Showing posts with label summertime. Show all posts
Showing posts with label summertime. Show all posts

Sunday, August 1, 2010

It's like a jungle sometimes...




While going through my picture and video folders, I came across some pictures I snapped for a LOTD blog post that I forgot to write/post (fancy that). Just because I can, I'm going to post it now to give you lovely readers a good look at the things I normally wear. This is a very safe look (again) and I'm hoping you readers can give me some ideas on how to trick this dress out...so to speak, lol. Feel free to leave a comment with some tips :-)







































Front and back view of dress



Khaki shirt dress & wooden bracelet (worn here) from Alloy
Gladiator sandals from Target (posted about here and worn here)
Brass earrings from Kohl's
Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in Yellow Kitty on the fingers (heads up: this nail polish will be a part of an upcoming give away)
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Blue Streak on the toes


So what do you think? What can I do to make this dress more exciting the next time I wear it? I'm open to suggestion!



Ciao for now bellas!

XOXO

SugarStrings and Striped Things




Dearest fair maidens, dashing divas and glamorous gals,

How are you? Feeling fab I hope :-)

Saturday was like the best day ever this week hands down! The weather was absolutely perfect here in the Chi, it wasn't too hot and it wasn't too cool...it was juuuust right, lol.

One of the best things about Saturday was the fact that my Sun took time out of his oh so busy schedule to hang out with his dear mum. We attended a chamber music performance at the Evanston Public Library. SugarStrings, a trio of talented lovely first cousins, play the violin, cello and viola. These beautiful young ladies really blew my mind with their performance, I mean really.


I've always been of the opinion that classical music is really pure and because of such, you can have a spiritual experience while listening to it. I most certainly did. I was in tears damn near the entire performance. I captured some of the performance on video and will upload it to my Youtube channel soon.

Now onto my outfit. I played it relatively safe in this outfit because...well, because it's what I'm used to doing, but I'm going to continue working on stepping outside of the safe zone.



































I added the brown cable shrug because I knew the library would feel like a meat locker and I'm easily chilled. It being such a beautiful day out, my Sun and I walked around a bit downtown Evanston. We stopped at Fountain Square and to his chagrin, did a little thrifting. He hated that part but I scored some cute stuff. I'll post about that another time though ;-)
Here are a couple of fountain pics though, including a loc shot. My how they're growing, I'm a proud momma!
















So how'd I do this time around? Any style tips you readers would like to give are more than welcome :-)

DIY denim Bermuda shorts (jeans originally from Long Elegant Legs)
Brown cable knit sweater shrug from Boscov's 
Tan penny suede cuff sandals (I talked about them here and here) & necklace from Target 
Horizontal striped yellow/white tank & 2 finger sparrow ring (originally worn here) from F21 
Antiqued brass keyhole ring (originally worn here) from Crossroads Trading Company
Wooden earrings from Charlotte Russe
Wooden bracelet from street vendor
Thrifted clutch (Crossroads Trading Company)
Head scarf from my Great-Grandmother (R.I.P.)
Pictures by Kari

Ciao for now bellas!
XOXO















Thursday, July 29, 2010

Tie it then dye it: Breaking out of the safe zone




Dearest fair maidens, dashing divas and glamorous gals,

How are you? Feeling fab I hope :-)

Today was the most wonderfully perfect day! The weather in the Chi wasn't too hot nor was it too cool, the sun shone just right and I spent some QT with my daughter and one of her besties. Another special thing about today is the fact that my daughter and I collaborated (somewhat) on my outfit today and then she and her friend played photographer for me, lol. This is my first true outfit of the day blog and I'm kind of excited to share :-D


Before I get into what I wore, I'd like to point out that I am still trying to find my voice when it come to my personal style. Typically, I dress "safe". By that I mean, I stay away from bright colors and patterns, my style usually lacks any kind of flair and I prefer to keep under the radar. But I am so very tired of safe, I'm so tired of all neutral/black/white/primary colors everything. I want to add some boldness to my repertoire! I want to live out louder! And in the spirit of this desire, I totally went against my nature and wore something that is very not me: Tie  Dye. Yikes!


Tie dye is as loud, funky and chaotic as one can get and that's why I included it in today's outfit. So without further ado, I present me tied, dyed and everything BUT laid to the side!























































DIY tie die shirt (made by my daughter, sleeves and neck hem removed by me, lol)
Black tulip mini skirt from Alloy
Brown gladiator sandals from Target (seen here) 
Thrifted studded black crossbody bag
DIY brass key necklace
Earrings from unremembered store
Antiqued brass keyhole ring from Crossroads
Brass sparrow two finger ring from F21
Wooden bracelet with "gold" & "silver" hammered discs from Alloy



Photographs by Courtney & Mattie :-)