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Adventures in Thrifting Part 34: Another Parade of Elephants & Spread the Kindness Link Up On the Edge #830
Last Friday, I shared my thrifted elephant print outfit so I wanted to add to the pachyderm parade this week with another fun article of clothing that I found on a thrifting adventure this summer. Actually, I found these adorable gauzy elephant joggers on the same thrifting adventure as the elephant pants I featured last week. I also wore this outfit back in June before the summer heat had set in so it’s a lovely combination for early fall as well…if you live in a place where the autumn season can easily be distinguished between early, mid, and late fall. Where I live, we generally only get about 4 weeks…
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Style Imitating Art | A Bird in the Hand by Lizzie Riches
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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The Thrifty Six in Geometric Prints
It was my turn to choose our sartorial prompt for this month’s game of thrifty dress up. Since we are right in the heart of the school year and my eldest child is taking Geometry this year, I decided to focus our attention on geometric prints. One of the oldest branches of mathematics, geometry concentrates on certain properties of space like the distance, shape, size, and relative position of shapes and figures. More specifically, Euclidean geometry focuses on fundamental concepts such as points, lines, planes, distances, angles, surfaces, and curves. The first few weeks of Geometry class were a bit of a struggle for my son. But I knew as…
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Adventures in Thrifting Part 33: Elephant Parade & Spread the Kindness Link Up On the Edge #829
Happy Friday, y’all! We made it through another long and tedious week. It has been absolutely crazy around here these past few weeks. It all started with the insanity of some awful text messages my son received from a classmate three weeks ago. After a police report was filed and I had more phone calls with the school than I ever cared to have, that nightmare situation has finally calmed down and hopefully resolved for good. My child was fine throughout the ordeal, but it was an incredibly stressful experience for me as a parent. The high level of stress naturally led to a breakdown in my immune system which…
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Another Football ‘Fit with New Purple Boots & Spread the Kindness Link Up On the Edge #828
Fall has definitely arrived with the temperature drop being very obvious during evening football games. I’ve had to trade my Cyclones tee shirt poncho for leggings and a leather jacket, but I think that poncho will come in handy during swim season since it’s wicked hot inside natatoriums even on the coldest of winter days. But we are still in football season for one more week so I brought out my purple leather jacket from last year to wear to last week’s game. The jacket is the perfect purple completer piece to wear with my new Black Star mulberry and gold cowgirl boots. Yes, you read that right, I did…
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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…
