Little adventure this morning. Lately I’m in the habit of combining my two early morning tasks of dog-walking with taking my photo, if I’m planning to take one that day, that is. I have my camera, tripod and the shoes…
Tag: accessories
Chocolate, chocolate, and more chocolate…
Dug out the Bouchee dress again and am wearing it with my big wooden-beaded necklace. Today the necklace is bringing to my mind a display cabinet in a chocolate shop; an array of glossy Lindt truffles, strung together with Maltesers…
Gelato colours
When wearing pastels, especially head-to-toe, one is in danger of looking sticky sickly sweet. Additionally if the silhouette is too “safe” you may come across as grandmotherly or queen-motherish. An outfit of this type needs some elements of hard-edge or…
Teal dress and, er, white lacy thing
I apologise in advance for the appearance of a yet another white lacy number. I actually made this about a year ago and don’t wear it very much, especially not since I became aware of and then started feeling embarrassed…
Glossy wooden beads
Got heaps of office work to do today, so may not enter the laundry (where my sewing machine is situated, taunting me) until it’s all done… I also had a few errands to run, so took time out to sneak…
Chanel style belt
From Chanel, Spring/Summer 2010 RTW How cool are these gold chain belts by Chanel this season? Often a designer piece inspires me to have a go at reproducing the “look” myself. It’s not that I’m setting out to reproduce a…
Lacy “tablecloth” skirt
For quite some time I’ve wanted to make myself a skirt out of an old crocheted or lace tablecloth, and with this in mind I’ve searched op-shops for some suitable candidate to chop up. Not only didn’t I find any…
Happy New Year!
New Year’s Day is a time to reflect on your life over the past year and to dream up a few resolutions as to how to do it better next year… Hmm, well apart from the usual suspects; get fit,…
