Musings

Behind the Scenes

May 1, 2012

I was hoping for a bright sunny start to May, but it is stormy and overcast here today. May 1 for me is a little bit like New Year’s Day – in that it is a time of transition – transitioning to living and spending more time outdoors. It feels so energizing to know I [...]

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Why I Like to DIY and Go Thrifting

April 16, 2012

Now that the warm weather has returned here in the northeast so has my get-up-and-go energy to go thrifting early on the weekends routine. I know some wouldn’t be caught dead poking around in a dumpster or think thrift stores and yard sales are only for people who are down on their luck. While I [...]

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How Lipstick Changed My Life

March 4, 2012

Lipstick? Not what you expect to read about here at In My Own Style, but without lipstick, I may have never become interested in DIY, decorating, and eventually blogging about it. I was reminded of how I got into DIY decorating when I was asked if I would like to have a new blog sponsor [...]

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Blog Crush FUN + My Colortopia + Blissdom 12

February 22, 2012

On Valentine’s Day I wanted to share a little blogger love and had a link-up for bloggers to post about other bloggers they had a blog crush on. I had a good time reading through the posts and wanted to say thanks to all the blogger’s who spread the love that day. I found a [...]

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My 3 Resolutions for 2012

January 4, 2012

Have you made your New Year’s resolutions yet for 2012? Every year, mine are the usual – lose weight, exercise more, save money, eat better, etc., etc., etc.… I know the more specific you are, the better chance there is that you will be successful in staying true to your resolutions. Ruffled For 2012, I [...]

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Happy 2012

December 31, 2011

Over this past week, I have been thinking about all the things for which I am grateful in 2011. More than I can list in one simple post, but most importantly I wanted to thank you for taking the time out of your day to stop by and read my posts…whether or not you leave [...]

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Hanging Out with the Family and in NYC

November 29, 2011

The past week my life has been a whirlwind of activity – not only was it Thanksgiving and I was hosting 10 for dinner, but my daughter came home from Africa where she has been the past two years – Oh! and I think I mentioned that she was bringing her African dog, Kindii home [...]

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A Few Little Bits of This and That

November 14, 2011

I have 3 things I wanted to share with you today. 2 are related to decorating, the 3rd one – a bit more personal. 1. Today starts the week long Handmade Holidays series with StyrofoamTM Brand Foam over at Under The Table and Dreaming. 25 bloggers are participating and have made holiday decorations using all [...]

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I’m Dreaming of a… White Halloween?

October 29, 2011

Every October I have a ritual to take the screens out of all the windows around my house. Yesterday was the day I did this. As I was cleaning the windows in my daughter’s room and looked outside, I saw how pretty the burning bush looked that lines the end of my driveway. I had [...]

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Taking the DAY Off

June 29, 2011

When I woke up this morning, there was a beautiful sunny breeze blowing in my window. The perfect day I thought, then I remembered it was my b-day and thought what a nice present – a beautiful day. Right then and there I decided I was going to put all the things on my “To-do” [...]