All My Dresses: part 10

Part 10. Wow. Next week should wrap it up. I can see the end of the (hem)line... I just have to get through one more week of dresses. It's been a skirt-drought that I can't wait to end. :)  In other news I finished my sprint triathlon (my last tri was 5 years ago) in 1:09 and got 15th in my division. Kicked the most ass on the bike course. Yeah! I love riding my bike! My garden is producing some fine vegetables, so garden fresh cooking/recipes will be posted throughout summer. And I'm nearly finished with this Butterick Retro dress in red chiffon with white polka dots: pics coming soon.

red hash mark dress from Modcloth; gray cotton plaid vintage dress from Goodwill; pink flowered summer dress from F21; purple jersey shift Made By Me; rose dress Made by Me; black halter from Goodwill.

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 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

M.I.A. No More

What happened? I fell off the map for a bit. Overwhelmed at work, sadly. But I'm back in action. I'm traveling for work this week, so posts may be spotty. Scotland and England. Not a bad place to go for work. Not bad at all. This is a pic from last week, that I never got to post. A dress and jacket from my last ModCloth sale run. I love the different blues and the soft, silky fabrics (There's some cotton and some rayon in here, both very soft -- nice draping). Normally I'm one to wear pumps or heels in the office, but I just wanted to stick with blues and light fabrics, so I kept my TOMS on all day. This jacket has unusual details which is why I was drawn to it -- pleats along the bottom edge, a mandarin collar, off-white piping, and this crocheted-lace decorative applique on the back. UNIQUE! (which you all know is what I am always looking for in clothes/styling).

Vintage earrings, brass fans, from Cara Lyndon Jewelry

Black Striped Dress

Little Black Dress? Little black striped dress. It has gold stripes and sheer shoulders and sleeves. And a gold zipper with a pretty gold leaf for a zipper pull. And box pleats. I love pleats! It's a great dress. (Soft and stretchy.) It's from ModCloth.

LA weather is fairly warm and dresses are so easy to wear year-round. Get "dress"-ed today!!!

Black jacket - too obvious? Perhaps a gold cropped jacket next time? Where can I find one of those?

Too bad the decorative seam on my stockings shifted off center.

Pleats and Richelieu

I finally got to wear this dress last Friday. Soft pink and soft gray. Not the easiest to pair, but I just stuck to other light, soft shades (gray cardigan from target, gray tights, geometric sandals and dress from ModCloth).
Great details! Those oragami pleats! That neckline! It's such a pretty dress, you cannot help but feel pretty wearing it.

I got a fantastic new Pfaff sewing machine for Xmas and have been really enjoying it and making lots of lovely clothes. According to the manual, it's possible to sew this type of cutwork embroidery on it; it's called Richelieu. Hopefully I get to try that out sometime this year. It's so sweet and delicate. It's a nice detail to add to any neckline.

Florals week 2

It's only January, but spring is in the air, or at least on my mind.
This just in!
Little button-up shirt dress from ModCloth; short cuffed sleeves under this slate-blue Target cardi. Tiny purple and blue flowers on white with a black braided belt.
Love it. (It's very short.) (too short???) (Not with dark tights.)
Hope you all had a great MLK Holiday.
I spent some enjoyable hours reading Bossypants over the weekend. What did you do?

Lady in Red

I used to have so many red dresses and sweaters...I don't know what happened to them all. One day I woke up and just noticed this big gap in the color spectrum of my closet. Thankfully for the most recent ModCloth sale, I scored this lovely red jersey dress. O so cute! and O so flattering! I love the ruching at the shoulders and the inset of navy blue. Nice details on a simple dress.

Twisty "pretzel" hair and a red flower for a fun and playful look. Dangly earrings too. Can you ever OVER-accessorize? (Not me.:)