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#SpreadTheKindness Link Up #238
Featured Favorites Reader Favorite (Most Clicked) Michelle of My Bijou Life shared her post, A Visit to Our Soon to Be Home & Link Up Potpourri #6. She is in the process of relocating from Las Vegas to the Asheville area and I can’t wait to go visit her once she is all settled into her beautiful new home. Fashion Favorite Darlene of Aquamarina Style shared her post, Style a Muted Paisley Dress This Fall. Paisley is one of my favorite prints ever and I love these soft shades of neutrals on Darlene. What a fabulous dress! Non-Fashion Favorite Joanne of Slices of Life shared her post, Bushkill Falls, and…
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Celebrating Six Years of Blogging with Ever Pretty & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #237
Six years ago today, I hit publish on my very first blog post. I was so intimidated by the idea of sharing my thoughts in writing with an audience that I didn’t know. In fact, I didn’t think I really would ever have an audience at all. But I wanted to share my journey and my life experiences in a creative way that may inspire others who are walking similar paths. Not wanting to get too deep into the really uncomfortable topics that I often like to approach, my first post was about Church and Church Appropriate Attire. If you have been reading along with me over the last six…
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Trendhim Giveaway & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #236
Happy Tuesday, everyone! I am keeping today’s post super short and sweet because we have been unexpectedly taken out of town and I just can’t seem to get my head around writing. So for today, I just wanted to share a quick reminder about a giveaway I have going on. When Trendhim reached out to me for a collaboration, I asked Jeff if he was interested. Needing a new backpack, he jumped right on board and chose the Lemont Green Foldable Backpack. We women are always talking about feeling and looking our best in our clothing and making a statement with our personal style choices, but I think we often…
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Sustainable Scandinavian Gallery Wall from Poster Store & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #235
When it comes to interior design and home decor, I am the absolute worst. It’s not that I don’t have an eye for things that are aesthetically pleasing. And I definitely have the ability to create magnificent color and print combinations…in my wardrobe. But when it comes time to decorate my home, I simply get too overwhelmed with the available choices that I end up doing nothing at all. Enter Poster Store with their extensive collection of beautiful prints on sustainably produced high quality paper and their selection of gorgeous wood and metal frames in a variety of sizes to fit any poster that they offer. When Poster Store reached…
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Family Trip to Niagara Falls with Trendhim & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #234
I promised last week this post was coming after I shared the first day of our family weekend trip to Buffalo, New York, to experience Jurassic Quest. The following day, we had a leisurely morning, waking when we pleased, enjoying breakfast at the hotel, and then we packed up, checked out, and headed to Niagara Falls which was about a 20 minute drive from the hotel. Jeff and the boys were so excited about seeing the falls. None of them had ever witnessed the magnitude of this natural wonder of the world. I was very excited to be with them to witness their reactions to the astounding beauty of what…
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Style Imitating Art with Ever Pretty: Girl in Rose and Gray. Miss Carmel White by Robert Henri & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #233
Edit added on January 22, 2025 (See section About the Art) 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…
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Feeling Ever Pretty: One Little White Dress Styled Three Ways & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #232
It has been quite a while since I have had any occasion to style a fancy dress. So when Ever Pretty reached out to me to review a few of their special occasion dresses, I figured right now is the perfect occasion to wear a fancy dress. A bit about Ever Pretty: Anna Shi, CEO and co-founder of Ever Pretty, had a vision of enhancing women’s fashion globally by producing exquisite, high quality special occasion dresses for women of every style and shape to have a selection of apparel that makes them look and feel as amazing and unique as we all are. The company began in 2005 offering beautiful dress…
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Affirmations for Creativity and Sensuality & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #231
I am super late with getting today’s post published because Sunday night I stayed up way too late engaging in some intensely physical pleasures of the carnal nature. It was well worth the sleep deprivation, but my mind and body were so exhausted yesterday that putting articulate words onto a page was nearly impossible so I didn’t even try. On Friday, I shared a post about the solar plexus chakra work I had done through yoga practice and the responses were so wonderful that I thought I would continue with the other chakras. I have been following Yoga with Kassandra and her yin yoga series for chakra alignment. Since sex…
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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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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…
