I wish for you...
Eternal : Everlasting
Royalty Free : Without Restrictions
Happiness : Contentment, Love, Satisfaction, Joy
Art: Artville catalog, Planet Design Company
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
My Wish for You
Eternal : Everlasting
Royalty Free : Without Restrictions
Happiness : Contentment, Love, Satisfaction, Joy
Art: Artville catalog, Planet Design Company
Vestidos Pretos no Anual Gotham Independent Film Awards
De todos os estilos e formatos! Ainda não consegui me convencer que este comprimento médio (como neste vestido aqui de baixo, da Wynona Ryder) fica bem, ainda mais quando vem em uma saia mega volumosa... Ela parece achatada, vocês não acham?!?
JUMPER - JUMPING BEANS
ZOO - PINK
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FROG - UNGU
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CAT - PINK
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BUTTERFLY - BLUE
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JUMPING BEANS JUMPER
5 SIZE
3M,6M,9M,12M, 18M
RM95 PER LOT / RM19 PER PCS
Allie is Having a Giveaway!
Miss Allie (I don't know why I call her that, I just like calling people Miss a lot I guess...) of Allie Photography is having a giveaway on her blog to win a cute little pair of rose earrings that she made. I'm not entering because I think it would be mean if I won since I know how to make my own jewelry, but you should definitely enter! You have until Dec. 4th. Click HERE to enter.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Outfit: Thanksgiving
Top to Bottom:
Beaded Bib Necklace: $6.80, Forever21
Grey Ruffle Cardigan: $17.99, Target
Ivory Lace Tank:
$29.99, ModCloth
Interlock Bars Belt:
$6.29, UrbanOut.
Thrifted Green Wool Skirt: $3, TeenChallenge
Apt. 9 Grey Tights:
$5, Kohl's
Grey Felt Buckle Flats: $10, Target
This is what I wore on Thanksgiving. I'm not particularly fond of Thanksgiving. Like most holidays, it's gone the way of the world and is now more about food and shopping than it is giving thanks. So I guess I shouldn't say I'm not fond of Thanksgiving, I should say I'm not fond of what the world has done to it, reducing it merely to "Turkey Day" or "Black Friday Eve".
Two things I am quite fond of, though, are this necklace and this skirt. Forever21 is the only place I buy jewelry from, as a general rule, because jewelry everywhere else is overpriced and I could make it for myself for cheaper. And this skirt is probably my favorite Thrift Store find yet... it's a really nice wool blend in a great dark green shade. Sure to get lots of wear.
As I said in my previous post, let me know if this blog layout looks wonky on your screen. I'm messing around with new set ups and whatnot and I know sometimes things look different on different monitors.
Music Monday: The Decemberists
Their Name: The DecemberistsTheir Style: Indie Folk
Similar To/Sounds Like: Death Cab for Cutie
The Decemberists formed in Portland, Oregon, so naturally we are best friends and watch movies together on Friday nights. OK, so maybe I don't know them, but I sure do like their music. They have released several EPs and other records, but I'm only including their most recent 2 here since those are the only 2 I am familiar with.
The Crane Wife is an odd mix of songs, with the first track (The Crane Wife, Pt. 3) and the ninth track (The Crane Wife, Pts. 1 & 2) telling an old Japanese tale through music. The second track, with a title so long I don't care to repeat it here, is also a "story" song, and it'll take you about 12 minutes and 40 seconds to listen to the whole thing. A bit of internet research showed that many of the other tracks on the album are based on some piece of history, yet despite the many themes and stories happening in the album it manages to fall together into one cohesive record.
The Hazards of Love, on the other hand, is just one big story from start to finish. The story is about a woman named Margaret and her shape-shifting lover William. Add in a jealous Queen/controlling mother, a child-killing Rake, and an uncrossable river named Annan, and it's enough to fill up an entire 17 song album. There's no way you can pick or or two songs to listen to, you've got to listen to the whole thing in order to get the context. I'm not linking all 17 songs, though, so you're going to have to hop on YouTube or iTunes and hunt them down for yourself. Sorry!
