weekend alteration projects

I am slightly tempted to keep this one long as I feel so glam.

Problem is that I would very rarely wear it. If I take it up to 

just under my knee, I will rock it day and night. I adopted

this little lady this week for $10 from Savers.

Here is my $12.99 beauty. Again, she is getting a shortening

just to make her more wearable. There are two tabs at the waist

where button used to live. I picked up the below cuties, but now

I am thinking some big vintage babies. Opinions?

altered my new vintage find

I've had so much luck with thrifting vintage dresses lately, that

I almost feel guilty. This one was $7 at Vinnies. At first it reminded

me of a velour dressing gown my mum wore through the 1980s,

but I tried it on and the colour and neckline do me many favours. 

I did alter the hemline from a maxi *winces* (sorry Vix) to hit

just under my knee. I will wear her next week to show her off,  

and I'll be belting her her like a good hourglass lady always does. 

someone else's b'day too

Ziggy and I share a birthday. This year he turned 10-years-old. 

Each year, he receives his favourite thing in the world as a gift...

a fresh, juicy roll of toilet paper to destroy.

birthday girl outfit post

This is what I wore on my birthday.

Dress - made by mother-in-law

Tights - Okok

Shoes - Rubi

Tiara - Woolworths

birthday girl

Yesterday it was my birthday.

I got a cuddle from a pug who came into my workplace.

I got some lovely gifts.

Here are some of them.

I also got some flowers. I'm very lucky.

tuesday bits 'n bobs

I not massively into fancy nails but Zooey Deschanel's rock my world.

My beautiful friend Emily went on a mission for me to nab me a pair

of these flats from US Target, as they don't service Australia.

They were $7.48. Thanks Em, I am thrilled.

 Mr Black photo for Miss Claire.

A fabulous horse clock I bought off my friend Dawn.

My Dog Shaming post of the week.

restyle in cream

The $5.99 thrifted dress I wore a couple of weeks ago.

Vintage '60s shoes I should wear more often.

Tights that are being held together with clear nailpolish. :)

Cardigan half price ($20) from Cotton On.

I think it works with the light colour as well as it did with the dark.

ripped my fav tights

But I turned them into fabulous socks.

fridays outfit - red pleated skirt

Skirt - ASOS

Tights - Columbine

Shoes - Wittner

'60s blouse - etsy

Vintage cardigan - thrifted

thursday - in case you were wondering

Thrifted vintage '70s dress

Thrifted vintage '80s belt

Cotton On cardigan

Jo Mercer shoes

wednesday - dots and corsage

Vintage dress - etsy

Vintage shoes - thrifted

Tights - Happy Socks

Vintage corsage - thrifted

chair fabric chosen

I did a post a few days ago about Heather's dad's special chair we

were having reupholstered. Well, this evening Derek came over to 

have a look at the chair and decide on a fabric. The above is what

 we settled on. The chair won't be fully this fabric, it will be primarily

brown fabric and the seat of it will be the above pattern. 

Below is an example of a chair in the same fabric in Shamrock Furniture.

tuesday - nanna cardy

Thrifted skirt

Jo Mercer shoes

Thrifted 50s nanna cardy

monday - vintage stripes and modern dots

'60s dress - etsy

Tights - okok

Shoes - KMart

obsession du jour: vintage linen

I've been thrifting vintage linen for my bed and I have more than

a person ever really needs. I was thinking about using the material

to make a patchwork quilt. Bigger squares as opposed to smaller

squares as I am a lazy daisy. The bears on the bed are 38yo. :D

giving a 45-year-old chair new life

For my beloved's birthday, her mum is paying for a very special chair

to be re-upholstered. We went into Shamrock Furniture in Edithvale

which specialises in '50s, '60s and '70s furniture yesterday to see if

we could start the ball rolling. So very exciting. 

This is "the chair". It belonged to Heather's late-father, Don, who

passed away 40 years ago, so it has great sentimental value. It's 

now Heather's but is in quite a state of disrepair. The chair was 

purchased in the mid-sixties. 

Above and below are a couple of examples of the work they do at 

Shamrock Furniture. Derek is coming over to look at/quote/pick up

the chair on Tuesday night and we have to have our fabric choice

made by then. Stay tuned to see the end result. I can hardly wait.