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Day 2 of monochromatic looks! Today it’s cream. The jeans are @jcrewfactory and I love 💕 layering tees. Found a great pack @amazon - and the sweater is from a discount store. I had all of these in my closet and it was so fun to put together the look. I grabbed a spring bag 💼 I had in a cream color and added a fall scarf 🧣 tied around the handle. I also have a long dainty necklace from @worldmarket and a winter scarf in plaid! I hope you are inspired to shop your closet for this look for fall! #thymemag #monochromaticlook #shopyourcloset

I thought 💭 it would be so fun to do five days of monochromatic looks… Black, brown, gray, burgundy and cream. Today it’s all black! 🖤Just a black shirt and black denim, add a scarf, 🧣 a belt, a sweater or a jacket, and then a pop of color ♥️with a bag. All different options if you stand in your closet and grab all pieces black and then just accessorize… So fun! 🤩 #thymemag #dressedinblack #monochromatic

Are you ever inspired 🤗 just to shine? Our November 🍁issue inspires women across the generations, see link in my bio and enjoy this month. I’m often inspired by many of you by what you wear, and today I was reminded of the beauty of solid white against dark charcoal 🩶🩶gray… after all, offering inspiration to each other - it’s a free gift to be given and to be received… Isn’t that cool? Who’s inspiring you today and what did they inspire you to do? #thymemag #inspired #charcoalgray

It’s November! Last night it was date night and I felt in the mood for a hat 🧢 to snuggle next to him at the theater… And this morning we’re headed to a birthday 🎂 party for one of the kiddos… She’s turning one. I love this Argyle sweater from @shopcider and the ribbed knit from @walmart - don’t you love that you can dress according to your mood 🤗and what you’re doing each day… And you feel like a whole different person and you can be anyone you want! #thymemag #fashionisfun

I get amused 🤗at how all of us stand with our legs crossed or bent, just right… So that we look our best. Sometimes I almost fall over, trying to do the right pose! But I do want to share these wonderful stretchy brown trousers🤎 that I found @amazon and that you can wear a brooch on your scarf 🧣 around your waist! This is a very large rectangular scarf and it works great. This is my outfit for Halloween 🎃 day… But who knows what I’ll be wearing tonight…👻 link for the pants is in my stories. #thymemag #brownpants #brownandblue

Yes, it is sweaters and scarves 🧣 , and all the fall accessories… But at the end of the month, it’s looking back and giving thanks 🙏 for birthdays, vacations, fall leaves, family, and more. And if you watch till the end, you’ll see who’s turning one today… And I get to play 👶with her all afternoon. My green sweater is @earthboundtrading a favorite place to stop in and browse. What are you thankful for as you look 👀 back over the month of October? Share it below. #thymemag #october🍁 #thankful #reflection

Hi. I’m Marcy and I’m on here because of my magazine,THYME. We are 12 women that write ✍️ and connect each other over the generations in fun, food, faith, and fashion… I love a good bargain, so I shop at the discount stores a bunch. I found this plaid skirt yesterday, and this jacket… 🧥 at @rossdressforless! My version of a barn jacket, a little bit shorter, and sinched at the waist. The boots 👢 are @target and the whole look makes me happy bc it’s cool outside!! #thymemag #plaidskirt #barnjacket #falloutfit

Polkadots… Do you love them or hate them? I love ❤️ them, in moderation… So I found this really pretty sweater from @amazonfashion and I’ll link in stories. It could be dressed up for Christmas 🎄 and the holidays, worn for Thanksgiving 🦃dinner, or I just added a butterfly 🦋 on my shoulder to wear it today… For errands and work. It’s so versatile, it’s comfortable, and I think it’s beautiful! Which way would you wear it? #thymemag #polkadots #sweaterweatherisbetterweather

