Jonathan Tyler & Northern Lights
Monday, January 31, 2011
A Few Etsy Dresses
I was poking around on Etsy looking at vintage dresses, and I came across a few that, in my opinion, look exactly like something someone would pay $80 for at ModCloth. But these ones aren't $80, so it's way better. If I had some spare cash kicking around right now I'd be all over this.
1960s Vanilla Espresso Dress: $38, VintageRoseClothing
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60s A-line Dress: $12, calistamiakoda
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Military Inspired Navy and White Dress: $14.50, vintagecarliss
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Purple feather print polyester dress - altered: $32, VintageModa
A Bunch of Text
No pictures for this blog... try not to fall asleep!
A few quick notes:
-I still have one opening left on my Pay It Forward challenge. Check it out! Never mind!
-You probably don't care, but I am wearing a super cute outfit today and my camera battery is dead. Boooo. That's what I get for not checking it before I left the house, I guess.
-Don't forget to check out my shoe blog!
Enough of that! On to the 30 Day Challenge. I'd doing 2 days again because I missed yesterday. Click HERE for the full list of topics.
Day 15: Your FavoriteTumblrs Bloggers
I don't know any Tumblrs, so I'm doing what Mckenzie did and doing this for bloggers instead. Sound good?
When I was trying to decide which blogs to include here, I decided to go by the standard of "Which blogs do I look at every single day?" So if I don't put your blog here don't be offended or anything... it probably just means you should blog more so I will check more often! :)
1. Keep Collected
2. Kendi Everyday
3. The Clothes Horse
You can read about the above 3 by clicking HERE. Since I already blogged about them I won't waste space here talking about them again.
4. Allie Photography. This girl is like the sweetest ever. And she takes pretty pictures.
5. March Rielo. I started visiting Mckenzie's blog a little more than 2 weeks ago when she started doing the 30 day blog challenge. She is really crafty and I love the 'realness' of her blog, if you know what I mean.
6. Pretty. Little. World. I don't really know the best way to describe this blog. It's just so... pretty!
7. Clothes, Camera, and Coffee. I don't actually check this one daily, but whenever I do check it pretty much blows my socks off so she makes the list anyways. :)
OK, well that was a lot shorter of a list than I was planning on. Hmmm.
Day 16: Your Views on Mainstream Music
I think is general most of the bands that I like and listen to wouldn't really be considered mainstream. Raise you hand if you had heard of St. Lola in the Fields or Angus and Julia Stone before I blogged about them? Yeah, I didn't think so. I'm generally drawn to more indie bands that aren't well-known enough to fall under the 'mainstream' label.
So in most cases, I would say mainsteam music is kind of lame. I don't want to step on anyone's toes here, but I just don't understand the appeal of music like Britney Spears or Rhianna (I mean, aside from the effect that their scantily- clad bodies have on men). Let me provide you with a lyric sample to show you what I'm talking about:
"Wake up in the morning feeling like P Diddy/Grab my glasses, I'm out the door, I'm gonna hit this city/Before I leave, brush my teeth with a bottle of Jack/Cause' when I leave for the night I ain't coming back." Kesha - Tik Tok
Oh, good job Kesha! You rhymed to words Diddy with City, and Jack with Back! Someone give the girl a gold star.
"Womanizer, woman-womanizer, you're a womanizer/Oh womanizer, oh you're a womanizer, baby/You you you are, you you you are/Womanizer, womanizer, womanizer" Britney Spears - Womanizer
Womanizer womanizer womanizer womanizer, womanizer, womani- wait... what?
"Are we an item? Girl, quit playing/We're just friends, what are you saying?/Say there's another and look right in my eyes/My first love broke my heart for the first time/And I was like.../Baby, baby, baby oooh/Like baby, baby, baby nooo." Justin Bieber - Baby
I just want to remind you all that Justin Bieber is 16. He probably still thinks girls have cooties.
"When I met you girl me heart went knock knock/Now them buterflies in my stomach wont stop stop/And even though it's a struggle love is all we got/So we gon' keep keep climbin' till the mountain top." Justin Bieber - One Time
And he did this one when he was only 15! Even better! I think Justin Bieber should write a book all about love so I can buy it and sleep with it under my pillow at night.
I could go on all day, but I won't bore you.
