The Mystery of THE Golden Boots

~ painting by Mike Worrall ~

Coming up, what I wore to school on Saturday with THE boots.  Everything goes with 'em.  The silly excuse the e-bayer gave for selling them was she hadn't a clue of what to wear with golden boots - puleeze.  Well actually, thank goodness, because they're on MY feet now.  Yeah baby!   I'm rocking 'em with my lagenlooking.  Check it out after the break...

Back to School Day

What I wore my first day back to college where I teach painting & drawing.

I dressed feet first today.  Why?  Well, just take a look at those awesome shoes I'm wearing.  I upcycled them yesterday.

I have been so craving new shoes lately.  Really massively lusting after them.  So...I went through the back of my closet and found a bunch

Whole Lot of Orange Going On

Style Imitates Art's inspiration is brought to you today by Vivienne of Thrifted Shift:

~ Georgia O'Keeffe, From the Plains II ~

Here's what I came up with after the break...

Color Me July

in turq and tange.

Getting dressed today for color blocking at Everybody Everywear.  Simple.  My recently rehabbed tangerine capris and an old turquoise cotton embroidered top bought long ago.  The color combo reminds me of something, but I can't quite think of what...60's diner countertops...?

Check out everyone, it looks like fireworks of color!

Less is More...

Ok just so you know, this is what I'm up for next Monday...this Picasso is the inspiration for the Style Imitates Art challenge, which is cool.   I have a blast doing it and I encourage you all to go for it!  But then I also signed on for This or That Trend:

~painting by Picasso~

~www.meganmaedaily.com~

I thought it sounded fun, but it happens every day this week!  I don't know if I will.  You know there's such a thing as too much...or too much of a good thing...whatevah.







 And of course, I'm way into sweet Patti's Not Dead Yet Style, meet-up every Monday:

~not dead yet style~

Who Likes Pink?!

photograph by Petrina Hicks.

Spotted a fully functioning pink calico blouse in a bin of fabric bits & pieces to be recycled, so I rescued it.  It was in good shape, only problem being that it didn't fit.  No big deal for SewInGirl.

Had some calico in a coral shade I used for side inserts and under sleeve gussets.  Didn't care for the hem - it was a little puckery in places - so I ripped it out and then added some 2-inch wide pale peach lace to finish it off.  Can't get much more girly than that - pink and peach, calico and lace.  mmmm...mmmm...mmmm.

*Also check out Clothes Collages:  ALL FLORAL ALL THE TIME

I've Looked at Life...

artwork by Camila de Rosario.

Rehabbed an old reversible vest I made long ago to fit me now-a-days.  Just added a side insert in a compatible color that worked both ways.  But of course, it wasn't long before I made it a bit more complicated.  Decided to put buttons going both ways too.  Since I didn't have enough of the vintage ones, I nail polished a

Skirting Vogue, Vaguely

Needlecraft June 1914 skirt pattern

Made a skirt today.  It had already been cut out awhile ago from a Vogue pattern and just needed to be sewn up.  Pretty simple.  I liked the fabric - an old fashioned cotton floral, and the style - a little odd while still being somewhat old school too.

When I finished it, however, the Vogue styling was a bit more subtle than I was expecting.  Perhaps I'll need to slim down the upper part so the lower skirt "bowing" is more exaggerated.  We'll see.

*Also check out Clothes Collages: All Floral All The Time