Today is going to be a two different and unrelated stories consolidated into one story day…
THE STORY
…A story two for one if you will. First up is the fun collaboration with my friend Kim at the Fierce Fashion Blog. Actually it’s more like a non-collaboration because apparently Kim was collaborating and I wasn’t. A few weeks ago Kim had asked if I’d like to do a tulle skirt post together; of course I was up for that! Tulle skirts are awesome, collaborating with friends is awesome, so hecks ya.
I was going to email her over the weekend to confirm, but like it sometimes does, time got away from me and I never sent the email. I had it in my head for some reason that the post was to go up today…even though I had it written down for Tuesday…ya, it was supposed to be Tuesday. I figured that out when Kim commented on my Tuesday post and said something along the line of “Ya, I love your outfit, but I posted my tulle skirt today…” Oops. My sincerest apologies and a big hug go out to Kim since she doesn’t normally post on Tuesdays and I stood her up.
Definitely take a minute right now and head over to check out Kim’s killer tulle skirt style. She put together a really cool original look by layering a longer jacket over her skirt; definitely something you wouldn’t necessarily think to do, but it really looks incredible!
Now for the second story…
I’ve mentioned in the past that I love sky-watching. I’ve written about laying outside for hours to watch the Perseid meteor shower, and my daughter and I made an event out of the solar eclipse a few years ago.
Just a little while ago this evening, I got to see a really cool sky event that I wasn’t even aware existed. Thanks to my husband’s sharp eye I witnessed something fascinating and beautiful and I learned something new too. He came in from bringing the garbage dumpster back and said, “There’s some sort of spaceship out there blinking and hovering in one spot in the sky…”
Well, you know I was all over that in a hot second. I’m not arrogant enough to believe that we’re the only life in the entire galaxy, and if we were getting visitors I was going to be first in line to check it out…so I’d know firsthand if we had new interstellar BFF’s or if I’d needed to make a run for it to escape the alien apocalypse.
Anyhow, initially looking at it with the naked eye, I thought it was a star. But when I looked at it through binoculars it was indeed very stationary…and very clearly blinking bright red and bright green in an alternating pattern. How fun…the aliens brought pretty twinkle lights to communicate with! Okay, before I got too carried away with that idea I consulted my best friend Google, and lo and behold…Capella.
Apparently Capella is the 6th brightest star in our sky, and if you live in the Northern Hemisphere it’s very noticeable low in the northeastern sky at nightfall in October. And it is indeed flashing true red and true green; the reason is because when Capella is low in the sky our atmosphere refracts the light from it’s normal twinkle and changes it to a beautiful red and green sparkle. It is seriously very pretty, so if you happen to live in an area where you can see it, pick up some binoculars and enjoy the show!
THE OUTFIT
I was really excited to do the collab post with Kim because it pushed me to come with an original way to style one of my tulle skirts. I typically default to graphic tees and or sneakers with my tulle and I wanted to do something different. Apparently Kim and I were on the same wavelength with styling our skirts (but obviously now with dates…lol). She went with a longer jacket for an original twist, and I decided to layer mine under an unbuttoned floral print sundress and plaid shirt.
I’m loving how it turned out. All day long I felt all sorts of swooshy…when I walked both the dress and skirt moved beautifully together. If I stood one way it looked like I was simply wearing a dress, but move just a bit and surprise…there’s a tulle skirt peaking out! The colors all played well together too. I thought that the pink, burgundy and mauve shades paired really nicely with the taupe boots.
THE TIP
I think that a tulle skirt is a solid addition to any closet. It’s a myth that they are hard to style and they aren’t just for ballerinas or 5 year old girls. You can honestly wear a tulle skirt anywhere that you would wear any other style of skirt. They are easy to dress up or down and they inject a little bit of fun into any look. And who doesn’t want to feel like a swooshy princess for a day?
THE LINK UPS
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Skirt: Amazon (Similar); Dress: Target (Similar); Shirt: JCPenney (Similar); Boots: Amazon