One of my words earlier in the year was “linger.” Linger a little longer to observe the little things in life, like cozy pajamas🤗. These literally are the softest, prettiest, most elegant set of pajamas I have and they’re from @walmart_jwd - great price, they have pockets, and they’re just luxurious! Can you linger this morning 🌅for a bit before the week begins? #thymemag #linger #pajamas #cozyathome @walmart

I decided to let the song 🎵 speak instead of myself… But you can tell what I’m doing. I love ❤️ mixing casual with dressy. It’s just a T-shirt and jeans, dressed up with a ribbed sweater, leaving the collar up. I found the cutest necklace yesterday @worldmarket and I have some new specs 👓by Jessica Simpson @tjmaxx. And the back of my hair was an accident but I like it! Sundays are for worship, markets, and strolls 🚶‍♀️… Don’t you think? #thymemag #sundaymood☀️ #casualtodressy #jeansandtee

Yesterday, celebrating my birthday 🎂 and reading all of your sweet wishes, made my day. You can see the five things I’m thankful 😌 for as you watch, and I’m also loving this sweater from @onequince paired w a retro scarf 🧣 and loafers! The scarf ring is back, did you know that? Thank you to all that made my day yesterday feel so warm and lovely… #thymemag #onequincepartner #thanks #birthdaylove

It’s my birthday 🎂 today! And I’m 68 years old. I’ve never quite understood why it’s rude to ask a woman her age, when a birthday means she has lived another year to the fullest. I’m so thankful. And tonight my husband has planned a fun 🤩 evening, and I’m trying to decide which of these three toppers to wear with my blouse and jeans 👖 … And my new boots. The bag is @oldnavy and the boots 👢 are @target - I love ❤️ them and will link in stories. So…which topper?

I’m not a sit around and lounge type of gal… But I do love some cozy pajamas for evening 🌙and morning. And these are it. Don’t you love the rich navy blue 🥿color? I can wear my red cozy slippers, sit on my orange sofa 🧡or stand in my white kitchen… And I feel wrappedin the cutest pajamas that are ribbed , they have pockets, they’re everything I want for fall… @walmart_jwd I will leave a link in stories. #thymemag #walmart #walmartfinds

Any excuse to dress up is fun… In my book. 🤗@onequince pieces like this sweater and bag 💼 elevate and create the best look! I just grabbed new readers 👓from @tjmaxx yesterday and the slides are @oldnavy!
I love blue w burgundy. Don’t you? Use my code INFG-25THYMEMAG10 to save. #thymemag #quincepartner #brunchoutfit #wednesdays

All the pregnant 🤰 young moms these days cup their hands 🙌 under their bellies so proudly, and all of us older moms that are twice their age try to cover up our stomachs that are less than flat because we’ve given birth, we’ve aged, we’ve weathered storms, and we’ve enjoyed life and food… 🥘 And yet we struggle to hide the very thing the young moms are proud to display. It’s hard to have a completely flat stomach when you’ve lived over six decades…approaching seven. While some manage to do so, some of us struggle, and I say wear the fitted dress 👗 and even if it’s short… You can add tights. You can be proud of those curves, or you can cover them up, but don’t ever be ashamed of the body you’ve lived and given birth to after your kids are grown and gone… This red dress, I’m just practicing with it for the holiday season coming up, can you believe Christmas 🎄 is only a couple months away! A solid red ♥️dress is something fun to play with, don’t you think? Link in stories, it’s from @walmart #thymemag #reddrress #bodyimagewarrior #owningit

It’s the morning after… The pumpkin 🎃 party, that is. The best part was when three year-old Camp arrived and exclaimed, “ I’ve been waiting for this day all year!” I’m wearing one of several shirts I bought from @walmart , I love the ribbed texture, and I think some of them were meant to be dresses… But I’m enjoying them as long tops. See link in stories 🤗. It’s cleanup day today, after all of the activities last night, and my favorite was the string art on the pumpkins and the monster 👹 mash of course… We had a bag full of props and each person had to pull one out and wear it and dance across the yard. Total fun. Happy Monday everyone, I hope you’re dancing 💃 your way into this week.#thymemag #monstermash #pumpkinparty #pumpkinart

