High, high waist

There are 2 items of clothing I am always on the look out for; a fabulous fitting denim skirt and black skirt. On New Years day I found my favourite denim skirt and have been wearing it ever since, well it just goes with everything and when you discover you fit into a 26 inch waist ANYTHING you just have to flaunt it.



I can stand and jump in it, sit and twirl but after a meal it starts to feel a teeny bit tight...smaller meals then.



The detail is great as well. I am not one for over accessorising, I tend to keep things pretty simple so a built in belt is perfect...and it has pockets! ding ding ding, flashing lights, rushing heart rate!



Skirt: Vintage Garage (label: Gollan, couldn't find out any information about them online)
Top: Cheap shop in my local shopping mall
Shoes: Retro Star sale

Hello 2011

I always look forward to a new year, I don't like seeing in the year at midnight or make resolutions but I look forward to new adventures, learning new skills and the possibilities another year holds.


20'11'

I hope your year has started out well...I'm pleased to be leaving 2010 behind only because I received a parking ticket on the last day of the year poo! poo! to you parking attendant.

However only 16 hours into 2011 and it is looking good: our local supermarket is selling their Christmas eggnog for 10c a carton Yippee!

Dress: Pop Boutique many years ago

Merry Christmas from a little woodland playhouse

This is how I spent most of Christmas day - enjoying Little Miss A's new woodland playhouse.

Merry Christmas to everyone and see you in 2011.

xxx

Hello! Goodbye. Shoes

Yesterday I checked out a vintage shop I had never been to called Lost + Found Market. I only discovered it after complimenting a girl in a shop on her lovely novelty pattern skirt. I like to compliment people on their clothes if I like them, I know it makes people feel good and it makes me feel good if someone bothers to voice their admiration.



This place is great, inside it is set out in separate concessions varying from clothes, shoes, jewellery, furniture, crockery, magazines, you name it they will probably have it, I spent a little too long in there and my parking ticket ran out but luckily there were no parking inspectors on the beat.

Oh and I bought these lovely men's Italian leather shoes. I find it quite hard to find vintage shoes in my size - I have quite big feet. These are in great condition, with a slight heel. They are probably not best for the sort of weather we are going to be experiencing this season but they will be ready to go when Autumn arrives.



I bought these Tatty Divine earrings a while ago but as you never see my ears these days I thought they might look good on my collars.

If I were ever to get a tattoo (which I toss up every year or so and then decide against it) I would like to get a little blue bird like this.

Hello and goodbye shoes, until the weather gets cooler.

Dress: Etsy (in a previous post)

Shoes: Lost + Found Market Label: Calzaturificio di Varese

Earrings as brooches: Tatty Divine

Christmas cards all made and sent

This is our Christmas card this year.

I always like to make them, it is often cheaper and makes not receiving ANOTHER bog standard Christmas card in the post a little more special.



Instead of using the Gocco printer I decided to make a lino print.

As inspiration for the image I scoured the Internet for 1950's inspired Christmas images, this is what I came up with - Rudolph, instead of the typical snow related image which just doesn't seem right in our hot climate.

Tiki and hair dye terror

On the weekend there was a huge warehouse sale held by a Melbourne retro/vintage shop called Retro Star. Everything was $5 and $10!!! Needless to say I was there early on the first day and had another peep on the Sunday after the crowds had died down.



I purchased only 2 items for myself (I have learnt become very restrained when it comes to vintage as I look very carefully at the condition and some of the dresses were in poor condition with cigarette butt burns and rust stains), and 2 cowboy shirts for Mr Ed.

This dress was my favourite and in perfect condition, with every sequin in place!



I'm not a huge fan of Tiki design but this has a certain charm and muted palate.

And these shoes were a surprise, my size exactly and recently reheeled cuban heel dance shoes. Who would have thought I would have 2 pair of heels in my cupboard?

I can't wait for the next sale in 6 months - look out youngen's.

Oh and you might notice my hair colour has changed. This is supposed to be medium brown!!! Now this doesn't look like medium brown to me, more like ... almost black! Oh well I will just have to wait for it to grow out, I am getting used to it...slowly.

Dress: Retro Star (Label: Erika Dress)

Cardigan: Temt

Shoes: Retro Star

Belt: Oasis

Brooch: Borders (yeah really!)

Cleaning the house kinda day

The back lanes - these were once sewerage gutters for the houses they back onto...nice.

Today I've been in a bit of a cleaning frenzy, you know the type where you start with, hhmmmm that sink needs a bit of a clean and then you realised you've cleaned the entire bathroom in a good dress! Well that happened to me this morning and this is why I have now changed into this sack of a dress.

It's a great little tunic dress made of a thin indigo denim.


Another outing for the hat

So I took a brief break to take a few photos, unfortunately the house whose window sill I normally rest my camera on was home, so I had to find another ledge. With no luck I had to settle for the ground and by hand. I really do need a tripod.

Dress: H&M years ago