Category :Blue

Goodbye Mr. Weekend

 

 Jeans & Tee- Gap  //  Sweater – Anthropologie  //  Boots – Feet First  //  Scarf – Le Chateau  //  Necklace – Ruche.

This weekend.  Huh?  There was a weekend?  Funny, I didn’t realize.  I kind of wish someone had told me it was the weekend.  Sometimes I don’t get the memo and then I forget to take part in the shared group activity. 
And I end up wearing my Halloween costume to the Christmas Party.

True Story:
Baby Girl and Andrew were on the bus during rush hour.  
In a loud voice Baby Girl went, “Daddy!  Daddy!  Daddy!”  “Yes?” he answered. 
On the crowded bus, and in an equally loud and enthusiastic voice she declared, ” I farted!”

The Long Goodbye

Jacket – F21  //  Sweater – Cotton Candy from Ruche  //  Jeans – Gap  //  Boots – Threadsence  //  Scarf – Urban Outfitters

These pictures are from a few days ago, and I’m sad to say that I’ve lost these boots.  They are peeling now.  The faux leather top layer is literally coming away from the rest of the boot.  So they’re going in the garbage. I’m really sad to see them go especially as they’re only ten months old, but there’s no fixing something like that.

Saying goodbye to a pair of shoes is sort of like saying goodbye to an old friend.   I find that you wear shoes more than certain pieces in your closet, and so there’s a lot of sentimentality attached to that item.  We’ve been through good and bad, and it feels like a kind of betrayal to just toss them out.

But at the same time, they are just an inanimate object and I am probably anthropomorphizing them just a touch too much.  

True Story:
Baby Girl is taking a bath, playing, and generally having a great time.  
Suddenly she stops, looks at me dead serious and says, “Grandma stinky.  Stiiiiinky.”  
I don’t know where that come from, but I bet there’s a story there.

Give Me A Good Cliche

 

Dress – Blue Pepper from Ruche  //  Necklace, Bracelet, and Earrings – Threadsence  //  Tights – F21  //  Boots – Feet First

 There’s something about the combination of brown and blue, especially a really rich tone, that feels just perfect for Fall.  It’s one of those palettes that has just been made for the season.  It’s almost become a cliche just because it looks so right, but hey, I’ve never been one to shy away from a good cliche. They become cliches for a reason.

And I’d rather listen to a good cliche any day over some of the dribble that I hear on a daily basis.  Like the teenage girls on the metro who were talking about not wanting to exercise to get thin because they don’t feel like it, so instead they take diet pills…along with all their other pills.  Sometimes I just want to shake young women, or sit in a corner and cry.  Do you realize what you’re putting into your body?  Do you realize what ideal you’re buying into?

I’ll take a good cliche any day.

 True Story:
Andrew is cooking and Drake the Dog is not more than two inches away from him at all times in the hopes that something will fall, or that he’ll get offered some treat.  Andrew offers him a piece of celery.  Drake takes it walks away and drops it on the floor in distaste.  Baby Girl, who just happens to be sitting right there, picks up the celery without missing a beat.  And pops it into her mouth saying, “Thank you Dwake!” Only time she’s ever eaten celery. 

DIY Boots

 

Jacket – Spotted Moth *old*  //  Shirt – Esprit  //  Hat – ??  //  Dress, Tights, Belt, Socks, & Pink Ring – F21  //  Boots – Ruche altered with my own belts and additions  //  Ring – Threadsence  //  Necklace – bought in Spain.
I love new shoes, but the fact is that shoes can cost a lot.  So to change up my shoes and make things look new, I decided to see what would happen if I took some belts and fabric that were lying around and changed my regular ankle boots into something new.  Something a little different.
Andrew makes fun of these, but I love the fact that they’re a little different.  
True Story:
Baby Girl opens my nail polish drawer a week ago, and decides to move every single bottle.  
I’m getting dressed and just happy for the fact that she’s busy and leaving me in peace.  
So she moves all approximately twenty bottles into Andrew’s night stand. 
Apparently she’s decided that’s where they belong.   
A week later, they’re still there.  
I guess he agrees.

Making Grace Kelly Proud

 

Scarf – Urban Outfitters  //  Shirt – Beatrice Holloway from Lulus  //  Jeans – Gap  //  Boots – Chelsea Crew from Threadsence  //  Zebra Necklace – Lustre from Montreal

In photos I can sometimes appear chic and perhaps stylish and put together.  Sometimes I even fancy myself to actually be that.  But really, I’m the girl who rushes out of the bathroom because she’s late for the acting class, slams her finger in the door as is shuts, and plunks her butt down ungracefully on the couch, and then realizes that her fly is undone.

Yup.  Grace Kelly would be proud.

