Author: terrigardner1

Retiring after thirty-two years as a K-12 visual arts teacher, Terri Gardner now devotes time to a long and early interest: fashion. With her blog, MeadowTree Style, Terri advocates for developing a personal and creative style. She encourages finding fashion in ethical ways such as shopping at consignment/thrift shops, creating it yourself, as well as supporting local designers. Her second blog, Time for Poodles and Friends, advocates for rescued animals. Her interests dating from childhood led to her sense of fashion, doing, and living. These interests include sewing, spinning yarn, knitting, design, and giving space for animals. She lives on a small Missouri farm with her husband, a large garden, and several animals including chickens and ducks, dogs and cats, and Shetland sheep and Alpacas. For her beloved rescued dogs, Terri created dog accessories and made them available under the label Sophia & Niko–Exclusive Design for the Distinctive Dog.

cheetah print, Rainbow Honey, Thrifty Fashion

Cheetah, Cheetah, Cheetah

February 1, 2016February 10, 2017by terrigardner11 Comment

I feel this post is so rushed. When I retired, I told my students,"old teachers never really retire, they just come back to haunt you as substitutes". And last week was a lot of haunting, five full days of it. I wasn't going to do a post but then I realized that Monday is Judith's [...]

Coach, Kaufman Center For The Arts, Stella and Dot, Thrifty Fashion

Of Things Symphonic

January 25, 2016January 31, 2017by terrigardner1Leave a Comment

A few times during the year, Michael and I venture up to Kansas City to enjoy The Kansas City Symphony. For all the years we have been together (since 1970), classical music has been one of our shared loves. Now with the beautiful Kaufmann Center For the Art, our visual love of art and architecture [...]

Fashion shoot, Style, Vintage Rodo bag

It Was A Windy Day In Joplin

January 18, 2016January 31, 2017by terrigardner11 Comment

We certainly didn't need wind machines on this day. Mother Nature did just fine. January 9th in Joplin probably wasn't the most cooperative day to take a few photos. But earlier, I made a deal with my Grandson; if he would take some pictures of me I would return the favor and take some shots [...]

nail polish, perfume

Scents And Tips

January 17, 2016January 31, 2017by terrigardner1Leave a Comment

Hi Everyone, This is a quick post to introduce a new page that I am putting up today on MeadowTree (see above tabs). This is a dedication to two of my passions: Perfumes and Nail Polish. I call them my Bells and Whistles. For me, these two things have to be present in my life [...]

Alpacas, Fashion shoot, Kentucky Royalty hat, Madewell jeans, Nanette Lapour, Style Crone, Thrifty Fashion

Hats Off To The Alpacas

January 3, 2016February 3, 2018by terrigardner15 Comments

Hello Everyone, This post has some firsts. It's the first time I have published on the Journal this year. It is the first time I have ever done a fashion shoot. It's the first time I have not been in back of the camera and in front. Face it, I am usually shooting Poodles or [...]

Kelvinator, Kelvinator Chocolate Cookies, vintage

Of Kelvinators and Chocolate Cookies

May 6, 2015December 16, 2017by terrigardner12 Comments

Michael and I found ourselves having to get a new fridge. As we were doing our research, I remembered an old Kelvinator cookbook that was given to me an elderly neighbor when I was about fifteen.This book was published in 1930 and I have always loved the artwork in this book and decided it was [...]