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What to Pack for a Girls’ Night In
Whether it’s celebrating a major life event or simply unwinding after a long week, few things beat a girls’ night in. It’s a chance to let go of the outside world, relax, and enjoy some much-needed girl time. However, the quality of your time together greatly depends on your planning and preparation. Ensuring everyone has everything they need for the evening can be instrumental in creating a comfortable and fun gathering. As such, creating an ultimate list of what to pack for a girls’ night in is as important as the event itself. Girl Time Essentials Naturally, you need to bring the usual sleepover must-haves: your basic clothes and cosmetics.…
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From Drab to Dreamy: How Micro-Renovations Create Big Impact in Home Interiors
Transforming a home doesn’t always require tearing down walls or embarking on a full-scale renovation. Sometimes, the most powerful changes come from the smallest details—precisely the principle behind micro-renovations. These subtle, targeted updates provide an effective way to enhance the atmosphere, functionality, and visual appeal of interiors without draining resources or requiring relocation during a lengthy project. In places like Wichita, where homeowners often strike a balance between practicality and charm, micro-renovations thrive on the principle of strategic upgrades. Instead of complete overhauls, they focus on updating fixtures, refreshing surfaces, making slight modifications to layouts, and refining aesthetics to breathe new life into outdated or uninspired spaces. The result? A…
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The Good Buy/Good-Bye Book: Yellow
Yellow seems to be really having a moment right now. For me, at least. I am so drawn to this vibrant, cheerful color and I find myself adding more and more sunshine to my closet! Let’s see how everyone else is wearing yellow. Thanks so much to everyone who joined us this month! We appreciate you. The Good Buy/Good-Bye Book The Good Buy/Good-Bye Book is a monthly series hosted by Nancy of Nancy’s Fashion Style and myself. Every month, we invite you to share a photo or two of your Good (or Bad) Buy items that fit the stated theme. We ask that you also provide a short description explaining if the item you…
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Style Imitating Art | At the Edge of the Brook by William-Adolphe Bouguereau
This was much more challenging than I expected, but thankfully this purple dress arrived just in time and I pulled it off! About Style Imitating Art Style Imitating Art is hosted by Salazar of 14 Shades of Grey, Shelbee of Shelbee on the Edge, and Marsha of Marsha in the Middle. 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…
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Pink Peacock Wrap & Spread The Kindness Link Up On the Edge #764
Before I get to the pink peacock wrap, do you remember my burnt ochre dress from last summer? When I shared the third styling of that super comfortable dress, I mentioned that I had recently found the same dress in black. It was on clearance because it is last summer’s dress. But I don’t care about which summer this dress was manufactured for retail sale because when you get to my age all the summers start blending together and you are no longer a slave to the “current” trends. It took me decades to settle into my “old gray haired hippie” aesthetic and I have no intention of changing it…
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At the Edge of the Brook by William-Adolphe Bouguereau | Style Imitating Art
Next up… About Style Imitating Art Style Imitating Art is hosted by Salazar of 14 Shades of Grey, Shelbee of Shelbee on the Edge, and Marsha of Marsha in the Middle. 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…
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School’s Out for Summer & Spread The Kindness Link Up On the Edge #763
It has been a very busy end of school season with last Thursday marking the final day for my kids. In September, Ralph will be moving up to 7th grade in the middle school and Archie will be heading off to 9th grade in the high school. The week before school was out for summer, we attended the Smoked Country Jam Bluegrass Festival in Pennsylvania. After 3 days of rural camping, we came home dirty and exhausted but my kids still managed to push through that final week of school like superstars. Just before the festival, we helped Ralph complete a giant diorama for his final ELA project. He recreated…
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Reminder: The Good Buy/Good-Bye Book-Yellow
Over the last 7 years, we have featured lots of colors in this series including green, orange, red and pink, black and white, periwinkle and purple, Barbie pink, gold, brown, peach, blue, and gray, but somehow we have neglected yellow. Since yellow gives me all sorts of happy summer vibes, we decided it was time to showcase this bright, cheerful color for our July edition of The Good Buy/Good-Bye Book. What is The Good Buy/Good-Bye Book? The Good Buy/Good-Bye Book is a monthly series hosted by Nancy of Nancy’s Fashion Style and myself. Every month, we invite you to share a photo or two of your Good (or Bad) Buy items that fit the…
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Style Imitating Art | “Sommerdag ved Roskilde Fjord” (Summer Day by Roskilde Fjord) by L.A. Ring
Or Serendipity Saved the Summer Day… About Style Imitating Art Style Imitating Art is hosted by Salazar of 14 Shades of Grey, Shelbee of Shelbee on the Edge, and Marsha of Marsha in the Middle. 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…
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Songful Style Link Party #39: “Chantilly Lace” by The Big Bopper
About Songful Style Songful Style is a style challenge series hosted by Shelbee of Shelbee on the Edge, Marsha of Marsha in the Middle, and Suzy of Suzy Turner, The Grey Brunette. 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 personal interpretation…