True Story:
*see above*

Chasing The Daylight

Top – H&M  //  Dress – Dear Creatures from Emerging Thoughts  //  Tights – F21  //  Shoes – Clarks  // Ring – Ruche
There are days where the hours fly by and you’ve no idea how it got to be so late.  The light is disappearing and in a rush you set up your camera to try and capture what little remains of the memories of the daylight.  
At times like these there is a sense of haste, but also a sense of joy at the potential of the night, and the even greater potential of a new day just around the corner.  
The opportunities of today have past, but tomorrow is boundless.

Homecoming

 Jacket – Gap  //  Dress – ModCloth *sold out*  // Tights & Necklace – F21  // Boots – Feet First  // Ring – Threadsence

Playing with different trends and styles.  Experimenting with different perceptions of self and different sides of various aesthetics.  These are the things I love about fashion.

But there’s also something serenely and peacefully perfect about a homecoming.  A homecoming to that outfit that best defines you. An outfit that really reflects to the world who you are at your core.  The outfit that feels just like the worn in jeans, a cup of hot chocolate, or that home cooked meal your mama made.  

A floral dress, jean jacket and boots.  That’s my fashion chicken soup.  It just doesn’t get any better. 

This is me world.

True Story:
Baby Girl got a firetruck and fireman action figure as a Thanksgiving Day present from my Mom.  
I’m not talking about how she’s been obsessed with it ever since.
I am talking about how she took the fireman figure and insisted on changing his diaper. 
The figurine is maybe 5 inches tall. 
So he went from pooping his pants in a fire to being smothered in a diaper???
Poor guy can’t catch a break.

Stinky Smelly

Shirt – Lucca Couture
Jacket – F21
Necklace – Lustre in Montreal
Jeans – Gap
Shoes – Threadsence
Bad Smells. You know you love ’em.  I ride my bike through this one path right near the slaughterhouses, and the smell is well, I’m sure I don’t need to describe it for you.  Then we’re out for a walk around the pond and there’s this one tiny spot where it smells like sweaty feet, poo, and old food all at the same time.
So of course, I stop right there to take some outfit pictures.
True Story:
 Andrew and I are fast asleep. 
We suddenly hear Baby Girl rustling about in her crib.  
She suddenly says, “I got it.  I got it. I GOT IT!”
She’s fast asleep.  Talking.

Nothing New, Nothing Old

Jacket & Tights – F21
Dress – ModCloth
Belt – H&M
Boots – Ruche

Everything old is new again, or more specifically, nothing gets old in my closet. I’ve had all these items for years.  Except the tights.  They’re about six months old and $5 at F21.  I love recombining older things in new ways.  Really I would say that’s the secret behind real style: being able to constantly create unique looks with existing items.

Now yes, sometimes you’ll hit on a combo you really like, and by all means repeat that.  And yes, there is a finite number of combinations that look good together, but then you work within that *rather large* finite number of combinations.    All I’m saying is that style comes from the ability to combine and create within the given set of materials.

Of course, that’s not to say I have style.  I just have an idea of what style is.

True Story:
I come home.  
No welcome. 
I go into the kitchen and see two bums facing me.  
No welcome.
Both Andrew and Baby Girl are at the counter focused on cooking. 
I say, “Hi.”  They both turn to briefly look at me and turn back. 
He’s busy chopping.  She’s busy peeling the shells off hard boiled eggs. 
Welcome home Mama… I guess. 

Fall Upcycled Pieces

Necklace – c/o Imprintalish
Top – H&M
Jacket – Gap
Skirt – Skies Are Blue
Tights – F21
Boots – Threadsence

Fall is fully in bloom here.  Yes, I say that sarcastically since, what it means is that nothing is actually blooming, but instead dying.  I’m not a big fan of Fall.  I love the first week because I pull out my sweaters and boots, and then I’m over it.  I know it means we’re in for several long months of winter and cold, and really, I could totally pass on that!

But it does mean the return of darker colors and richer tones.  That I really enjoy.  So when I recently got the opportunity to style a piece from Imprintalish, I naturally navigated toward this necklace in a darker hue.  It also seemed perfect because I immediately thought of a white shirt.  Then I just had to build the rest of the outfit around those two pieces.  And this was the result.

I loved the idea of pairing this very cool upcycled necklace with a white top because it’s a great way to make something office-like *the white shirt* look unique and chic. I can see someone in an business atmosphere pairing this with a blazer and trousers, or a cute pencil skirt and being professional, yet totally one of a kind.

That’s what’s so great about Imprintalish.  All the styles are neutral enough to be worn in so many different venues and occasions, but unique enough that people will be asking, “Where’d you get that?”  I’m thinking I may have to get this piece next.  You? What would you get?

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