It’s windy, and we had to secure some things down… But the temperatures have fallen and I’m thrilled. 🍁We spend lots of weeks preparing for this pumpkin party with the kiddos, and what better outfit than overalls 👖I found on @amazon that are my favorite. I’ll share the link in stories. From an eyeball 👁️ race, to sack races, to bobbing for apples, 🍎 using string art on our pumpkins, and more… We’re having an old-fashioned vintage type party… To celebrate the season of fall. And it didn’t rain ☔️ us out! That’s a blessing…#thymemag #halloweenpartyideas #pumpkinparty

Five weekend faves: Lip 👄 oils from @anthropologie @dollartree skeleton 💀 on a tray with snacks The side tuck! Mason jar zipper bags for trail mix and…. Black and white sneakers 👟@walmart Get any faves today? #thymemag #myfavoritethings #saturdayvibes #sidetuck

Transforming our backyard this weekend into an old-fashioned pumpkin party… And I can’t wait. And today, I took my maxi Jean skirt that I wore all spring and summer and added some slip on mules, a brooch I found at a vintage store, a striped sleeveless sweater with a @halftee underneath, and this new navy bag 💼 from @oldnavy - linked in stories - I’m loving all things fall… Even when the temperatures haven’t quite decided which season it is yet. Bb What are your weekend plans?#thymemag #jeanskirt #newbag #fridaylook 🍂🍁🍁🍃🍂

Hanging with Corie today and wearing my long sleeved graphic tee at my waist! 🤗But the real fun is all the pumpkin 🎃 activities. We’re having an old-fashioned Halloween party in our backyard this weekend: Stacked pumpkins to decorate with stickers. A blowup hotdog 🌭 with some hay bells for eating hotdogs! A super tiny shallow baby swimming pool will serve our tub for bobbing apples. We have to have a fishing booth! How about a skeleton 💀 tray with candy all around? A bag of costumes and a monster mash waltz across the grass! It wouldn’t be old-fashioned without sack races! Relays of the most fun kind, including carrying a big eyeball 👁️ on a skeleton hand! All kinds of plastic tablecloths for backdrops…. And scarecrows for part of the yard decor. I found most everything at the dollar tree, target, just looking around everywhere I go… And of course, we will decorate many pumpkins 🎃 with little push pins and string to make string art pumpkins! #thymemag #pumpkinparty #halloweenparty🎃 #oldfashioned @dollartree

After airline ✈️snafus and major delays we arrived home at 3am 🕒 and I’m still awake early anyway! I thought it would be fun to share a few snippets of some things that worked well for this vacation to the northeast… one might not think of: * a stack of scarves 🧣 for variety. * Cute socks 🧦 to wear that show. * Your most colorful coat * Earplanes that help with cabin pressure. * no packing cubes - lay clothes back and forth. * an extra bag 💼 for souvenirs (or another scarf) 🤗. * a puzzle book 📖 for delays * a pashmina for everything! * one bold necklace * two sneakers 👟 and one pair of boots. * a backpack 🎒 for all the things Why no packing cubes? I’ve had all sizes and shapes and I only use the small ones now. I’ve rolled and tried all the tricks. But I find that one fold and back and forth layering works the best for me! Soooo much fits and the top and bottom are together. What’s a tip that’s your fave? #thymemag #packingtips #vacationlist #savethis

Last day and we spent it in Stowe. The gondola 🚠 up the mountain provided the best views! And the @vontrappresort nearby was a jewel. 🤗Although I seriously cried 😢hiking the steep incline to the little chapel. We actually met Maria’s granddaughter, as well! Such a fun day and such a fun 👌way to end such a fun trip. And this sweater? It’s @shopcider - my newfound site I love. Thanks for watching… we are happy to be flying home, however, because it’s pumpkin 🎃 party time this weekend at our house! Happy Tuesday…#thymemag #vermonting #stowe #vacation

