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The Good Buy/Good-Bye Book: Summer Shoes & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #279
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 June is Summer Shoes. *If you…
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How We Style Coastal Chic | June Stylish Monday Link Up
Coastal Chic is a recent style trend making headlines under the name of Coastal Grandmother. It has elements of breezy dresses, straw accessories, and lightweight linens and cottons in neutral shades with the occasional splashes of bright pastels like blue, pink, and yellow. The trend brings to mind chic fashion icons such as Diane Keaton and Martha Stewart in their effortlessly comfortable styles that are timelessly classic and far from an actual trend that has an expiration date. There is no expiration date on timeless style just as there is no expiration date on personal style. We get to be cool, sophisticated, and stylish well into our grandmother years and…
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Style Imitating Art: The Hallucinogenic Toreador by Salvador Dalí
About Style Imitating Art Style Imitating Art is hosted by Salazar of 14 Shades of Grey, Terri of MeadowTree Style, and Shelbee of Shelbee on the Edge. 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…
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10 on the 10th: June 2022-10 Questions About Vacation & Link Up On the Edge #299
It is time again for my dear friend Marsha in the Middle’s 10 on the 10th series. Each month, Marsha announces a theme to inspire a list of 10 things to be shared on the 10th of each month. This is only the second time I have joined because I never could quite get my act together. But now I have marked my calendar and scheduled the 10th of each month for these posts. They are a great way to share a bit more about myself that I otherwise may have never even thought to share. So thank you, Marsha, for hosting this creative content series. Last month, we talked about…
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4 Style Tips on Dressing for Special Events in 2022 & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #278
Picture this scenario… It is a Friday evening and you are sitting at home alone with nothing to do. Your phone sits on the coffee table as you mindlessly zone out on Netflix when suddenly your phone screen lights up with activity. There is a message in a group chat with your besties initiating a fancy friends’ night out on the town. Your Friday night boredom shifts to excitement at all the possibilities that the night could present to you, opportunities that only come when you pull yourself out of the couch and immerse into society. You begin to look forward to capturing your night in photographs, laughing with your…
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“The Hallucinogenic Toreador” by Salvador Dalí | Style Imitating Art
It is my turn again to choose the artwork to inspire your style for the next round of Style Imitating Art. I had another idea in fabric arts but since my last pick featured fiber arts by Anne M. Bray, I decided to hold off on that one for another time. But that left me with no ideas of what I wanted to feature until I had a hallucinogenic epiphany a few weeks back. About Style Imitating Art Style Imitating Art is hosted by Salazar of 14 Shades of Grey, Terri of Meadow Tree Style, and Shelbee of Shelbee on the Edge. Style Imitating Art challenges us to draw style inspiration from pieces of…
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Fantastic Role Models for the Budding Fashionista
Role models aren’t always easy to come by in the fashion world. Of course, that’s not to say that the industry isn’t jam-packed with inspirational figureheads. However, a seemingly dark undertone to the glitz and glamour of the fashion sphere can sometimes make these figures difficult to find. Fantastic fashions and iconic looks aside, the world of the runway in particular has long been rife with questionable antics including ongoing weight debates and even the need for substance use treatment programs for some of the industry’s best. Many of the unsavory standards and machinations in the fashion industry can make it difficult to revere the people in that field, but…
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How to Choose Your Wedding Style
’Tis the season for weddings and what better time to find inspiration for planning your own special day. The easiest way to plan a wedding that feels cohesive and represents your personality is to choose an overall concept that you can carry throughout the entire planning process. Deciding on a central theme or specific aesthetic will simplify your decision making process once you realize the limitless number of options available in planning every detail of a wedding. Try to envision the overall picture of your wedding day, the mood you want to foster, and the aesthetic you want memorialized in your photos and videos. It is important to have an…
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Reminder: The Good Buy/Good-Bye Book-Summer Shoes & Link Up On the Edge #298
When Nancy and I first began this series as The Bad Buy Book, we kicked it off by featuring “sitting shoes”. You know those shoes that are so utterly fabulous that you cannot bear to part with them but they are atrociously uncomfortable so all you can really do is sit and look pretty in them? I have a bunch of those shoes and I do like to show them off occasionally especially since I give them valuable closet space. But comfy shoes are way better than sitting shoes. So when we made the transition from The Bad Buy Book to The Good Buy/Good-Bye Book, we started with shoes once…
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Celebrating You: 3 Ways to Treat Yourself
Most of us spend a great portion of our lives trying to fulfill and honor all the various commitments and responsibilities that come with our lives. We spend our days attempting to complete our to-do lists, striving for promotions at work, making sure our families are taken care of, and setting aside quality time for our partners and children. At the end of the day, we have very little time and energy left for ourselves. You are not alone if you struggle to find time for yourself. Opportunities for self care can seem nonexistent in busy daily routines. While being busy is not necessarily a bad thing, it can start…
