spring

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    Spring Trend 2026: Black Leggings Capri

    When I searched for this year’s spring trends, I was surprised to see black leggings capris as one of them, but after seeing an inspiration picture, I quickly came up with an outfit I could wear and share by combining some pieces in my closet that I had never put together in one outfit. I have had a pair of black leggings capris for years, wearing them mostly as a layering piece under tunics and short dresses in the past. This pair is fairly old, I am not sure how old it is, I would guess about 10 years, and if I remember correctly I bought it at Walmart for…

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    Inspired by Manon: a Monochromatic Khaki Look

    Sometimes it takes seeing someone wear something to realize you can create a similar look from you closet. I will share the inspiration picture at the end of my post, but today I am sharing my version of a 3 piece suit with pieces in my closet. I was surprised how much I enjoyed wearing this and how perfect it was for our weather. Spring over here means rainy days that can get warm and of course swinging temperatures: false spring sometimes comes before spring. Since you all love to read my family comments about my outfits, today’s gem is from my husband as he walked out the door and…

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    Spring Overalls Outfits

    After I thrifted a pair of overalls last summer, I wasn’t super happy with them: I really had been wanting a light pair of wide leg overalls, but I just had not come across a pair while thrifting. So while I wore that pair a couple of times, they were not something I reached for. So even before donating them this winter, since July, I have been stalking the Old Navy site for a restock or for their new version of light denim overalls  hoping they would have a sale. They never did have a sale, however, I ended up with a $20 off coupon to use the first week…

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    Spring Trend 2026: Double Denim

    The double denim or Canadian tuxedo has been around for a while (since 1951). I have seldom if ever worn 2 blue denim pieces of different washes together, so when I read that it was a spring trend this year, I thought I would try my hand at it. Of course, I had what I needed in my closet and chose my favorite denim skirt to pair with a contrasting denim shirt. I also shared some daily outfits on the blog last year for 2025 spring trends (bohemian dream here, petal pink here and pistachio here). Today’s outfit is the first of 3 trends I will share this year, shopped…

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    Embracing Spring Trends while Shopping My Closet: Ageless Style Link up

    Spring trends are the topic of today’s blog post with the Ageless Style ladies! I will be sharing a few more trends this month, but today I chose to combine navy, lace and fringe from my closet which were all mentioned as some of 2026 spring trends. Both of those the purse and blouse were thrifted a while back and I don’t think I had paired them with this maxi before. I do not typically pay attention to trends, but I do like to see what is trending in the spring and seeing what I already own that I can style in a new way. I took advantage two weekends…

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    Caramel Crossbody Bag and Summer White Dress

    While I was looking at spring and summer trends for 2025 and getting some outfit inspiration on Pinterest, I can across some outfits featuring clothing pieces and accessories in caramel tones. A warm, pretty brown with golden undertones, caramel is a rich neutral color that I decided I wanted to add to my closet. I promptly went thrifting and found a few pieces such as a corset top, a tank top and a pair of shorts. I didn’t find a purse that appealed to me so I stopped by TJMaxx and came across this pretty crossbody bag! The color was exactly the rich golden brown I was looking for, the…

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    Mother’s Day Outfit

    We took my mom and dad out for Mother’s Day after church to the same restaurant we went to last year: La Cubana in Marietta. It’s just a few minutes from church, the food is good and the prices reasonable and there is a great mural for family pictures. While we waited for my parents, I had one of the boys take some blog pictures for me. I shared what I wore last year (here) and I wanted to wear something different this year. I chose this purple dress since I had not worn it in a while and I love the color and shimmery details. I shared it last…

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    Bohemian Dream: A Spring Trend Favorite

    I have always loved embroidery, flow maxi skirts and dresses, crochet and tassels. So when I saw that one of the 2025 spring trends was titled bohemian dream, I knew I had to put together a fun boho inspired outfit. I had been wanting to update my white peasant skirt for a while (I had one for years from Old Navy and had to get rid of it a few years ago)  and the one my mom gave me last year was fine, but a little tight. After some online searching, I found one that I liked at Francesca’s and headed to the mall. I called ahead to make sure…

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    Spring Outfit Inspiration: 2nd Edition

    I shared some inspired by outfits at the end of the March here and started to come across more outfits that inspired me so I decided to share them today. I love shopping my closet and this is a fun way to come up with new outfits. Inspired by Curated by Jennifer I love how Jennifer tries to wear her closet and buy substainable clothing when she does buy something new. She enjoy copying outfits from Turkish ditzis and rewears her clothes in new ways. Nothing better than to copy one of her looks! She shared this outfit in a post here and as soon as I saw it, I…

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    White Dress over Denim

    I thrifted this fun white dress last spring and was instantly in love with the embroidery details and fun cut (and pockets!). When planning my Easter outfits, I knew I wanted to wear this white dress for one of them (we have 2 church services we attend), but in a different way than in the past (I wore it with white leggings and sandals last Easter). So I decided to style it in a more casual manner since we would go to our church’s party after the Agape Vespers on Sunday. I wore another white dress of our Pascha/Easter service and liturgy which starts around 11:30 PM and lasts several…