a day at the park

Today was definitely one of the last few warm days we’ve got left here in Ohio. So me and the boy decided to take our pup out to the park for some fresh air. To bad all she wanted to do was smell stuff. Oh well! Also, please ignore the creepy catalog look I’ve got goin’ on in one of these. Believe it or not that was a real laugh.

catalog face. ew.

come here!

flopper & shadow

WHAT: blue and black bubble dress, thrift

black ruched tank, rainbow

black patent stretch belt, rainbow

black flats, target

WHERE: alms park, cincinnati

WHEN: wednesday, october 21

mannequins need clothes too!

Hello dear readers, hope all is well for you. Every spare moment I have this week is either being spent finishing the three costumes I agreed to make (I don’t know why I do these things to myself) or hardcore organizing and cleaning up at the store. But, it’s coming along beautifully! It’s finally starting to look like a real store. I did the window and dressed all the mannequins last night, which was super fun, and I thought I’d give a little sneak peak. So, here are our first week’s mannequins! Click the thumbnails for full size images.

moving day

I’ve been up since the ungodly hour of 9am moving the store to its fabulous new location in Northside, but it’s done. My god there are A LOT of clothes there. No joke, and my stuff isn’t even in there yet. It was really hard to avoid the temptation of shopping through Dana’s (one of my business partners) stuff, but I managed. So this week will be all about sorting and pricing. Anyway, here’s a little dress that my roommate Nancy actually got from Dana the first time I came to her store! I removed the sleeves to update it a little, but I love the giant buttons and, of course, the pockets.

I was pretty jealous of this dress when my roommate Nancy bought it, but it was a bit too stuffy. So one day I bought it from her and removed the sleeves. Once I did that, it was perfect. And I turned the buttons from the cuff into earrings! (not pictured)

I was pretty jealous of this dress when Nancy bought it, but it was a bit too stuffy. Once I took those sleeves off, it was perfect. And I turned the buttons from the cuff into earrings! (not pictured)

before i altered it

Nancy in the dress before I altered it

WHAT: funky real estate agent dress, chicken lays an egg

skinny black belt, forever 21

pointy-toe black flats, target

WHERE: work and after work drinks

WHEN: friday, october 23