This is my third post about MarketPlace: Handwork of India, a company that’s working hard to bring about real change in women’s lives. MarketPlace has a long history of helping low-income women run their own artisan businesses, and support their… Continue Reading
Welcome to Visible Monday #127! If you want to participate, it’s so easy: just go to the bottom of this post for the how-to. Please be kind and leave a link to Not Dead Yet Style in your post. Got… Continue Reading
I make a conscious effort every day to be grateful for things I could easily take for granted. I am lucky to be healthy, and well-married, and have a job I love. (It’s not just luck, but there’s a good… Continue Reading
I’m leafing through yet another fashion/style book, The Wardrobe Wake-Up, by Lois Joy Johnson. It’s a fun read, with lots of photos. It’s a little heavy on style “rules” for my taste, e.g. the right-and-wrong lengths for jeans, and… Continue Reading
I love Sundays! We sleep in, make the “best” Keurig coffee flavors, like Mocha Latte, read the New York Times, discuss the Big Issues, eat full-fat blueberry muffins. That takes till noon. Then we go out to a pub… Continue Reading
Talented, gorgeous blogger and jewelry designer extraordinaire, Wendy Brandes, has trademarked the phrase “Never Is The Next New ThingTM.” Wendy’s NITNNT’s have included: knickers, double denim, high/low dresses, maxi skirts and cameltoe shoes. Styles that once gave us the willies… Continue Reading
It’s not my goal to look young, but I like the word modern for my style. And I for-sure don’t want to dress LOL (little old lady), although I look forward to being a scandalous, radical LOL one day. My… Continue Reading
It’s not enough to have thin, fine, floofy hair. I have thin, fragile nails too. I have tried acrylics and gel nails over the years, but I don’t possess the discipline to keep up with them. I usually paint some… Continue Reading