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The Thrifty Six are Shining Bright in Metallics
Emma chose this month’s thrifty theme and it sparked some seriously shiny sartorial magic to help us sparkle in the new year. In our preloved metallic styles, my five friends and I present you with shimmery outfit inspiration for those who are environmentally friendly, on a budget, and craving some sparkle. The Thrifty Six is a group of international women with a passion for preloved fashion who meet once a month in our little space on the internet to share our thrifty outfits. On the third Monday of every month, we will all share an outfit based on a theme that features preloved wardrobe pieces. Shopping and reselling preloved clothing is…
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Style Imitating Art: “Grand Canyon From The South Rim” by Robert T. McCall
Before we get started with the first SIA outfit post of 2024, I want to remind you all that Terri has retired as a co-host so we are looking for someone to fill her shoes. If you have any interest in joining us and helping to choose the art that inspires our outfit challenges, please let me or Salazar know either in the comments or via email. It’s really fun! About Style Imitating Art Style Imitating Art is hosted by Salazar of 14 Shades of Grey 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,…
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Cats and Kimonos by Ulivary & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up On the Edge #687
This is my final kimono robe from Ulivary showcasing my apparent love of leopards. I am a cat lady as well as an obsessive wearer of long robe-like garments so show me a cat on a kimono and I’m sold. However, despite my love of big cats, small cats, spotted cats, striped cats, furry cats, bald cats, and cats of any other shape, size, color, or coat, I don’t always love to wear the cats and cat prints. In fact, my Black Leopard Kimono Robe inspired me to further investigate my feelings about feline fabrics. While I can sometimes be fickle when it comes to incorporating cats into my closet,…
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10 on the 10th: January 2024-10 Things to Feed My Head
I am a day late but it did not make me a dollar short. This wicked wind storm that just blew over half of the nation took our power with it and we were without electricity or internet from Tuesday night through Wednesday evening. I had planned to write this post in the dark early morning hours of Wednesday, but alas, it was too dark without any power and I had no internet. So instead, I sat with my coffee in the delicate glow of candles and battery operated twinkle fairy lights, doing crossword puzzles by the glow of a headlamp. By the time power was restored on Wednesday evening,…
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Songful Style | “Humankind” by Coldplay
We are back after our little holiday hiatus and it is Suzy’s song pick. To kick off the new year, she chose 2021’s “Humankind” by British rock band Coldplay. 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. 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…
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“Grand Canyon From The South Rim” by Robert T. McCall | Style Imitating Art
Happy New Year and welcome back to Style Imitating Art 2024! Terri of MeadowTree Style has retired as a co-host for this series so we are currently looking for someone to take her place. If you are interested in joining us, please let me or Salazar know either in the comments, through email, or via social media. About Style Imitating Art Style Imitating Art is hosted by Salazar of 14 Shades of Grey 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…
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Shelbee on the Rags: “Bohemian Blues” Rag Curtains
While this is the fifth post in my Shelbee on the Rags series featuring my raggery projects, these curtains are actually the first raggery project that I ever made. Back in June, I gave my bedroom a bohemian makeover and I could not find curtains that I liked anywhere. So I decided to make my own. Initially I was going to sew my own patchwork curtains and I bought about 20 yards of quilting fabrics to get started. But before I even laundered the fabrics, I realized that I was not skilled enough to pull off a sewing project of this sort. And this is when I discovered no-sew rag…
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Shelbee on the Rags: “Aqua Allure” Rag Curtain
I am sharing my rag curtain projects almost in reverse order. Now that I decided to write a dedicated post for each curtain, I still have to share the first two curtains which I made specifically for my bedroom windows and my cloffice doorway. I created Aqua Allure for my cloffice doorway because I was really hating the long gray drapes that I had hanging there. Once upon a time, I had no door covering for my cloffice but it gets kind of messy in there so I do like to have a curtain to conceal my chaos. First I had light cream curtains with a brown leaf print covering…
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For the Love of Leopard: Ulivary Kimono Robe & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up On the Edge #686
The first time I ever owned a leopard print garment was about 10 years ago. I remember asking my sister if I was too old to wear such a sassy print and she replied that I was, in fact, too young to wear leopard print. She had always associated leopard print clothing with old people. I have no idea why or what her concept of “old” was at the time her brain latched onto this association, but I think of this sisterly conversation with a chuckle every time I wear something with a leopard print. And I really mean every time. Because my sister and I both clearly put some…
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Shelbee on the Rags: “Bohemian Ragsody” Rag Curtain
The first two rag curtains that I created, Bohemian Blues and Aqua Allure, were made exclusively for me for practical use in my home. I created the third curtain, Saved from the Landfill, for no one in particular. I just had a bag of old kids’ clothing that was destined for the donation bin and I figured it would make better art than hand-me-downs. Throughout the process of crafting with fabrics and textile scraps, I started saving all the little odds and ends and bits and pieces that were “irregular”, meaning they weren’t smooth, seamless cuts of fabric. Then I got the idea to use all of those odd bits…
