vintage ponderings

Today is Inspiration Monday!
When the ladies Megan and Nora of Two Birds Boutique
choose an outfit to inspire a look.

Here's my version of the look.
To see how others styled it
 go to:
inspiration monday: d-eva

Today's inspiration is:Dianna Agron
who stars in the TV show Glee.

Yes, I totally watch Glee.
It's inclusive happiness,
that shows tolerance and diversity, through music.
Kate Hudson's character Cassandra Julyis gorgeous and feisty.

My lace dress: H & M, (over 2 yrs. ago),
tights: Target, (over 5 yrs. ago)purse: thrifted

...midnight blue, tomato-red, sea green, deep purple, and jewel tones reddest of the colours seen in Renaissance painting...from book .A Vintage Affair by Isabel Wolff

My blue navy wool coat: Target (over 5 yrs. ago)
I never wear it, now that I live in Texas.
It rarely gets cold enough to wear here.

My brown suede boots: Sears (over 7 yrs. ago).

...Then we'd found clothes that reflected the season's silhouettes, sculptued A-line coats and dresses with stand-away collars and full skirts, architectural leather jackets with exaggerated shoulders and curved sleeves. from book .A Vintage Affair by Isabel Wolff


We'd chosen fabrics that tied in with seductive fabrics of the moment-brocade, lace, satin, and damask, crushed velvet, tartan, and tweed...from book .A Vintage Affair by Isabel Wolff

My art journal page from January 13, 2013
inspired byArt Journal All Year E-Course by Elsie & Rachel

I like Vintage
Vintage clothes, my grandmother's old jewelry,
my mom's boots.
When I don't know who owned it before,
 I wonder, 
did they die, and their family was giving their old stuff away?
Were they gifts they didn't want?
Or styles that didn't suit them?

When I think of old books,did the people who had them 
before love them?
Or did they outgrow them?

My great grandma once gave me her old black velvet belt with a gold buckle.
It was embroidered with colored flowers.
I wish I still had it.

likes and dislikes

Today's Inspiration Monday!
When the ladies Megan and Nora of Two Birds Boutique
choose an outfit to inspire a look.

Here's my version of the look.
To see how others styled it
 go to
inspiration monday: diplomat.

Today's inspiration is:

Lauren Conrad

My belt was thrifted. 

My boots were thrifted.

You know how some outfits you like, and some outfits you dislike?
I dislike my outfit. I'm being honest. I don't like it!
Now that doesn't mean I want people to tell me they do like it, to make me feel better. Because if they do, I won't believe them. I also don't want to hear why the outfit doesn't work for me, by picking each piece of it apart. Or that I didn't do my hair, or even bother to put on lipstick, and why that was a mistake. The bottom line is,  
 I don't like the way the outfit turned out, or how I felt in it. 


Now I'm going to show some pant outfits I DO like:

Vionnet Fall 2012 RTW

Left: Alexis Mabille Fall 2012 RTW
Middle: Banana Republic Fall 2012 RTW
Right: Altuzarra Fall 2012 RTW

Now for something else I like.

Two of my favorite guys: my husband, and my nephew Speed Racer, just had a  birthday.
I feel so lucky to have them in my life. :)

My art journal from Jan 16, 2013
inspired by
Art Journal All Year E-Course by Elsie & Rachel
I stamped and embossed paper, used paint, ink,
pens, and embroidery thread.The brown tags were store bought,
 but I added the white ribbon, and white paper.

Everyday I try to express myself creatively.

Whether it's with words, art, music, or style.

I don't like everything I do.
That doesn't mean I stop trying,
although there are times when I want to.
I just know life is like that.
Some things are likes,
and some things are dislikes.

And sometimes, if you are me, those likes and dislikes can change from moment to moment, and time to time. I've been known to change my mind.  ;)

black days

Today's Inspiration Monday!
When the ladies Megan and Nora of  Two Birds Boutique
choose an outfit to inspire a look.

Here's my version of the look.
To see how others styled it
 go to
inspiration monday: home again, home again.

Today's inspiration is:

Alexa Chung
Does anyone miss her TV show
24 Hour Catwalk?
I thought it was kind of fun.

My necklace and boots are thrifted.

Maikeni blogi-part of me nominated me for this sunshine award.
 Now I will answer question 2.
II. How important is fashion to you?

It's hard for me to quantify it.
I know I don't like when I've had jobs where I had to wear a uniform, or be confined by rules, of what I can and can not wear. I  like to express myself creatively through the way I dress. I get very frustrated when I feel forced or limited in choices.

My art journal page from Jan. 13, 2013
inspired by Art Journal All Year E-Course by Elsie & Rachel

Lately I can't get enough BLACK,

with a hint of color.

Or is that a constant with me?

We saw Chris Cornell in concert, in 2008.
To see that post go to Projekt Revolution concert.

"...'Cause I fell on black days
I fell on black days

How would I know
That this could be my fate?...
I sure don't mind a change..." by Soundgarden

pumpkin like

Vivienne Westwood Red Label Fall 2012 RTW

Vivienne Tam Fall 2012 RTW

Versace Fall 2012 RTW

Left: Vivienne Westwood Red Label Fall 2012 RTW
Right: Vivienne Tam Fall 2012 RTW

Me with everyone's pumpkins
in October 2006

 Left: My cousin with her pumpkin
Right: My sister in law with her pumpkin

Top: Me with my painted pumpkin
Right: My mom with her carved pumpkin
Left: My cousins and me
October 2006

Top left: My sister in law's pumpkin
Top right: My mom's carved pumpkin
Bottom left: My cousin's painted pumpkin
Bottom right: My other cousin's carved pumpkin
October 2006 

My mom and me, my sister in law and me
October 2006

My art journal page from October 1, 2012
Inspired by Art Journal All Year E-Course by Elsie & Rachel

Treasure: anything or any person greatly valued
  or highly prized (noun)

to retain carefully or keep in store, as in mind

to regard or treat as precious, cherish

concentration of riches,
often one which is considered lost or
forgotten until being rediscovered.