All my dresses: part 8

Oh, my dears, the end is near. I'm one more week closer to the end of this exercise. Dreaming of skirts and tops, mixing prints, patterns and fabrics...Oooooh...separates! :)

Get dressed up today! Wear everything in your closet!!! (Next week, I'll have to get into some of my evening dresses. I'm dead-set on wearing EVERY dress.) Until then....  Have a great weekend.xoxo

Black cotton dress from Shimamura; blue bee dress Made By Me; blue bow dress from ModCloth; summer flower dress from yard sale; pink jersey shift Made By Me; orange geo dress from ModCloth

All my dresses: part 7

Little Black dresses, bright stripes, lots of cotton and jersey... Me thinks summer is near!
Have you put away all your winter things? Now it the time for some closet organization! Clear the clutter. If you aren't wearing it, let it go! It always feels good to make some space.

Have a wonderful 3-day weekend! xoxo

Mr. Selfridge

I love Masterpiece and every Sunday night for weeks, I've been tucked in on the couch after the kids are in bed and glued to Call the Midwife and Mr. Selfridge. If you haven't seen it yet, you MUST! So much British TV is good, but you can count on the very best making it across to us. Of course I love the 1950's looks for East London on the Midwife (and I have a closet full of those silhouettes as you've seen), but the dazzling Edwardian gowns of Mr. Selfridge's wife, mistress, patron, and shopkeepers are to die for. This is my nod to 1909 (although it should be a foot longer and of course I should be wearing copious amounts of underpinnings :).

Find an inspiration and get fancy. Happy dressing!

All my dresses: part 6

What?!?! This project is still going???
Yes, I'm afraid so. It's like running a marathon. You just have to keep chugging along until you get to the end. Once you start and you've committed to finishing, well, then you just keep going. :)   Lesson for life? YES. Just keep going.

I finally wore my spats! I've had them for years and was just waiting for the right item to pair them with. Since booties are in this year, these make any pumps into button-up booties. I love them and they are real 1920's spats from Box Cloth Company of Chicago.  Makes me want some bathtub gin! I guess I better get myself out to see the new Gatsby ASAP! Have a great weekend.

Red & white vintage dress thrifted; sage green peplum dress Mady By Me; white cotton dress from Target, orange vintage dress thrifted and altered; pink and gray dress from ModCloth; SPATS! thrifted; button ring Made By Me

Peplum dress from Butterick 5520, fyi.

All my dresses: part 5

New shoe clips, in navy blue! I used this tutorial. YouTube has hundreds. Thank you for sharing, fellow craft-maniacs!

Half way through the dress challenge. Missing my skirts so much...

Red jersey dress from ModCloth; black mexican-style dress thrifted; green stretch dress from ModCloth; tweed suit from Macy's about 8 years ago; blue striped nautical dress from ModCloth.

Have a great weekend!xoxoxox