Living Outside the Stacks

Navigating through life away from the library.

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    What I Wore: My DIY Patch Denim Jacket

    1 December 2025 / 0 Comments

    As the blogger and photographer behind Living Outside the Stacks, I independently select and write about stuff I love and things I think you’ll enjoy too. Living Outside the Stacks has affiliate and advertising partnerships so I get revenue from sharing this content and from your purchase. Thank you for your support. Can you believe it’s already December? I haven’t really been up to much, just working and taking care of my family. I feel like I don’t have the energy or the time to do much more beyond that. That being said, I did find some time to DIY this denim jacket that I’m wearing in today’s post. I…

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    What I Wore: Denim Jacket and Zuri Dress with Converse

    17 August 2023 / 2 Comments

    As the blogger and photographer behind Living Outside the Stacks, I independently select and write about stuff I love and things I think you’ll enjoy too. Living Outside the Stacks has affiliate and advertising partnerships so I get revenue from sharing this content and from your purchase. Thank you for your support. We’re almost finished with our first full week of classes and when I tell y’all that I’ve been busy, I’ve been busy. Mostly dealing with book vouchers and printer/copier issues, and a lot of financial aid questions {that one is new}. Although, we’re not the bookstore, the students automatically come to me with their book questions. It makes…

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    19 August 2019
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    Ageless Style: Styling Ankle Booties

    18 November 2021 / 0 Comments

    As the blogger and photographer behind Living Outside the Stacks, I independently select and write about stuff I love and things I think you’ll enjoy too. Living Outside the Stacks has affiliate and advertising partnerships so I get revenue from sharing this content and from your purchase. Thank you for your support. Happy Thursday! I hope y’all have had a great week so far. It’s nice to be on the downward slope, right? My week was nice. I got to watch But Have You Read the Book? and, y’all, I am really excited for where this will lead. I plan to write a review of the show either Friday or…

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    19 August 2019
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    26 August 2019
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    Style Imitating Art {The Showing}: Jazz Stories by Faith Ringgold

    20 October 2021 / 1 Comment

    As the blogger and photographer behind Living Outside the Stacks, I independently select and write about stuff I love and things I think you’ll enjoy too. Living Outside the Stacks has affiliate and advertising partnerships so I get revenue from sharing this content and from your purchase. Thank you for your support. ABOUT STYLE IMITATING ART Welcome to Style Imitating Art.Style Imitating Art is hosted by Salazar {14 Shades of Grey}, Terri {Meadow Tree Style}, 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…

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    6 August 2019
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    19 August 2019
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    Style Imitating Art: Jazz Stories by Faith Ringgold

    18 October 2021 / 1 Comment

    As the blogger and photographer behind Living Outside the Stacks, I independently select and write about stuff I love and things I think you’ll enjoy too. Living Outside the Stacks has affiliate and advertising partnerships so I get revenue from sharing this content and from your purchase. Thank you for your support. ABOUT STYLE IMITATING ART Welcome to Style Imitating Art.Style Imitating Art is hosted by Salazar {14 Shades of Grey}, Terri {Meadow Tree Style}, 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…

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    Attending a Virtual Birthday Celebration with a Fellow Blogger

    4 May 2021 / 0 Comments

    I’m screaming HAPPY BIRTHDAY to fellow blogger, Ada from Elegance and Mommyhood! Y’all, it has been so long since I’ve attended a party. Even before COVID… I’m really quite shy and will accept invitations and then bail at the last minute. So, thank goodness for virtual parties, am I right? *nervous giggle* I’m so not a dress wearer, but when I saw this dress on HSN, I just knew I wanted it. The print is so bold and funky, don’t you think? I chose to wear clogs because those are my footwear of choice, but this dress could easily be paired with ankle boots, sandals, or wedges. And, while, I…

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    Style Imitating Art: Paul Revere by John Singleton Copley

    22 February 2021 / 0 Comments

    As the blogger and photographer behind Living Outside the Stacks, I independently select and write about stuff I love and things I think you’ll enjoy too. Living Outside the Stacks has affiliate and advertising partnerships so I get revenue from sharing this content and from your purchase. Thank you for your support. Welcome to Style Imitating Art. Last week I wrote about completing my first photo shoot, wellllll, you can see some of the pictures here, here, and here. As a result of those images, I was asked to do another birthday shoot for another individual. I’m feeling both the excitement and the pressure. I shoot for my college and…

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    Fab Forties: New York Fashion Week

    28 September 2020 / 0 Comments

    As the blogger and photographer behind Living Outside the Stacks, I independently select and write about stuff I love and things I think you’ll enjoy too. Living Outside the Stacks has affiliate and advertising partnerships so I get revenue from sharing this content and from your purchase. Thank you for your support. About the Fab Forties The Fab Forties is a group of style bloggers from around the globe who come together once a month to share their common love of fashion. Each month we choose a different theme and invite a guest blogger, who is also in her forties, to join us. The group’s goal is to take on…

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    Fab Forties: The Color of My Love

    24 February 2020 / 1 Comment

    As the blogger and photographer behind Living Outside the Stacks, I independently select and write about stuff I love and things I think you’ll enjoy too. Living Outside the Stacks has affiliate and advertising partnerships so I get revenue from sharing this content and from your purchase. Thank you for your support. Hi, it feels like it has been a long time since I’ve updated the blog. I know it has been even longer since I’ve responded to all of your comments and, for that, I apologize. Life has happened and it has caused me to have to put quite a few things on the back burner. I do plan…

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    Fab Forties: Polka Dot Fever

    30 December 2019 / 2 Comments

    As the blogger and photographer behind Living Outside the Stacks, I independently select and write about stuff I love and things I think you’ll enjoy too. Living Outside the Stacks has affiliate and advertising partnerships so I get revenue from sharing this content and from your purchase. Thank you for your support. Has this Christmas season been a whirlwind or what? Usually, the holiday break seems so long, but this year everything seemed to go by in a blur. And, honestly, I couldn’t tell you why. We didn’t do anything exciting. Well, no, I did binge watch Designing Women. That show stands the test of time. What’d you do? Did…

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