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Black straight-leg jeans; a post mortem, and 6 different ways

06/07/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized22 Comments on Black straight-leg jeans; a post mortem, and 6 different ways

So, I mentioned yesterday that my year-old black straight-legs had bitten the dust, but I hadn’t gone into much detail and I thought it would be helpful to any others starting out with their own pair of jeans to list…

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Flares in Black

05/07/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized44 Comments on Flares in Black

I have made myself a new pair of jeans! They are of black, stretchy corduroy with black cotton for the pocket lining and the waistband lining, and are very near perfect; if I say so myself 😉  It seems my…

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Scarlet Twist socks

04/07/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized20 Comments on Scarlet Twist socks

So, having got over my aversion to taking my own photo… ta da!  I’m back, but who knows what hideousness and violations against the fashion world are being committed, just off-camera, hmm?  We’ll never know… actually, I am quite stylishly…

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Tim’s shirt/jacket

02/07/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized9 Comments on Tim’s shirt/jacket

Here is the shirt/jacket thingy that I made for Tim for a birthday gift… it is very similar to Sam’s here, but using a grey/beige, thin but warm, corduroy and a (leftover) contrasting dark blue/grey cotton linen for the lining of…

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Last day of MMJ’11, and some thoughts

30/06/201122/12/2016 CarolynUncategorized28 Comments on Last day of MMJ’11, and some thoughts

Yeah, so inwardly I was cheering as I set up to take my last daily photograph for this challenge.  I might look kinda calm and faraway here, but on the inside I’m throwing a party! (for those who like to know: 10C-18C and…

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Musings on “winter”

29/06/201122/12/2016 CarolynUncategorized22 Comments on Musings on “winter”

So going by the comments I received yesterday on what I assure you was a really really winter-y day for Perth, I guess it is true that I am a terrible weather wuss (hangs head in shame)  But I was glad…

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Puddle-y day

28/06/201127/12/2016 CarolynUncategorized22 Comments on Puddle-y day

Looking at this photo, you will not be surprised to hear that we had not only the entire foreshore to ourselves this morning, but the entire park as well.  Yup.  Came across not another living soul, er, more correctly; came…

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3 sleeps to go…

27/06/201127/12/2016 CarolynUncategorized13 Comments on 3 sleeps to go…

… and Me-Made June is over. Sorry, I know it sounds like a whinge, but I am very over posing for a photo every day.  was over it probably 10 days ago, actually….  And yes, possibly I could have made…

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