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My Scarf 2022 Capsule Wardrobe: June Additions

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Jun 22, 2022

My Scarf 2022 Capsule Wardrobe: June Additions

With the official first day of summer behind us, the warm-to-hot weather has arrived even here in Minnesota. It's definitely time to get this wardrobe into a summer-compatible mode! Here is where we left things at the end of May. Depending on where you live, you may experience heat stroke looking at jeans and long-sleeved cardigans, but these pieces are still in play for me (though only on the cooler days of the season, and I did remove the dusky rose cardigan that is too w

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sallyinstpaul

Jun 6, 2022

18 More Bird Print Outfits For Summer

When I posted my previous bird print outfit round-up in May, several commenters were (quite reasonably!) surprised that I have a total of 40 bird-themed items in my closet. This made me realize that though you have been introduced to my inner Crazy Rabbit Lady and have seen glimpses of my Crazy Cat Lady self, Crazy Bird Lady hasn't yet made it to the blog! My form of Crazy Bird Lady doesn't have pet birds (never have, probably never will)...I'm a wild bird fan instead. Sinc

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What Makes You Feel More "You" When You Wear It? Part 1

sallyinstpaul

May 30, 2022

What Makes You Feel More "You" When You Wear It? Part 1

Today I am answering a style journal prompt from m gets dressed: Is there an item or pairing that always makes you feel more "you" when you wear it? What do you like about these anchor pieces? She likens these items to "a staple of your personal style" and "a security blanket for your outfits," noting that these items make an outfit feel "comfortably familiar when you mix it in." I thought this made an interesting compare/contrast to the Daily Dozen...12 items that bring th

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Design a DIY Bracelet Set: Start With a Pink Outfit (Spring)

sallyinstpaul

May 23, 2022

Design a DIY Bracelet Set: Start With a Pink Outfit (Spring)

Today I'm back with another example of designing a coordinated DIY bracelet set with a mix of paper bead bracelets and stone/glass bead bracelets that you will love and actually wear again and again! I put together this pink/burgundy outfit as a planned outfit for spring, and knowing that it's a color scheme that I like, I thought it would make a good inspiration for a DIY bracelet set. I had these two bracelet sets in shades of pink with silver but I didn't have any with gol

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15 Warm Weather Bird Print Outfits To Inspire Your Summer Style

sallyinstpaul

May 16, 2022

15 Warm Weather Bird Print Outfits To Inspire Your Summer Style

The theme for this month's Good Buy/Good-Bye Book is Birds & Feathers. Do I have bird prints? Oh do I have bird prints! I did an inventory and this is what I counted up: 3/4-sleeve tops - 3 Long sleeved tops - 3 Short sleeved tops - 3 Sleeveless tops - 2 Pullover sweaters - 1 Cardigans - 1 Scarves - 18 (!) Necklaces - 6 Earrings - 2 Evening bags - 1 That's a total of 40 bird-themed items! But we're not going to look at all 40 of them today (which is a relief to you, I'm s

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6 Scarves 2021: December Additions, #4 Olive & Beige, Kiwi

sallyinstpaul

Dec 29, 2021

6 Scarves 2021: December Additions, #4 Olive & Beige, Kiwi

For an introduction to the 6 Scarves 2021 project, see this post. For a description of my method, see this post. I have been looking forward to the December additions to the Kiwi wardrobe with this inspiration scarf and color palette because I am the captain of Team Red for Christmas! And I like to wear my Christmas red with black. I have had various favorite red Christmas pieces over the years. For a while, my stand-by was a traditional twin set (sleeveless sweater shell a

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sallyinstpaul

Nov 10, 2021

Rust Color Combos: Purple & Aqua

This is part 6 of the rust color combo series inspired by Bettye's "colors of fall" post over at Fashion Schlub. Today I'm going to evaluate my rust quilted vest and rust pants when paired with a variety of purple and aqua garments in my wardrobe. (I was initially going to include teal in this post, but due to length, I will address teal separately.) To increase my level of difficulty, I am going to build full outfits around some promising, questionable, and very challengin

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sallyinstpaul

Oct 15, 2021

3 Layered Necklaces: Alice Edition

Welcome to another round-up of three layered necklaces that I have worn as part of my outfit of the day recently with discussion of how I put these necklaces together. To supplement my DIY silver paper clip chain necklace with hinged clasp holding a White Rabbit charm... I made a gold version with an enamel Alice in Wonderland charm! The set of enamel Alice themed charms I purchased on Amazon had three Alices with blue, black, and pink dresses. Because the center clasp has