This reminds me, though, that today is Monday which means it's time for a Music Monday blog. This is kind of sad, because I've been listening to nothing but Angus and Julia this past week so I have no clue who I'll talk about today. So I may or may not being doing a Music Monday post, just FYI. :)
A few quick notes:
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-You probably don't care, but I am wearing a super cute outfit today and my camera battery is dead. Boooo. That's what I get for not checking it before I left the house, I guess.
-Don't forget to check out my shoe blog!
Enough of that! On to the 30 Day Challenge. I'd doing 2 days again because I missed yesterday. Click HERE for the full list of topics.
Day 15: Your Favorite
I don't know any Tumblrs, so I'm doing what Mckenzie did and doing this for bloggers instead. Sound good?
When I was trying to decide which blogs to include here, I decided to go by the standard of "Which blogs do I look at every single day?" So if I don't put your blog here don't be offended or anything... it probably just means you should blog more so I will check more often! :)
1. Keep Collected
2. Kendi Everyday
3. The Clothes Horse
You can read about the above 3 by clicking HERE. Since I already blogged about them I won't waste space here talking about them again.
4. Allie Photography. This girl is like the sweetest ever. And she takes pretty pictures.
5. March Rielo. I started visiting Mckenzie's blog a little more than 2 weeks ago when she started doing the 30 day blog challenge. She is really crafty and I love the 'realness' of her blog, if you know what I mean.
6. Pretty. Little. World. I don't really know the best way to describe this blog. It's just so... pretty!
7. Clothes, Camera, and Coffee. I don't actually check this one daily, but whenever I do check it pretty much blows my socks off so she makes the list anyways. :)
OK, well that was a lot shorter of a list than I was planning on. Hmmm.
Day 16: Your Views on Mainstream Music
I think is general most of the bands that I like and listen to wouldn't really be considered mainstream. Raise you hand if you had heard of St. Lola in the Fields or Angus and Julia Stone before I blogged about them? Yeah, I didn't think so. I'm generally drawn to more indie bands that aren't well-known enough to fall under the 'mainstream' label.
So in most cases, I would say mainsteam music is kind of lame. I don't want to step on anyone's toes here, but I just don't understand the appeal of music like Britney Spears or Rhianna (I mean, aside from the effect that their scantily- clad bodies have on men). Let me provide you with a lyric sample to show you what I'm talking about:
"Wake up in the morning feeling like P Diddy/Grab my glasses, I'm out the door, I'm gonna hit this city/Before I leave, brush my teeth with a bottle of Jack/Cause' when I leave for the night I ain't coming back." Kesha - Tik Tok
Oh, good job Kesha! You rhymed to words Diddy with City, and Jack with Back! Someone give the girl a gold star.
"Womanizer, woman-womanizer, you're a womanizer/Oh womanizer, oh you're a womanizer, baby/You you you are, you you you are/Womanizer, womanizer, womanizer" Britney Spears - Womanizer
Womanizer womanizer womanizer womanizer, womanizer, womani- wait... what?
"Are we an item? Girl, quit playing/We're just friends, what are you saying?/Say there's another and look right in my eyes/My first love broke my heart for the first time/And I was like.../Baby, baby, baby oooh/Like baby, baby, baby nooo." Justin Bieber - Baby
I just want to remind you all that Justin Bieber is 16. He probably still thinks girls have cooties.
"When I met you girl me heart went knock knock/Now them buterflies in my stomach wont stop stop/And even though it's a struggle love is all we got/So we gon' keep keep climbin' till the mountain top." Justin Bieber - One Time
And he did this one when he was only 15! Even better! I think Justin Bieber should write a book all about love so I can buy it and sleep with it under my pillow at night.
I could go on all day, but I won't bore you.
This reminds me, though, that today is Monday which means it's time for a Music Monday blog. This is kind of sad, because I've been listening to nothing but Angus and Julia this past week so I have no clue who I'll talk about today. So I may or may not being doing a Music Monday post, just FYI. :)
Don't trust Rodarte
Ok, so I'm back off Rodarte. I've never been a big fan, filing them under: Emperor's New Clothes, sub-section: Slightly pointless labels whose collections always look exactly the same, are not something I would ever wear, and get way too much hype, plus what the hell is that extra piece of material there for.
