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Inspired by Confessions of a Montreal Styling Diva: Creative Styling of a Plaid Wrap Scarf
I know it’s Christmas Eve and all, but we celebrated Christmas last weekend and now I am just relaxing in the afterglow of the exhaustion that comes with holiday festivities. Many of you may be just gearing up for your food prep and putting the last minute touches on your holiday plans. I wish you ease and joy in your preparations and hope that your Christmas Eve is filled with peace and love. Since I have nothing left to plan or do for this holiday season, we are preparing for a quiet night at home with some egg nog and other holiday sweet treats in front of the television watching…
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A Visit from the Grandparents: A Holiday Poem
As I sat down to share this cute festive sparkly reindeer sweater outfit just two days before Christmas, the poetry angels seemed to be whispering in my ear to write my own little parody version of A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement Clark Moore. Of course, you are all familiar with this traditional Christmas poem. And I am certain that you have read parody versions of it as well. Our favorite version of this poem is The Soldier’s Night Before Christmas. In case you have been living off the grid for your entire life, or maybe you don’t celebrate Christmas, let me share the original work first. A Visit…
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5 Tips for Choosing the Right Waist Trainer & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #202
Are you a victim of those unwanted dents along the sides of your hips popularly known as hip dips? Are all those exercises resulting in no visible changes in your body? Do you keep buying peplum tops in an effort to conceal your hips? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then it may be time to consider these waist trainers to get rid of hip dip in the least time possible. According to customer reviews, the following waist trainers and thigh trimmers from Shapellx can effectively improve your posture and maximize the power of body shaping pieces. *This is contributed content. 1. NeoSweat Sports Vest with Double Belts…
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The Thrifty Six are Red-y for the Holidays
With only four days left until Christmas, The Thrifty Six are bringing you some festive holiday styles all focused on the color red. We are a group of six international fashion and lifestyle bloggers and influencers coming to you from all around the world. We span at least three different decades of life and we each have our own unique and individual style with a shared passion for preloved clothing and second hand shopping. Our goal is to share a variety of ways to be stylish while doing a little something good for the environment. With our focus on preloved and second hand items, we want to share ways that you…
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Reindeer Dress for an Early Christmas & Link Up On the Edge #224
Happy Friday, y’all! I am so late getting to this post because this week has just been an overwhelming cyclone of holiday activities. As you are all are probably finishing up your last minute things with a week left until Christmas, I will preparing our Christmas Eve dinner tonight to celebrate this weekend. You see, Army life has trained us that all holidays have a season and none have to be celebrated on the actual designated calendar day. Generally, we are the ones who have to travel to visit family on the holidays, but this year the travel restrictions and the out of pocket costs for travel related Covid testing…
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Snow Day Outfits & Your Own Twist Link Up #27
It is that time again when I join Monica of Jersey Girl, Texan Heart for Your own Twist, a monthly link party that we host on the third Thursday of every month with the goal of inspiring some of our friends to get creative with personal style. The idea behind this collaboration is to take one common piece or theme and style it our own way with our own twist…Monica and I have both taken a lot of fashion inspiration from one another over the past few years even though we have totally different styles. It is always fun to see how we can interpret similar items in unique ways or what…
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Style Imitating Art: Gumball II by Charles Bell
I finally got my act together in time to participate with Style Imitating Art. In case you are unfamiliar with this series, Style Imitating Art is hosted by Salazar of 14 Shades of Grey, Kim Fierce Fashion Blog, and Daenel of Living Outside the Stacks. Style Imitating Art challenges us to draw style inspiration from works of art. Every other Monday, one of the hosts selects an inspiration image and they each post the image on their blogs. The following Monday, each host shares her art inspired outfits. And that Wednesday, the curator shares all of the submissions on her blog. I have been following along with all of the creative…
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The Good Buy/Good-Bye Book: Paisley & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #201
Welcome to The Good Buy/Good-Bye Book! This is The Good Buy/Good-Bye Book. A series that I co-host with Nancy where you can choose whether you want to share a Good Buy (which is an item you are really exited about) or a Good-Bye (which is an item you are going to say good-bye to, previously known as a Bad Buy). Every month you can choose which item you want to submit. A Good Buy or a Good-Bye. We will provide the theme for each month. Photos should be submitted to us by the 10th of the month with a few sentences explaining why it is a Good Buy or Good-Bye. This month’s theme is Paisley. I know, I know.…
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All the Sparkles | December Stylish Monday Link Up
“Note to self: Never leave home without glitter.” Adrienne Kress, The Friday Society ‘Tis the season to sparkle and shine with all the brilliance of glitter and sequins reflecting what is good and beautiful in this crazy, crazy world. Perhaps sequins act like magic in a way, by transporting us from the normal boring mundanities of life (especially life in lockdown) to an enchanted place that explodes with a brightness which blazes through a seemingly endless dark time. When the Stylish Monday group presented sparkles as our theme for this month, I certainly had no shortage of shiny things to choose from to create some sartorial magic of my own. With…
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The Adventures of Naughty Rudolph
I know you are all familiar with the silly Elf on a Shelf tradition that made big holiday splashes back in the early 2000’s. We never jumped on the elf train because we had Naughty Rudolph already hanging around our house. He has learned a few tricks from the elves over the past 7 years since he began his first Christmas shenanigans. But I think the elves can learn a bit from him, too. At first, Naughty Rudolph (NR as we call him for short) played some harmless kid friendly tricks like taking marshmallow baths on the kitchen table, dying the milk green (he does that every year), having tea…
