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Adventures in Thrifting Part 30: Another Jumpsuit & Spread the Kindness Link Up On the Edge #818
I had planned to share this outfit on Wednesday, but the days completely got away from me. That seems to be my story every day this summer. My kids have kept me so busy that I rarely have an hour that isn’t interrupted by someone wanting to eat, someone needing a ride somewhere, someone wanting to eat, someone needing to be picked up, someone wanting to eat, laundry, dishes, someone wanting to eat, mowing the lawn, and food prepping because someone always wants to eat. Some days I want to scream into the kitchen sink that I simply cannot clean another pot, pan, spoon, fork, bowl, or plate. Yet, the…
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Style Imitating Art | “Hot Weather Fashions Number” by Helen Dryden
More art, more dress up games, more summer fun! 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. It 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…
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Adventures in Thrifting Part 29: The Best Jumpsuit Ever & Spread the Kindness Link Up On the Edge #817
Oh my gosh, you guys, this might be my best thrift store clothing find ever! I don’t even really like jumpsuits that much. They are often unflattering and I find them to be a huge hassle when going to the bathroom. But any jumpsuit negatives are far outweighed by the positively adorable floral print. I saw it hanging on the dress rail and the print immediately caught my attention. When I realized it was a jumpsuit, I almost left it on the rack. But something in my soul nagged me to try it on anyway. It doesn’t have a brand label but it does have a tiny size tag indicating…
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What I Wore on Graduation Day
I’m sharing this outfit about 3 weeks after I wore it to our local high school graduation. Although my kids are still a few years away from this milestone event, they have friends who graduated this year. And Jeff and I have friends with children who also graduated this year. Living in a small community, you get to know kids of all ages and you want to support them in their successes as they transition from childhood into adulthood. Depending on the weather forecast for graduation day, the ceremony is held either outdoors on the football field or indoors in the high school auditorium. If it’s indoors, I believe each…
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The Thrifty Six Celebrate Summer Birthdays
Emma challenged our Thrifty Six group this month with Summer Birthday Party Outfits! Summer is such a great time to have a birthday or any other type of party. It makes hosting celebrations so much easier when outdoor space and activities are available. Of course, one must always prepare for rain, especially where I live. While we generally experience very mild summers, passing rain showers are a regular threat to any type of planned outdoor activities. My immediate family doesn’t have any summer birthdays. In fact, all four of our birthdays happen in spring. When we lived in Pennsylvania, I would have declared spring as the best season for a…
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Adventures in Thrifting Part 28: Mint and Brown Floral Kimono & Spread the Kindness Link Up On the Edge #816
Lately, I have been going on a lot of thrifting adventures. I definitely don’t need any more clothes in my closet, but sometimes I get bored and enjoy a little hunt in the thrift store. Plus, most of my favorite retailers no longer have physical stores in my area and I really don’t enjoy online shopping as much as in-person shopping. I like to try on clothing and touch and feel the fabrics before purchasing. And I really hate returning things. I don’t know why but the whole process of returning items to stores makes me really uncomfortable. It always has. So I try to avoid it if possible. Most…
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Black and White Pajama Outfit Restyled
Last week, I shared how I transitioned my Bridgerton Brunch outfit to a summer boho look with a few simple changes to my accessories. This week, I wanted to share another easy outfit restyle featuring the black and white nightgown that I shared with you all on Tuesday. This restyle was really quick and easy. We were going out to dinner the day I wore the first styling and it was getting cooler as the evening hours approached. Plus air conditioning in restaurants often makes me too cold when I’m wearing my lightweight summer layers. So I decided to add this oversized open knit black and white sweater. I have…
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Walmart Pajama Style Take 3: Same Nightgown, Different Print
I really prefer my fashion to be a tad bit slower than the one season throw-away products offered by fast fashion retailers. But Walmart is being cute and enticing me to break my own code of style ethics! When I buy fast fashion items, I try to counteract the long term effects of such purchases by wearing those pieces for many years instead of discarding them in favor of the next new trend. Since I am not much of a fad follower anyway, it’s fairly easy to accomplish this goal. Until my closet gets too overwhelmed with new additions. Then some closet weeding is needed…which I just did this weekend.…
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“The Leader of the Luddites” by Walker & Knight | Style Imitating Art
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 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…
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Adventures in Thrifting Part 27: Crazy Orange Culottes & Spread the Kindness Link Up On the Edge #815
Do you remember my Bohemian Fruit Bowl outfit from two weeks ago? It featured a newly thrifted tie dyed dress in safety orange layered over my yellow and green geometric print bell bottom pants. I mistakenly mentioned in that post that I had styled the orange dress over these crazy orange culottes that I found on the same thrifting adventure. It turns out that I tried the two pieces on together in the thrift store and at home but then I never photographed the outfit. Instead, I ended up photographing this wild combination. I wore this outfit out for a lunch date with my husband a few weekends ago and…
