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How to Stand Out with Your Personal Style
I think most of us would agree that when we get dressed we want to feel and look great. Getting dressed is something that most of us do on a daily basis and we want our appearances to accurately reflect our personalities and tastes. Of course, life is a series of good days and bad days and how we feel in our clothing each day is just one small part of that roller coaster journey. There are those days when magic happens in your closet and the most beautiful outfits are created from that space. But there are also those days when we may lack the confidence to wear what…
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Road Trip to Jurassic Quest & Link Up On the Edge #255
We went on a little family road trip last weekend. On Saturday we drove to Buffalo, New York, to visit Jurassic Quest, the world’s largest and most popular dinosaur attraction which features over 80 true to life size dinosaurs. The drive to Buffalo takes about 3 1/2 hours but we left early enough to allow time to stop for a nice big sit down lunch, check into our hotel, and do a photoshoot for my Magnificent 8 collaboration before heading to the Jurassic location for our 40 minute tour. But first things first, I needed a photoshoot of my road tripping outfit and the first rest stop seemed like the…
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The Magnificent 8 Found Inspiration in Magazines
Back in April, I shared an outfit that was inspired by a photoshoot in the January 2021 edition of InStyle Magazine after seeing Jodie’s post where Lesley recreated an outfit inspired by a Fendi ad in the March 2021 edition of InStyle Magazine. It was at this time that Jodie suggested a magazine ad as our style prompt for this quarter’s Magnificent 8. We all agreed that this would be a super fun challenge and now here we are with our outfits inspired by something we found in a magazine. I have free subscriptions to InStyle and Essence Magazines that I got from ordering shoes from Shoe Dazzle and JustFab.…
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Style Imitating Art with Ever Pretty: Girl in Rose and Gray. Miss Carmel White by Robert Henri & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #233
About Style Imitating Art Style Imitating Art is hosted by Daenel of Living Outside the Stacks, Salazar of 14 Shades of Grey, and Terri of Meadowtree Style. Style Imitating Art challenges us to draw style inspiration from pieces of art. Every other Monday, one of the hosts, acting as curator, selects an inspiration image that they will each post on their blogs. The following Monday, each host shares her art inspired outfit. Participants are invited to submit their art inspired outfits to the curator by 10:00 p.m. EST on the Tuesday following the hosts’ art inspired outfit posts. The following day, Wednesday, the curator will share all of the submissions on her blog. You do…
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The Fab 40’s are Inspired by Air
“There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind.” Annie Dillard “What light is to the eyes – what air is to the lungs – what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.” Robert Green Ingersoll “By the time we are women, fear is as familiar to us as air; it is our element. We live in it, we inhale it, we exhale it, and most of the time we do not even notice it.” Andrea Dworkin I am back with the beautiful ladies of The Fab 40’s as we finish out the last of our element themes. This month…
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Affirmations for Love and Compassion & Link Up On the Edge #254
I am continuing with my yoga affirmations, this time focusing on the Heart Chakra and Affirmations for Love and Compassion. I have previously shared Affirmations for Confidence and Self Esteem (the Solar Plexus Chakra) and Affirmations for Creativity and Sensuality (the Sacral Chakra). I have been following along with Yoga with Kassandra on Youtube and really focusing on her chakra and shadow work. Many of her yin yoga practices also incorporate some affirmation work as well which I may share at a later time after I finish all seven chakras. I have not been sharing these in any particular order as I turn to these practices with a focus on…
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Feeling Ever Pretty: One Little White Dress Styled Three Ways & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #232
It has been quite a while since I have had any occasion to style a fancy dress. So when Ever Pretty reached out to me to review a few of their special occasion dresses, I figured right now is the perfect occasion to wear a fancy dress. A bit about Ever Pretty: Anna Shi, CEO and co-founder of Ever Pretty, had a vision of enhancing women’s fashion globally by producing exquisite, high quality special occasion dresses for women of every style and shape to have a selection of apparel that makes them look and feel as amazing and unique as we all are. The company began in 2005 offering beautiful dress…
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The Thrifty Six in Creative Cover Ups
For this month’s thrifty prompt, Lucy originally chose kimonos and kaftans but after some discussion amongst the group, we decided to broaden the theme to include any type of cover up piece that could be layered on top of an outfit. And so we ultimately settled on Creative Cover Ups. If you have been visiting my blog for even a short amount of time, you might be aware of my great fondness for kimonos. I have a collection of these dramatic topper pieces that is nearing 100 if I include my ponchos and ruanas and other toppers as well. Now you might be wondering what the heck is the difference…
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4 Tips for Sundays to Prepare for the Work Week
Whether you work from home or outside of your house, many people dread the arrival of Mondays and the transition back to the weekly work grind. If you are in this category of people, you are hardly alone in your struggle. You would be hard pressed to find someone who prefers the rigidity of a structured work week over the easy, relaxed nature of the weekends. Unfortunately, there is no way around having to resume your work week every Monday. But you can make the transition easier by preparing adequately for the upcoming week. Consider the following four tips to help ease you into the work week with much less stress…
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The Good Buy/Good-Bye Book: Tie Dye & Link Up On the Edge #253
Welcome to The Good Buy/Good-Bye Book! This is The Good Buy/Good-Bye Book. A series that I co-host with Nancy where you can choose whether you want to share a Good Buy (which is an item you are really exited about) or a Good-Bye (which is an item you are going to say good-bye to, previously known as a Bad Buy). Every month you can choose which item you want to submit. A Good Buy or a Good-Bye. We will provide the theme for each month. Photos should be submitted to us by the 10th of the month with a few sentences explaining why it is a Good Buy or Good-Bye. The theme for July is Tie Dye, one of…
