Outfits: Dressing Up

March 15-

If I ever try the 30/30 Challenge, this dress is definitely going in the line-up. It is hands down my favorite item in my closet and I am so happy that my mom talked me into it (when I first tried it on I was on the fence; she was the one that made me decide on it) for my graduation. I am tired of having to layer over and under it, though. Mr. Sun, please come back to me soon!

March 16-

This was my second vintage dress that I bought on Etsy, but for reasons unknown, I've never worn it before. It's super cute and breezy and I can't wait to wear it more this summer.

My wild woman hair is kind of getting out of control. I desperately need a haircut before I turn into Cousin It. That would be no bueno.

Outfit: Scarf Surgery

I am officially declaring this jacket my favorite thrift store purchase to date. I wear it every day to and from work, even when I don't show it on my blog. And to think, I was this close to not buying it.

This morning I made myself a cowl. Well, I didn't really make it make it, but I created it from a scarf. Last time you saw this guy, it looked like this:

But I haven't worn it since then because it was really just too bulky to be worn as a scarf. So this morning I whipped out my scissors, cut off the fringe at the ends, and used some of the strands of yarn that I cut off to tie the ends of the scarf together. It's not beautiful, but as long as I keep that part at the back of my neck no one will ever have to know.

So my bulky scarf is now a lovely cowl. All together it took my about 10 minutes. Not bad!

Outfit: Alterations

So, this is a vintage dress I got for Christmas from my mom. I have the coolest mom ever and she let me pick out a few vintage things on Etsy, and I spent a good 3 days searching all the possibilities and trying to narrow down my list to fit in the given budget. This dress, that I got from vintagecarliss, was actually giant on me when I first put it on. During the search process I was checking measurements to make sure that what I was getting wouldn't be too small, but it never really crossed my mind that anything would be too big.

I've been meaning for a while to fix it up a bit, and finally I got around to it last night. My mom wasn't home so it was a bit scary because I've never tailored anything before and would have liked to ask her the best way to do it, but I decided it would be god for me to try and figure it out on my own. All in all, I think I did a pretty smashing job.

 I cut about half of the sleeve off, and then took out a considerable amount from underneath the arm and sewed it back up before hemming the sleeve. I would have taken pictures but my camera (well, it's actually my dad's but it's vacationing with me) was at work. The pics above are courtesy of the awful webcam on my laptop.

And of course I had to take some off the bottom, as it was hitting me several inches below my knees. It ended up being a little shorter than I'm comfortable with, but I did it that way because I realized that it would be easiest to hem it along the line where an extra piece of fabric was already attached around the bottom (where the print ran sideways instead of vertical).

The official "before and after":

I just noticed that in the picture above it looks like the sleeves are different lengths, but the one sleeve must have bunched a bit because it definitely does not look like that in real life, I promise!

Hope you all are having a great day!

Outfit: Militarized

So, I decided since my background (a blank wall) was so boring, why have a background at all? What do you guys think? Too stark? Too awesome? Let me know!

Anyways, I'm wearing my combat boots with my military jacket today. To counteract the theme-y-ness of that, I opted for a floral skirt instead of jeans or (heaven forbid) my army green pants. Like most things, military-inspired pieces are really fun, but only in moderation. Write that down.