It’s the covered bridges for me 🤗every time we vacation up this way. My goodness they’re pretty. Ever buy something off season and then when that season is here again, you’re so excited to wear it? This scarf is that thing. And I can’t decide how to tie it!
Pink 👛orange 🧡and brown 🍂. That’s the color combo today. And sighing over New England beauties. #thymemag #coveredbridges #vermont

The colors of brown 🤎, a new flip ring, the brilliant leaves, 🍁 the sights and fun of vacation. Vermont is so peaceful and inviting in the fall! Happy 😊 Sunday. It’s a good day to be alive. #thymemag #vermont #fallinvermont

It’s all about the leaves 🍁 in fall. Especially in Vermont. They are falling in every color. Woodstock was our stop yesterday for shopping 🛍️ and fun. And today it’s a new day with this favorite green 🌳sweater from @earthboundtrading - I always find something unique there! The gold star ⭐️ necklace is @marshalls - you know the checkout line, where you shop while you wait and add more things to your cart! Anyone else do that? Have a great weekend. Enjoy a little THYME. See link in bio. #thymemag #vermont #sweaterweather #fallleaves🍁🍂

There’s frost ❄️on the ground this morning! So this @onequince sweater feels cozy and perfect. Retro scarf. And we are headed to Woodstock. Yesterday we hit the back roads 🚙and it was wonderful. Met the most interesting folks. Went to the local theater. Fell into bed 🛌 thankful. Today is Friday! Fun weekend plans?. #thymemag #vermont #whataday❤️ #onequincepartner @onequince

It’s cold today! And the @shopcider sweater is cozy. My new blue coat 🧥 from @amazon is warm and the new hat 👒 - I just got! I don’t know if it all goes together, but it’s making me happy… We are sure enjoying the fall vibes here. And the beautiful scenery, and oh yes… Fresh squeezed apple 🍎 cider! Have a lovely day. #thymemag #vermont #fallinvermont

It’s cold 😎and I’m here for it. Sweater is @shopcider and the scarf 🧣 is @marshalls - I threw these two in the suitcase last minute! All the colors of fall 🍂are making me cozy - that’s all. Happy middle of the week day! Off for fresh squeezed apple 🍎 cider and donuts! #thymemag #vermont #vacationmode #fallsweater

We made it! We almost missed our flight ✈️ and by a true miracle, we got on at the last minute. We’re in beautiful Vermont, a far cry from what Texas looks like… 🍂With all the pretty colors and leaves, and the cutest Farm House Inn ever. I’m wearing a striped shirt from Amazon and a really pretty necklace that I got from Amazon as well, I’ll link both in stories. I hope you have a fabulous 👍 Monday, I am full of a thankful 😌 heart. #thymemag #vermont #vacationmode

Escaping from the heat 🥵and headed to Vermont. Travel outfit? A flannel shirt at the waist and sneakers 👟 for running. Bc the Austin airport was nuts and we barely made our flight. Necklace is three random charms I strung together on a leather link. Whew! Our family rings a tambourine 📳when we share blessings. And making our flight is one for today! #thymemag #traveloutfit #vacationmode

Have you ever listened 👂to this part of this song… And sang it to Him? It’s the sweetest thing to wake up on a Sunday morning, and know that you are loved and cared for by the Maker of the universe. 🌎. And then it’s fun to get dressed with things from your closet and wear them a little bit different. Navy and gray and black, unbuttoned shirt 👕 pulled over and pinned, And hair to the side… It’s just a side pony halfway pulled through. Enjoy 😊 today, because He sure enjoys you. #thymemag #sweet #helovesme #navyandblack

A new purse. 👜 Is there anything more fun? I just got this one in and I’m taking it traveling on our trip ✈️next week, it’s slides right into my backpack and then I can pull it out and carry it. It looks tiny and it is, elegant and it is, roomy and it is, pretty and it is, perfect 👌 and it is. @nelabags.official - get one! #thymemag #purselover #cutebag

