I’ve been riding out the pandemic on a small island in southern Thailand. I opted to stay put at my winter home, not returning to Canada at the start of the Covid-19 lockdowns. To keep busy on this remote island, I started cleaning the beaches by picking up garbage during my daily beach walks.

The monsoon winds blow inwards during the summer months and deposit garbage on our beautiful beaches. As I was doing my part to help clean the planet, I realized that the number of lighters that come in with the tides was obscene. I wanted to do something with them, to turn this garbage into something beautiful.

Art from Garbage

I started to envision a large sitting cat, the one I’ve been drawing since I was a young girl, made from the lighters. In my mind’s eye I saw a sculpture that lit up at night. I wanted to make it a reality. Long story short, my Happy Cat Garbage Art Sculpture is now hanging on the side of my house and lighting up the entrance way as a welcome sign for those who come visit after sunset.

Another Project Emerges

Ning and Will operate a great beach bar and restaurant called the Fat Turtle. I’ve known them for about a decade and frequent the Fat Turtle many times a week. It’s an amazing restaurant, especially at sunset and into the evening, with the best food on Koh Lanta.

It offers a perfect view of the Andaman Sea with the famous Koh Phi Phi in the distance, and the bright spots from the lights on the squid fishing boats far out on the sea. Ning, in her very Thai polite way, told me she loved my garbage art cat and wondered if I would consider making her a turtle.

I was totally thrilled and jumped at her suggestion. And best of all, Will offered to make a video of the build.

Real Art Has Followers

Two months later, and a few days after my Fat Turtle Garbage Art was mounted at the Fat Turtle Restaurant, I got a crazy phone call. I was asked if I would show my Happy Cat and the Fat Turtle Garbage Art sculptures at an exhibition in the provincial capital.

This request was so strange that I asked if the person was joking with me! Imagine my surprise when it turned out to be legitimate! The next day, my Happy Cat and the Fat Turtle Garbage Art sculptures were on their way to Krabi Town, about 2 hours away on the mainland.

The night of the exhibit opening, as a featured artist, I participated in the ceremony. I sat in the stage area with the other artists and met Thailand’s Cultural Minister. It was a surreal event for me being the only foreigner in this very Thai celebration.

It was both televised and live on YouTube, with lots of photographers, and those super bright spot lights rotating in the sky.

The Minister asked me why I started to build my garbage art sculptures. I told him I wanted to make something beautiful from the ugliness on the amazing beaches of Koh Lanta. He replied that I had accomplished my goal. What a thrill that was! The exhibit continued for 10 days and now the pieces are back on Koh Lanta.

Prepare for Whatever Life Throws at Us

We never know when the unexpected will happen, so always have a positive attitude and try new things. You never know where it will lead.

Have you attempted any strange projects that brought you a following? What projects keep you busy these days? Do they serve double duty? In what ways?

Robyn Dixon’s Foundation and Concealer

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Robyn Dixon nailed her makeup look for Karen Huger’s vow renewal. That’s because we noticed she had some solid foundation and concealer to help do the trick. And since we found the trick we now have the treat (sorry Halloween on the brain). Which of course is the links below along with some pretty good similar products to make up the perfect look.

Sincerely Stylish,

Jess

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Lisa Barlow’s Grey Plaid Bodysuit Blazer in Flashbacks

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Lisa Barlow definitely looked like a wolf in sheep’s chic clothing in the flashback scene at @SitkaFurGalleryParkCity with Jen on last night’s episode of RHOSLC. And although her grey plaid bodysuit blazer may be sold out, we’ve of course included some similar Style Stealers for you to go ahead and wolf down. 

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One morning, as I was putting makeup on, I was taking a serious look at my reflection. This in my make-up mirror, which of course was magnified for maximum detection of everything you really do not want to see.

Looking closely, I noticed that I had many more wrinkles on the left side of my face than the right. So I turned to my husband who was just getting out of the shower, “Honey, can you tell that I have more wrinkles on the left side of my face than the right?”

