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Month: March 2011

The dress that wanted to be a skirt

31/03/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized19 Comments on The dress that wanted to be a skirt

This skirt was originally a dress.  I posted about my dissatisfaction with it here, and Terri brilliantly commented that she thought this dress wanted to be a skirt.  Well, that revelation was like a bucket of cold water over my…

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Brighty tighty

30/03/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized19 Comments on Brighty tighty

Me-Made March, Day 30 I’m not 100% feeling this outfit.  Both the top and the skirt are getting old and have been kicking around in my wardrobe for a few years… both were part of my earlier plan to inject…

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Clad in plaid

29/03/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized21 Comments on Clad in plaid

I deemed today cool enough to wear one of ma newbies; a plaid shirtdress made using pattern no. 111 from Burdastyle magazine 05/2010.  Naturally with a one or two little adaptions… The brushed cotton is stash fabric I’ve had for…

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Roundabout

28/03/201121/12/2016 CarolynUncategorized12 Comments on Roundabout

Me-Made March, Day 28 This morning my Monday morning gal pals and I were discussing Mad Men and the fashions within, and it was fortuitous that I happened to be wearing this dress and my friends noticed and admired it……

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Cleaning up

27/03/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized8 Comments on Cleaning up

Earlier in the month I wore a silk dress for general gardening.  Today I have selected black lace… to clean out the garage and shed.  Don’t worry, it’s not expensive lace just cheap-ish polyester-y stuff.  But it is lace, meaning…

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A new shoe day is a very good day indeed

26/03/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized10 Comments on A new shoe day is a very good day indeed

It’s actually too hot to be wearing my new shoes today, but I don’t care.  Wore them anyway, because I  just couldn’t resist their ever-so-slightly blotchy ivory leather, their pinked-edged, laced-up, strategically placed cut-outed charm.  Wore them to volleyball (we…

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A girlie day out…

25/03/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized13 Comments on A girlie day out…

…  shopping and lunching with my mother and my two sisters-in-law.  Simply delightful.  We had a cocktail with lunch as well as a load of fun, and I spent a birthday gift voucher for Zomp on some totally adorable new shoes!…

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Some thoughts on trends and inspiration

24/03/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized11 Comments on Some thoughts on trends and inspiration

Me-Made March, Day 24 This is another day where I’m just wearing something only just recently photographed last month… and feeling a little uninspired about taking another photo.  But here it is. Details: Dress; Burdastyle magazine 05-2010-114, printed cotton brought…

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