Sugar Sugar by Sinful Colors is festive and there's a slight sparkle. The flecks are red and shimmer slightly when light bounces off the color.

The Instagram app does need to be on your phone. It's free of charge through the App Store. 

Once it's downloaded, open it and you sign up by going through a set up process to get your Instagram (IG) account up and active. First, type in an email that you would like to use, or you can use your Facebook sign in. 

The next screen will ask you to create a username and password. 

When you're doing this, be thinking about and have a picture that you would like to use. Then you can add it to your profile. The app then asks for your name and phone number. This is optional. If you want, I'm pretty sure you can skip this. 

The next prompt will let you know if your friends have an account and it gives the option of connecting with FB contacts and your email contacts. You can click follow or you may choose to only share with a select few. 

The next screen will show you celebrities and certain people to follow, if you so choose. As you browse, if you find someone you wants to follow, just click the follow button which is on the right side of the screen. When you're finished, just press done. 

The screen will now take you to your "newsfeed of pictures" showing posts from the people you followed, if any.

 Now you are all set so you and your friends can all share your pictures together. Invite them if you'd like. Otherwise, you can keep your account private, as I mentioned earlier. That can be arranged in the settings option. That is the button in the right hand lower corner of the screen. It looks like the shape of a head and shoulders. Then the screen changes and look for a gear button in the top right on the screen. Click on the gear button.  You will see there are several options available. 

Scroll down and click "private account" button on the right to keep your account and photos private. 

I hope you found this information helpful. Please feel free to share it with your friends! Have a fantastic day!

Biggest hugs,

Tracey

I've shopped in boutiques, etsy and ebay and have found really unique items. I call them little treasures because to me, they are. I have also met some really nice people as well. 

The first thing I look at, once an item has caught my eye,  is the location of the item. You can request through the refine tab to look at items world wide, North America and specifically the U.S. on ebay. This can and does affect shipping charges.  You can refine for size, color, etc. as well. Some of the items are brand new. Never worn but they are old stock. I found a blouse from Sears, still in its original packaging, never worn and it has a Peter Pan collar. I have beads and sequins from stores that closed down and they are handmade. You can tell because each one is different and unique. 

As I was browsing today, I saw these two sweaters that caught my eye and I'd like to share them with you. 

I hope you enjoyed these two sweaters as they caught my eye. I want to point out their ratings are both 100% and they both have sales (the number in parenthesis). This is good information that I look at when I find something. 

Here's a shirt that I found that is from the '60's and is vintage, gold and silver lame. I think it will pair nicely with a black turtle neck, black pants and black boots...

Hope you have a wonderful day.

Biggest hugs,

Tracey

It wasn't THAT long ago that my girls were little. They were always eager to help. When laundry time rolled around, if we did a load at the house, I would ask them to help. I recall many times we would sit on the couch and sort through socks. It was fun for them to match up the socks and make pairs. A good idea is to buy net bags that have a zipper on them. It actually helps with losing socks and makes sorting each persons socks much easier.

It all started off with the shoes...

Let me explain.

The shoes I am wearing in this picture are my mothers. She loved them and then I have loved them. They are one of my favorite shoes to wear, for sentimental reasons and, of course, the shape of the shoe is unique and effortlessly beautiful. 

So, when I walked into my closet and saw these shoes, I knew these were what I wanted to wear for the day. Now, I just had to coordinate my outfit around my shoes.

I chose black leggings for comfort and style and a black mock turtle neck to keep me warm as temperatures are steadily dropping in Las Vegas. 

The coat, an addition that my youngest daughter thought of when I asked what coat I should wear with the outfit. The handbag that I am carrying just seemed to go with the coat as well. 

I so enjoy when things just fall into place, especially wardrobe wise!

Keep warm (or stay cool, for all of you experiencing summer right now) and biggest hugs,

Tracey