blogging break

My life has bumps in the road, treasures, great love, and complications, just like yours.
Due to the energy these things consume,
I'm taking a break from blogging.

Left: Me in Dec 2012
Middle: Me in Dec 2011
Right: Me in Dec 2010

These are some runway looks that I think would work for holiday celebrations.

Left: Escada Fall 2013 RTW
Middle: Emilio Pucci Fall RTW 2013
Right: Juicy Couture Fall 2013

In Texas we've been snowed/iced in since Friday.
That means everything has been closed.
We are ready for the sun to warm us up again!

Our view from the backyard window.
My guy shoveling snow/ice in our front yard walkway.

My nephew Speed Racer with his train Christmas 2012,
Speed Racer's first Christmas 2010,
Speed Racer looking at his Frosty book 2011.

My twin nieces looking out the window in Dec 2011,
My twin nieces in santa hats in Dec 2010,
My twin nieces and nephew with santa Dec 2012.

My art journal page from
January 25, 2013

Sometimes I discover,
what I thought knew before,
was no longer relevant.
Things change,
people change,
I change,
ideas change,
Life changes.
Sometimes there's an end.
Sometimes there's a beginning.

Dear blog friends, I'm sending you fabulous wishes of grand moments with family, friends, good food, wonderful music, and joyful fun!
Keep creating, or doing whatever it is that makes you happy.
All the best to you, with peace and love,
Teddi :)

when it was october

 I used a magazine cover outfit as my inspiration.
Hello ridiculous poses.

Here's my version of the look.
My blouse was thrifted.

Today's outfit inspiration is:

Elle August 2013 cover with Amanda Seyfried

My black boots were thrifted.

My nephew Speed Racer wore his Jedi costume.

My twin nieces and nephew got all dressed up.

I worked on pages of my Florida trip from 2007.

written at the airport July 31, 2007
painted 2008 or 2009?

Full moon this morning. Only slept 2-3 hrs. 
My guy is groggy.
It's 6:15 am.
We went 1 hour before flight leaves.
I was freaking out in the security line, waiting for my guy to come back. He was parking the car.
I wanted him to make it in time.(P. S. : He did).

The last thing anyone wants is to miss their plane, unless they're in some played out fake movie/story, that I still seem to fall for. 

garden green

I found a runway outfit I was inspired by,
 and wore my version of the look,

I also wore this  Hendrix shirt here,
 and the garden green pants here.

Today's outfit inspiration is:

L.A.M.B. Fall 2013 RTW

My shoes, pants, and purse were thrifted.

My nephew Speed Racer sliding with the
 garden green behind him.

My nephew JJ with his dog Buddy on their
 garden green yard.

My twin nieces on the garden green lawn.

My art journal page from March  20, 2013

When I was in high school, I wanted to live in a story book house covered in 
garden green vines.

"...And his tears fall and burn the garden green

And so castles made of sand fall in the sea, eventually...

 ...And to the ledge she smiled you wont hurt me no more

But then a sight she'd never seen made her jump and say


Look a golden winged ship is passing my way

And it really didn't have to stop, it just kept on going...

And so castles made of sand slips into the sea, eventually" 

Castles Made of Sand by Jimi Hendrix

Some days

I've worn grey.
 Some days I feel grey.

Me in these outfits shown:1. here 2. here, 3. here 4. here

Some days grey is calming.

Left: Alice + Olivia Fall 2013 RTW
Right: Ariunaa Suri Fall 2013 RTW

Some days grey is bold.

Left: Juicy Couture Fall 2013 RTW
Right: Charlotte Ronson Fall 2013 RTW

Some days grey is an accent.

My twin nieces Lil Bug and EJ playing in the leaves wearing grey. October 2013

Some days grey is a balance.

My nephew JJ with his grandma and sisters playing in the leaves wearing grey pants and shoes. October 2013

Some days grey lets you shine through.

My sis n law and my nephew Speed Racer wearing grey and riding on the grey train.
October 2013

Some days 14 Shades of Grey is an album, I listen to, by the band Staind. We've seen Staind in concert here and here.


""This is my life, it's not what it was before
All these feelings I've shared...
An' now that we're here, it's so far away
An' I feel like I can face the day"...So Far Away by Staind



Some days grey is the background, allowing color to be the star.

My art journal page about our trip to the
Japanese Garden in Florida, 2007

I asked a woman who worked at the Japanese Garden
if the leaves change color in the fall.

She said, "No. Some things flower
at different times of the year. At the end of October, it is
beautiful, cool weather here."

Some days you barely notice grey,
unless you look.

do leopards meow or purr?

