Hi there, I'm Ashley.

Welcome to Pretty Sweet Style everyone!

I’ve been planning on creating a style blog for quite some time now. The problem was that I didn’t want to be just another girl in the blogoshere posting pictures of her daily outfit (although, it would certainly include some form of daily [almost daily] pictures). I wanted to contribute something and share tips, tricks, ideas, and inspirations. I am still learning a lot about fashion and my own style, but it has certainly gotten easier once I started finding consistent inspiration and a little help.

I feel like so many women, including myself, struggle with feeling beautiful. Yes, yes… we all know beauty is in the eye of the beholder and that it’s the inside that counts. But, in a society that values outward appearances over a loving heart and beautiful personality, reminding ourselves daily that we are each gorgeous women in our own lovely ways can get a little challenging. Plus, why not have a little fun with colors and textures and patterns and metallics every morning? When you are confident about your outside, it is easier to stop fidgeting, tugging, readjusting, and worrying and let your inner beauty shine. (Come on ladies, don’t we all remember how it feels to wear that one outfit that makes us feel like a million bucks? Remember how much more self-assured and strong you felt in that ensemble?)

Here’s where Pretty Sweet Style comes in: I want to offer to other girls what has been helping me form my own personal style. I want to show women that getting dressed in the morning, whether you are pressed for time or not, isn’t nearly as hard as it seems. Once you learn a few simple basics, it’s even fun!

So, style challenge number one: the 30 for 30. (I read about this over at Kendi’s blog.) You can read more about it here, but these are the basics:

1. Take 30 items in your closet.
2. Make 30 outfits.

It’s that simple (okay, maybe it’s easier said than done, but at least we have some sort of starting point). For the next 30 days, I am going to be (slightly consistently) posting about the whole experience: my 30 items, the 30 outfits (or more) I created with them, the outfits in action, and what I am learning (the flops, the struggles, and the successes).

I hope I can inspire you guys to hop on board or simply to reevaluate the way you look at your closet. I’m learning that it’s not just a place to store my things, but an extremely valuable and lovingly cultivated resource. It’s your own personal shopping mall, ladies (and everything, hopefully, fits and you love everything that’s “sold” there because, well, you did pick it out).