True confession here. 🤗This Texas girl has never liked jean jackets or western wear, and I’m a native Austinite! But I searched until I found a jean jacket 🧥 that wasn’t itchy, this one is stretchy. And I have found that I can wear it other ways and enjoy 😊 it. This is a fall 🍁look that I’ve put together for lunch with a friend today. I think I am perhaps in the minority about jean jackets and Western wear… What about you? Is there anything you don’t really care for that everyone else seems to be wearing? 🙂Do tell… #thymemag #jeanjacket #notthenorm

It’s a dress jacket 🧥 today! Style it up with a belt and a scarf. 🧣 I found this reversible print scarf at @marshalls yesterday! Or dress it down for a day of shopping w sneakers 👟 and a long necklace. Both pieces are @rivana_jewelry use THYMEFREE to save. I bet you have a dress jacket in your closet… Keep it fitted underneath, and then play 🤗with all the accessories you have and see what you come up with! Won’t it be so fun? #thymemag #dressjacket #jacketstyles #thisisfun

Jacket 🧥 week - shopping my closet! This black jacket is a classic and I did purchase a solid brown shirt to wear under sweaters and jackets this fall. And the accessories to add? Blue! 💙All shades. *This layered necklace from @erinmcdermott1 *This magnetic pin / lots on Amazon!
*This skinny scarf and the bracelet @rivana_jewelry Which look is your fave? #thymemag #jacketstyle #blackandbrown I’ll share links in stories.

Most likely, no links this week! I’m going to be shopping my closet for all my fall 🧥 jackets and experimenting with what goes under, scarves, accessories, and all the things. 🤗Then I’m going to snap photos of each outfit and keep it in my phone 📱 for inspiration. I invite you to come along, and I hope you are inspired too! Also… If you haven’t read the September issue of the magazine, enjoy it today and tomorrow because then October will be here! I appreciate you all! Happy Monday…#thymemag #septemberinspiration #jacketstyle #grwm #ilovefall🍁. Today’s inspo:
Whimsical jacket, flowy blouse w collar tucked in, a scarf twisted and tied, and hair back! All w denim and some dangly earrings. 😎

We all dress up here. And we put on color and style. Like this denim shirt 👕 from @walmart I’ve darted with safety pins in the front. My mom taught me about darts. And this amazing @onequince bag 💼 that literally goes with everything. And the rich colors of fall that meet in perfection. But some days, we all need a hand. And that’s His hand He so gladly extends. Always. Happy Sunday. Dress up. Reach up. And be lifted up. #thymemag #givemeyourhand #fallcolor #quincepartner INFG-25THYMEMAG10 to save on the bag.

I didn’t plan it… But I am dressed in all the shades of oatmeal… And we’re headed to an oatmeal festival! 🤗Only in Texas, right? I’m wearing all the different shades of brown, this wonderful sweater from @jcrewfactory and a new belt from @amazon as well as my favorite leather bag 💼 from @marshalls - so fun. Add in dark brown slides and mismatched earrings. Links in stories. Hoping for oatmeal fun today! #thymemag #shadesofbrown #weekendfun #oatmealfestival

The rosette! 🏵️It’s way easier than it looks, just fold your large square scarf 🧣 in a triangle and roll it up. Put it around your neck and start twisting pretty tightly until you have a couple of inches left at the bottom. Then just twist it up, and it sort of just rolls around into a rosette. 🤗. Take those two little ends and push them under and through the middle of the rosette and tighten. It’s the cutest little addition to all of your burgundies and reds and grays… And it looks so cute to elevate a T-shirt, a sweater, under a jacket… So versatile. And all of these ideas 💡 this week came from this fun book 📕 that I will link in my stories. It’s Friday everyone! I’m doing a little happy dance about that. #thymemag #scarvesfordays #ilovescarves #scarftying

