needed to know about for many reasons. Thank goodness I always have my camera.

Baker's Villiage Garden Center

 9267 Dublin Rd

Powell, Ohio 43065

I was very tickled at first sight. When we pulled up there was a girl dressed in a jack-o-lantern costume handing out little packages of candy corn. She was adorable! I had to tell her so.

I went into the store, chewing my candy corn and expecting very little. Once in the door I saw a small section of Ohio State University clothing and accessories. This was OSU with flair and funk. It was the kind of stuff I would wear to feel like I was staying true to my style while remaining in the spirit. Imagine lots of rhinestones, crystals and garments that are almost dressy casual but in scarlet and gray.

The store is full of home and garden items. The rooms right now are stocked full of fall, Halloween and Christmas accessories. I love Christmas, so my favorite room was the room full of over the top Christmas ornaments.  You holiday fanatics, who do serious decorating and make every holiday feel so special, if you are't already a Baker's customer, add this place to your list of stops. The Christmas ornaments are some of the best I have seen and there are plenty of pumpkins, gourds and ornamental corn. 

You have to love a place with free sweets! They had a table full of cookies, rice crispys and brownies for you to help yourself.

This place loves their buckeyes! I ran across another Ohio State themed area with vests, scarves headbands and buckeye jewelry. I call it grown women sports gear.

Baker's also had an edge on some of the latest trends like this mustard fedora. The fedora is big this season and I have not seen this particular color anywhere. 

I was all about the scarf wall! They had so many colors and prints! They also had some really beautiful scarf accessories.

They carry a nice selection of scarf slides. I am even thinking I may need to work one of these into  

my wardrobe.

Outside they had more fashion items in greenhouses. These items were on clearance. 

I immediately went for a case filled with jewelry and found a bracelet that I needed to have that was 75% off. It was originally $9.99.

Here is the bracelet I bought. I think it's cute but to be honest, I bought it because it was $2.50. Look for it in a future Kris's Closet.

Be blessed! Be free! Be fashionable!

Kris,

Style Adventures Vol. 4 ( Chesterville & Columbus)

STYLE ADVENTURES 

(Chesterville & Columbus, Ohio 8/4 & 8/5)

This is a blog about how to add to your wardrobe using antique shops, thrift stores, yard sales and other venues. We travel Ohio and beyond discovering unique and stylish items we want to share and the places we found them.

Chesterville Flea Market 

State Route 95

Chesterville, Ohio

Saturday I was in Mid- Ohio to watch the car races and on the way back to Columbus I ran into Chesterville Flea Market. To look at this place, it doesn't look like much. Inside the flea market it's much of the same feeling. Like any other store or market, I always try to give it a chance. In this case I am glad that I did.

The flea market is owned by John and Joelyn Lanning. It's located on State Route 95 in between Columbus and Cleveland. You can see the bright  flags from the road. The flea market houses antiques, collectibles and home grown and handmade products from the locals. The place smelled strong of garlic. They had these small packages of freshly processed pure Asian garlic powder. The stuff was clearly very potent.

 

One of the first shops I looked at was E&G House of Treasures which made me really excited about football season returning. A whole side of his section was Ohio State gear for women. He had Ohio State earrings, headbands and really cute purses.  

I almost got this jersey cross-body. Maybe next time!

I walked through the entire building and quickly learned where I needed to be. Off in the far left corner there were three people sitting. I was greeted by a very pleasant woman. I started rummaging through a shoe box filled with antique jewelry. The first piece I found was a large ethnic/tribal metal statement necklace. I asked the lady the price and she responded 25 cents. I must of had a look of confusion on my face because she repeated herself and said everything in that box is 25 cents. I quickly looked through the box and found more and more pieces. A blue fuzzy thread necklace, a pair of vintage pearl dangles, a rhinestone barrette, a wood and rope necklace and a cute pair of  silver clip-on earrings that I could easily convert. 

The shop is owned by the woman's father who use to have a record shop. Records were the largest part of the inventory in the space next to many other antiques and collectibles. 

This is what I bought left to right: large metal tribal necklace, rhinestone barrette, fuzzy blue thread necklace, antique pearl dangle earrings, silver dangle clip-on earrings and wood and rope necklace. Total $1.50

Roses 

1501 E. Dublin-Granville Rd

Columbus, Ohio

 I have no idea what I thought Roses was but I didn't think it was a department store that included clothing. The stores are still pretty new to Columbus. My mother was telling me last week that the intern that works in her office had on cute dresses that she got from the store for $6 and $8 and that intrigued me. I am all about the bargain if it's quality. I have been riding past the Roses stores for like a year so I thought it was time I payed one of the locations a visit. I put it on my weekend itinerary. So Sunday after a short stroll through the Dublin Irish Fest I made my way to Roses with less than 30 minutes to shop.

When I arrived I was not impressed right away. The selection felt very cheap. The visual displays reminded me of stores I liked when I was in middle school, full of polyester spandex blends. I liked the wholesale price points but the clothing didn't feel like they were worth any more than what they were marked. It took me a while to find anything I liked. When I was just about to write the place off as just a good place to buy basics, I started finding some worthy pieces.

I have been looking for a high-low hemline that I liked for months and on a $7 rack, there it was. This skirt was colorful and my size. It was working two summer trends, the high-low hemline and was covered in a tribal/ethnic print. Mine! I quickly snatched the skirt up then moved on to explore the rest of the store. 

I had not seen a lot that I felt like I needed to take home but I made a mental note of the different staple items that they carried. This place was ideal for socks, basic tees and tanks. It would be worth the time to visit this store for those items especially with the price points. As for the selection of stylish items, it gets tricky. While they are pretty accurate on the trends, if you are a mannequin shopper and don't like to search through racks, this is not going to be the store for you. The good stuff is hidden amongst some of the most hideous. 

This is what I took home from Roses. High-low tribal print maxi skirt $ 7.50 plus tax

I spent less than $10 Saturday & Sunday for a skirt, two pairs of earrings, three necklaces and a barrette! It was a winning weekend. Let me know if you know places I need to check out!

Be blessed! Be free! Be fashionable!

Kris,