Going Gaga

My daughter is going through the delightful time of life when all her friends are turning 16 which means they are all having Sweet Sixteen parties. Tonight one of her friends is having a Lady Gaga themed party.

You can probably guess, if you've been reading this blog for a while, that I have a little bit of a reputation to uphold when it comes to costumes for my daughter. Believe it or not, this one was pretty simple. We only bought a little bit of make-up. Everything else we had and I just had to do a little refashioning.

Dress-(thrifted and refashioned)

Headress-(refashioned headband and fabric)

Stockings-(gift)

Shoes-(last year's showchoir shoes)

Wig-(mine I've had for 15 years)

The black shoulder thing that looks like it's attached to her arm is actually fabric I gathered up and sewed onto a clear bra strap which I sewed to the dress. The gold dress I bought when she was really little as part of her dress up collection. I always used thrifted party dresses instead of store bought Princess costumes. I highly recommend that for the little ones.

The girl on the far right is dressed as Madonna. It's ironic. Very hipster.

Good night little Monsters.

Some Like It Hot-They're Dumb

We've managed to miss a lot of the awful weather some of you have been suffering through. Not today, though. The past few days have been hot and muggy and over 100°. I'm not used to it anymore. With that said, I hope all of you on the East Coast are safe and well during the hurricane they're predicting.
Today was about errands and driving in a car with no A.C. (still trying to find time to get it fixed). So I went with comfort and not a lot of embellishment.

100% thrifted.

98% wrinkled

(again I'm talking about the clothes)

I did get these platform shoes today at Goodwill. I swear I was only there looking for something for my daughter. cough cough...ahem. Sorry, just started choking there a little. Here's what the full-body experience was for the picture above.

Graceful

Old Navy top-(thrifted)

Banana Republic shorts-(thrifted)

Mudd shoes-(thrifted)

Feeling Good Looking Blue

Yesterday we had Fall Training for the FIDM Speakers' Bureau at the Wilshire Grand Hotel in Downtown L.A. I wore a dress I got at one of my recent Goodwill trips. You can't really tell, but it has little black oblong polka dots on it. My daughter really likes this dress. She said it's the same thing they're selling at Urban Outfitters. It's probably from the early '80s and colorful! Yay. Unfortunately some of the pictures are a little blurry but you get the idea..

Dress-(thrifted)

Vintage navy slip-(thrifted)

Leopard belt-(birthday gift)

Bracelets-(vintage)

Purse-(FIDM Scholarship store)

Shoes-(thrifted)

I got to see one of my favorite people, Nancy Riegelman. She is a sketching teacher at FIDM and a very talented artist as well. Not to mention, one of the sweetest and coolest ladies out there. She said she was going to check out my blog. Hi, Nancy!

Nancy is also the author of 9 Heads: A Guide To Drawing Fashion which is used all over the world as a text book for fashion classes and schools.

Nancy taught us how to make the 9 head croquis (kro-kee). Here's mine:

I added hair and a face and some clothes. Trying to keep this blog PG.

I linked this to Thursdays Are For Thrifters by the way. Check it out.

Inspiration-Cinemagraphs

Don't freak out. Your eyes are not playing practical jokes on you. These photos are moving.

Pictures really can move like in Harry Potter. Okay, maybe they can't carry on conversations with you or go get stuff, but they don't have to just sit there either. Jamie at From Me To You has created these gorgeous cinemagraphs.













Bill Cunningham! :)

I actually found these photos first on Thee Blog

Honestly, even if they didn't move, I would still be in love with these photographs.

It IS Easy Being Green

I got to wear a dress from my Goodwill shopping trip the other day. I meant to take a picture without the sweater (it was freezing at work all day) but I wanted to get out of my work clothes so badly that I forgot. It's sleeveless and fits really well.

I really don't have much in the way of colorful clothes so this was a much needed addition. Everybody's talking about how clothes are finally getting more colorful. I was never really into it but now I get it. You just feel happier wearing them, right?

I can fly!!! Actually, my heels were sticking into the mud and I kept losing my balance. My daughter/photographer thought it was hi-larious.

close-up of the beading

Dress-(thrifted)

DKNY sweater-(thrifted)

Ring-(vintage)

Bracelet-(daughter's...shhh don't tell)

Shoes-(thrifted)

Visible Monday-Almost Tuesday

It's Visible Monday! Barely. It's 15 minutes until Tuesday right now. Today was a long day. About 13 hours of work with very few breaks in between. I managed to come home long enough to get a few wrinkled pictures. I'm talking about my clothes, of course. I think I look how I feel. Glamorous!!! (not really. Tired) At least I'm wearing something shiny...

and ruffly

Top-(gift)

Sweater-(FIDM Scholarship Store)

BR men's pants-(thrifted, )

Bracelets-(vintage, gift from daughter) :)

Sunday Best-Clever People's Clever Ideas

The last thing I need to do is take on any more projects, but I'm always finding cool things that groovy people have made. Here are a few of my faves from this week:

paper cup garland via Hey Gorgeous

Make my own clutch? Maybe I will, Martha.

Make your own perfumed locket

DIY Secret door. I WANT THIS SO BAD!! Probably won't work in my small apartment.

What about you? Did you find any fun projects this week