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Month: April 2012

Delightfully tacky

30/04/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized36 Comments on Delightfully tacky

I like the clashiness here.  A reminder that nature can beautify anything…  The rose is a late autumnal bloomer from my garden; some litterbug chucked the Coke can onto our verge and in the act of picking it up to toss into…

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Strawberry pink jeans

29/04/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized35 Comments on Strawberry pink jeans

I have made some new jeans!  Au Bonheur des Petites Mains PLH08002: Pantalon droit avec decoupes.  (my less than perfect translation: trousers right with slices?, hehe) Now; to say I am grateful to shams for helping me to obtain this…

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A good hair day

28/04/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized31 Comments on A good hair day

A very special and super fantastic night; we went to the Amanda Young Foundation Ball.  I wore my Grecian-style ballgown, made in 2004.  An oldie now but still a goodie.  I had my hair put up professionally, which always makes me feel…

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Mum’s silk kimono

27/04/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized29 Comments on Mum’s silk kimono

With thoughts of self-stitched sleepwear ricochetting about my recent consciousness like a pingpong ball being batted about by a playful pussycat… as well as unique and beautifully artistic garments that delight and inspire us creative types…. This is a silk kimono…

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Yoshiki Hishinuma top; more details…

26/04/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized17 Comments on Yoshiki Hishinuma top; more details…

…in response to comments, and thank you for your interest! Barbara wished to see the Yoshiki Hishinuma top on, so here it is.  It doesn’t really go perfectly with this skirt .. back in the day when I used to wear…

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Inspirational piece by Yoshiki Hishinuma

24/04/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized20 Comments on Inspirational piece by Yoshiki Hishinuma

Hey peeps! Today I thought I would hit y’all up with some fabbo inspiration type stuff, like yo.   I mentioned cleaning out the wardrobe recently… I have a few garments hanging in my wardrobe that have been there for…

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On matters of the feet…

23/04/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized18 Comments on On matters of the feet…

I went out shopping with my good friend J on the weekend, and … well, a picture is worth a thousand words…. no? In which case two pictures must be worth two thousand words… Tres awesome, yes?  Now I am…

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Ultramarine corduroy skirt

22/04/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized42 Comments on Ultramarine corduroy skirt

Remember in my review of the Vogue 1170 skirt I mentioned I had already made a second version?  Well I finally got my act together and took some photos… This ultramarine cotton corduroy caught my eye; (hardly surprising really  ðŸ˜‰…

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