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Style Imitating Art: “Race for the Moon” by Susan Musgrove
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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Songful Style Link Party #18 | “Freak Flag” by Here Come the Mummies
About Songful Style Songful Style is an ageless style challenge series hosted by Suzy of The Grey Brunette, Shelbee of Shelbee on the Edge, and Marsha of Marsha in the Middle. For this series, each month we will share a song with the lyrics and video and we invite you to use whatever aspect of the song that inspires you to create an outfit. It is similar to Style Imitating Art where we use artwork to inspire our outfit creations. Except Songful Style gives you lyrics, music, video, and album artwork to inspire your fashion creativity. You may even find inspiration in a memory triggered by the selected song. It is all open to your own…
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Weekend in the Woods & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up On the Edge #662
We spent last weekend at a cabin in the woods in the Pennsylvania wilds. It is becoming an annual summer getaway where we unplug and spend some time communing with nature and each other. Potter County, Pennsylvania, is a rural county with approximately 16,000 residents living within its 1,082 square mile (2,800 km2) area. To give you some perspective of how rural this place is, my town of Watertown, New York, has about 26,000 residents living within its 9.3 square mile (24 km2) area, and our entire county (Jefferson), which is also considered quite rural, has 116,000 people occupying 1,857 square miles (4,810 km2). New York City is home to 8.8 million residents…
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7 Things to Include in a Foster Child’s Bedroom
If you are a foster parent or are considering becoming one, there are some basic necessities that you will want to include when furnishing a bedroom for your foster child. Preparing a bedroom for a child or children whom you have never met can be rather tricky. But giving your foster children their own space will help them feel at home, offer them safety and stability, and give them a little privacy which is incredibly important when settling into a new home and family. While you might have to make some changes based on the age and personal tastes of the child, this list provides you with 7 things to…
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The Magnificent 8: In It for the Long Haul
Today’s post marks the 5th anniversary of this lovely collaboration of 8 magnificently stylish women, who have become my dear friends in fashion over this past half decade. Since 5 years is kind of a long time in the fickle world of fashion, we have chosen our quarterly theme to reflect the lengths we reach to keep this sassy alliance going. Cheers to us because we are in it for the long haul! The Magnificent 8 is a collaboration among 8 stylish women, each in a different age bracket, ranging from 20’s to 80’s. The mission of this collaboration is to show you just how ageless style is, how we can…
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“Race for the Moon” by Susan Musgrove | Style Imitating Art
I have to start by apologizing for my tardiness in posting the next artwork for Style Imitating Art. We were vacationing at a cabin in the woods of Pennsylvania and I had no internet or cell phone service, which was really, really nice, to be honest. By the time we got home and unpacked all the things last night, I was way too pooped for anything but my bed! Up next for Style Imitating Art… 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…
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Home and Sewing Projects Updates & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up On the Edge #661
It is Friday and we are heading to Pennsylvania for a long family weekend in a few hours so I am going to share a lot of pictures with a lot less words for this post. I have been creating and updating and renovating and making over all sorts of things in my home and closet. My creative energies seem to be abundant and overflowing at this stage so I have just been embracing that spirit and riding the tide. So here are a few projects I have been working on around the house. I had finished my gypsy living room in April, but I needed to wait for warmer…
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The Cowgirl in Me & Your Own Twist Link Up #58
“Cowgirl is an attitude, really; a pioneer spirit, a special American brand of courage. The cowgirl faces life head on, lives by her own lights and make no excuses. Cowgirls take stands. They speak up. They defend the things they hold dear. A cowgirl might be a rancher, or a barrel racer, or a bull rider, or an actress. But she’s just as likely to be a checker at the local Winn Dixie, a full-time mother, a banker, an attorney, or an astronaut.” Dale Evans, American actress, singer, songwriter, and cowgirl Well, if that is the definition of a cowgirl, then I am most certainly that! Nearly five years ago…
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SIA Gallery of Style | Still Life by Kristy Goggio
It is gallery time, y’all! My favorite of all the SIA posts. Thanks so much to everyone who joined us this week! 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…
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Style Imitating Art: Still Life by Kristy Goggio
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 art. Every other Monday, one of the hosts, acting as presenter, 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 presenter by 10:00 p.m. EST on the Tuesday following the hosts’ art inspired outfit posts. The following day, Wednesday, the presenter will share all of the submissions on her blog.…