Follow me as I slowly add clothes to my closet from the 30's-60's. Oh, and I sew too! Full disclosure: I have a serious weakness for hats. And chocolates. I think I might have a disease or something. For real.
Goodness me. I had no idea it has been so terribly long since I had even visited my blog let alone read the blogs I follow. Can I just say boyfriends take up so much time and are high maintenance. Jeepers. I have been so busy over the last two months. Did I mention I got a new job? Yep. I am working at the sheriff's office in my county as the records clerk. I've only been there about 2 months, but I absolutely love the work and love the people that I work with. It's my first full time job so the first few weeks I was super tired everyday lol, but its totally worth it. I have so many picture file to share with you all so hopefully I can stay more on track with my blog and update it regulary instead of this every other month stuff I've been pulling lately. Here' an outfit I made a while ago out of vintage reproduction fabric.
Well dear blog readers. That's it for now. I'm off to Indianapolis this weekend to visit some dear friends and to show my boyfriend the university I went to and to see Beauty and the Beast on stage. Call me super excited!
Today is Father's Day! We never do much for Father's Day, just a short family meal, and thats about it. We're pretty boring. Not much news to report, so its pretty short today, just a bunch of pictures. This is an outfit I made last year for one of my friend's weddings. Supposedly when I bought the pattern, it was a 50's pattern, but the way it came out, I feel like it has a much more 30's feel. Am I crazy? Because that is how I always accessorize the outfit; with 30's hats, etc. What I really like about this dress is, one, it is made from 30's vintage fabric, and I also like the flowyness of the top half.
Love,
Monday, June 13, 2011
A few weeks ago, my best friend got married. Yay for Priscilla and Manoj. The wedding pictures will come later because they honestly deserve their own posting :D For the rehearsal dinner, I made a dress in like 2 days. It was crunch time major ( I totally just felt like Zenon with that lingo). I wanted to make something bright and cheery, so I went to our local quilt fabric shop because she carries a lot of reproduction fabric lines. There is a contrasting fabric along the sleeve and the neckline which I think just adds that little something extra. These pictures were taken actually last week, because I didn't take any pictures on the day of the actual rehearsal. Stupid me. And I most definitely NOT having a good hair day. Oh goodness.
Why hello there Dear Blog Readers!
Well, my brand new computer that I got at the beginning of May absolutely refused to load anything for the last month. Yep. So I was stuck without a computer again. Boo. I hate electronics so much. But last week, my neighbor's totally awesome son came over and fixed it in like 2 seconds. I hate people that are freaky computer geniuses (not really). So I have A LOT of blog readinng to catch up on and new posts to create now that I am up and running! Starting with....the winner of my blog giveaway from like 2 months ago lol.
And the winner is: Mouse in a Blouse. Yay!! Email me your shipping information at: tennisfan05[at]gmail[dot]com.
This is the dress I wore today at Church. I made it last year from actual vintage fabric. And yay, the sun is shining!
2 Saturdays ago, Mom and I attempted to go the monthly flea market. However, is was seriously pouring down rain, so we went to 2 Antique Malls near there. Springfield, OH is seriously like the hubbub of Antiquing. However, when we were at the first antique mall, the electricity went out in the whole area, so that meant no more shopping. I did find a lot of neat things for my shop, that will be featured in another blog post coming soon. I decided to wear my pair of WWII Navy pants that fit like a dream. I also wore a top that I made out of fabric from the 40's. I reall like the versatility of the shirt because its casual but can also be dressy. I've seen people wear their hair like this, but never tried it before, and let me tell you, I really really love it. It is so quick to do and I think it is really complimentary on a lot of different types of faces. I do feel like Heidi or Gretal, though, haha. Since my hair is so short though, I have to do it differently than how people probably normally do it. I make two really high pigtails and leave the ponytails in while I braid them. Then I take out the pigtail ponytail and pin the braids up with about 6 or 8 bobbypins. Does that make sense. In my head it does, but I never know how it sounds to other people haha.
What good is any vacation without some pictures with the parents?
This is one of the dresses I made even though you can barely see it. I used a 60's pattern, which I don't normally sew with. I also made it out of actual vintage eyelet fabric from the 40's/ 50's I think.
I think this is my very favorite dress I have made so far. I got the vintage fabric from RetroactiveVintage. And, this was my first time attempting to wear a snood that I bought from ArtheliasAttic. I absolutely love the quality of it and I will definitely be purchasing a few more soon. This was also my first real attempt at trying some victory rolls. Any tips on how to get them smoother, smaller, whatnot? I was pretty happy with how they turned out, being my first time and all, but my mother was less than enthused about the look. But I really like the whole ensemble for once in my life haha.
And this is the guy that had just come off a boat (the restaurant was on a dock) a little way beyond tipsy and was totally trying to mack on me while my mother was trying to take my picture. Why couldn't he have been just, oh about, 30 years younger and hot haha. Oh well, it never happens to me.
I have been working on this darn dress for almost 2 weeks now. Jeesh. I never take that long on anything. It wasn't particularly hard or difficult to follow, I just never found time to really devote to the poor thing. But, it finally got finished and I have to say, I feel like a school girl in it. I like it, don't get me wrong, but doesn't it sort of have that uniform feel? Anyways its a flannel plaid, so it is super warm and there are a lot of simple details in it that I like.
I decided to be different today and wore a flower headband instead of a hat. It felt strange.
It has three darts in the sleeve. I really like the look of this feature, and it makes the dress seem more tailored.
Close up of the super cute buttons and bound buttonholes. Oh bound buttonholes, how I despise thee.
I'm not sure how I feel about the blue for the belt, especially with the brown buttons. However, I always have this problem of running out of fabric before I get around to cutting out the belt. So I have to make do with other fabrics. The belt may change.
In other exciting news, I went to a Sanctus Real concert tonight. That was cool. It was a free concert at a church close to me. I hardcore love Sanctus Real. Even though it was a venue geared more towards teens, there were still some adults there. It reminded me slightly of Acquire the Fire, which probably no one has a clue what I'm talking about, but it takes place in Cleveland over a weekend once a year. They get big name Christian bands and speakers that perform and speak throughout each day. It is geared towards teens and getting them to renew their faith/setting their faith on fire, so to speak. It was one of the things that I actually took part in in high school which was pretty big for me because I never joined in on things like youth group, Bible studies etc. Anyways tonight, Sanctus Real kicked things off by singing a few of their rockier songs. Then a speaker spoke on the topic of being refreshed. How God refreshes us and nurtures us, not the world. Not worldly things. That probably a really crummy recap of what he said, but there ya go. After he spoke, Sanctus Real came back out and sang some of there more worshipful songs, included Lead Me, my favorite new song of theirs. They put on a totally rockin' concert.
And lastly, just what I needed was another thing to run and waste my time on, but I have a tumblr now (I Wander at the Wonderfalls). yippee. But, I am using it to post things about movies and tv shows and books, etc. that I like. So don't expect a bunch of vintage pictures to show because they won't other than a guest appearance. But, if you like things like Joss Whedon shows, Vampire Diaries, Supernatural, Doctor Who, etc. you should check it out. Its cool.
And now I'm off to watch an episode of Tom Baker Doctor Who.
