Bunny Love

I still love this dress.



It’s just really flattering, the bunny print is fun, and it’s appropriate for work OR play.


*I am wearing The Plum Tights of Controversy*

I normally wear it with a blazer from the same collection, or my baby biker jacket. And what’s funny is that I was trying to branch out so as to not bore you AND practice mixing and matching, and yet it seems I’ve never worn the blazer + bunny dress combo on the blog!~
But this is the blazer:


(I think I must have worn that blazer a lot right before I started the blog. I think of it as an overused piece, but have featured it all of one time.)

and my biker jacket…


But since I’m trying to spin things, I wore it with the little black and white dotted H&M jacket.



Jacket, H&M, secondhand
Dress, Erin Fetherston for Target
Obi Belt, Fosuism Boutique at Etsy
Tights, Target
Tee, Walmart
Boots, Arturo Chang
Bag, Steven by Steve Madden

ETA Bunny Print for Sal:

Loves Me Not

I love this dress, it’s from Loves Me Not at Etsy. She’s such a doll. I can’t recommend her enough.



When I bought it, it was a romper, but it was too short in “the rise” as my mom would say, so rather than part with it, I took it to the tailor and had it made into a dress. I love it. But I can’t really breathe in it. Ha!~ It’s very fitted, plus I always cinch it with a belt. BUT I never feel so skinny as when I wear this dress.

Also, I’m serious. I love these shoes. I know I already said that but they are so perfect. Perfect color, perfect fit, perfect wedge, perfect design. LOVE.





The only thing that made the outfit not perfect was the fact that I managed to leave the house without so much as a hoop earring. NO JEWELRY but the rings I never take off. I felt NAKED.

I got this bag for my birthday. It was drastically on sale. It’s Steven by Steve Madden. The leather is the nicest leather I’ve ever seen. Nicer than the leather on my Gucci bags. Buttery soft, yet really strong. It’s also a really nice tribute to the Gucci Hysteria, which as you know, I adore. At a MUCH MUCH MUCH lower price point. I just love it. It looks like a really well preserved vintage bag, and it's a great size. I can get a full size hard back novel in there!


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The pictures just really don’t even do it justice…


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Dress, lovesmenot.etsy.com
Cardigan, Alternative Apparel
Belt, Target
Tights, Target
Shoes, Dc Martens
Bag, Steven by Steve Madden

New Dress

Kelly got me a gift certificate to Target for my b-day. And I got this dress. So Kelly got me this dress.



THANK YOU Kelly. I LOVE it. I felt so FUN in this dress. And so PRETTY. I love love love a new dress. I even left it on when we met friends for dinner and normally I love a chance to change into a second outfit.



Look at the adorable racer back!



These are still basically my all time favorite earrings.



I didn’t wear them for a while because I felt like I really needed to wear my own stuff, to advertise by example. But I feel like I’ve done a pretty good job getting my name out there now and I am excited to wear some of the stuff my fellow jewelry artists have made. These are by Chain Chain Chained over at Etsy, and she has great customer service. I also have matching necklace (but I would never wear them together!)

Cardigan, She Bible at Bona Drag
Dress, Target (gift from Kelly)
Tights, Target
Boots, Vintage
Belt, Target
earrings, chainchainchained at esty.com

Queen for a Day

We went to a benefit show for the Dallas Soupmobile last night. The band was a Queen cover band called “Queen for a Day” and they were really fun. We danced and sang and had a great time.

Here is a photo of my gorgeous husband, showing off his superior “sprinkler” skills and fabulous bright pink Club Monaco sweater:



Seriously, SKILLS.

I loved this outfit. It was comfortable and I felt really stylish in it.



That Bona Drag jacket is one of the smartest purchases I’ve ever made. It goes with anything, it’s really well made, super thick leather, and I get tons of compliments on it. People ask where I got it all the time, so I really hope that Bona Drag has sold a few for me.



I haven’t worn this skirt before but it was really comfortable and a really close approximation of an American Apparel skirt that I wanted but was too expensive.

