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Style Imitating Art | The Concert by Johannes Vermeer
Although I have many options in my closet to adequately represent this week’s art inspiration, this outfit came together in a rather serendipitous way. 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…
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The Thrifty Six in Maxis
There seems to be a trend in the air as autumn is quickly approaching…Maxis. You get full coverage for fall temperatures while maintaining a bit of easy flowy summer flintiness for a little while longer. I recently featured Maxi Dresses for the August Good Buy/Good-Bye Book, Dusters (maxi length toppers) for the September edition, and Maxi Skirts are the upcoming theme for the October edition. Maxi length pieces are the perfect transitional clothing for the end of summer so I wasn’t disappointed when Jodie announced Maxis as our September theme. Since she only specified a length and not a particular style of garment, it was open to interpretation. I’m very…
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A Day in the Life of a Busy Stay at Home Mom & Spread the Kindness Link Up On the Edge #825
We are two weeks into the new school year and I feel quite like a chicken with its head cut off. Running around in a frenzy all the time, trying to keep the schedules of four people in order and get everyone where they need to be on time. Mom’s Uber service runs 24/7 it seems…however, Dad’s Uber service takes over after dark. My old eyes play wicked tricks on me in the darkness which makes me feel very unsafe if I have to drive by the illumination of headlights and street lamps. My younger child likes to quip that while he’s at school all I do is sit on…
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Restyled: Brown and White Split Legged Trousers & Spread the Kindness Link Up On the Edge #824
Although summer doesn’t officially end for 12 more days, it seems like September brings out all the fall feels long before the weather reflects it. I get in the mood for autumn clothing weeks before it gets cool enough to wear them. So this is the time of year when lightweight fabrics in fall colors really come in handy. You can create an outfit with an autumnal vibe but still remain cool in the heat of the late summer sun. If you stopped by last Friday, you might recognize the brown and white split legged trousers peeking from beneath my chocolate brown maxi dress. This outfit is sort of the…
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Adventures in Thrifting Part 32: Blue Pineapple Dress
I just realized that I have been highlighting my preloved wardrobe pieces in this Adventures in Thrifting series for almost 5 years! Clearly, I don’t post these with any sort of regular frequency, otherwise, it probably would have way more than 32 parts. Oh well. Here goes number 32… I found this adorable navy blue pineapple dress back in the early spring but had to wait until the summer weather arrived to wear it. I styled this look at the end of June to keep cool in the immense heat and humidity that blanketed us for most of the summer. I even contemplated wearing this outfit for the 4th of…
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Style Imitating Art | Landscape by Huang Binhong
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 all of the submissions on her blog. You don’t…
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Something Old, Something New & Spread the Kindness Link Up On the Edge #823
But nothing borrowed and nothing blue. Just a whole bunch of brown and white. With school beginning yesterday, I thought today’s outfit share should feature some of my former school colors. I never really liked any of my school colors during the years I was in school, but now many of those color combinations appeal to me. My elementary school colors were blue and gold (aka yellow), my high school colors were black and gold (also yellow), my college colors were brown and white, and my graduate school colors were red and white. But these days, you can mostly find me donning purple and white…my kids’ school colors. Back in…
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Songful Style Link Party #52: “Carolina” by Taylor Swift
And my dress up games continue… About Songful Style Songful Style is a style challenge series hosted by Shelbee on the Edge, Marsha in the Middle, and Suzy Turner, The Grey Brunette. Each month we will share a song with the lyrics and video and we invite you to use whatever aspect of the song that inspires you to create an outfit. It is similar to Style Imitating Art where we use artwork to inspire our outfit creations. Except Songful Style gives you lyrics, music, video, and album artwork to inspire your fashion creativity. You may even find inspiration in a memory triggered by the selected song. It is all open to your own personal…
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Style Imitating Art | “Wild & Free” by Sila Gur
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 we will each post on our blogs. The following Monday, each host shares her art inspired outfit. Participants are invited to submit their art inspired outfit photos 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…
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Style Imitating Art | Rooster and Hen with Hydrangeas by Itō Jakuchū
This rooster and hen painting sent me into a bit of styling mania! I was so inspired by the beauty of the colors, lines, and subject matter, that I created three different outfits for this round of dress up. I’m going to focus on just one outfit, the one that I think best captures the feeling of the artwork, but you can see photos of all three right above. 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,…
