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Vegan Orange Poppyseed Muffins

Marly McMillen, a local Kansas City resident, is an unlikely vegan food blogger and cookbook author. In her 20s, spending time in the kitchen felt overly domestic. Giving up M&Ms and mozzarella was a struggle. And she wasn’t trying to make a moral statement with her diet.

The Benefits of Herbal Tea

Herbal tea is an infusion or blend of leaves, fruits, bark, roots, or flowers of an edible plant. Drinking herbal tea allows you to reap all of the plant’s benefits in a form that is easy to digest.

Fashion Trends for the Family

 Article and Photography  If there's anyone who know what it's like to be a busy, working mom, it's Cella Jane Blogger, Becky Hillyard. Sure, her life may look perfectly primped on Instagram, but underneath it all she's a mom, just trying to get by and look good doing it. That's why we enlisted her style expertise.   

Introducing Lauren Korte| Lauren”s Fitness Finds

Hi there! I'm Lauren, a lover of all things fashion, beauty, fitness, travel and freakishly cute dogs. I am a wife to my best friend, Zack, and a mother (or teacher) to 17 first graders. I graduated from the University of Kansas with a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education and am currently pursuing a masters degree. 

Fashion for the Holidays

 Style Edit - All that Glitters  Shine bright this holiday season in gold, silver or just about anything that glitters. Metallics are all the rage at the moment, so electrify your look with these flashy statement pieces. 

Amy Appleton Dreyer

Style Edit—It's back to basics this fall season, and these pieces are just what the wardrobe doctor ordered to get your closet healthy and ready for hitting the town.

@CellaJaneBlog

Welcome to Cella Jane, a personal life and personal style blog written by Becky Hillyard. Founded in 2012 as an outlet for Becky’s love for fashion and beauty, Cella Jane became a place to showcase and document her personal style on a daily basis. Cella Jane, named after Becky’s grandmother, has allowed her to connect with the everyday gal and…

Travel Edit/ Checkmate

Head to the desert in style with Steps of Style blogger Amy Dreyer for a girls trip filled with sun, fun and mid-century magic.

Velvet Reign

Add a luxurious and regal feel to your wardrobe with this season's reigning queen - velvet.

Travel Edit

Pack your bags with Steps of Style blogger, Amy Dreyer, as the borders open to the beautiful and mysterious Havana Cuba.

Travel Edit | Steps of Style

Hit the slopes with Steps Of Style blogger, Amy Dreyer, as she shows you her picks for staying warm while keeping it cool in Aspen.

Travel Edit

travel at top- Steps of Style blogger, Amy Dreyer, brings a few local favorites along with her as she hits the streets of New York CIty.

Steps of Style | Travel Edit

1. Travel Edit - Steps of Style blogger, Amy Dreyer, shares her packing list for a trip to the "CIty of Love" - Paris

Fashion by Amy Appleton Dreyer

Travel Edit - Steps Of Style blogger, Amy Dreyer, shares her picks for The Hampton's hippest hangout... Montauk.

AMY APPLETON DREYER

Amy Appleton Dreyer is a Kansas City native whose blog and carefully curated Instagram, @stepsofstyle, is a mixture of fashion, food and travel. Dreyer graduated from Truman State University with a degree in Marketing and is currently a model for local talent agency, Voices, and, mom to 2 year old fashionista in training, Stella, and stepmother to 3 amazing teenagers.…

Honoring Mothers with Stunning Keepsakes

Mother’s Day is just around the corner. Whether you are celebrating and honoring her first or her fiftieth, our friends at VanBrock have an impressive variety of lovely heirloom pieces she’ll be delighted to wear and you’ll be proud to present.

Meet Frances Valentine

Kate Valentine grew up in Kansas City. She met Andy Spade in 1983 at college and they moved to New York in 1986, when Kate started her career as an accessories editor at Mademoiselle. She saw a need for practical, stylish handbags and decided to create a smart, well-edited collection. She and her husband, Andy, began the company kate spade.…

Preparing for Prom

Modeling these lovely dresses are freshman Meah Wilburn, junior Sydney Belt, Salem Dagne, a junior exchange student from Ethiopia staying with the Belts, all students at Lee's Summit High School; and Hannah Motley, a junior at Blue Valley North. You can’t help but smile when you walk into this brightly lit 
corner store.