All my dresses, part 2

Here is another week's worth of dresses. I'm really excited about wearing EVERY dress in the closet! Tune in next week for the next five. Also pictured here are my blue tip french manicure (masked with masking tape, covered in glittery gold!:), and my new craft obsession -- SHOE CLIPS! I used this tutorial to make these. I am loving show clips right now. Get crafting!

Navy blue dress Jason Wu for Target, cropped sweater from ModCloth; striped black dress and black silk dress with white peter pan collar from ModCloth; purple cotton print dress Made By Me; white floral dress from ModCloth with a striped wool cardigan from Target.

Mixed prints: navy

I am loving NAVY! And this "dressing up" project and the blog are helping me be more brave and mix patterns. Today was such a success. This little cropped polka-dot sweater has taken some getting used to, but now I am just loving it and wanting to mix it with a bunch of things that I wouldn't have considered a year ago. That's progress. This patterned dress is comfortable and pretty and with the little sweater and red shoes and bag, I felt so put-together today. Dressing right can really bring about a whole positive outlook. Have a Happy Day.

Both the dress and sweater from ModCloth.

Back to Normal

Oh, post-travel blues/jetlag/fatigue is so sad, but only lasts a few days, thankfully. I'm feeling back to normal. YEAH! Feeling like myself again. :) Happy, peppy, and dressed for success! I'm so loving this adorable blue dress from the Jason-Wu-for Target line. I went on the opening Sunday with my pal Deanna. It was a MOB scene. (We were both so happy to be with a friend.) I'd never been in such a wrestling match for dresses before. There was some nudging and some bitchy comments around the racks and the line for the fitting rooms. It was exciting, but tiring as well. I'm finally getting to wear all the cute things I found. I usually try to check out the designer lines Target gets -- some have been good, and some disappointing. This is the BEST! I wish I got more than the 7 items I did, but I got the best fitting items I could get my hands on. And since navy blue is my FAVE for this spring, I can wear this dress with my ModCloth cropped sweater and the sweater with some other dresses I scored... more to come in the next few weeks.
Navy is the new Black!

Details: dark blue brushed cotton, sweet pleats with lace trim; vintage button earrings.

Made by me Navy Dress

This dark navy blue dress has the cutest white button print with tiny red thread in the button-holes. 2-3 yards were given to me by my dear friend Karen for my B-day about 5 years ago. I FINALLY made a dress out of it. A simple dress with a zipper in the back, a bit of gathering at the top of the sleeves, and a matching tie for the waist (but I like to wear a red, gold, or black patent leather belt with it as well).

And I made a skirt too.
Fabulous!