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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…
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Shelbee on the Rags: “Saved from the Landfill” Rag Curtain
I have decided to share a dedicated post for each new large rag project that I complete. If you have been following along, I recently began these raggery adventures in an effort to save unwanted textiles from overwhelming our already overwhelmed landfills by creating functional pieces of art. Saved from the Landfill was born out of a bag of old kids’ clothing that had been sitting in a closet waiting to be dropped off at a clothing donation bin until I rescued it from a landfill fate. The bag consisted mostly of old tee shirts and sweatpants with a few pairs of jeans that were all worn beyond function anyway…
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Reminder: The Good Buy/Good-Bye Book-Holiday Gifts
Let’s continue the holiday celebration by sharing our favorite (or least favorite) holiday gifts! But remember you can interpret our themes loosely. You can share a gift you have given or received, a gift that was purchased or handmade or regifted, a gift that is special to you or just makes you laugh. You don’t need to lock yourself into Christmas gifts either. You can share a birthday gift, an anniversary gift, a wedding gift, a Mother’s Day gift, or any kind of gift that was exchanged on a holiday. Remember you can also interpret holiday in whatever way suits you. Anything will do, we just want to see your…
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Welcome 2024: The Year of Badassery
Happy New Year, y’all! As we flip our calendar pages from December 2023 to January 2024, it often signals us to reflect on the blessings and frustrations of the past year while planning our approach to the new year to make it even better. That is one of the primary goals of human life, isn’t it? To always seek ways for self improvement. Because improving ourselves really is the best way to improve the world around us. I have never been one to set so-called New Year’s resolutions. They don’t work. They have never worked. For me, at least. Maybe they work for you. And if they do, then you…