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A Guide to Creating Your Personal Style & Link Up On the Edge #188
*Guest post by Isabella Goode. Style can be difficult to master for some people and that is okay if it doesn’t always come easy to you. We do not all have an eye for style or design, but that doesn’t mean we can’t make a change. Defining your style can be both confusing and scary and that is why we are going to look at some tips that can help you on the way. Build a Wardrobe Most fashion consultants advise that you have basic wardrobe pieces such as jeans, t-shirts, and other casual staples as well as investment pieces like blazers, skirts and more classic items. These pieces will…
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The Good Buy/Good-Bye Book is Celebrating 3 Years with Copy Cat Looks
What a super exciting day it is today! Nancy and I are celebrating three years of our collaborative effort to share Good and Bad Buys. We first began with The Bad Buy Book on February 15, 2017, and ran that series for one year. On February 15, 2018, we introduced The Good Buy/Good-Bye Book so you could choose whether you wanted to share a good or a bad buy for the accompanying monthly theme. To celebrate our three years of coming together once a month with this fun series, Nancy and I have created copy cat looks of one another. We also had some of our favorite blogger friends join us today with copy cat…
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The Fab 40’s and Our Favorite Fashion Icons
Fashion is a crazy thing, isn’t it? We all have our own personal style whether it is simple, eclectic, conservative, or completely far out there. And we all draw inspiration from the things that surround us whether it be art, nature, architecture, sports, music, or television. And when it comes to fashion in particular, we tend to get our inspiration from other people, people we know and see in our communities or those elite members of society who have established themselves as “famous” and live their lives in the public eye. This month’s theme was chosen by Jennie and she gave us the challenge of creating outfits inspired by our…
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5 Wonderful Ways to Dress for a Fancy Event
Have you ever received an invitation to a special event but you dread that moment knowing you have to find the perfect thing to wear? You start feeling the pressure of looking great and dressing appropriate for the event combined with that nasty old feeling of self-consciousness. Although events like these are supposed to be fun (and usually end being just that), we all go through this process of stress and dread when we are trying to find the perfect outfit. You all know what I’m talking about, right? Well this post will provide you with some helpful tips for occasions such as these. When you are shopping for a…
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Reminder: The Good Buy/Good-Bye Book-Long Cardigans
It is that time again to share some of your favorite and least favorite items for March’s Good Buy/Good-Bye Book. This month we are featuring long cardigans. I have a closet filled with cardigans of various lengths, but I definitely prefer a longer one that at least covers my bum. I appreciate the elongating effect of a duster length cardigan as well. So you may be wondering what constitutes a “long” cardigan”. I guess anything that goes past your bottom and beyond will do! In just 11 days, Nancy and I will be posting the thirteenth edition of The Good Buy/Good-Bye Book and we would love for you all to join us! The theme for…
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Things That Happen When You Feel Confident in Your Clothes
What you wear can affect the way you feel and it is great when you look in the mirror and realize you look good. Often, seeing our reflection makes us very critical of ourselves and most people are never happy with themselves just the way they are. This type of self criticism not only destroys your confidence but it can do major damage to your soul. Even when something fits us perfectly, we still remain not quite happy with the color or we start to wish we were two sizes smaller. Many of us have a running list in our heads of the things we wish we could change about…
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Inspired by This Blonde’s Shopping Bag: Plaid Blazer & White Booties
First, I have to tell you that I adore Kellyann of This Blonde’s Shopping Bag. I don’t know how long ago it was that she and I found each other in the grand wilderness of blogland, but we became fast blogger friends right from the first introduction. It is funny how you can never meet a person in real life but still have about a million things in common. And one thing, for sure, that Kellyann and I have in common is our love for shopping, all things fashion, and apparently plaid blazers and white booties. When white booties really hit the trend scene last year, I was hesitant at…
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The Fab 40’s Went Goth
For as long as I can remember, I have always been drawn to different fashion trends, never fitting into one clean little box of style. Throughout the seasons of my life as I have experimented with my own personal style, I have noticed that I favor certain styles more than others. But one genre of fashion that always makes me feel most comfortably like myself is Goth. Not the over the top, spikes and leather and morbid Goth, but a more subtle and tame version of Goth style. When Suzy of Pixie Chick in Portugal chose this month’s theme for The Fab 40’s, my angsty heart from my teenage years…
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The Fab 40’s Got All Laced Up
Oh, this blogging journey leads me places I never would have imagined. I feel connected to people whom I have never met or have met only once or twice. We seem to form these bonds on the level of shared interests and common passions. We seem to possess a mutual commitment to empowering and supporting others, to consistently shining in this dark world with infinite love and kindness. I cannot remember exactly when or how or who found whom first, but somehow the universe decided that my amazing friend Sheela should come into my life. Or perhaps the universe decided that I should come into Sheela’s life. Or maybe a…
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How to Style a Spring Dress in the Bitter Cold & Link Up On the Edge #87
This is my final post for my collaboration with EvaTrends and I have been waiting to share this dress because it has just been too darn cold to photograph a lightweight Spring dress. But it had to be done. So I put it on, layered it up, snapped some photos, and nearly froze to death. *This is a sponsored post. This dress was provided to me for purposes of this blog post. As always, all thoughts and opinions are entirely my own. *Dress: Swan Print A-Line Dress c/o EvaTrends. The dress is super cute and flowy and will be perfect for a warm day due to its loose fit and…