Zip It Up!

A lot of times what really makes a statement in a piece of clothing is the details. Details are KEY in these zipper pants!

They're trendy and still a classic cut with a great shape. White jeans are a staple in every girl's wardrobe (or they should be) and these white jeans with the zipper are just the BEST.

Believe it or not, these jeans get even better! I love a good swiss dot pattern and these pants feature a sweet white swiss dot on the cool blue denim!

The best part about these pants is their length. They work on all body shapes. I wear them as longer capris, but on other girls that I work with, they're funky ankle pants. There's no wrong way to wear these fun jeans!

I first saw them on one of the Lilly dream team job gals and was determined to find out where they were from. I was delighted to see (and surprised) that they were Lilly in the end! I am SO excited to wear my pair out finally! I realized that I have so many more options to wear with the blue pants than I had ever expected. Don't you just love when that happens?

Here's to spring weather and white pants season!

xxKatie

DIY Monogrammed Phone Background

I have a pink OtterBox that has treated me very well and saved me MANY times from shattering a front or back of my iPhone. While Lilly, Kate Spade, Tory Burch and Pantone make great super attractive phone covers, I am a tried-and-true OtterBox fan!

Since it's rather boring, I try to spice it up as much as I can with backgrounds! One of my friends urged me to download the new update for 3Initials app! BOY-OH-BOY is it cute!

3Initials App background with my iPhone organized

Background without apps

You can change the size, color, background, type and number of colors for all kinds of different monograms! Last Sunday, my friends were ooh-ing and ahh-ing over my background so I let them make their own:

This was what they were able to come up with! As you can see, you can change the size, orientation and background for all of them!

I tweeted this photo over the weekend and y'all were very inquisitive as to where to make the background and now you know! I was referring to the 17 text messages Friday night that I had received after falling asleep at 8pm watching the "Hot Donuts" episode of Duck Dynasty. I woke up at 11pm and didn't know if it was daytime or nighttime I was so disoriented. All my friends were wondering where I was and if I was coming out! Instead of y'all noticing that, you saw my fun 3Initals background!

This is my current phone background and reminds me very much of my yellow seersucker Carolina Cup dress--it even had pink embroidery!

Be sure to check out the 3Initials application in the App Store on your iPhone!

xxKatie

Outfit of the Day: Preppy Profesh Dots Dots Dots

When my mom visited a few weeks back, one of her main goals was to get me some great work clothes! This OOTD features a few of those pieces!

I am in LOVE with these pants! I can't get enough of them! They are black with neutral colored dots all over, but from far away you'd never know! We snagged these from Loft, and they have a similar pair here. Other similar pairs here, here, and here! They are VERY on-trend this season!

I paired them with an Ann Taylor top that we got from AT in Charleston on the MAJOR sale rack! I know a lot of y'all had been interested in it and I found it! Ta-da! Find it here!

I thought that this went well with gold so I added Tory Burch Reva flats and a big, round gold watch from Target!

I wore this one day to my internship at the end of October and even considered adding nude pumps too. I think that these pants can really do a lot and I think my next endeavor with them will either be a black top or a cream/neutral party cardi!

I love these polka dot pants and can't wait to wear them more!

xxKatie