The blouse pattern for inquiring minds…


I wore the same necklace set I wore the other day, and I felt like it looked really nice with the blouse. I didn’t take a picture but you can see the earrings and necklaces pretty well in this shot of me and Erin H from Haute Hardware. (Erin H is also wearing a necklace from her own line)



And I also wore my Target snake bracelet, which I think looks like it came from somewhere much nicer than Target!


Jacket, Bona Drag
Handbag, Thrifted and Vintage
Blouse, Target
Skirt, Target
Leggings, Target
Leather Obi Belt, Fosuism Boutique at Etsy
Boots, Arturo Chang
Earrings and Bird necklace, Love Erin Designs at Etsy.com
Multi chain necklace Haute Hardware at Etsy.com
Bracelet, Target

Artsy Fartsy

I loved this outfit. We went to an art showing, in a warehouse space, open aired, and it was like 40 degrees outside. So I needed an outfit that was cute, but warm. And this was a winner. I wished I had worn an extra pair of socks, because my feet were ice blocks by the end of the night, but overall, I did well.

Plus, I felt fabulous in this. Slim, and tall and chic.



I carried my Goodwill bag again, and wore my feather earrings.





How awesome is this installation by House of Dang?


Jacket, Bona Drag
Turtleneck, Dear at Steve and Barry’s
Dress, Rogan for Target
Leggings, Target
Obi Belt, Fosuism Boutique at Etsy
Boots, Arturo Chang
Earrings, Love Erin Designs
Bag, Vintage, Thrifted

ETA, my husband wins Best Comment Ever-"Yep. You looked pretty good that night. For people that don't go to art shows that double as rock shows in warehouses in mildly sketchy areas of Dallas, it's probably difficult to grasp how hard it is to dress for these things, but you managed to make it look easy the entire three and a half hours you were there (even though you'd been led to believe by some nefarious person that you'd only be there for about an hour)."

Lunch Date

I had lunch with my friend Danael today. I love hanging out with Danael, he’s so easy to get along with, and so FUNNY.

I took the opportunity to get dressed up, because why not?





Fancy Jasper earrings, from Love Erin Designs:


I’ve gotten three orders from the Etsy shop already, so THANK YOU to each of you that have ordered. We are going to the Fun, Fun, Fun festival in Austin this weekend, but on Monday I’ll ship those orders out and get started on replacing the ones I still have materials for. If you’d like to order something that has already sold, feel free to drop me a line and let me know.

eta!~
Dress, "Loves Me Not" at Etsy.
Leather obi belt, Fosuism Boutique at Etsy
Leggings, Target
Boots, Steve Madden
Bag, Vintage Dooney & Bourke
Jasper and Gold Hoops "Love Erin Designs "at Etsy
Necklace, Haute Hardware

Cold Front, yay!

Today is brought to you almost in it’s entirety by Target. If they actually carried nice leather boots and handbags, it might have been a sweep. I really feel boots should be leather if at all possible, because it’s a better investment, and my feet can BREATHE. I also just really prefer a leather bag. I’ve bought a few pleather bags and I just end up never carrying them. It’s probably a good thing. No telling HOW many bags I’d own if I liked pleather bags as well!



This is the last of the “new” items from this season. I had, I think, 3. And they were all dresses, all from Target, all from the SAME RACK of floral sheer dresses.

This is one of those bags, like my big purple abro bag, that when I switch over to it, I often carry it for days. It just goes with everything, it made of the nicest leather and is huge. I also love the shape and the little front pockets. I don’t normally like outer pockets much, but the styling on these is so cute.



I got these earrings maybe 2 weeks after Kasmira first wore them. Probably less. I was obsessed. I love them but they are so heavy I don’t wear them very often.

(I’m giving picnik another chance today. The edited photos on my 365 blog seem to be working now.)

