Packing for Vacation!

We decided to do a feature on packing (mostly) light and combining clothes for different outfits while on vacation. In our case, we're going to be camping at a hippie festival in Oregon for a week with the brother and niece (sweet!). We need half of our checked bag for our sleeping bag. So we have to try to cram a week's worth of clothes for our picky self into that half bag plus maybe a few incidentals in our carry-on in case they lose our bag en route like the last trip there.

We're bringing 4 skirts (hey, they're light!), one pair of shorts and one pair of jeans:

Vacation Packing: Bottoms by ThriftyStylist featuring Old Navy

These aren't exactly they- we bought our tie-dye and purple batik skirts both on Etsy and the blue skirt from Vicky's- but it's a decent enough color representation anyway.

For tops, 3 solid tank tops and one tie-dyed, 2 long-sleeves and a hoodie:

Vacation Packing: Tops by ThriftyStylist featuring Dorothy Perkins

You may be noticing a heavy purple theme. There usually is one to our clothes, but we figured we might as well stay fairly monochromatic on this trip for the most coordination options. Many frequent travelers advocate this with black and white or beige, but if you're obsessed with a color, like us with the purple, and hell-- going to a festival-- we think you can go with a bright instead.

For footwear, we need decent walking shoes for being on our feet most of the day shopping and niece-sitting, so we're bringing our Chucks, some moccasin-y fake suede Payless boots that are on their way out anyway and can deal with mud if need be, our new (from Famous today, $10 with the sale- Dr. Scholls, silver with a bow, and soooo cushy!) flats and (also new from Famous, Rampage, $20, ) sequined fucshia/orange flip-flops (unfortunately not represented as fancily here):

Vacation Packing: Shoes by ThriftyStylist on Polyvore.com

So... without further ado, here are 12 outfits from these 17 pieces, plus a cameo of an impostor posing for the great dress we blogged about from DancingTreeCreations of Etsy (who we're so excited to meet in person at the festival as she is vending there!!)

Vacation: First Three Outfits by ThriftyStylist featuring Converse shoes

Vacation: 2nd Three by ThriftyStylist featuring Dorothy Perkins

Vacation: 3rd Three by ThriftyStylist on Polyvore.com

Vacation: 4th 3 by ThriftyStylist on Polyvore.com

We are leaving on Wednesday! So no blog for a week from then from us, sorry :( But hopefully we'll have some amazing handcrafted creations to share with you when we return!

Let us know what you think of the packing plans! Did we do well?

What We Wore Tuesday: Hibiscus and DOTS

By dots we don't mean polka, we mean those little semispheres of candy stuck to rolls of paper that we used to eat as a kid. The colors in this outfit remind us of those wretched little sweets, although we are not actually consuming any fibrous bits with it (thankfully!)

We're being AWFULLY adventurous today, venturing not only into print-land, but also wearing three (count them! 3!) colors besides neutrals today! Usually it's black and one solid. We're not sure whether the print on this Skirtology skirt is overwhelming our petite but curvy frame... we loved it at the shop (and especially loved its $8 price tag) but maybe it's a tad big? Is it making us look shorter and fatter? Hmmm... This might be one for passing on to a taller friend, even if it is quite lovely.

We do love the turquoise and hot pink, though, even if it took us a while to come around. This is a cropped sweater we found at Marshalls in the junior clearance for $8. We love the saturated color. Our man calls it our "miniature sweater" but it really does fit... we think anway! Layered underneath, a short-sleeved knit top with lace ribbon detailing at the gathered shoulders (we let the lace peek out around the cardigan for a little extra girliness). And... we kicked up the candy-liciousness (although you can't quite make it out in the photo) with those purple pumps we discussed earlier. (Turns out they're microfiber, not actually suede, but they were cheap and had never been worn and they're luscious so we're not complaining).


We think we'll definitely be trying some more outlandish color combinations in the future... Trinny and Suzannah (of the UK original What Not to Wear) say that any colors can go together as long as they're tonally matched-- i.e. have the same quantity of black in their shades. Who knew?!

For accessories, we picked up the pink in the sweater with hot pink and black chandelier earrings by us (of course)

And then echoed the print in the skirt with our David Anderson leaf bracelet again:


...as well as matched the turquoise with a beaded cuff (we absolutely adore coordination), also a gift from mom but not vintage... which we've now tried to transfer from the phone approximately ninety-seven times and have now given up. But it's quirky and fun, trust us- you can sort of see it in some of the outfit pics.

Wish list: tights in super fun colors. This outfit would have been kicked up to 11 with some hot pink, turquoise or (gasp! What have you done with Desiree?) yellow tights. The black are so blah, even with the purple shoes.

What do you think of our foray into more-adventurous-land?