Did you know you can make your scarf 🧣 into a necklace? Take a large silky scarf and fold into a triangle and then roll it up. Put it around your neck and make one tie, and then loop each side over the scarf tying a knot on each side. It’s so cute under a button up shirt, and then add your jean jacket 🧥 or a sweater or a cardigan or even a pullover sweater with a V-neck. How cute 😊 is this? Will you try it? #thymemag #scarftying #ilovescarves #trythis

Drab, dull and down? 🫤Day three of scarf 🧣 tying. This is the half bow! Take a neutral silhouette and change it from drab to fab. A knot on one side. Fold and feed the other side through. Adjust! 🤗Will you try this!? #thymemag #scarfoftheday #ilovescarves

It’s scarf 🧣 week! Yesterday I showed you the knotted bib. Today it’s the choker! 🤗And it’s the easiest one of all. Take a long scarf or a large square one and fold it in a triangle and roll it up until it’s long. Put it around the back of your neck come to the front and twist it twice and then tie it in the back. 👌That’s it. It looks so pretty with a necklace hanging out from underneath, some pretty earrings and grab your favorite suede bag.💼 Isn’t it cute! #thymemag #scarfoftheday #tyingscarves #ilovescarves

Oh so fun 🤗that this accessory I’ve always loved is so in this season! Scarf 🧣 ideas this week and the book 📚 I’ve used for years. I’ll link in stories. Unique ways. And today is the knotted bib! This requires a larger scarf, and you just turn it over and make a knot in the center. Then you pull opposite corners and tie around your neck - you can tuck it in, or wear it out. But it’s a pretty 😍 way to wear the beautiful colors of the season… I chose this retro scarf. Happy Monday… Stay tuned for more all week. #thymemag #scarvesfordays #ilovescarves

Happy Sunday! Breakfast 🥞 on the porch. A cotton scarf 🧣 with a polo. Blooms 🌻in the yard. Thankful for the simple things. Or are they simple? They seem luxurious to me. Omg. Good thing I read this again before posting. Because luxurious was ludicrous. 😛 #thymemag #sundaymood #thankful

3 favorite 😍 things this Saturday. 1. Metal round wreath above the stove w twinkly lights and fall 🍂 leaves. 2. Top from @shopcider and 3. Leather bag 💼 from @marshalls. Headed out before sunrise 🌅 for a full day. What are three of your faves today? #thymemag #favorite #threethings

Three things I wonder 💭 if you know! Tortoise shell, leopard 🐆 and plaid coordinate so well! And you might already have these in your closet. The shoes are @walmart , I recently snagged the flannel at @burlingtondeals and I’ve had the frames 👓 and earrings. Oh yeah. And grab a red ❤️bag. This is my perfect Friday night, date night at the movies ensemble … And I can take off the flannel shirt and wear it if it’s cold in the theater! Link for shoes in stories. That’s my Friday fashion fodder for today… Enjoy yourself.#thymemag #plaidshirt #coordinated #fashionfodder #fridaydate

It only takes about three times… To get over feeling conspicuous when you wear a hat. 🎩 I found this really cute corduroy bucket hat on Amazon, and I can wear my hair down or in a side ponytail. 🤗I’ll link in stories. And one little trick that works for me is I pin it up my hair in a tiny clip on top of my head, so that when I take my hat 🎩 off, I can remove the clip and my hair is not flat. How about that? 👌. Audrey Hepburn is my inspiration… I love all of her hats. Do you wear hats?#thymemag #wearhats #buckethat

Late start today bc of a morning walk 🚶‍♀️and saying hi to neighbors! Today is gray and brown. I’ll link these pants 👖 in stories bc they’re a favorite. And my mismatched earrings too. I’m really enjoying this season. You don’t have to have a lot of money to decorate. That pumpkin 🎃 art on my mantel is from @popshelf and I like emulating art with stacked pumpkins beside. And always little trios of decor. That pumpkin candle is divine. Are you a pumpkin lover 🧡 in the house? 🏠 #thymemag #pumpkindecor #grayandbrown

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