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Skirt Recap: August Sunday Showcase
Well, that was a month long of fun with skirts! I really enjoyed taking some of these out for a spin and I think my favorites were my midi and maxi outfits since they were with my favorite skirts. But that doesn’t mean I didn’t like the others because I sure did and I tried to wear more than just skirts during the month of July even though they were my outfit of choice this summer. Having a focus on skirts helped me stick to my decision to absolutely buy no clothes or things for the house this month. Each time I would post a blog post, I would tell…
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Inspired by Ada of Elegance and Mommyhood
Last month Ada and I shared a monthly series of featuring 12 skirts. I have found myself reaching for them over and over and I was surprised how many I had once I counted them (29). About half were thrifted and I would say 3/4 are 3 years and older (that makes me feel better about that number).,Today I am sharing a look inspired by one of the ones Ada shared: I think finding different ways to wear something is fun so here is another skirt as a dress outfit! This look of Ada’s may not be on her blog yet as she is catching up on publishing her posts…
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Coastal Chic: 4 outfits to Inspire You
You either love the coastal chic/coastal grandmother trend or you hate it! It’s been fun to read different bloggers take on it the past few months. I love how we each have our own style of fashion and our particular likes or dislikes. I enjoy wearing a variety of styles and outfits sometimes enjoying bright outfits and sometimes choosing neutrals. So in all honesty, I love this trend! I remember watching Something’s Gotta Give and admiring Diane Keaton’s beach chic style. I love outfits that still are relevant and classic after many years. In this post, I am sharing an outfit I wore running earrands as well as several others…
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Skirt as a Dress: Make Your Clothes Work for You
I have worn a skirt as a top before, in this post and really liked the look. Today, I am sharing a skirt as a dress! I think this works best with a maxi skirt and I like to add a belt to give the skirt some shape. I have several skirts that would work well for this exercise but I settled on this thrifted orange maxi and was happy to be able to take the pictures at the lake! Our first day at the lake was partly rained out, in a big way. Thankfully we were able to take a ride on our uncle’s pontoon and the boys were…
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Ruffled Skirt: Shopping my Closet for a New Look
One of the things I have enjoyed from this Skirt in July Challenge is that it has helped me create new outfits with what I already have in my closet. I did buy a skort (Target) and a button front skirt (thrifted) for it but otherwise, I looked through my closet to find skirts for each category and tried to create a new outfit that I had neither worn on the blog nor in a daily outfit. Before I forget, I want to thank my 11 year old for attempting to take all of the pictures for this post. Attempt because as he was going to take my third picture,…
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Knit skirt with a Graphic Tee
There are many definitions and types of knitted fabric! I chose this particular pencil skirt to share today because it is one of my favorite, it moves and stretches as needed and have several years of thrifting it, I still love the print! I have worn it with white and navy before but never with grey so in the interest of diversity of outfits, I chose this graphic tee to style it. The earrings and tee pull some of the pink in the skirt and the sandals mirror the grey of the tee. I pulled out my grey and pink crossbody to tie it all together. It’s funny how I…
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White for Summer with a Button Down Skirt with the Ageless Style Link Up
Today, I am sharing a fun little outfit I wore a few weeks ago on a little staycation in Marietta, GA. Not wanting to let a free hotel night to go to waste, I packed up 3 of my boys and we went to stay at the Marietta Conference Center. Before checking in, we enjoyed a little walk in the square, bribing the boys with ice cream as a reward for taking some blog pictures for me. We also stopped by a couple fun shops including a kids’ toy shop. Since Ada and I are sharing skirts this month, I decided to pair that theme (button down skirt) with our…
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Asymetrical skirt: Creativity in Dressing
When you have a month long series featuring skirts, you try to be creative with the outfits your present. There are still 4 more types of skirts to share. Today, it is the asymetrical skirt. You can really only see the asymetrical lines in the first picture as I forgot about that being the focus. I chose to dress down this thrifted skirt by adding some casual elements to it. I think the 2 different directions of the stripes makes this a really fun skirt. It has some stretch and is a pull on skirt. I originally thought to pair it with a different top but it just didn’t look…
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Dressing up A Pencil Skirt
I really enjoy the lines of a pencil skirt but still want to be comfortable while wearing one. So nearly all of my pencil skirts are made of nice stretchy fabric and have an elastic waistband. I only purchased clothes from SheIn once and this was one of 4 skirts I bought. I have worn it a lot with casual tees so this time I want to dress it up a little while still creating a comfortable outfit. I chose this pretty purple lace tank I found at one of my favorite local consigment store (Uptown Cheapskate) a couple of months ago. I have tried really hard to make sure…
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Athletic Skort: Hiking in Style
When Ada suggested a skort as part of our July skirt series, I was on on board. I had seen this Target skort shared by several bloggers and wanted to try them. The fabric is moisture wicking so they are actually quite comfortable in the heat and humidity. I planned my outfit for this hike up Stone Mountain with blog pictures in mind and also knowing I was planning to meet Yenni from IdeasValyen that afternoon. Stone Mountain Park is located in Stone Mountain, GA and the hike up this large granite mountain is definitely more fun in the cooler month. Therefore we tried our best to stick to the…