Button Earrings | Mascara or Motoroil

sail a ship on my ocean

Although I don’t shop there too much, I recently made a stop at my local Urban Outfitters since it was on my way home (after I walked a block out of the way). I was very pleased to see lots and lots of sale stuff- my favorite! I allowed myself to get one thing, and at $10 this striped bodysuit won! I am a little annoyed with myself for not trying it on because I always forget to account for my longer torso, so it is a bit small for me. It’s still wearable though and I was very happy about how well it matched this skirt. In an effort to avoid being too red, white, and blue though I went with tan accessories. Ideally I would have been wearing these shoes, but there’s some rule about paying for things before you receive them or something. Weak.

Just use your imagination and pretend I’m wearing those, it’s much cuter. And as usual, sorry for the blur.

I made these little guys out of vintage buttons from my Gramma.

WHAT: sheer scarf (of course), thrift

button earrings, diy by me

gold necklace, thrift

stripe bodysuit, urban outfitters

tube skirt, h&m

tan sandals, borrowed from maya

WHERE: work at the shop

WHEN: tuesday, may 24

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perfection

Well I’m not sure if my most recent shopping trip did it or what, but I have broken through my outfitblock. I finally put something together that my critical mind didn’t find overly simple. I had been looking for a suspender pencil skirt like this for years, so I basically lost my shit when I found this one! I just picked up this shirt at a half off sale and was really pleased with how well it went with the skirt. Add complimentary tights and presto!

Side note: If you live in Cincinnati, please go here and vote for Chicken Lays An Egg for the 2010 CityBeat Best Of awards!

I love how he's super floppy like a real fish

WHAT: pinwheel button earrings, handmade by me

geometric shirt, atomic 10

suspender skirt, chicken lays an egg

blue tights, gabriel brothers

oxfords, macy’s

WHERE: work at the library, dinner at thai express, drinks and karaoke

WHEN: tuesday, january 19

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RETROactive posting- part 3

As stoked as I was when I bought this dress, I didn’t realize how see through it was! Luckily I had a white tank and short slip that worked out OK. I love the detail on this dress too; the little shoulder panels of floral print are probably my fave.

You can't really see it, but this was the necklace I was wearing.

I didn't buy it until a few hours later so I'm not wearing it in the pictures, but this was the necklace I was wearing most of the day.

WHAT: pinwheel button earrings, homemade

awesome 70′s floral dress, chicken lays an egg

teeny tiny pocket watch, chicken lays an egg

blue skinny belt, thrift

double finger bird ring, forever 21

gold bangle, thrift store in toronto (the only souvenir i got that trip)

hot pink tights, h&m

black boots, uo

WHERE: work at chicken and thanksgiving eve at dave & amy’s

WHEN: wednesday, november 25

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same thing, different day

Since I’m still kind of sick and unfortunately had to work, I was hoping to optimal comfort and warmth. I think I did pretty well. Surprisingly, my feet didn’t hurt me all day!

That face is because my pup was leaping around the bed in a frenzy.

These are the earrings I made with the leftover buttons from the neon green dress I altered! (October 24 post)

She just couldn't control herself any longer.

Oh no! One of my favorite rings broke this morning! Luckily, I think my old friend super glue can help me out.

WHAT: green post earrings, leftover from alteration

quilted apple dress, chicken lays an egg

mustard plastic ring, pangaea

white band and watch, on loan from maya

navy tights, target

mustard mary janes, target

WHERE: just an average day at our little shop and some errands

WHEN: friday, december 4

Well I’m hoping with a lot of sleep I can knock this thing out, so I’m off to bed! Take it easy.

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RETROactive posting- part 1

When I was looking through my pictures the other night, I realized that there were a few days that some how got lost in the mix and were never posted! So over next week or so I’m going to go back and finally post those.

This first set is from my birthday (before I actually had my blog), but there are some really cute ones of me and the boy! We spent the day running around the Natural History Museum. It was one of the best days I can remember.

The front cover of the mix my lovely boy made me for my birthday! Isn't he sweet?!

Jacob had one of his kidneys removed, and we still don't know how the museum got ahold of it!

Jacob had one of his kidneys removed. We still don't know how the museum got ahold of it.

I thought this was kind of amazing. Look how little comes in each box!

This one hasn't really been to space. It's a replica. Boo.

This is Cincinnati Museum Center's entire global warming display. Wow.

WHAT: pinwheel button earrings, homemade by me!

brown floral scarf, chicken lays an egg

mustard t, rainbow

blue skirt, thrift

bronze gladiator sandals, the store of evil (wal-mart)

WHERE: cincinnati museum center

WHEN: august 5

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entrepreneurial days!!

Today is my second weekday at our lovely new store, and I really want to thank everyone who helped me along the way. From painting to donating clothes to just coming in, you have all made this possible for me. For as long as I can remember this has been my dream, so from the bottom of my heart, thank you.

The response from the Northside neighborhood in general has just been so overwhelmingly friendly and supportive. One of the residents from the upstairs apartments even donated a box of beautiful vintage cameras! Thanks Erin!!

And here’s our little store!!

I don’t want to completely bog down this post with pictures, but that doesn’t even show half of the store, as well as our back room that you can barely see. And we definitely have MEN’S clothes too!

Here’s a little outfit I wore to the library a few days ago, and I finally took advantage of my lovely surroundings…

This was originally a floor-length old lady skirt with a giant bunny patch on it, but I salvaged it for the cute yoke and POCKETS. One of my best saves.

WHAT: diy button earrings, homemade

fall leaves scarf, thrift

mustard yellow t-shirt, rainbow

full summery skirt, thrift

bakelite rose bracelet, my gramma

burgundy lace knee socks, chicken lays an egg

brown oxfords, macy’s

WHERE: library job and hanging out with my brother

WHEN: Tuesday, November 3

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