I was, however, as excited as most people when I heard the Mulleavy sisters were to design the Black Swan costumes, thinking that while their floaty and extraneous-use-of-chiffon-and-sashes aesthetic is not something I see much need for in real life, it would translate beautifully into ballet costumes.
And they were gorgeous. But the label's attitude to their involvement in the film's costume design, less so...
Read an interview with the film's actual, credited costume designer HERE at the brilliant Clothes On Film.
And now, some celebrities looking stupid in Rodarte to hate on, in light of this news:
Style Inspiration: Luca Luca Pre-Fall 2011
Luca Luca is another label I had not heard of before, but as I scanned through the pictures of all of the Pre-Fall collections on Style.com, this one really stuck out to me. I love the soft color palette with the grays and creams, and then the pale blues and the two rich red pieces add a few punches of color. It just all looks so clean, like they are drawings instead of real clothing.
The red and pale blue coats (1st and 3rd row) are both personal favorites from this collection, but if I got to pick one piece, I'd probably chose the dress with the blue skirt and white top (3rd row, second from the left).
The red and pale blue coats (1st and 3rd row) are both personal favorites from this collection, but if I got to pick one piece, I'd probably chose the dress with the blue skirt and white top (3rd row, second from the left).
WHEELING AND DEALING
Wheeling and Dealing is what I do.
It is second nature.
It's in my blood.
I am woman, hear me roar...
I would like to mention that midway through my online purchase (because these shoes are only available ONLINE and NOT in store) I noticed that including the cost of Shipping/Handling would add an extra $9.00 to my order. Well I wasn't having ANY OF THAT NONSENSE... so I called a Kohls rep and told him my issue: These shoes are only available ONLINE and I couldn't find any valid coupon codes for Free Shipping, and since I couldn't just go to the store to get my shoes, I was forced to order them online... would it be possible to get the shipping/handling price removed? Thanks to the nice guy on the phone I got the Shipping/Handling waived and my order was reduced! YAY!
Who knows how long it will take for my shoes to finally arrive but for $4.27, I think that they are worth the wait.
It is second nature.
It's in my blood.
I am woman, hear me roar...
okay, too much.
Sorry
Thanks to my god given ability to haggle I managed to score these suckers from Kohl's:
for an amazing price of $4.27, down from their original retail price of $79.99 .
Here the lowdown on my online/over the phone shopping spree:
Who knows how long it will take for my shoes to finally arrive but for $4.27, I think that they are worth the wait.
Does anyone else have the INSANE shopping luck/skill that I have?!
DO you have any good retail/sale stories or tips?
Or is it just me!?
JeezLouise I love shopping :)
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Photo Shoot
What? You though I meant a photo shoot for a person? Wow, silly you.
Today I did a few pictures for some of my expired pieces in my Etsy shop. With how much I've been working the past few weeks my shop has been severely neglected, but I took advantage of this lovely Sunday afternoon to work on a few new pieces and take some pictures. For this particular pair, some wire-wrapped purple Quartz teardrops, I whipped out the chess set that I bought in Vietnam and used it as the background. I love how these turned out! I'm not sure this is the best way to highlight the jewelry, but they're fun and different than any other pics I've seen on Etsy, so I like them for the time being.
Today I did a few pictures for some of my expired pieces in my Etsy shop. With how much I've been working the past few weeks my shop has been severely neglected, but I took advantage of this lovely Sunday afternoon to work on a few new pieces and take some pictures. For this particular pair, some wire-wrapped purple Quartz teardrops, I whipped out the chess set that I bought in Vietnam and used it as the background. I love how these turned out! I'm not sure this is the best way to highlight the jewelry, but they're fun and different than any other pics I've seen on Etsy, so I like them for the time being.
I think I love you, so what am I so afraid of?
I kind of want this bag, and that troubles me.
I don't wear pink. I don't really like pink. I mean, pink itself hasn't really done anything wrong. It has just been misappropriated. And I struggle to separate my feelings about the colour from my feelings about the people who love it so much that they have to buy pink mobile phones and hair straighteners. I actually know someone with a pink iron, and that just makes me sad.
The people who dress their baby daughters exclusively in pink don't make it any easier, a phenomenon that I hold partly responsible for the entire generation of aspiring glamour models we will soon be faced with.
