Hip hip hooray, today’s the day!!! First of all, I think I’ve been reading way too many Dr. Suess books lately. Anywho. Guess what’s next week? It’s gonna be May! And yes, I did just sing that a la Justin Timberlake style. Last year, we had so much fun with the May Mom Style Challenge that I just knew we had to do it again.
“She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future.” (Proverbs 31:25)
Each day, I’ll be using these style prompts to help me get dressed in the morning. You all know you could probably stare blankly into your closet forever and ever and whine about how you have nothing to wear, but that is a LIE. You do have things, probably TONS of clothes, ready to be spoken to again.
You just need a little motivation and that is exactly what this is! Each prompt is fairly to the point, but the rules are there are no rules. Have fun with it, dress with confidence, and let this serve as your guide to work with what you have!
TIPS TO MAKE THE STYLE CHALLENGE WORK
Want some tips on how to rock this style challenge and live your best life? Here are some things that are going to help me.
PLAN.
When you fail to plan, you plan to fail. At the beginning of each week, look at the prompts and shop your closet! Hang up all 7 of your outfits for the week in the order you’re going to wear them. Print out the prompts, or save them to your phone’s screensaver, and plan ahead! You can also make an inspiration board on Pinterest to get your wheels turning on what to pull from your closet to put together on yourself. I’ll be updating my board frequently so y’all can get more inspiration from there as well.
DON’T SHOP.
Shocking that a part-time fashion blogger would tell you not to shop, but this is really going to allow you to see what you have in your closet and USE what you already have. This is purely for inspiration. If at the end of this, you find things through inspiration pics that you can’t live without, by all means, shop away!
GRACE.
If you want to participate for one day or all of them, it’s up to you! Don’t get discouraged if you want to do all the days but can’t. Do what you can when you can!
EMBRACE THE STYLE CHALLENGE SISTERHOOD.
I know not all of you reading are on social media, but if you are on Instagram, please tag #MayMomStyle and myself (@kristy7graces) so that we can all see each other’s looks! You can even choose to follow hashtags now, so I’d love it if you followed ours. :) Every now and then, look through that feed and encourage each other on what a grab job everyone is doing looking fabulous.
By the end of this, I want to build your confidence and for you to know that you are worthy and beautiful at all times. Dressing up helps me feel better, and I have a feeling that if you’re reading this, you probably feel like a million bucks when you get spruced up, too.
And to get us ready for florals on display, I wanted to share this dress again because it’s awesome and looks amazing on everyone!
Photos by Tiffany Harston Photography
All the details can be find here in LikeToKnow.It, but here is where you can get your hands on THE DRESS. It’s so feminine and classic, and for under 30 dollars, you just can’t beat it. You can wear it to a summer wedding, shower, or for church. I even wore it to run errands. It’s that comfortable. It’s true to size and no slip required.
Who’s ready for the challenge?! Let me know if you’ll be joining in starting on Tuesday, May 1st!
Save this photo below as your screensaver on your phone. I scaled it to size, so hopefully it fits just right.
Have a wonderful weekend and don’t forget to prep your outfits by shopping your closet this weekend! I’ll be sharing a ton more on InstaStories so stay tuned. Cannot wait for this!
xoxo,
Kristy