The Crane Wife
1. The Crane Wife, Pt. 3*2. The Island: Come and See/The Landlord's Daughter/You'll Not Feel the Drowning
3. Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)
4. O Valencia!*
5. The Perfect Crime No. 2
6. When the War Came
7. Shankill Butchers*
8. Summer Song
9. The Crane Wife, Pts. 1 & 2*
10. Sons and Daughters
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The Hazards of Love
1. Prelude2. The Hazards of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won't Wrestle the Thistles Undone)
3. A Bower Scene
4. Won't Want for Love (Margaret in the Taiga)
5. The Hazards of Love 2 (Wager All)
6. The Queen's Approach
7. Isn't it a Lovely Night?
8. The Wanting Comes in Waves/Repaid
9. An Interlude
10. The Rake's Song*
11. The Abduction of Margaret
12. The Queen's Rebuke/The Crossing
13. Annan Water*
14. Margaret in Captivity
15. The Hazards of Love 3 (Revenge!)*
16. The Wanting Comes in Waves (Reprise)
17. The Hazards of Love 4 (The Drowned)
*Hand Picked by Moi.
I love how you can listen to a song while you're doing something, and then every time you hear that song afterwords you remember that moment and what you were doing. I remember listening to the Crane Wife Pts. 1 & 2 on my trip to Vietnam two years ago. Oh memories!Side note: Does the layout for this blog look OK? It looks good on my computer, but I know sometimes on different screen sizes things can get thrown out of whack. I was fed up with how I was coding Music Monday blogs before and changed it for this week. Let me know if it looks really screwy or something on your screen!
Sketchbook Trouble!
The Sketchbook Project
I am in trouble...
I have 52 blank pages and 48 days before it is due!
Yikes, I better get busy!
that you can lift to see the covers below
I have a long way to go!
Cyber Monday Code Active NOW!
Today is the day! Save 25% on everything in my shop with the code CYBERBLOG25. I've already had one follower take advantage of this and she got a real steal of a deal, if I do say so myself. Click HERE to shop.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Here Not There: ModCloth vs. Lulu's
Nothing new here. Just ModCloth looking silly yet again.
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Outfit: Snow Day
It snowed last week and you would have thought the whole of Oregon had not seen a snowflake before. I logged on to facebook and I'd estimate over 90% of my friends' status updates were along the lines of,"It's Snowing!". So I looked outside to see this wondrous event that had everyone in a tizzy, and was frustrated to find I couldn't see any snow. I actually had to walk outside in the cold in order to see the teeny tiny microscopic flakes that were falling. Lame!
And of course, because snow is soooo dangerous (I'm being sarcastic, if you can't tell), school was canceled. For this:
And of course, because snow is soooo dangerous (I'm being sarcastic, if you can't tell), school was canceled. For this:
Only in Oregon...Anyways, to prove how much I couldn't care less about freaking 2 millimeters of snow, I did my picture outside. Take that, Mother Nature.
Thrifted Mock-Neck Sweater: $1.64, St. Vincent de Paul'sBlack Skinny Jeans: $22.42, Alloy
Gray Socks: $?, Unknown (Gift)
Black Union Bay Heels: $18.06, Kohl's
Striped Scarf: $2.50, Kohl's
Cut-Out Circles Stretch Bracelet: $4, Charlotte Russe
I went to St. Vinnie's for the first time the other day and was pretty impressed with it. Very neat and organized, and I didn't leave feeling like I needed to run home and wash my hands. I found 4 tops that I really liked and when I took them to the counter to check out, this is the conversation that took place:
Checker Dude: "Find everything OK?"
Me: "Yup."
[Checker Dude quickly looks at the tops I put on the counter and then punches some numbers on his register]
Checker Dude: "$6.54"
Me: [Silent, because I'm waiting for him to ring up the rest of the shirts]
Checker Dude: "Uhm... $6.54?"
Me: "What, for all of them?"
Checker Dude: "Uh, yeah."
Me: "No way!"
Checker Dude: "All the clothes are 50% off today."
Me: "Marry me."
OK, so I didn't ask him to marry me, but I was pretty happy.
Checker Dude: "Find everything OK?"