I didn't spend my childhood trussed up in candyfloss like some sort of JonBenet Ramsey figure, and probably nor did most girls my age. I wore little denim dungarees with tiny little plaid shirts under them, and sun dresses in yellow, green, white and blue, and some fetching little velvet numbers in red or navy with white lace collars come Christmas time. Incidentally, I also played with toy carpentry sets and the Millennium Falcon and the Fisher Price airport rather than plastic ironing boards and miniature kitchens.
I will admit that the Matthew Williamson mania of the late 90s did see me in a fair amount of bright pink (and turquoise, and things with dragonflies on them, and skirts over my indigo bootcut jeans) but we'll chalk that up to teenage insecurity and wanting to fit in. Plus, I'm actually thankful for the experience; it was such a terrible look that I credit it with turning me into the monochrome maven I am today.
Ever since then I have had a problem with colour. Colour is what Cheryl Cole wears. Colour is not what you will ever see anyone in the front row of a fashion show wearing, regardless of what's on the runway. And adding the word 'blocking' as a suffix never changes that.
And pink is the epitomy of this antipathy. Pink is my shorthand for people who drink white wine with the girls on a Saturday night and read chick-lit and wear fascinators and satin things from Coast to weddings.
But with Jil Sander's help, and more specifically the help of this, the Market bag from her SS11 collection, I think this could be the season that I rise above my prejudices. Look at me, I'm growing. Or I could if I had £580 going spare.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
YUMMY YUMMY IN MY TUMMY
Obviously my creativity is tapped for the evening--did you just read my title?!
Sorry guys.
Thursday night I whipped up this recipe:
But I decided to add an extra can of kidney beans, and then double the recipe.
I had every intention of taking the leftovers from Thursday night into work (maybe Monday and Tuesday), but everyone in my house decided they LOVED this snack so much that they ATE IT ALL... I only had enough to bring with me for my dinner tonight.
I figure I'll be making another batch sometime this week.
It was also so well received that I don't doubt that it will get used during the spring/summer months for picnics and parties.
Sorry guys.
Thursday night I whipped up this recipe:
But I decided to add an extra can of kidney beans, and then double the recipe.
I had every intention of taking the leftovers from Thursday night into work (maybe Monday and Tuesday), but everyone in my house decided they LOVED this snack so much that they ATE IT ALL... I only had enough to bring with me for my dinner tonight.
I figure I'll be making another batch sometime this week.
It was also so well received that I don't doubt that it will get used during the spring/summer months for picnics and parties.
This meal/snack/recipe is RIDICULOUSLY good!
Make this!
I highly recommend it!
Plus, it's healthy :)
Days 13 & 14: Dream Traveling and Memories
I ended up not doing my challenge blog yesterday (bad me!), so I'm doing two today to get caught up.
Click HERE to see the full list of topics.
Day 13: Somewhere you'd like to move or visit
Well, there are lots of places I'd like to visit, but not very many of them would I want to move to. So I'm separating these into two categories.
Somewhere I'd like to move:
Even though the people there aren't exactly the nicest, I would really love to live in France. On my trip there this summer I got to see Paris for a few days, and the rest of the 2 weeks was spent in Dijon. Dijon is in the middle of wine country, so as soon as you leave the city you are surrounded by vineyards. Gorgeous!
I would love to live in one of the smaller towns outside of Dijon. The houses there are so beautiful and really unique (at least by American standards). If I ever did move to France, though, it would be like at retirement age.
Somewhere I'd Like to Visit:
Oh I could never pick just one! I'll limit myself to four.
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
There is a direct flight that goes from the airport in Portland right to Amsterdam, so one of these days I may just hitch-hike my way up to the airport and hop on a plane and go! When I went to France we had to change planes in Amsterdam, and any city that looks that cool from the air has got to be totally awesome.
Cape Town, South Africa
I need to go so South Africa to find a guy to marry because South Africans have the coolest accent ever. Have you seen District 9? If not, you should! Even if you don't like alien movies, you have to see it just for the accents!
New Zealand
No, I do not want to go hike to Mordor like a LOTR nerd. I want to go see the Milford Sound!
OK, enough of that.
Day 14: Your earliest memory.
