Dressing up Denim

HER WAY IS JUST FINE!

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Denim dressed up with white

Everyone needs a denim jacket. I love the contrast of rugged and feminine.

I’ve dressed up a denim jacket with a long, white cotton dress.

Denim dressed up with black

Dressing up denim with black is dramatic and creates a totally different look.

My denim jacket worn over a cami with lace trim and faux suede asymmetrical skirt.

I added a black “lace” necklace (it’s actually metal) and a black flower for extra femininity.

These faux suede boots are so comfortable even though they have three inch heels. They look and feel like black velvet. I bought them ten years ago and hope to find a replacement someday.

How do you dress up denim?

              ❤ carmen

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Rugged Elegance: Denim and White Eyelet

A WONDERLAND FOR BOTH OF THEM—LOVING HER OUTFIT!

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This thrifted denim jacket cost $7.99. I bought it yesterday because I have been looking for one ever since I missed a really unique denim jacket at V.V. Boutique (Value Village).

Next stop, the ruins in downtown Galt (part of the City of Cambridge, Ontario).

I like the look of rugged with delicate, so I’m pairing it with my white embroidered blouse and eyelet skirt. I bought the blouse last summer and my skirt is about 15 years old (the reason I have so many clothes because I keep them and take care of them).

The scent of lilacs surrounding me in this rugged and beautiful place is something a camera cannot capture, but the imagination can.

A great place for my adventurous grandson.

Please click on this beautiful photo to visit Mathilda

Linking up with Turning Heads Tuesday

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How to Style a White Denim Jacket

BEAUTIFULLY

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Everyone needs a white denim jacket, but until last summer, I didn’t have one. My dear friend Elisabeth gifted me with this jacket while we were shopping in Dinkelsbuhl, Germany.

A sporty look worn with my cherry red jeans this summer …

This clean, crisp look can also be worn after Labour Day according to my opinion. White denim jackets look so fashionable and here are two fashion bloggers to prove it! I love how each one has styled her jacket.

Karen‘s look is very elegant, wearing her white jacket over a black maxi dress.

Tracey is wearing her jacket over a pretty purple top and a gray and white striped maxi skirt. Very chic.

I’ve often worn mine with white jeans.

How do you style your white denim jacket?

Next post: How to style a jean jacket featuring a few of my favourite fashion bloggers.

Fashion is fun!

❤ carmen

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Cherry-picking in red, white and blue

CARMEN, THIS YOUR OST IS THE CHERRY ON THE TOP…OF OUR DAY!

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One of my favourite colour trios is red, white and blue: a great summer combo, not just for Independence Day.

Just the right outfit to go cherry-picking at the market. I bought this blue hat at the market. My big reusable shopping tote got filled with goodies: cherries, blueberries, asparagus, sprouts, mushrooms, vegan waffles, fresh homemade bread, pure maple syrup and lavender lotion.

Cherry on the top!

I like the mini blue and white stripes with little red cherries on this top. I wore my cherry earrings and necklace. The cherry purse is from Pike Place Market, Seattle.

I’ve also worn this top with denim capris.

Have a cherry-on-top kind of day!

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POINTS OF REFERENCE

Points of reference gone,

Rearranging track isn’t wrong…

Brand new decision

muddies a vision,

The vision has to stay strong!

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Of buildings and references void,

His inner self was annoyed…

Decidedly back

On the original track,

Liking what was, he was buoyed!

–

Jonathan Caswell

The poem is about the author’s N scale railroad.

think big

BIG HELP FOR BIG DREAMS!

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3 Things to Take Away from The Magic of Thinking Big

Action cures fear

The book The Magic of Thinking Big had a positive impact on my life. Why? It helped me to make a breakthrough: from unable to swim to love surfing! I thought I couldn’t swim in the past as I was afraid of deep water. I failed to swim even I had learned twice. I figured out the main reasons are lack of practice and fear of drowning. So I tried a new way suggested in the book. Thinking big. I envisioned myself to become a cool surfer and go surfing around the world to have fun, enjoy nature and life. Having this big picture in mind, I was motived to practice swimming in the pool and the sea in summer. Massive actions really cured fear. The more I swam in deep water, the less fear I…

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LOL this is funny

LAUGHTER IS HEALING TO THE BONES–FUNNY OR OTHERWISE!

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What makes you laugh today?

I have no idea what my facial expression looks like when I’m not looking at the mirror, until more than 2 people said to me,” You looks so serious”. What? I have been wearing a serious look all day, all months, or maybe all years? I thought I have a happy smiling face all the time. Are there fights between emotions in my brain like the movie Inside Out?

The idea that I was not LOL all the time makes me panic. Then I watch comedies, sitcoms, and funny books. I also put on a pair of funny glasses and see things from a different perspective. It turns out people laugh at my stupid face.

Life is absurd. It’s better not to take it seriously. I want you to have a good laugh as that will make me laugh too. How? Yea, how exactly? I…

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