Wednesday, January 18, 2012

le diable dans le details...

Yesterday was just a great day! I did some shopping, figured out how I want to organize & list my Storenvy & Etsy shops so that it much easier for me to keep track, and it snowed!! I was the most happy about that last one!  
My first snow while living in Washington


Heart-shaped chalk board (turned weekly calendar) from Target $2.50!
Star Wars at Target
 That drawing is too great to be on a $1 coloring book!
Some craft time

Sunday, January 15, 2012

today's outfit...

The only thing I am sad about today is that I have to wear a big coat over my outfit. I love it. My vintage skirt was actually the most amazing vintage dress I discovered about 7 years ago at an antique store. Sadly (there may have been actual tears), I had to turn it into a skirt after it was ruined at a party. The top part was so ruined! I don't mind saying that I am a wizard at fixing and altering clothes, but this kind of disaster? There was no saving it. After a couple years in the back of my closet I decided the material was just too sweet to not be shown the light of day again. I think turning it into a skirt was the best choice I could have made given the extent of destruction. Now I can dress it up or down, like today, and it will always remind me of how much we enjoyed ourselves in our past lives. Lesson: take care of your one of a kind dresses, Lilly!! 
  



Friday, January 13, 2012

hello, again...

I have been very busy and maybe I have taken on some projects that I really didn't have the time for. I really like knowing that I have given each job, craft, project, my full attention. Since right now I feel like I haven't been able to do that, I guess I have to hold off on some of my personal projects like the Calamitous Heirs blog. Oh well, I wasn't very attached to it yet, but it really was a great idea...I think anyway!
Well...I don't think it is very healthy to cut out all personal endeavors so I would really love to do more outfit posts. I was doing good on that for a while, but then my camera was dropped in the rain (thanks Portland!) and it has never been the same. Now I am just left with my iphone, which does take good enough pictures, but I can't figure out how to take a good outfit photo with it. I don't have the pose/position right! I don't know. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions...
 This isn't my favorite outfit, but it does make me
super happy I decided to crack open the old  T-shirt drawer...
This is just my clothes rack...
Also, are any of you dying (like me) to get your hands on the Jason Wu for Target items?!

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

tele-photos...

Well, since I adore spending hours looking at everyone's outfit & life photos on their blogs, it might only be fair to share some of mine. I usually take photos with instagram, outfit details and such, but not really the same as posting on a blog is it?
              A necklace I made for my mom...


Flapper pendant that I was more than eager to make 
into a necklace and wear immediately...

My purple & black dress (Goodwill find for 2.99!)
 A shop in New Mexico that you could spend an entire day in.

Thursday, January 5, 2012

looking forward to adding these to the shop...

Working on a few necklaces & absolutely loving these...
made with vials and vintage inspired card stock stickers and maps.