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Category: Holiday

How to Gain a New Perspective on Holiday Outfit Colors

At Christmas time, what colors come to mind?  Red and green, right?  But there are other holiday colors as well.  What if true red and true green are not colors that look best on you?  Or maybe you have other shades of red or green that you love.  Age doesn’t matter.  What matters is what you love and what looks best on you.  Think of the beautiful, artistically-decorated Christmas trees and lights…blue and white, silver and gold, etc.  Maybe some other set of colors is more you. Let’s take a look at how to gain a new perspective on holiday outfit colors.

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How to Save Money by Embellishing with Accessories

When you want to dress up for a special time or place, there’s no need to buy special clothes.  Instead, you can embellish any simple outfit with accessories.  Be like a Christmas tree and just add ornaments.  Lol!  Below are 12 style tips that show you how easy it is to save money by embellishing with accessories.

Age doesn’t matter.  Wear what you like and then add the special touches.

A few common examples of embellishment are lace, pearls, gemstone beads, sparkle (of course), and statement jewelry (i.e.,  necklaces, earrings, bracelets, pins, rings, belts).  Scarves also count.  And killer shoes or boots would be the perfect finish!

Here are 12 Style Tips for embellishing your outfits for evening:

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9 Holiday Hacks that Will Make You Look Spectacular!

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Oleah Wrap from Sundance

9 Holiday Hacks to Make You Look Spectacular…and a Linkup Party!

Last year, I started a series on holiday outfit ideas.  I am continuing that series this year, beginning with this post.

Following are tips for giving your outfits a holiday vibe for the wide variety of events you may engage in this season.  Age doesn’t matter.  Use what you have and make it your own.  Express your true self!

Check out these tips for how to dress up with flare over the holiday season.  And then, at the end of this post is a linkup party.  There, bloggers can link their posts for all to visit.  You, my readers, can click your heart away on the blog topics and get lost in the wonderland of blog heaven.  I’m sure there will be all kinds of holiday fashion and style posts, as well as lots of content of interest to midlife women.  I am honored and excited to co-host this week’s Top of the World Style linkup party!

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How to Look Festive for Thanksgiving 22 Ways

This Thanksgiving, get dressed for yourself.  To give you outfit inspiration, here ideas on how to look festive for Thanksgiving 22 ways. You can wear something casual or wear something fancy or just wear something you love.  But let it make you happy and express what’s inside of you — feeling thankful for yourself, your loved ones and all of the wonderful things in your life.  Age doesn’t matter; be your true self!

First, let’s think about what might work in general. Then following that are 22 outfit ideas. I hope they make it easy for you to get dressed beautifully and comfortably for this special gathering.

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How Do You Guarantee the Survival of Traditions?

Traditions get passed down from one generation to the next. Our family is in a transition phase now, with a new generation being born and raised. I want to know how to pass on our Christmas traditions. Do you have any experience with this? Can you tell me how to engage the next generation in order to sustain our traditions? I’d really appreciate your feedback!

(P.S. Age doesn’t matter. Whether you are from one generation or the other, I still want to hear what you think.)

On Christmas Eve every year, my family celebrates Wigilia. We never knew that, though; we just knew we had our family’s traditional Polish feast once a year on Christmas Eve. Following the dinner, we gather around the tree and share gifts like everyone else does at Christmas time.

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Me at my brother’s house for Christmas

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