Me: "Yup."
[Checker Dude quickly looks at the tops I put on the counter and then punches some numbers on his register]
Checker Dude: "$6.54"
Me: [Silent, because I'm waiting for him to ring up the rest of the shirts]
Checker Dude: "Uhm... $6.54?"
Me: "What, for all of them?"
Checker Dude: "Uh, yeah."
Me: "No way!"
Checker Dude: "All the clothes are 50% off today."
Me: "Marry me."
OK, so I didn't ask him to marry me, but I was pretty happy.
ModCloth Holiday Sale
I know I spend a lot of time throwing ModCloth under the bus for charging so much for their items when other shops seem to be able to sell the same item for far less, but I genuinely do like them and wish very much that I had more money to spend there. I went to their site today to hunt for more duplicates for my next Here Not There post, and saw they are having a "Tis' the Season" sale in which many of their dresses and other items have been marked down significantly. So if you were ever going to buy stuff from ModCloth, now would be the most appropriate time to do so.
A small sampling:
Pretty decent prices, no? $37 for a pair of boots that cute is actually (dare I say it?) reasonable. You should do sales like this more often, MC, and you and I will get along better.
Click HERE to check out the sale on ModCloth.
A small sampling:
Pretty decent prices, no? $37 for a pair of boots that cute is actually (dare I say it?) reasonable. You should do sales like this more often, MC, and you and I will get along better.
Click HERE to check out the sale on ModCloth.
Alexander McQueen Coat Sold Out at £28,660 - Wrong or Art?
As day-night, week and end merge into each other unrecognizably, it is difficult to battle within the constraints of accepted forms of measurements such as the idea of 24 hour regularity, divided up into the realms of accepted divisions of life. As I have to work in a "normal" environment tomorrow, I should be sleeping now. Instead, I find my fellow workers asleep and myself very much awake and browsing the pages of the world book from the click of warmth in bed.
And then I came across the coat on netaporter.com. Instead of pressing the usual "low to high" button I misjudged the mouse click and pressed the reversed only to come across a £28,660 Alexander McQueen coat that has been sold out. So I'm wondering... is this a one off? What could possibly allow a piece of wear to amass such levels of value?
As I was arguing earlier on, and McQueen certainly is great proof, fashion can be art. And in this case, for that price, surely the coat is no longer utilitarian but a collection piece, historic, intricate and detailed. More an object to be admired, framed if possible, than worn as an everyday piece of clothing.
The question remains, however... is this a one off? You tell me. Because art, as far as my personal value is concerned, needs to be unique. And I don't mean limited, I mean unique. That's where fashion as art gets it wrong, and the distinction should be clearer, allowing the artists to escape the stigma of utilitarianism. Not that there is anything wrong with the latter. In fact, it's an art unto itself, but not what I am talking about here. What do you think? Is £30K an apropriate amount for this coat?
And then I came across the coat on netaporter.com. Instead of pressing the usual "low to high" button I misjudged the mouse click and pressed the reversed only to come across a £28,660 Alexander McQueen coat that has been sold out. So I'm wondering... is this a one off? What could possibly allow a piece of wear to amass such levels of value?
As I was arguing earlier on, and McQueen certainly is great proof, fashion can be art. And in this case, for that price, surely the coat is no longer utilitarian but a collection piece, historic, intricate and detailed. More an object to be admired, framed if possible, than worn as an everyday piece of clothing.
The question remains, however... is this a one off? You tell me. Because art, as far as my personal value is concerned, needs to be unique. And I don't mean limited, I mean unique. That's where fashion as art gets it wrong, and the distinction should be clearer, allowing the artists to escape the stigma of utilitarianism. Not that there is anything wrong with the latter. In fact, it's an art unto itself, but not what I am talking about here. What do you think? Is £30K an apropriate amount for this coat?
Longos Pretos de Arrasar!!!
Não tem cor que mais lembre a noite do que o preto! E, com um vestido como esses aqui de baixo, aquela história de pretinho básico cai por terra... São modelos mega elegantes e femininos, com detalhes de alta costura! Todos maravilhosos!!!!
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