I don't remember very much from living in Australia for a year, but I was only 3 when we went there so the memories I do have would probably be my earliest. Obviously I don't remember what happened first, but I do remember being scared of an emu (hey, its beak looked pokey!), baking play-dough in the oven, and little green caterpillar-y things on Fiji. Wow, great memories, I know.
Click HERE to see the full list of topics.
Day 13: Somewhere you'd like to move or visit
Well, there are lots of places I'd like to visit, but not very many of them would I want to move to. So I'm separating these into two categories.
Somewhere I'd like to move:
Even though the people there aren't exactly the nicest, I would really love to live in France. On my trip there this summer I got to see Paris for a few days, and the rest of the 2 weeks was spent in Dijon. Dijon is in the middle of wine country, so as soon as you leave the city you are surrounded by vineyards. Gorgeous!
Somewhere I'd Like to Visit:
Oh I could never pick just one! I'll limit myself to four.
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
There is a direct flight that goes from the airport in Portland right to Amsterdam, so one of these days I may just hitch-hike my way up to the airport and hop on a plane and go! When I went to France we had to change planes in Amsterdam, and any city that looks that cool from the air has got to be totally awesome.
Cape Town, South Africa
I need to go so South Africa to find a guy to marry because South Africans have the coolest accent ever. Have you seen District 9? If not, you should! Even if you don't like alien movies, you have to see it just for the accents!
New Zealand
No, I do not want to go hike to Mordor like a LOTR nerd. I want to go see the Milford Sound!
Santorini, Greece
If I decided to have a destination wedding I'd go to Santorini. The white houses all clustered together overlooking the insanely blue water? Swoooon.
OK, enough of that.
Day 14: Your earliest memory.
I don't remember very much from living in Australia for a year, but I was only 3 when we went there so the memories I do have would probably be my earliest. Obviously I don't remember what happened first, but I do remember being scared of an emu (hey, its beak looked pokey!), baking play-dough in the oven, and little green caterpillar-y things on Fiji. Wow, great memories, I know.
Outfit: Mismatched
The necklace I'm wearing today was a present to myself a few weeks ago. I don't let myself wear the necklaces I make to sell on Etsy, so mostly the necklaces I have to wear myself are just the ones I've bought at Forever21 or received as gifts (and as you can imagine, I don't receive jewelry as a gift very often). Every now and then I make a conscious effort to make something for myself, though, and this necklace is one such item.
I'm wearing something else new today... new shoes! I blogged about them on my shoe blog!
KIDS PLAY PANTS - BUSHA I LOVE MAMA AND I LOVE PAPA
12 pcs per pack
each design hv 3 size
Size : S, M, L
1 Pack RM72
2 Pack RM66
3 Pack and above RM60
NEW TIGHT I LOVE MAMA AND I LOVE PAPA
12 pcs per pack
each design hv 3 size
Size : S, M,L
1 Pack RM96
2 Pack RM90
3 Pack and above RM84
Amelias Compendium of Fashion Illustration Launch Party
Images say more than a thousand words, and visual memories infinitely more than the words extracted from a humming head. Hence the word poor, picture rich post - the only words you should be reading are those in the book whose launch party these pictures depict and which you can get here: Amelia's Compendium of Fashion Illustration
Thank you for a wonderful evening!
Sally Mumby-Croft photographing the books
Bees Knees
I love me a little backless dress on Emma Block
Jewelery designer Maxine Johnston of Little Miss Delicious
Dee Andrews my one and only illustrator and Antonia in red and green
Fuyume, Koral Webb, Nikki Lau the blogger trio
Louise Durgate the knitwear designer
The Real Runway - we go waaay back, but most of it is blurry ;)
Fashion blogger of Sarah Scribbles and Dee Andrews
The Tatty Devine ladies!
Beautiful red head Koral Webb
Fashion Editor Matt Bramford, Sarah Scribbles and Dee Andrews
Forward PR having fun at the bar - ohh, that rhymes!
Hannah of Seeds & Stitches
Illustrators Erica Sharp and Zarina Liew
The one and only Amelia herself with the lead singer of 6 Day Riot
Amelia and Louise Durgate
Couldn't leave without a picture with the star!
Two girls from 'up north', the loveliest par you can imagine!
Bug shirt, very Old Boy
Matt's official face ;)
Forward PR now know my face and I know theirs
Reverse Oreo... can I say that?
p.s. Please help me out with links and names for the ones I've missed!
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