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sallyinstpaul

Sep 10, 2021

3 Layered Necklaces in Late August

Welcome to another round-up of three layered necklaces that I have worn as part of my outfit of the day this summer with discussion of how I put these necklaces together. When I bought this polka dot Henley T almost two years ago, primarily as a sleep T, I thought that it would make for a fun print mix with this striped skirt. I finally put this idea into action a couple weeks ago and I loved the result. Continuing with the "neutral doesn't have to mean boring" idea is this

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sallyinstpaul

Sep 3, 2021

OOTD: Woodland Critters

Last winter, I purchased this autumn-toned "woodland critters" 3/4 sleeve T from CJ Banks on sale for $12.28. I wore it a couple times in the spring, but was eager for the summer to fall transition season, for which it seems perfect. The mixed autumn leaves-and-wild-animal print is so appealing, but of course, this little guy (and his fellow bunny friends) are my favorite part! In fact, I used this photo as part of my rabbit-themed clothing and accessories banner at the top

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6 Scarves 2021: August Additions, #1 Black & Grey, Gina

sallyinstpaul

Aug 29, 2021

6 Scarves 2021: August Additions, #1 Black & Grey, Gina

For an introduction to the 6 Scarves 2021 project, see this post. For a description of my method, see this post. Uh-oh, we have only a couple days of August left and 6 wardrobes to get through! Well, it's not like something magical happens on September 1 that makes our August additions irrelevant, but it's time to get going as summer starts its wind down. Over at The Vivienne Files, Janice added cozy sweatshirts and sweatpants to her wardrobes in August because so many reade

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3 Layered Necklaces: Animal Pendant Edition

sallyinstpaul

Aug 27, 2021

3 Layered Necklaces: Animal Pendant Edition

Welcome to another round-up of three layered necklaces that I have worn as part of my outfit of the day this summer with discussion of how I put these necklaces together. Although I rely heavily on necklaces for summer accessorizing, I still like to wear scarves from time to time...and if I can wear a scarf and necklaces together, it's a fun combination. One way I like to do this is to wear a long scarf around the neck and floating down to "frame" a necklace (or more) above

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sallyinstpaul

Aug 25, 2021

OOTD: Yellow & Brown

I purchased this floral button-up shirt from Coldwater Creek last summer for $42, which is about as much as I ever pay for this kind of thing. But I just fell in love with the soft medium-pastel colored flowers on the light navy background. These accent colors are ones I like to wear (and ideally, would wear very often) but aren't easy to find, and I knew that the shirt would coordinate with so many things in my wardrobe. Since I work to get my cost per wear to under $1 for

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sallyinstpaul

Jun 23, 2021

OOTD: Inspired by Liz & Lesley

Today I'm excited to share an outfit of the day that was inspired by Lesley from Jodie's Touch of Style and Liz Klebba from Closet Play, two blogs that are on my must-read list. I remember that when Liz posted her original outfit, I thought it was adorable. I liked the color palette, the soft blouse, the drop pearls, the matching cardigan and shoes, and the raw-edge jeans. Plus look at that jaunty polka-dot scarf adding a splash of red that she repeats in the lipstick color

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sallyinstpaul

Jun 17, 2021

Putting the Mess in #Neckmess

Despite the seeming ubiquity of "neatly layered necklaces" converting to "unholy tangled necklaces," I have had good luck so far (knock wood) with my layered necklace and #neckmess efforts staying reasonably straightened out while I wear them. But I recently experimented with an accidental #neckmess that moved well into true necklace mess territory. A while back, I discussed losing a new slate blue necklace in a Nine West shoe box because I had forgotten that there are two o

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sallyinstpaul

Jun 11, 2021

OOTD: Rabbits With Neck Mess

Today brings together two of my favorite things this summer: rabbits and layered necklaces. I know that layered necklaces have been a thing for quite some time now, but the look didn't resonate with me because for years I always saw examples like "skinny, tan, young woman wearing a thin white t-shirt with a deep V neck and 2-5 extremely delicate chain necklaces, one of which draws the eye down to her cleavage (thirst trap)." There was nothing about that look that would trans

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sallyinstpaul

May 21, 2021

OOTD: Stripes With Neck Mess

To give myself a break from the intensity of the capsule wardrobe posts, I'm going to start intermingling outfit of the day posts. My current work-from-home era has been a good time for me to experiment with necklace layering, or as Liz at Closet Play calls it, the #neckmess. (And yes, mine is more often a true mess than a carefree yet perfectly proportioned set of necklaces, so that name resonates!) Here is one I wore last Friday. The pieces are: brown/teal streaked beads

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