He froze on the spot like a deer caught in the headlights. “Well,” he chuckled. “You know I can’t see anything without my glasses, but no, I don’t see the difference.”

I knew he was not going to tell me the truth, so I considered my options for dealing with this beauty crisis. It was either going to be therapy, meditation, or my go to favorite – alone time to sulk with a good bottle of wine.

Are Wrinkles Age-Appropriate?

That afternoon I had lunch with a friend, explaining to her my concern about my newly discovered wrinkles. “Becky,” she said, “at your age you should not take wrinkles seriously. Just pretend they only exist in the mirror.”

Usually, she is the fount of wisdom, but I thought her answer was just stupid. So, I logged on to where we all go when trauma sets in – Google. The first item that popped up about wrinkling was determining how we sleep. It turns out that side sleepers have more wrinkles.

The Pillowcase Issue

I sleep on my left side so there you go. Wrinkle city had set down roots. A solution for this was purchasing a silk pillowcase, which was supposed to solve all my wrinkle issues. Not one to procrastinate, I jumped in the car and headed to the nearest store to purchase my savior in pink.

The package said it eliminated facial folds by keeping your skin supple allowing your pores to breathe. My first night using it, however, was a dilemma I did not see coming.

We have one of those beds you can raise up and down and we keep the bed elevated because, of course, we both snore. So, trying to position myself on my side, I had a hard time keeping my head from sliding off the pillow.

Also, the silk felt kind of slimy, and, although I washed it, the smell was much different from my regular pillowcase. I was up and down trying to reposition me, the pillow, and the bed to no avail. By 2 a.m. my “beauty pillow” had been ripped off and was on its way to the waste basket.

Goldie of the Hot Personality

As I lay there trying to go back to sleep, my thoughts turned to my tiny 5-foot tall grandmother, who lived with me for five years before she passed away. I was walking down the hall one day with a basket of laundry when she came out of the bathroom completely naked.

From the back she looked just like ET – with all her wrinkles and skinny little arms and legs. But you know what? I realized in that moment how beautiful she really was with her white blonde hair, sky blue eyes, and a high voltage personality.

Her name was Goldie, and she certainly lived up to it. Goldie was an outrageous flirt, and men absolutely adored her. She was my idol, and her wrinkles never bothered her. She was the epitome of aging at its best.

My last thoughts as I drifted off to sleep were how funny she would find all this.

We Earned Those Wrinkles!

My husband was reading the paper that next evening, and I plopped down on the couch next to him. “Are we going to have a talk?” he asked, rolling his eyes in alarm. “No, not really. I am depressed about my wrinkles,” I said sadly.

He looked exasperated as he put down the paper. “Becky, I’ve been watching you grow older ever since we first met in high school. It does not bother me that you have wrinkles. Your face is the face that I love, not your face at 20, 50, or even 70. Stop worrying about wrinkles – you will always be perfect to me.”

He said it all with a wink, picking up the paper. I, of course, sat there in shock. My not-at-all romantic husband had just said the sweetest thing he has ever said to me.

Looking in the mirror the next morning, I thought about the life I have lived and the wrinkles I have that are proof of the struggle, heartache, and blessings. As I tried to apply more concealer and powder over the “left side,” I thought, “What the heck, go for it, girl, because no one is guaranteed tomorrow!”

Do you worry about your wrinkles? How often do you observe your face up close and regret having all those lines? Or do you feel you’ve earned every single one of them? Please share any funny stories you have gathered over the years!

Heather Gay’s White Ribbed Knit Sweater at Lunch With Meredith

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Heather Gay’s white ribbed knit sweater that she wore to lunch with Meredith and their daughters on last night’s episode of RHOSLC is a super fitting piece for us to report on this time of year. However after BBH Lauren’s Amazon Live last week (click here to watch if you haven’t already!), you mayyyy encounter a bit of trouble fitting it in your closet. 

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