Americana: Gingham Off the Shoulder Dress

Happy 4th of July; I’ve been busy attempting an Americana icebox cake and hiding out from the rain {boo}, but am wrapping up the Americana style series today with this fun navy gingham dress.

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With as hot as it’s been lately, easy breezy dresses have been my jam lately.  This one is super easy to throw on when you’re rushing out the door {like I was when I was trying to check out of my hotel on time Sunday morning!}  If you wanted to dress it up, you could add in a monogram necklace or a long necklace with some fun and colorful bangles.  You can also belt it, if you’re not into the looser fit.

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Let’s talk about the wall, shall we? I try to do some research before I go anywhere to see if there’s any must see spots or eats, but this time I looked for fun murals too.  Artworks Cincinnati has painted over 40 murals spread throughout downtown, Northern Kentucky, Over the Rhine and other Cincinnati suburbs.  Saturday morning I went on the prowl for donuts {more on that in another post coming soon} and couldn’t get over how many colorful, bright and beautiful murals were scattered throughout my mile walk.  As someone that has zero artistic talent {seriously, I’m great at putting together outfits, but ask me to draw a stick figure and we’ll both be sad}, I find myself having serious awe and admiration for the teams of talented people that get together with these kinds of visions.

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This mural seemed perfect for today’s post with the fun red, white and blue.

I not only wore my hair down this weekend, but I also took the time to curl it, a real rarity in this kind of heat.  Luckily, it cooled off a bit this weekend prior to the rain starting up so I was able to enjoy being outside and literally and figuratively could let my hair down.

Wishing you a fun and safe 4th of July! I’ll be back Wednesday with this month’s ‘How I Style It’ blog hop!