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5 Keys to Feminine Fashion
Ladies, Now that I have made all of the mistakes, and I am safely in my late 30s and looking better for my wisdom gained…I can impart to you the keys to true feminine fashion for any woman. One of the greatest fashion obstacles for women of any age is confusing sexy for feminine. Modern women’s wear is an odd dichotomy of androgynous clothing and skimpy clothing. So, to be more feminine, women sometimes tend to gravitate toward the skimpy clothing. Certain clothing characteristics make something distinctly feminine, not brash, not showy, just feminine. Nurturing your femininity means observing these kinds of features to steer your style to feminine. SLEEVES…
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Nurturing Your Femininity
Femininity is not just for charming vintage decades past. It is not just a phase of little girls. It is not just for the teenager and 20 something who has youthful beauty on her side. Femininity belongs to women. It is timeless. As silver hairs begin to glitter around my face, the late 30s mean age changes things but it does not erase my womanhood. My penchant for princessy style and romantic living has only blossomed. I have years of learning under my belt. Like what shapes look best on me and why. How some skirts make me look like a tubby midget and other skirts make me look like…
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Feminine Country Fashion
Ladies, Picture rolling vineyards and walk among the vines with me. Picture apple orchards and meander the rows harvesting. Imagine being barefoot in the garden to cut flowers for the table. Think about the scent of hay in the barn. There are so many different kinds of country properties from vineyards to orchards, to livestock ranches, to a homestead. Many of us have a mix of many different types. Likewise, country fashion does not have just one look. Country fashion can mean a floral dress for the garden to horse back riding. It can be leggings and cozy sweaters with tall boots for walking a soggy field or mucking out…
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12 Frugal Christmas Gatherings & Party Ideas from a Country Woman
It can seem unwise to invite guests over or have get-togethers when money is tight. However, we have history replete with times of scarcity to give us ideas for how women offered hospitality with very little. There are specific types of gatherings that allow you to have guests over without spending much money. It is about the time of day you have the gathering in order to communicate that you will only be offering a simple treat not a full meal. It is also about the type of event you plan which will limit the kinds of food and drinks offered which saves money. Then there are old fashioned potluck…
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Finding the Dream Property : Country Life & Style
Not all of us are born and raised in the country but we get there as fast as we can. If you, like me, spent years or decades of your life dreaming and trying to move to the country, you may have some solid ideas of what you want. Here are some things that I learned along the way that helped me to edit and curate the dream so that I could buy the right property….and I’m still shopping for it. But I have been renting in the countryside for some time now and have a lot of first hand experience on what to be aware of and the nuances…
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A Peaceful Christ Centered Christmas Season in the Countryside
There is a special beauty about Christmas in the countryside at my home. But Christmas everywhere else feels pretty stressful to me. Do you feel uneasy with society’s version of Christmas? I find pop Christmas music played in stores to be extremely unpleasant as well as the stress of shopping and crowds. Here are my 5 ways to create a peaceful Christ centered Christmas season and how you can too even if you don’t live in the country. 1) Shop online instead of big box stores or shop local small businesses. The hyper environment of big box stores with loud pop music, stuff overwhelm and unfriendly crowds can be stressful…
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How to Shop for Boots for Your Country Wardrobe
Ladies, If you are a country woman, you know what it is to live closer to God’s green earth. We aren’t teetering around on spikes out here. We are free range women, breathing wide open air into our lungs and hopefully you will join me in praising God to be surrounded by His creation. So, the fact is, we need real boots. Not fashion boots that shred easily on rocks and can’t protect us from uneven ground. We need a comfortable sole and weatherproof options. I keep a few of these boots in my wardrobe and I wear them back into dust. But real boots can take it. So here’s…
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How to Dress Daily for the Home & the Homestead
Ladies, Do you rarely leave your home? Maybe you, like me, love working, resting, and just being at home. Moreso, country women tend to be at home a lot more than someone in town because we space out grocery shopping trips just for the fact that we drive much further to stores. Infrequent outings seem limited to people who wake up to leave the house every day. But if you are a woman who views full days at home as being wonderful instead of having “nowhere to go” or being “stuck at home”, you are in good company. Dressing for the Day at Home There is this misconception in the…
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Fashion Blogger Diary A Lookbook of Boots with Dresses & Skirts
Ladies, When I look back on vintage photographs, there are certain styles that look so classically beautiful they eclipse the worse trends of that era. Take boots with skirts and dresses as one example that I have admired in photographs of women in the 1970s and 1980s. Their boots were femininely shaped with an almond toe (the best toe shape ever invented for women’s shoes) and a conservative heel, then paired with midi length skirts or dresses. This look has been seared into my mind as the most timelessly beautiful way to wear boots. Style is about combinations Like a painting, style is not just one stroke of color or…
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How to Wear Dresses & Skirts in Cold Weather
Ladies, The mornings have had an icy chill, but I head out for my morning walks anyway. I even wear my pretty dresses and skirts all Autumn and winter because of specific clothing choices that are incredibly comfortable. This sky-blue dress that I wore recently is a lightweight fabric (not my preference for cold weather), but it was only the topper over my insulating leggings, thick socks and tall boots. It was snuggly topped with a thick cable knit sweater. But the key to this seemingly simple formula is in the details. “There is no such thing as bad weather just bad clothes.” I have loved this Norwegians saying ever…
