Hello! How are you doing? All is well here. Christmas break has officially come to an end for us — my daughters went back to college on Sunday, so now it’s time for us to regain some sense of normalcy. I won’t lie, I already miss them. In fact, I think I sent them “I…
Ageless Style Linkup: Faux Fur
THE AGELESS STYLE LINKUP Hi, welcome to the Ageless Style Linkup. The linkup runs the first Tuesday of each month and features 10 women over the age of 40 styling an outfit based on one theme, and, because we’re all so different, each theme interpretation is different. Each month, one of the co-hosts invites a guest co-host…
Style Imitating Art Inspiration: Irises by Vincent van Gogh
INSPIRATION ART WORK Still Life with Irises, 1890 – Vincent van Gogh You can read more about the painting here. THE CURATOR This week’s inspiration piece was curated by Salazar from 14 Shades of Grey. Salazar selected this image because they’ve been experiencing a lot of gray days and she wanted something to brighten it…
Fab Forties: Apocalypse
One of my favorite TV shows ever is The Walking Dead. Please don’t @ me on this. I will fight you. Anyway, when I lived in Missouri, my coworkers and I used to meet first thing Monday morning to discuss the previous evening’s episode. We even came up with a survival plan for the library…
Help Wanted: Style Imitating Art Co-host
Jen {Librarian for Life and Style} recently announced that she is ending her blog. Not gonna lie, my heart cracked a little… It was like reading the final sentence of a favorite book. I’ll miss Jen {and Sam} and her style posts – they were always so fun and creative. As you know, Jen was…
Style Imitating Art {Round Up}: Silk Dresses
Hi, and welcome to final Style Imitating Art of 2018! Can you believe we’re almost at the end of the year? Honestly, hasn’t this been the longest year ever? I mean, it went by quickly but in the slowest way possible. Does that make sense? I’ve had so much fun co-hosting this challenge the last…
Style Imitating Art: Silk Dresses
Hi, how are you doing? Are you already for the Christmas holiday? Goodness knows I am. Two of my girls are here {you can see pictures here} and our other 3 kids will start arriving at the end of the week. I’m beyond excited. This’ll be the first time that we’ve had all 5 kids…
Style Imitating Art Inspiration: Silk Dresses
Hi, this is just a short post to introduce next week’s Style Imitating Art inspiration piece. Style Imitating Art {aka SIA} is hosted by Jen {Librarian for Life and Style}, Salazar {14 Shades of Grey}, and me. Every other Monday, one of us curates an art piece to use as style inspiration for the following…
New Eyes and Some Fun Colors
Well, hello! Notice anything different? Yep, I’m wearing glasses. But not just any glasses, my new specs from Zenni Optical. Aren’t they fabulous? I have really super incredibly bad eyesight, so I’ve never had the pleasure of buying funky eyewear. Everything had to be conservative because, well, my glasses are expensive and I didn’t want…
Ageless Style Linkup: Festive Outerwear
THE AGELESS STYLE LINKUP Hi, welcome to the Ageless Style Linkup. The linkup runs the first Tuesday of each month and features 10 women over the age of 40 styling an outfit based on one theme, and, because we’re all so different, each theme interpretation is different. Each month, one of the co-hosts invites a guest co-host…