I do.
I also growl, and bark, sometimes.

Some old outfits when I wore leopard print.
These posts are shown here, here, and here.

Juicy Couture Fall 2013 RTW

Left: Albino Fall 2013 RTW
Right: Burberry Prorsum Fall 2013 RTW

I saw this Beyond Biba movie, a few weeks ago,
and thoroughly enjoyed it. 

Barbara Hulanicki Beyond Biba movie watch here.
It's beyond inspiring! 

In case you don't see the movie:Here are some of Barbara's architecture and interior designs.

Her website also shows Her fabric prints, and
Her commercial illustrations.

Here's some more Barbara Hulanicki things:

This Biba Exposition is shown here.
(No, I've never seen it in person only online.)

Another look of the same exposition shown  here.
(Do you see the leopard print coat with hood?)

I dig Beck's version of Bob Dylan's Leopard Skin Pill Box Hat.

..."Yes, I see you got your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat
Well, you must tell me, baby
How your head feels under somethin’ like that
Under your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat"...
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat by Bob Dylan

Here's my art journal page about leopard print:

Florida August 2007
Photo of:
Leopard Print
Hotel Hallway Carpet
Me and My Love

It's that season

For wearing colored tights

There I am sporting mine.

My skirt and moss green boots were thrifted.

Anna Sui Fall 2013 RTW

It's that season for picking pumpkins.

My nieces EJ and Lil Bug, and my nephew JJ,
at the pumpkin patch.

My nephew Speed Racer choosing his pumpkin.

It's that season of the witch.

"When I look out my window,
Many sights to see.
And when I look in my window,
So many different people to be
That it's strange, so strange.
You've got to pick up every stitch
Must be the season of the witch"...Season of the Witch by Donovan

Rain Season
My guy in our hotel West Palm Beach, Florida August 2007

Yes, we went to Florida during their rainy season.
No, we did not pack an umbrella.
Yes, the rain pelted fast and furious.
Yes, we bought this huge umbrella at an art museum.
Yes, we actually used it then.
Yes, my grandma believed that opening umbrellas indoors was bad luck.
No, I don't believe that.
Yes, we still have this umbrella.
No, we never use it now.
Yes, my guy will pose for me.
Yes, I want to bite his toes. ;)

kitties and puzzles

When I was about 6 or 7 years old, we had a kitty cat called Puzzles. We didn't have her for very long.

Obviously this hot blonde chick isn't me.
She's a model.

Left: Cool Cat Beanie F21
Right: Cool Cat Spiked Top F21

Little me was told that Puzzles ran away.

This is me at age 6 or 7 yrs. old. Back then I believed whatever my parents told me.

Here's another hot model wearing cute kitty clothes.

Left: Charlotte Olympia Velvet Embroidered Boots
Right: Black Shirt with White Cats Etsy

 I didn't find out until I was an adult, that Puzzles, (the kitty), didn't run away. Instead, she was taken to a shelter (or something). Yeah, apparently she made a mess. My mom doesn't like cats.

Left: Black Cat Tights on Etsy
Right: Cat Tattoo Tights on Etsy

My twin nieces, nephew, and their grandma, with actual puzzles, not Puzzles (the kitty), from December 2012.

My nephew Speed Racer with his puzzle, this past Summer, 2013.

Years later I grew allergic to cats. I don't know if I still am, because I take allergy medicine everyday.
 I just know that now, when I'm around cats that belong to my friends, I don't seem to have problems. They sure like to come up to me, and want my attention. I don't know why.

At my friend's house that has a cat, in 2011.
(I wish someone would have told me to adjust my blouse
 because my breast was hanging out. Jeez).

In 2011, I would tutor at a, mansion like fancy house, twice a week. I would sit in their formal dining room, where I would help their children read.

Another photo of me in 2011.
Omg, is it me, or does it look my breast is popping out again?

While sitting in their fancy chair, their cat would climb up, and sit down right behind me. Yes, on the same chair! I was like, um, okay. I didn't encourage the behavior. I just thought it was odd. I don't know why their kitty did that. Do you?

"We missed you hissed the lovecats
We're so wonderfully wonderfully wonderfully
Wonderfully pretty!"The Lovecats by The Cure

What do kitties like to eat?

Here's my scrapbook page of:
Japanese Garden Florida August 2007

The other night I watched
2 Broke Girls Episode, And the Kitty Spank Spank.

Maybe somebody should have spanked that fancy kitty, that wanted to share the chair I was already sitting in. There was a huge, long, table full of other chairs it could have used! But no, that kitty wanted to sit behind me.