Butterflies and Bows
Have you ever noticed just how beautiful something as insignificant as a troublesome speck of dust can be? I was walking home from my last class of the day when I saw it. There, just on the crest of the hill–swirling clouds of golden dust. In the distance, I could hear birds singing, if I listened hard enough. God is certainly the most talented of artists. Even the things we hate–like clouds of dust–have beauty!
Today’s modest fashion inspiration is an outfit that I am pretty pleased with, considering I didn’t exactly plan it out. Somehow, I only have about four shirts in my closet currently, so I don’t have many options. Regardless, I was able to pull something together that made me feel beautiful and feminine. Two very good things!
Today, I chose to wear a dusty pink, butterfly clad, pussy bow blouse. The top itself is very see-through–I think it’s made from chiffon–so I layered a light grey, long sleeved t-shirt under it to make it more modest. I paired that all with my skinny jeans and a pair of new grey shoes I got for Christmas. I call them my “ugly shoes” because Brian dislikes them intensely. But I think they are just so cute! The perfect combination of rugged and quirky. I especially like the leather on the toes and heels.
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Jeans (Size 8): Seven7 Women’s Ankle Length Skinny **
Blouse (Size L): Vanity
Long Sleeved Shirt (Size S/P ): Aeropostale
Shoes (Size 7.5): Rocket Dog
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5 Comments
E and O Apparel - Erica Harman
I simply LOVE that top. Those colors are great for this time of the year. I’ve been doing my best to always try to find the best tops for our personal customers as well. Also, those photos you took are absolutely gorgeous. Thanks for displaying this for us!
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Erin
Thanks Erica! It’s definitely one of my favorites.😊
Robert M
I’m not much on fashion but I found it interesting that you found beauty and meaning in something as simple as dust, almost a year ago I wrote the following about snow etc.
“The other day we got 4 or so inches of snow. In the midst of the storm I was standing at a gas station on a busy corner and I realized something…everything was quiet and white.
Yes there was less traffic as people stayed inside out of the storm but it was more than that, the snow acted like God, it wrapped us in its arms and begged us to just be quiet for a minute, to listen, and be still.
God often begs us to be still and listen to him but we often resist and struggle. We fight against him because we think we know best, and I’m no better. There are times we all struggle through the snow of our lives instead of pausing to listen and feel the calm of his voice and presence.
The second thing that I noticed, and Lord knows I’m not the first, was how much falling and fallen snow reminds me of the human condition and our relationship with God.
He pours his grace on us like little falling flakes that never stop. It covers everything making it beautiful, pure, and clean but how often do we stop to appreciate it to thank him. Instead we just plow his grace into the corners of our internal parking lots leaving it there. We trudge across the fields or yards leaving our muddy sinful footprints behind only realizing what we were in the midst of after we’ve passed it by.
Then today it was the warmest day in quite awhile an as I walked across our campus at work I saw a stark difference in the landscape but saw the same forces at work. Today the snow is melting and making things muddy and wet but out of that comes life.
The ground is struggling to be seen. Soon the grass will try and push through, flowers will start to grow and trees will bud. Our yearly geese and swans will show up and start their new families. Out of Gods grace (snow) comes new life, a new beginning.
Hopefully this spring we can look back and see the beauty we have passed through. Let the grace we have received work in our lives to create something new in us this year. What that is may be something different for everyone and only you and God know what that is. I pray that whatever it is by Jesus’s sinless sacrifice may you reach whatever that goal may be.”
You talking about the dust being beautiful and created by God made me think of that post I had made on Facebook a little over a year ago.
Jordan Loe
Shoot. It actually takes my comment this time, and I wrote “a” instead of “are.” You ARE beautiful!
Erin
Aww, thanks Jordan 🙂 And haha! that’s really funny. I’ll just delete the other one for you. No worries 🙂