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Embroidered Denim: Fall Favorite
One of my favorite things about the arrival of fall and cooler weather is to get back to wearing some of my favorite denim jeans. Most of my jeans right now are thrifted, but a few I have bought in boutiques. With the trend of wearing different cuts of denim (I still haven’t tried a pair of barrel jeans), I have diversified my collection with wide leg jeans, straight jeans, etc. Today I am sharing my 3 pairs of embroidered jeans and how I typically style them. It it was colder, I would be pairing them with boots and sweaters. These outfits are fairly simply and play with textures through…
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To Keep or not to Keep: the Saga of a Sequin Skirt
Last month, Jodie shared an Old Navy sale for a sequin skirt in her newsletter. While I am loving textured sweaters, pants and skirts, I really hadn’t been on the lookout for a sequin skirt. However, I was instantly intrigued and interested. The skirt came in 3 colors (cream, silver and light green) and was less than $30. After debating about it, I ordered it and it arrived surprisingly fast. My first impression was that I wasn’t sure about the sequins: they were clear over the shimmery cream sparkling skirt and I felt they looked a little cheap. I did like how the skirt swished when it moved and decided…
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Fun at Brasstown Resort and Spa
It is always nice when there is fun to be had on property! We actually are planning to return to this resort for an overnight trip with the boys at the beginning of the boys Christmas break. Apart from the activities, I am sharing today, there were 2 games rooms for children, a gym and puzzles and game in the lobby area. One of the activities we chose not to take part in is horseback riding, but that is the one we will do with the boys. It’s really fun to be a little competitive with one’s spouse. I know that I am unlikely to win at some of these…
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Leopard and Blazer: An Outfit Inspired all the Way from France
I started following several French ladies on IG a couple months ago and their style is right up my alley. Anne’s outfit actually inspired two outfits this month for the blog (here is her IG @manou67life). I love how she mixes different textures and styles to create interesting combinations. Today’s outfit is loosely based on an outfit she wore with leopard pants and a blazer. For my outfit, I wore a leopard skirt and wore my belt below my blazer. I probably could have chosen my darker print leopard skirt and chosenĀ another belt to create a closer outfit to this one, but I wanted to put my twist on…
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Trendy Scarf Belt Outfits: Shop your Closet
I don’t jump on the trend train by purchasing some new items, but I sometimes like to play with a trendy idea by shopping my closet. I ended up making my shopping break last about 40 days. It was not easy as there were weeks I was tempted to go thrifting. I don’t especially think this scarf belt trend is that great, but I have a number of thrifted scarf that I wanted to wear, so I went to Pinterest to get a few outfit ideas and I surprised myself by really liking these outfits. Scarf Belt with a Dress I created a simple combination with a plain dress: instead…
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Backyard and City Creatures
I have been coming across some critters recently and was able to take pictures of most of them (sadly, not the fox trotting down the street). So today I am sharing those pictures with you as I always love seeing them and I thought you might enjoy them too. First, we have a throwback to a dragonfly while going down the river by our neighborhood. There were a couple that kept landing on my leg and shoe as we floated down. Then, this praying mantis welcomed me when I went out to grill dinner. My youngest was afraid of it, so I took a picture so he could see the…
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Which Colors to Pair with Brown
For our last Ageless Style Link Up, Bo shared different color combinations to wear with brown in her blog post. While I have worn brown before, it is not a color that I have much of, nor do I wear it often. I decided to use her post as a jumpstart on creating some brown and color outfits from my closet. She wore brown with red, with blue, light pink, leopard and purple. I chose 2 thrifted pieces from my closet as my brown items: a blazer and a faux leather skirt. Most of the ways I have worn brown before was with neutrals such as white, cream or black,…
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Skirt as a Dress, Western Edition
I love getting more wear out of my closet and one fun way to transform your maxi skirts is to wear them as a dress. This works best if your maxi has an elastic waistband. You do not have to belt your maxi, however each time I have worn mine as a dress, I have added a belt to define the waist. Since I took these pictures at the end of September, it was still warm, so while I wanted to wear my boots, I settled on wearing my sandals to church. I am still sharing both outfits. Skirt with Boots I love my boots and my husband has hinted…
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Brasstown Resort and Spa, Young Harris, GA
Anniversary trips… We had a number of years when the children were young when we did not make time to scheduleĀ anniversary trips, but now that they are older, there hopefully won’t be a year without one. The boys are almost old enough to where the oldest at home will be able to supervise his brothers with a little help from neighbors. It is nice to have several neighbors in our cul-de-sac that are friends and would be able to check on them. For this year though, we dropped the 3 boys at some church friends’ house for 3 nights. I knew we wanted to stay somewhat close by and…
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Make it Denim, but not Jeans
When I aim to shop my closet and not shop, I love to give myself a theme for getting dressed in the week and I also strive to wear my clothes in new combinations. All of these outfits, but the one with the star tee were new combos and it really did feel like I was shopping my closet. My goal was to wear denim pieces that were appropriate for early fall weather (cool in morning, still hot in the afternoons), and change up my color palette a little. I also wanted to hold off on wearing jeans till it cooled off, but wanted to make sure to wear my…