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Sizzling Styles for a Backyard Barbecue | July Stylish Monday Link Up
Backyard barbecues are one of our favorite summer traditions. Amongst our friend group, we are the frequent hosts of small gatherings that revolve around food. While food planning and preparation can take lots of time and energy, I also like to put some extra time and effort into my outfits. You know, so I can fill that role of hostess with the mostest! As much as we enjoy hosting these little (and sometimes big) social gatherings, it is nice sometimes to be a guest with no hosting duties at all. Two weeks ago, we joined my wonderful neighbor and friend, Dani, for a little backyard barbecue at her house. We…
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Affirmations for Confidence and Self Esteem & Link Up On the Edge #252
A few weeks ago, I shared a post about my struggle with reconciling humility and confidence. For my entire life, I believed that one could not be both humble and confident until I had an epiphany that was triggered by this quote… “Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.” Rick Warren These 13 words delivered a powerful punch to my psyche with the very desirable result of helping me to find my own confidence. But finding my confidence completely was not the result of reading one simple quote. It is the result of some really hard introspective work that I have been doing this…
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Patriotic in Pink & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #230
I know it’s a little late for sharing a patriotic outfit, but this is exactly what I wore for our lazy 4th of July celebration at home this past weekend. Since we had planned to just spend the day hanging around the house, I didn’t put much effort into my outfit but I still wanted to feel festive for our Independence Day. I found this cute LC by Lauren Conrad tee shirt on clearance at Kohl’s a few months back for less than $5 and I snagged it for exactly this purpose. I love the fun little stars and stripes popsicles for some whimsical summer vibes with a splash of…
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Reminder: The Good Buy/Good-Bye Book-Tie Dye & Link Up On the Edge #251
One of summer’s hottest trends right now is tie dye. While my hippie soul has always loved tie dye, there was a time when the only tie dye garments you could get were the ones that you dyed yourself at home. And I am not one to be dying anything other than my hair at home. Because I make a huge mess when I start playing around with things of this nature. So I was very happy when tie dye came back into the popular fashion scene making it more easily attainable for un-crafty people like me. With tie dye trending in the most colorful way this summer, Nancy and…
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Style Imitating Art: Booky by Patty Carroll
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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My Favorite Summer Dress & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #229
My favorite summer dress is a few years old and I have never shared it on the blog before now. I picked up this black and white tie dye sundress when I worked in my local consignment shop a few years ago. I honestly cannot even remember when I worked there…all the days, weeks, months, and years really do start to blend together the older I get and the more pot I smoke! If I am not mistaken, I worked there for the duration of the school year when Ralphie was in kindergarten and Archie was in second grade. That would have been 2018-2019. Now Ralph will be entering 3rd…
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The Fab 40’s are on Fire
“Set your life on fire, seek those who fan your flames. ” Rumi The Fab 40’s are back and we are continuing our theme of outfits inspired by the elements. This is the third post in our elemental series. You can see how we styled Water and Earth by clicking on the links. When we began this series of elements, we were a group of four so we each chose which element best represents us. This month Daenel chose the theme of Fire. For July, we will be styling Air which is my zodiac element. But before we get to our fiery outfits, I am very excited to welcome Mireille of…
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A Daily Reminder About Humility with Mapiful & Link Up On the Edge #250
I have been struggling recently with self confidence and humility. I have long held onto the belief that confidence and humility are in direct opposition with one another. And rather than being perceived as a proud or overly confident individual, I would much prefer to be viewed as humble. As a result of my misperception, my self confidence sunk to a level of complete and total self deprecation in an effort to become a perfect example of humility. Up until about 6 weeks ago, I held very firmly to this belief that it was impossible to have both confidence and humility at the same time. Then I received my daily…
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How to Fake It ‘Til You Make It to Get What You Want Out of Life
One of the things we often hear about when it comes to our mental health and perception of ourselves is the notion of faking it ’til you make it. But it is one of those ideas that some may consider to be a bit dubious, especially if you don’t believe that you can manifest what you want in life simply by changing some thought patterns and behaviors. Acting a certain way gives your brain the opportunity to prepare itself for a new way of thinking which leads to the formation of habits that are better suited for reaching the goals you have set whether you want to get a new…
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How Guilty Are You of Dangerous Driving Habits?
There are certain driving habits that are not only illegal but can also be very dangerous. I think many of us can admit to practicing bad driving habits at least occasionally. Often it doesn’t matter how experienced a driver you are, breaking traffic and driving rules is a dangerous habit to get into. Traffic laws exist for a reason, after all, and the reason is generally your safety as well as the safety of others. If you or a loved one has been injured in a car crash due to the negligence in safe driving habits by another driver, someone like this car crash injury attorney Detroit can help you navigate the…
