How to Style a Fur Vest

Hi Brassy Apple readers! I'm Kilee, from ONE little MOMMA, back with another "How to Wear" post for you! This month I am sharing how to style one of my favorite winter pieces- a fur vest!

At first glance fur can seem a little dressy and unapproachable for everyday style- but you really can wear it everyday!

Try pairing fur with plaid, dark denim and ankle boots. The fur will polish off the look, but you are still comfortable in jeans and a casual button up.

This look definitely has a Southwestern feel, but the basic concept is easy. Pair fur with moccasins, destroyed denim and a rich, jewel toned top.

And last of all, you can wear fur with your favorite graphic tee.  Dark skinny or boyfriend jeans will dress up the tee a bit and a casual ankle boot finishes off the outfit. 

I love fur with lace or a pencil skirt- but I love getting more mileage out of my vests by wearing them in these easy, no fuss ways! If you are nervous about a vest, try adding fur to your outfits in other ways like a fur scarf, on a jacket collar or on your moccasins. Have you embraced the fur trend?

For more winter style ideas, click over to ONE little MOMMA see how I styled my puffy vest, chunky knit cowl and leopard scarf. 

DIY Gingerbread House Craft Project

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I've showed you how easy it can be to create some Holiday decor or an inexpensive, yet colorful gift using EZ Start Printed Packaging Tape now I want to share my idea for a Kids Gingerbread house that won't give anyone a toothache. 

Supplies

Cardboard or Posterboard in any color. We stuck with brown and white. 

EZ Start Printed Packaging Tape - peppermint pattern

Scissors, glue, stickers, markers, etc - any craft supplies that you might have at your house that your kids can dive into with their imagination and create with! 

Hot Glue - optional

The size of pieces you cut for the walls can be whatever size you'd like as long as your cardboard or poster board will support the structure and roof in the end. Cut 4 pieces all the same size for the walls and 2 for the roof. Connect the 4 wall pieces using the Peppermint tape. It instantly adds color and pattern and make it easily workable with little hands. 

Because it's taped, now your structure can be "folded" flat to add the details. Let your kids color, glue, paint - even use more EZ Start Printed Packaging Tape to add windows, a doors, and other decorative details. The Holiday tape comes in another pattern too - ornaments! 

Folding it flat makes it easy for little hands to decorate. They can have a front, back and 2 sides. Let them glue on the details or for a quicker drying time you can use a hot glue gun too. 

TheEZ Start Printed Packaging Tape adds cheer to your Holiday packages. So don't forget about it when shipping this season. It will add an unexpected element to your packages (I share how cute my packages were on Instagram last week!). Then you can use it for other fun craft projects like this one! 

Follow the same process of taping the sides together for the roof. Decorate and use the tape or hot glue to attach the roof to the house structure! 

It's a fun way to create Gingerbread houses that are sweet and full of Holiday Cheer without giving anyone too much sugar (winks!) 

I'll be pinning my project and searching for other ones using this fun tape! You can search for and add your own projects and pins with the #EZstart hashtag! Can't wait to see what you create! 

Refashion your Life - Random Kindness

Have you ever participated in doing random acts of kindness? Consciously? We may do kind acts each day but to purposely focus on it is a bit different. At least that was my experience. As a family, we have talked about and done some random acts of kindness over the last couple of weeks (one of them I blogged about here). It's been fun. It's great to see people's reactions. I once tipped a guy who helped me to my car at the thrift store with a large load. He was so beside himself he had no idea what to do. It was so out of left field for him, yet he was so appreciative. And now he says Hi to me each time we see each other at the store. I think I've made a friend for life. 

Think about kindness. 

Think about being random. Getting outside of your normal routine.

Think about others.

Think....

Obviously this video was made in a different country then where I live by the language he used and the things he was able to do but amazing and simple none the less.

Let us be Kind.

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If you've never been random with your kindness I challenge you to give it a try. 

Maybe think about spending your New Years Eve completing 14 (for the 2014 year) random acts of kindness to ring in the new year! Could be super fun......make it a great day! 

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(I have been compensated for this post. However, all opinions are honest and are mine. This post contains paid links.)

I love a random act of kindness but even better is a challenge! Consumercrafts.com recently challenged me to create a gift under $20 that I could give away as a random act of kindness. Not only did I create one but I created 4 in my $20 budget and made it so my kids could get involved and be part of the process.