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It’s Raining Cats and Dogs on The Thrifty Six
Nancy chose this fun theme for March which seems oddly appropriate since March brings such strange and unpredictable weather. One might not be very surprised if it did start raining actual cats and dogs. One might also not be very surprised that this theme took me straight down a wordsmith rabbit hole…What are the origins of this odd saying, It’s raining cats and dogs? It turns out nobody really knows, not even the Library of Congress. But there are lots of theories. One theory is rooted in Norse mythology. Odin, the god of storms, was often pictured with dogs and wolves which symbolized the wind. Witches, who were believed to…
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Inspired by Sports Cars & Your Own Twist Link Up #54
International Sports Car Racing Day is this Saturday, March 18, so we thought it might be fun to find our sartorial inspiration at the racetrack, or, in my case, the car dealership on a Sunday when they are closed. This racy little holiday always falls on the third Saturday of March to coincide with the 12 Hours of Sebring sports car endurance race held at the Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida. Ironically, in the wake of my divorce when I was 26 years old, I purchased a white convertible Chrysler Sebring with a white rag top. Oh, it was a such a girly car, perfectly suited for a 26…
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SIA Gallery of Style | “Floral Journey with a Twist” and Other Cherokee Beadwork by Martha Berry
It is time for my very favorite part of Style Imitating Art…The Gallery of Style! Thanks so much to everyone who has played along this time. I am always inspired by your creativity and unique senses of fashion. About Style Imitating Art Style Imitating Art is hosted by Salazar of 14 Shades of Grey, Terri of MeadowTree Style, 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 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…
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The Good Buy/Good-Bye Book: Combat Pants
Welcome to 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 submissions on the 15th of each month. Anyone who would like to participate and be featured can send us their photos…
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Style Imitating Art: “Floral Journey with a Twist” and Other Cherokee Beadwork by Martha Berry
About Style Imitating Art Style Imitating Art is hosted by Salazar of 14 Shades of Grey, Terri of Meadow Tree Style, 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 their blogs. The following Monday, each host shares her art inspired outfit. Participants are invited to submit their art inspired outfits to the presenter by 10:00 p.m. EST on the Tuesday following the hosts’ art inspired outfit posts. The following day, Wednesday, the presenter will share all of the submissions on her blog.…
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#EmbraceEquity for International Women’s Day
Happy International Women’s Day 2023! This year’s campaign theme is #EmbraceEquity and its mission is “to get the world talking about Why equal opportunities aren’t enough.” I actually wasn’t going to write a post at all today, but then I read this article this morning about menstrual equity and I was inspired to write about that topic. When I realized that today is International Women’s Day and the campaign theme is about equity, it seemed like the perfect opportunity for me to climb on top of my period soapbox and have a little rant. Plus I had this cute purple outfit already photographed and purple is the color of today so…
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Reminder: The Good Buy/Good-Bye Book-Combat Pants & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up On the Edge #641
For March’s Good Buy/Good-Bye Book, we are inviting you to share with us your favorite (or least favorite) Combat Pants, also called Cargo or Utility Pants. I suppose if you have cargo shorts, those would work as well. And maybe even camouflage bottoms without the cargo pockets. As you know, our rules aren’t strict. We just want you to join us for some dress up fun! 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…
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Style Imitating Art: “Ladies Having Tea” by Frederick Judd Waugh
I know, I know, I’m super late with everything this week, but I am slowly catching up after my vacation and hope to be back on track sometime this year. Without further delay, let’s get to some art inspired style! About Style Imitating Art Style Imitating Art is hosted by Salazar of 14 Shades of Grey, Terri of MeadowTree Style, 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 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…
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Songful Style Link Party 13 | “Love at First Sight” by Kylie Minogue
“I’m late! I’m late! For a very important date!” The White Rabbit, Alice in Wonderland Tardiness is one of my peeviest pet peeves so I’m a little annoyed with myself for not having this post published yesterday as I had committed to doing. I had all of my photos ready to go before I headed off on my annual winter road trip with every intention of doing some work while I was on vacation. But I quickly transitioned into vacation mode, put my laptop away, and never opened it again until this morning. So I’m only a little annoyed because it was really nice to put it all away for…
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The Thrifty Six are Wearing Summer Colors in Winter
Since this is Jodie’s inaugural post as a member of The Thrifty Six, she had the honor of choosing this month’s thrifty theme. All six of us reside in the northern hemisphere where we still have one-third of the winter season to go with 8 weeks behind us and 4 weeks until the spring equinox. Where I live in the very northern reaches of New York State, the spring equinox is much less spring-like and very much mud-like. Most things don’t start to bloom around here until mid to late May and real spring weather usually arrives just in time for the summer solstice. Generally in my part of the…
