Living Outside the Stacks

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Style Imitating Art: Textile Sample, ca. 1920

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26 August 2019
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Bleu Wednesday: Her Story

unedited. Nikon D7500 | 15mm | f/5 | 1/125 | ISO – 1000 Sunday, ‎18 August ‎2019, ‏‎7:40:00 AM   edited. Do you remember Wordless Wednesday? It was a big…

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21 August 2019
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Friday Favorites: Long Weekends and Good Music

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31 August 2019
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Friday Favorites: Aging Gracefully and Shopping While I Do It

  Happy Friday, everyone! I hope you’ve had a great week. Things here have been busy, but in a good way. I think. LOL We’re gearing up for the beginning…

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9 August 2019
Fun Stuff

Friday Favorites: Insomnia and Color ID

Happy Friday, everyone! I hope y’all had a great week. Mine was exhausting. I go through bouts of insomnia, where I start to exist on about 3 or 4 hours…

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16 August 2019
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    Style Imitating Art: The Farmer’s Daughter

    22 April 2019 / 0 Comments

    This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase anything using those links I may receive a small commission at no extra charge to you. Thank you for helping me to buy more clothes. ABOUT STYLE IMITATING ART Style Imitating Art is hosted by Salazar {14 Shades of Gray}, Kim {Fierce Fashion Blog}, and me. Style Imitating Art challenges us to draw style inspiration from pieces of art. Every other Monday one of us selects an inspiration image and we each post the image on our blogs. The following Monday we share our art inspired outfit. My main tip for participating is not to just look at the colors but look at the…

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    A Dapper Fellow

    21 April 2019 / 0 Comments

    Squeekerz went to the spa and had a blueberry facial. I die. Happy Snapping,     Follow Living Outside the Stacks on Bloglovin’!

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    Style Imitating Art Inspiration: The Farmer’s Daughter

    15 April 2019 / 0 Comments

    ABOUT STYLE IMITATING ART Style Imitating Art is hosted by Salazar {14 Shades of Gray}, Kim {Fierce Fashion Blog}, and me. Style Imitating Art challenges us to draw style inspiration from pieces of art. Every other Monday one of us selects an inspiration image and we each post the image on our blogs. The following Monday we share our art inspired outfit. My main tip for participating is not to just look at the colors but look at the textures, think about complimentary colors, etc. In other words, you don’t have to be literal in your interpretation. It’s all about looking at the items in your closet in new and creative ways…

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    Sleeveless Top and Boyfriend Jeans

    10 April 2019 / 1 Comment

    This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase anything using those links I may receive a small commission at no extra charge to you. Thank you for helping me to buy more clothes. Hi, how are you? I’m doing well. It’s been a long week and it’s only Wednesday. A few weeks ago, I became the part-time social media coordinator at my college and I’ve been doing a lot of traveling {you can see some of the photos that I took here, here, and here}. I’m not complaining because I’m happy to have the opportunity to do something I enjoy, but there’s also a lot to learn. Doing social media…

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    Coffee and Pie Chat: Butterscotch Pie with Curry Crust

    8 April 2019 / 0 Comments

    This post uses affiliate links. If you purchase something using one of those links, I’ll receive a commission at no extra charge to you. Thank you in advance for your support. Hi! And welcome to Coffee and Pie Chat, hosted by Kristin {Chicken Librarian} and me. I’m so excited to have you here. This month’s pie is Butterscotch Pie with a Curry Crust.  Click here to get the recipe. THE PIE I want to start by saying I wasn’t sure about this – I mean, curry and fennel in a pie? But, y’all, this pie is soooo good. The butterscotch is creamy and sweet and the crust has just a hint…

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    Style Imitating Art: “Self-portrait, yawning” by Joseph Ducreux

    8 April 2019 / 1 Comment

    This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase anything using those links I may receive a small commission at no extra charge to you. Thank you for helping me to buy more clothes. ABOUT STYLE IMITATING ART Style Imitating Art is hosted by Salazar {14 Shades of Gray}, Kim {Fierce Fashion Blog}, and me. Style Imitating Art challenges us to draw style inspiration from pieces of art. Every other Monday one of us selects an inspiration image and we each post the image on our blogs. The following Monday we share our art inspired outfit. My main tip for participating is not to just look at the colors but look at the…

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    My Home Office

    2 April 2019 / 0 Comments

    When we first moved to our new house, I’d planned to make my office upstairs but Squeekerz had other ideas. He’ll be 18 this year and going up and down the stairs is incredibly difficult for him. For the first few months, I carried him upstairs whenever I needed to work, but – if you follow me on Instagram, then you know – Squeekerz HATES being picked up. So I talked to The Hubs and asked if he’d mind if I turned our entry way aka Squeekerz’s bedroom into my office and he was game. So this is it… I placed my desk in front of that window for a…

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    Ageless Style Linkup: Pantone Colors for Spring 2019

    2 April 2019 / 0 Comments

    This post uses affiliate links. If you purchase something using one of those links, I’ll receive a commission at no extra charge to you. Thank you in advance for your support. 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 to join us for the linkup. Our goal is to show you that style is ageless… This month’s theme is: “Living Coral” or “Pressed…

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    Style Imitating Art Inspiration: “Self-portrait, yawning” by Joseph Ducreux

    1 April 2019 / 1 Comment

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    Coffee and Pie Chat: Butterscotch Pie with Curry Crust Recipe

    25 March 2019 / 1 Comment

    This post uses affiliate links. If you purchase something using one of those links, I’ll receive a commission at no extra charge to you. Thank you in advance for your support. I am so excited about this pie because I. Love. Lemon. Meringue. Pie. It is hands down my favorite pie ever. But, more than that, I’m excited about this pie because it’s based on a recipe by Kristin’s Mamaw {how sweet is that name?}. Butterscotch Pie with Curry Crust INGREDIENTS curry crumb crust 1 teaspoon fennel seeds 8 oz. vanilla wafer cookies 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 2 tablespoons raw sugar or granulated sugar 1 teaspoon Madras curry powder ¼ teaspoon…

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