now in technicolor

Since I have been sewing like a machine, I have made a lot of progress on cool pieces that I’ve had forever. This skirt is of course one of those things- I shortened it about 5 inches and made the waist just the tiniest bit bigger. It automatically caught my eye because of the colors, but I have been really lazy about my personal alterations so I’ve had it for ages. Anyway, today I thought I’d go for a contrasting stripes look with my accessories!

I got these amazing beauties at a yard sale for 50 cents! And it's no mystery to me why our store is painted in awesome color schemes like this.

Right behind the cash register

WHAT: yellow sunglasses, chicken lays an egg

yellow and stripe earrings, yard sale

green t, rainbow

white belt, chicken lays an egg

i love you ring, forever 21

black and white bracelet, thrift

rainbow skirt, chicken lays an egg

diamond shoes, chicken lays an egg

WHERE: work at chicken and bike riding with the boy

WHEN: tuesday, june 1

I forgot to wear them today, but I’m really excited about the new shorts I got for wearing under all of my dresses when I ride my bike! I’m not about to start wearing pants all the time- besides, I very rarely sacrifice fashion for function and I don’t see why this would be any different. I promise they’ll make an appearance very soon!!


betty draper kind of day

This no computer thing is a real bummer! It’s OK though, hopefully it will be fixed soon. I am a little behind on my posts now though, so you may get two posts today. Only if you’re good though…

I wore this cute little number on Friday for optimal coolness. It’s a nice light cotton dress and since it’s such a light blue it a lot cooler. As much as I love vintage clothes, sometimes it’s really hard to motivate oneself to slap on a polyester dress. I love the fit of this one too, I feel very much like Betty Draper at an afternoon cocktails do. Kind of like the dress she wore to go visit her dad in season 2, episode 10 ‘The Inheritance’. I’m trying to hunt down a picture from that, but without my computer I am without my episodes of Man Men to take a decent screen shot with. Anyway, here’s what I wore:

WHAT: blue pleats, chicken lays an egg

rose brooches, chicken lays an egg

gold belt, chicken lays an egg

bird ring, forever 21

strappy shoes, borrowed from maya

WHERE: work at chicken and extreme sewing after

WHEN: friday, may 28

On a side note, I recently bought this really great nail polish and I wanted to mention it. I have to say I’m not usually one to rep the products of giant companies too much, but I was very happy with the color and staying power of this stuff.

I’m pretty hard on my nails, between not sitting still long enough to let it dry and just being hard on my hands. This picture was taken on Friday morning and after the whole long weekend and babysitting, they look almost exactly the same. For me that’s a pretty big deal since they’re always chipped to hell by the next day usually. Anyway I definitely recommend this stuff!