The wearing of the faded sun dress

My day in the dress and your all of your advice..

Vintage Vixen, Pull your socks up!, 1950's_atomic_ranch_house, Barefeet In The Kitchen, Kitty, Misfits Vintage & VintageSweetheart All said to wear the dress as is. Which I did.. And I found while wearing it the fade really did not bother me! In fact for now it has grown on me.

Nelly just could not decide what I should do with the dress and told me to

"Go with what the smart people above her had wrote" So that is why I just stood here lost holding this leopard umbrella I love. It was sprinkling outside when I took these.

I have no clue why but I am always drawn to this style of dress. They are not very figure flattering... especially due to the fact I am about 5'4" *lol* But in the hot summer they are breezy and cool, whats not to love about that? Pardon my paleness! I have not tanned once this year.. And even when the rest of my body tans my legs usually don't. I think I was born with spf 50 legs!

"One time when I was outside trying to tan my next door neighbor called me *Pale face*"

Des from Pull up your socks! said "Just wack on heaps of nutty plastic jewellery and it will look awesome with some mental shoes" (MENTAL SHOES)?! Are these mental enough? "What you can't see them cause my legs are blinding you? *AHAHAH*

THESE!! Just look at all those little volleyballs even a black flag in there that says *SPIKE* "I am really not sure if this is what she meant.. but heck I hope I was close.


fallingonabruise, & Cry Suggested either making it into a bag or dying it. (Perdita also suggested dying)
Now of course I did not want to cut it up, but I do have to admit it kinda would make a cute beach bag. Maybe had it been dyed it would have turned out something like this.

Now if it would turn out like this that would be quite alright but I had big worries that the red would turn some kinda brown and I really didn't want that.

The white dress I was wearing in the picture where the dress is supposed to be a handbag was a thrift find from 2 weeks ago. It was included in a $5 clothing bag sale. I washed it up and then hung it and had slightly forgotten about it. Didn't even try it on *GASP* So when I needed to put on a diff dress I grabbed it and I am glad I did. I freaking adore it!!! I am happier now about it than the day I found it. It has a nice big flowy skirt. When I was wearing it I thought... "Oh I want to wear this alot" Then my mind said: (No you will wear it out, get it dirty and wreck it.) Then I told my mind "Remember Kittys blog post (ENJOY THE THINGS YOU LOVE) don't save them for later. When I had the dress on I felt like a princess.

Only 1/2 of the bottom had that cute cut-out design. *how fun*

The dress is a little see through so don't look too hard... HA


*FLASHER ALERT* Thank God the mailman had already came "wouldn't that be embarrassing" I mean how would I even explain...

Remember the orange and white background for the items I showed you I bought in yesterdays post?? I totally forgot to tell you about it. It's this lovely blanket. I paid $2 for it. Besides one small mark the size of a penny and one small worn circle the size of a quarter... it's perfect! I love the fringe

Tomorrow morning I have an appointment to go get, and learn how to use contact lenses. *I am nervous* What if I poke myself in the eye a bunch of times when they are teaching me how to put them in? *LOL* I asked my Mom if I should cut my nails.. *She laughed and said no.. my nails shouldn't go in my eye* I like my glasses but have not worn ANY SUNNIES at all this year.. I need contacts so I can shade my eyes of the bright sun. Plus I have the sweetest pair of green vintage sunglasses I want to rock a few times before fall. I plan to wear contacts 50% of the time and my glasses the other half.

Thank you to all my followers! You guys are all great and a buncha fun!
It's almost Friday! (I hear Angels singing in the distance)
*WINK*

Books, Owls, Fabric and more

*Hmmm* It has taken me awhile to make this post. I sort of just kept buying stuff and my brain would say (I will blog about it later) But now it's time to actually get it done.*lol *

Last week at Salvation army I spotted 3 owl necklaces hanging up on the wall behind the cash till. I asked if I could take a look at them. The lady told me they just came in. I didn't have much cash on me so I could only buy 2.
This one cost me $2 I have already worn it once and adore it. I love the way its tail flaps back and forth.

This big one with the yellow eyes was $4. It is dang heavy!! I think I will wear it a few times and then sell it. Although I am not sure.. I tend to become attached to things easily. *hahah*

The other I was not able to get was also $4 it was gone the next day when I went back. It was a silver tone owl standing on a branch with blue enamel eyes. Although I am sure its new owner is enjoying the heck out of it so I guess its okay.

On Saturday I went to hospice thrift store where I found two books on sewing.

One is from 1960 the other 1943. I want to read these from front to back. They look so interesting and informative. Best of all they were $1.50 each. I just adore the pictures and stuff. Here is a little of what's inside.

In my last post I told you all I had ordered some vintage wrap skirt patterns. They have arrived and I went and picked out my fabric for the first one I will attempt. It is a reversible wrap here is what the pattern looks like.

And here is the two fabrics I chose.

The top fabric is black it just looks a little weird because of the sun hitting it.

I really like the bottom fabrics design.. as soon as I saw it I was reminded of a dandelion gone to seed.

I will start to attempt this sometime this week. It is supposed to be easy... the lady at the fabric store told me I should be able to do it no problem. But how would she know about the troubles I could cause while running a electric machine?!