Blogger Feature: Heather & Kayla of H&K Style Journey

Please welcome Heather & Kayla of H&K Style Journey to The Daily Dani! The concept of their blog - "A Mother & Daughter's Journey to Look Stylish On A Budget" - is so awesome! I love seeing their mother/daughter remixes full of adorable outfits!

3 words to describe your personal style?
Heather:  Classic with a modern and trendy twist
Kayla: Casual, comfortable, affordable

Who are your celebrity style icons?
Heather and Kayla: This is hard to choose just a few but we would have to say that we love Reese Witherspoon for her classic and effortlessly chic style.  Rachel Bilson is adorable, she adds some trendy features to her outfits, but she dresses perfect for her petite size.  Victoria Beckam for always looking so pulled together and polished.  She has some fabulous dresses and we admire that she can walk around in those super high stilettos!

What is your most meaningful item of jewelry?
Heather:  My wedding band would be my most meaningful piece of jewelry.  I have been married to my husaband for over 11 years and a wedding band is the ultimate commitment.  I would also have to say a ring that was my grandma's.  It's a beautiful blue stone called a Lindy Star and when it shines in the light, it looks like a starburst.
Kayla:  I have a Breast Cancer Awareness bracelet.  We have had breast cancer affect our family, so this is a meaningful piece of jewelry to me to always remember.

Who are your favorite bloggers, and why?
Heather & Kayla:  This is a really hard question since we read so many great blogs and so many of them are very different.  We have made so many great blog friends in our short time of blogging, that we would feel bad leaving anyone out. 

A few that we both really enjoy reading daily are Tiffany of Breakfast with Tiffany.  Tiffany seems like she should be a great real life friend and someone that we would love to hang out with.  She was one of our very first blog friends very early on in our end of the blog world.  She is absolutely adorable, dresses very much like both of us would dress, she is a mom juggling career and a family just like Heather, and she always does Tasty Tuesday in which she shares some delicious recipes (we both really like food, ha ha!).

Another one of our favorite bloggers is Van from The Clothes We Wear.  Van is so personable and sweet.  She takes the time to send emails just to say hello and see how we are.  She is a great pattern mixer, an expert layerer (is that even a word?), and makes so many beautiful outfits using texture and color.  We also like Van's style because she is kind of like a style chameleon like we are.  She can look great dressing up or dressing casual.

Last but not least we have really enjoyed getting to know Megan from Megan Mae Daily.  Her style sometimes is very different from what the two of us would wear, but that's why we love her blog.  Megan has a fabulous collection of boots and shoes and some awesome All Saints pieces.  Megan was also kind enough to send us a really cool belt and flower button that she made out of men's ties.

We also really enjoy reading Tracy at The Closet Shopper, Emily at Tinfoil Tiaras, Sage at Sweet and Sage, and Bessie at Bravoe Runway, and of course The Daily Dani!

I love your blogging style - mother/daughter inspiration - what about each of you inspires the other, fashionably or otherwise?
Heather:  Although Kayla and I don't always see eye to eye (she is a teenager, ya know), one thing we agree on most of the time is our fashion.  It's fun to be able to share a lot of the same clothes, because it's like double the closet!  I don't know if this would be considered something inspiring, but I do admire the fact that Kayla doesn't lie to me when she doesn't like something that I am wearing.  She is my worst critic when it comes to fashion, but a lot of time she sees a piece of clothing that I am wearing and she gets inspired to try and make that piece work for her.   That's inspiring to me because maybe I am inspiring her to try new things when it comes to fashion, while teaching her to dress for her body type and to be confident in how she dresses.
Kayla:  My mom inspires me into trying out new things that I may not necessarily think works for me.  Usually once I try something out, I end up seeing something totally different.  My mom asked me try on a wrap dress that I was hesitant about because I am a little curvy.  I ended up really liking the way the dress fit me!  Without my mom bugging me to at least try the dress on, I would have never known how much I like wrap dresses.

Heather, can you name a favorite childhood moment of Kayla and clothing?
I could go on and on with this question since I am a mom, and that's what moms do, but I will try and keep this short.  Some of my favorite childhood moments of Kayla are just the simple things like her cuddling with me, going on her first camping and canoeing trip when she was three, watching her in her many dance recitals, and watching her grow up into a smart and beautiful young lady.  A favorite outfit that Kayla wore when she was probably about 6 months or so was a black Baby Gap dress that I had received for my baby shower.  It was so exciting to have this black dress with white stitching amid all of the pink!  I paired the dress with black patent leather mary janes and a little headband scrunchie thing with a bow.

I feel most myself when I’m wearing:
Heather:  Other than my comfy pajamas, I would say heels! There is just something about high heels that make you want to walk with your head held high. 
Kayla:  Jeans and a cute top.  I like to keep things casual, but I do like to add little details like a statement necklace or my beanie hat.

Make sure you head over to H&K Style Journey and check out their wonderful posts - especially their latest, beginning a series on rebuilding your wardrobe!