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The Daughter of Woman

04/05/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized13 Comments on The Daughter of Woman

I am paying homage to “The Son of Man” the 1964 painting by Rene Magritte. Today’s mini-challenge within the me-made May group is to be pictured with food, or to be eating or drinking something.  So I took inspiration from…

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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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French fly, or waist stay; a tutorial

31/03/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized30 Comments on French fly, or waist stay; a tutorial

Thank you for so much enthusiasm regarding my French fly!  I am very pleased with how it feels to wear, as well as how it turned out.  By the way, I googled French fly and came up with zilch, so…

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Fashionary

10/02/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized23 Comments on Fashionary

Thank you for those compliments on my sketch in the previous post; but I have to own up right now that I’m not really much of an artist…  I cheated!  ðŸ™‚ My “artistry” is all thanks to the Fashionary…. I first…

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Taking advantage of one’s surroundings…

04/09/201127/12/2016 CarolynUncategorized11 Comments on Taking advantage of one’s surroundings…

I received a comment on my photo yesterday in the Self-Stitched September flickr group that read in part that my ensemble looked perfect “mostly due to the beach background” LOL!  * Well I’m afraid the beach is going to steal…

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Scrumpled leggings

19/08/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized16 Comments on Scrumpled leggings

Ta da!  Scrumpled leggings!  You like?  I do! And I think they fit in very nicely with my current seasonal aim of dressing to suit the natural colours and textures of my environment… I know this is not a new…

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Spring has sprung!

18/08/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized10 Comments on Spring has sprung!

Ok, OK, so I know we aren’t supposed to even mention the S word until the 1st September but look at this floral fabulousness popping up all around!  I took all these photos here on my walkies this morning… and…

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