fashion
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Happy Birthday, Ada! Express Dress for Multiple Occasions
Today’s blog post is in honor of Ada’s (Elegance and Mommyhood) birthday! We have been cohosting the Sunday Showcase for almost 2 years now and have developed our friendship through messaging and phone calls. As busy moms it is sometimes hard to touch base but the ease of messaging or texting each helps us keep in touch. Hopefully, we will be able to meet in the near future! Ada’s has a lovely sense of style and I love how she often wear light and airy dresses and rompers. She wears colors so well and knows where to shop. I would say, Loft, Express and Target are her top choices and…
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Sunday Showcase: Mothers Day Brunch Dresses
Mother’s day is coming up! Will you dress up and wear a favorite outfit? Will you dress down and wear something cozy? Today, I am sharing one of my dresses that would be one of my top 3 choices to wear. I have worn this dress to a wedding as well as this year Pascha’s night matins and Liturgy. My mom gave it to be a couple of years ago and I really felt pretty wearing it on this occasion. Don’t forget to stop by Ada’s blog to see more about her outfit details! She is wearing the cutest spring dress with her daughters and love how sweet they look.…
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March and April Budget Recap
At the beginning of the year, I decided I wanted to keep track of how much I was spending on clothes and what I was buying. I also wanted to decide whether I regretted any of my purchases and wanted to spend less retail and more thrifting. Sadly I haven’t done much thrifting but have bought more second hand as on Poshmark and Ebay (see my January/February recap). KellyAnn (here is her last Closet Confessions) inspired me to share my clothes budget recap to help me be more accountable and to give you another real insight on what others spend on clothes and why they make certain purchases. Please remember…
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Recap: Hiking Outfits for the Great Smoky Mountains
I packed a variety of comfortable clothes for our spring break and put together my outfits by rolling them in my packing cubes. It took less space and made getting dressed easier. I did purchase a few things on this trip and I will share those items soon. Here is a recap of what I wore and which activities we did on those days. This is what I wore when we hiked Laurel Falls Branch except that this sweatshirt is a souvenir sweatshirt I picked up in Townsend on the way back. We spent the evening by the river and made a fire. I did not attempt to fish as…
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April Showers with Ageless Style Link Up
I absolutely loved this theme chosen by Leslie of Once Upon a Time Happily Ever After. I knew I would use my pretty and inexpensive umbrella from Aldi but wasn’t sure what I would wear. Then a couple of weeks ago, Jodie of Jodie Touch of Style shared a look that Lesley wore and I knew that was the one! I shopped my closet to create something similar. I really love an all white look and I have done this a couple of times on the blog with different pieces. This time I really liked Lesley’s idea of using black accessories. I tried adding a belt but it didn’t look…
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4 Ways to Wear a Floral Skirt
While we were on vacation, I found two pretty floral items and today I am sharing the floral skirt I picked up at the TjMaxx in Maryville, TN. On a side note, that was the best TjMaxx I have ever been in. My pictures don’t really do this skirt justice and I will say that I prefer the fitted options with it but I wanted to show some variety in styling. Casual with a Sweatshirt I wore this outfit while on vacation: we had intended to go to our friends’ church on a spur of the moment and I did not have plain shoes nor a skirt. So I picked…
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Hiking Outfit: Stylish and Comfortable
We have been taking what I call a hiking or nature vacation once a year for the past few years typically during spring break and this year we headed to a cabin near Townsend, TN which is minutes away from the Great Smoky Mountains. I will be sharing several posts about our hikes and adventures but today, I wanted to share one of my hiking outfits. I will be sharing a recap of all of my outfits in a couple of weeks but today, I am sharing my formula for a stylish but comfortable hiking outfit. I was pretty pleased with what I packed (practice makes perfect) and I packed…
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Styling a Denim Jacket for the April Sunday Showcase
Welcome to the Sunday Showcase where I join Ada from Elegance and Mommyhood the first Sunday of the month to feature a theme and share some style inpiration with you. Feels like it was just recently that I posted about denim jackets sharing lots of outfit ideas with you. Today, I am showing yet another way to wear your denim jacket (I really could have chosen any of mine) by pairing it with a shorter dress and cowboys boots. Wearing your western boots does not mean that you will look like a cowgirl even if you pair it with a denim jacket which makes both pieces versatile. Don’t forget to…
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Inspired by Jess: Preloved from Head to Toe
A few weeks ago, I took a pictures of one of Jess’ outfits (Elegantly Dressed and Stylish) because I thought it would be a perfect outfit for me to replicate one spring day. What I didn’t realize was that each similar item that I had was actually thrifted or a hand me down. How cool is that! I even took pictures in my neighborhood next to a flowering tree which is reminiscent of where she took her pictures. This is not the first time I have replicated one of Jess’ outfits (see here). I already have an idea for next month Inpired by post and it is also one inspired…
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Outfit Inspiration: Fun Pants and Joggers for the Win
These outfits compile weeks 3 and 4 of my no shopping weeks. I am surprised at how much I am enjoying and following my weekly prompts. I think the key for me is that the themes are very broad and that I am following them for only 5 days of the week. I think I will add one more weekly theme for next week and will wear create outfits around my kimonos. The first week of April is spring break so I will shop my closet for those outfits which will consist of a lot of hiking outfits (usually joggers/leggings and maybe a pair of jeans). That will most likely…