Cardigan, Target
Dress, Target
Belt, Target
Tights, Target
Socks, Target
Boots, Matisse
Bag, Lush
Earrings, Claire’s

Only shades of grey

Eh, I think I am going to have this skirt tailored to more of a fitted shape. The way it sits now is super unflattering. If it were thinner material, the shape might be fine, but it’s so bulky!



Love these earrings. So basic, but so Rock and Roll



Cardigan, Target
Tank, Hanes
Belt, Target
Skirt, Old Navy
Tights, Target
Socks, Target
Boots, Arturo Chiang
Earrings Haute Hardware

The sweater over a dress thing

Speaking of repeats!~ I JUST wore this dress last week. But I styled it differently today. I had an entire outfit planned around a cold front that doesn’t come in today. Whoops. So I had to improvise.



Every time I see someone do the sweater over the dress thing, I think “SO CUTE” and then when I try it myself I’m never sure. This is the first time I’ve been happy enough with the results to actually make it out of the house in the combo.



I’m giving myself a dirty look because I forgot to put on my slip. And while this dress is not see through in the least, it does mean my tights will be sticking to my dress all day. I am not pleased with myself!



These shoes are super cute, and I have more than got my moneys’ worth since I got them last year.



The locket has a picture of Nathan on one side and me on the other. XOXO



I called these “jellyfish” earrings when Erin first made them, because, well…they look like jellyfish!~

Dress, Forever XXI
Cardigan, Target
Tights, Target
Shoes, Target
Earrings, Haute Hardware
Silver and Semi Precious Stone bracelets, self made
Silver “DADA” bangle, MoMA NYC
Silver thin bangle, James Avery, gift

Black and White Monday

With a splash of red.

It was so foggy and gross outside this AM, but I don’t think I’m going to be able to take outdoor pics much longer, and they come out so much nicer. My hair is frizzy now. All for you.



Those are my new black boots. And they are perfection. The leather is really nice and the shape is so classy. I love the toe on them. I know the detail gets lost in these shots, but they are lovely, and the little kitten heel is the perfect height to be dressy enough and yet comfortable. So thank you Erin for helping me find them!~



ETA by reader request, a close up of the dress pattern:



You can’t SEE it, but I’m still wearing the necklace Nathan bought me. ;)



Jacket, Temperly London for Target
Dress, Forever XXI
Belt, Target
Boots, Arturo Chang
Bag, Lush
Earrings, self made
Necklace, Haute Hardware

Sweet

This dress is so SWEET. I love that it is fancy enough to pass as a party dress, but can still be dressed down enough for the office.





You may not be able to see the print very well, but you can look at the picture much bigger over at my Flickr

I know you can’t see the shoes very well, but that heel is pretty high. They are super cute, but not super comfortable. It seemed worth it this morning, but we’ll see around 7 this evening.


ETA for my curious husband: I am still carrying the purple bag. I just didn't think it needed to be photographed again.

Black Leather Jacket, Bona Drag (www.bonadrag.com)
Black tee, Wal-Mart
Dress, Erin Fetherston for Target
Belt, Target
Tights, Target
Leather Mary Janes, Merona at Target
Silver hoops, Wal-Mart

Dinner and a Show

We went to dinner at Lakewood Tavern, where I had some pretty amazing Lemon Dijon Salmon, and to see Giant Sand open for Neko Case at The Granada. Giant Sand was great, engaging, really fun. We were basically there to see them, and I wasn’t really in the mood for Neko Case so we left early.

When I take my own picture, I normally end up with 2 good ones at most; when Nate takes my picture I end up with quite a few keepers. I narrowed it down to two for you:





This is actually a new outfit, just so we are being honest. I am not promising NO new things, just as few as I can manage. The leggings are SUCH a treat to find though, because I was very near to plopping down the $65 they charge over at American Apparel for similar leggings. And these were only $12.99.

This handbag however, is OLD.




Necklace, Haute Hardware (detail shot on Sept 23 entry)
Dress, Target
Belt, Target
Leggings, Target
Shoes, Target
Bag, GAP