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My Simple DIY Poncho & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up On the Edge #742
Happy Friday, everyone! We are still buried in snow where I live and it just keeps snowing. I have been spending most of my days in fleece lined leggings, a hoodie, and snow boots. If I am not outside shoveling snow or splitting wood, I am inside keeping the fire burning and the house running. I am content and satisfied, but I am also cold and tired and ready for spring. So today I am going to share an outfit that is also ready for spring (and photographed in summer). Do you remember my DIY corduroy wrap that I shared in the fall? I made this cute little poncho from…
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Reminder: The Good Buy/Good-Bye Book-Scarves
We are celebrating Scarves for the February edition of The Good Buy/Book-Bye Book. Blanket scarves, skinny scarves, infinity scarves, wraps, shawls, cowls, snoods, neckerchiefs, or bandanas. Any swath of cloth that you can wear around your head, neck, or shoulders, you can call it scarf and share it with us! Heck, even a poncho would be classified in the scarf category! But…when is a scarf not a scarf? When you don’t wear it around your head, neck, or shoulders! If you get creative, a scarf can be a sarong, a skirt, a top, a vest, a belt, a purse strap, or a hat band. A scarf can also be a…
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What I Wore for Our 15th A-Day Date & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up On the Edge #741
Jeff and I celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary on Thursday, January 23, 2025. Since his retirement from the Army four years ago, we have settled into a really nice anniversary tradition. If it falls on a weekday, Jeff takes off from work so we can spend the day together. Nine of our first eleven anniversaries, we were hundreds to thousands of miles away from each other due to his military obligations so now Jeff won’t miss an anniversary for anything and I am here for it! Over the years, the anniversaries all start to blend together, especially when they are spent apart from one another. But I do specifically remember…
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Songful Style Link Party #34: “Follow the Sun” by Xavier Rudd
An appropriate song choice when the sun is nowhere in sight, eh? If I can find the sun, I will surely follow it! After taking a short holiday break, we are back with a new year of music that will be inspiring us to get creative in our closets. Anyone is welcome to join us and play along! About Songful Style Songful Style is an ageless 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 (formerly The Grey Brunette). Each month we will share a song with the lyrics and video and we invite you to use whatever aspect of…
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Style Imitating Art | “Maude Adams (1872–1953) as Joan of Arc” by Alphonse Mucha
I am not a big fan of the color peach. Unless it’s on a peach. Then it is actually quite the perfect color. But on my clothes, it’s not my jam. Ooh, but if the peach is in my jam, then it is definitely my jam. On a nice warm piece of fresh homemade sourdough bread. Yum. But here I am wearing a very bright shade of peach. Marsha’s last art pick pushed me into these peachy colors, too. That’s what makes these style challenges so interesting. They force me to look at my wardrobe differently and get more creative with the pieces in my closet. They challenge me to…
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The Best Hat Ever & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up On the Edge #740
Back in September, Jeff and I attended the Adirondack Wool & Arts Festival in Greenwich, New York, on the way home from our date weekend in Troy, New York. There were so many talented folks sharing so many beautiful creations that I struggled to choose just one thing to bring home as a souvenir. As I circled through the booths, my desire for all the things kept growing which makes it impossible to decide on any one thing. So I would take a business card and continue on my way waiting for the perfect thing to grab my attention or make a decision after I shopped all the booths. When…
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The Good Buy/Good-Bye Book: Grayish Greys
January has more gray days than most months for many of us so this month we are celebrating the grayish greys in our closets. 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 are sharing was a Good Buy or one that you will be saying Good-Bye to (formerly known as Bad Buys). Nancy and I will both publish a round up post featuring all of the submissions on the…
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Style Imitating Art | Layered Sand Art by Andrew Clemens
It is time for me to start getting dressed again! I have spent most of the holiday break in my comfiest, coziest, warmest, loungiest clothes parked right in front of my blazing fireplace. It has been very snowy and exceptionally cold which has driven me further indoors with little desire to step outside. But now it is time to get up, get dressed, get out, and get stuff done. So here we go… 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…
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Fashion Faux Blah & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up On the Edge #738
A fashion faux pas. A false step. A style mistake. A bit of the blah. It can happen to anyone. Even the most style savvy and fashion forward folks can create unsavory outfit combinations. In this case, I don’t think I necessarily made a literal fashion faux pas as this outfit is wearable without being entirely terrible. It is more of a fashion faux blah. While I often rely on a black column of clothing beneath my kimono robes, this particular black column was a bit too much and resulted in very unflattering photographs. But I am sharing them anyway because this is real life. Some days you look great…
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Reminder: The Good Buy/Good-Bye Book-Grayish Greys & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up On the Edge #737
Happy New Year! We are welcoming 2025 with a touch of grayish greys and you all are invited to join us. 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 stated theme. We ask that you also provide a short description explaining if the item you are sharing was a Good Buy or one that you will be saying Good-Bye to (formerly known as Bad Buys). Nancy and I will both publish a round up post featuring all of the…
