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Classic Fall Fashion for Home & Garden : Plaid Wool Skirt, Leggings & Boots
The home and garden are workplaces as much as places of rest. So our wardrobe must be for our work at home, which means looking as put together as feeling comfortable! Every fall I would receive a Lands End catalog in the mailbox and page through every look over and over analyzing my favorite pieces. The classic lines and sturdy fabrics made the approaching Autumn feel even more Autumnal. I deliberated over all of the coats, cardigans and plaid skirts finally circling the few for which I would place an order. Catalogs are a thing of the past now, replaced with scrolling and online ordering complete with delightfully fast shipping.…
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My Thrift Shopping Strategy & Etiquette
Some thrift shops can be relaxing but they can also be like Black Friday. Thrift shopping is often what I refer to as “combat shopping”. People are there to get deals and sometimes they are not going to give you space or be polite about it! They may step into your “zone” and start going through things right next to you when they see you have grabbed a lot of good items. They are not concerned with saying “excuse me” or “sorry”. I have had people take items off of my shopping cart when my back is turned to it! I have had people stare at items in my hand…
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3 Ways to Dress in Timeless Feminine Fall Fashion
Ladies, “Timeless” means that no matter the era, some element remains unattached to a particular time in history. It means that no matter how much time goes by, it is still relevant, it still has some quality that transcends time. When it comes to timeless fashion, it may not be that we always wore such bold prints or certain fabrics like stretchy spandex blends, but perhaps the silhouette of our dress, a neckline, or the hemline gracing our lower leg, still communicates an elegance that we recognize today as timelessly feminine and beautiful. Tailored Cardigan In this fall outfit, I am wearing one of my go-to pieces that I wear…
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How Classic Style Makes You Look Younger : Fashion Over 35
Ladies, The more I age….the more I find how classic clothing flatters women. If I did not photograph myself so much for this country fashion blog, I would have my skepticism. I do appreciate a wide variety of styles. But there are a few things classic cuts do, that I find more supportive of my beauty as I age, that other styles don’t do as well. This outfit is a wonderful example of these features that I find work so well. I trained myself to sleep on my back for years but I would rather just enjoy my sleep now, so I side sleep as well and this means…..chest wrinkles.…
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Feminine Countryside Fashion: Italian Style Inspired Outfit
Ladies, What I love about cultivating a life at home in the countryside is the room for inspiration. I am not boxed in by buildings or other houses and culture that dictate to me what defines the beauty and ambiance around me. My atmosphere is set by the sweeping oak trees, the soft bending blades of grass, the butterflies that are fluttering over the pasture. This is the setting of beauty. All I do is let myself dream and the inspiration comes through my preening of the world around me. I find a common thread (pun intended) to the styles I am drawn to and the undeterred femininity of the…
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The Best Homemaker Outfit TIPS for Chic Daily Style
“Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come.” Proverbs 31:25 Ladies, I sat down to analyze the things that really make the difference in a homemaker’s outfit. After all, fashion is a tool, not just a frivolous interest. We all have to wear clothes, and you can either dress in a way that downgrades you or upgrades you. You can dress in a way that helps or hinders your job. Don’t want sleeves dipping into dish water? Don’t want to feel like a frump bag? Don’t want to question why all you do is clean and cook and then clean and cook? Reminder: every job…
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Homemakers are Working Women
Ladies, Did you know that you are a “working woman” when you become a wife? Were you ever told about the job of running a home? Do you know it’s ok to earn money but that is not what qualifies you as a “working woman”? I wanted to be a wife running my own home, but I knew to never admit this was my primary ambition. No one was ever presenting this to me as an option. But there was more than just the lack of this option being spoken about, I noticed more and more as I grew into a young adult woman, the utter disrespect toward women who…
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Styling Leggings with Class : Country Wardrobe Staples
Leggings are a Country Wardrobe Staple Ladies, have you ever had your pant hem get coated in mud? Leggings. Needed to prevent tick bites? Leggings. Cold? Leggings. Legs not shaved? Leggings. Make your legs look slim….black leggings. City women can afford to flit from style to style because their wardrobes are based on looks alone. Country life means we just wear what works even if it’s not “in” anymore….it might be “in” for country life! We need our clothes to work for weather, for pests, for comfort of bending and gardening or milking a cow. Even if you do not do these things outdoors, homemaking work is the same kind…
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Dressing Feminine for the Christian Woman
Ladies, Why talk about dressing femininely as a Christian woman? It comes from the truth that God created us uniquely woman from man. Our dress acknowledges and honors this design. Fashion can be a difficult and overwhelming topic for women so this is a topic I approach with the utmost gentleness. I never want a woman to walk away feeling discouraged on this topic. This should be a fun discovery, not a burden! First, there is a scripture that is important to know so that we can exercise discernment about what is pleasing to God. “A woman shall not wear a man’s garment, nor shall a man put on a…
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Now Hiring: Full Time Homemaker Job
Ladies, Were you trained to love your husband and children, or to work at home? We live in a culture that trains women for everything except the family and home. This part of a woman’s life is patently ignored for the workforce. We are mostly trained to make money, shake hands, build business and to feel like this is where our value lies. No wonder so many women suffer from depression at home and after having children. On top of her body adjusting, she was never given permission to be at home with her babies but sustains an expectation to jump back into a paycheck job sometimes while a newborn…
