makin stuff...

Ok, so, Sarah of Misfits Vintage posted this pay it forward and I was one of the first 5 to comment, so here we are. Paying it forward. 5 comments, maybe a stretch, we'll give it a go eh?....



I'm sorry I've been so absent, I just haven't been motivated to blog at the moment. Its probably the combination of working like a crazy person and it being too hot to wear anything cute and too humid to spend ages on hair that wont work, so I'm hoping that it will cool down soon, and swing also starts back up again this week, and ill find something cool to write about.
So anyway, if your one of the first 5 people to comment, ill make you something cool, so come on, get to it!

Re-fashion?

So, one of my first posts was after "The way we wear" vintage fashion fair, and I showed you guys an awesome dress I purchased. If you don't remember or are new around here, this is the original post, and here is a picture of the dress.

 So, the plan was to turn the dress into a skirt, because it was tiny. I'm pretty sure it was made for a child. I recently started setting up my sewing room, and finally got around to chopping it in half and making it wearable! Yay! This is how it turned out...

I look super tall or something here. I assure you, I'm not.

Skirt: Vintage: Re-fashioned by me
Blouse: Op-shopped
Shoes: Old bus depot markets

Please excuse my empty book case. I haven't got round to moving my books in yet.

So basically, I just separated the bodice from the skirt and made a waistband out of the bodice fabric, attached it and re-inserted the zipper in pretty much the same spot. I probably could have used more interfacing to stabilize the waistband but it turned out pretty well I think.

Hope your week is going well!

Ciao Lovies

Hair cuts and police hats

So, 4 days ago an important decision was made. One that will change my life for the next 2 weeks or so.....I got a hair cut! Its now quite short. My hair is outrageous and grows like mould in the shower (really quickly) so its not really a big decision. If its doesn't turn out well, it will only be a short time until it returns to half decency. It turned out OK. A little hard to pin curl, but i rag curled it the other day and it turned out OK. I need to make my sections bigger so it doesn't frizz as much.

Anywho, moving on from my hair, one of Harry's friends is moving to Melbourne to join Victoria Police, so last night we went out on the town. It was super exciting. Filled with unique and fascinating bars and people, oozing with zing and pzazz.....well not really. One can dream. It was a bunch of dudes, me and another WAG Hannah. It was fun. The boys are entertaining. Hannah is a cool chic, she's also a chic and she doesn't talk about guns and trucks and she uses words, not acronyms (the boys are all in the Army, hence never knowing what they are talking about).

We went to a bar that specializes in foreign beers, particularly German and the likes. The also have awesome food. I drank most of a giant beer and donated the remains. Ate a chocolate hazelnut calzone, and drank an incredibly strong long island ice tea, hence my headache this morning. 



The original Glamour Couple! 



Anywho, this is what I wore, I finally caught up with like 2007 and got an iPhone so sorry about the grainy photos. I'm really bad at blogging and always forget my camera lol... 



Outfit:
Top: Cotton On like 3 years ago (after my bag got left behind on my flight to Big Day Out)
Skirt, scarf, cardi: Op Shopped
Belt: Gift from Mum
Shoes: Vintage, One Legged Jockey
Bag: Vintage, from a fair, don't remember the name.



 So, I hope you are having a good weekend. Keep up the good work!

Toodle pip!

Nana in suits

I love a good suit. It says "I mean business". Even if your just on your Sunday walk.
As i said in my last post, I spent Christmas in Melbourne with my Mums family. For Christmas, my Mum got this mini scanner thingo of my Dad, so while we were there, we had a field day scanning old photos that belong to my grandparents.
One recurring theme with photos of my Nana is suits. She loved suits. When I travel back in time I'm telling her to keep all her clothes for her awesome future grand daughter because she had style!

So, without further ado, here they are, my Nana in suits!

Suits and babies...also telling her to keep that pram how sweet is it!!!

Just out walking in the countryside, in a suit

Toodle pip lovies,

Sam

xoxo



Helloooo blog land!! Happy Christmas and Merry New Year to you all!! Ive been on a little holiday. I went to Melbourne for Christmas to visit my Mums family, and then went to the south coast for a few days with my boyfriend to visit his Mum and Stepdad, and then boosted up to Sydney for the night to see Interpol (boyfriends Christmas present). Melbourne was coolness, the coast kind of wasn't coolness as i got the flu and that's not really fun; and Sydney/Interpol was coolness also.

So, here are some photos from my travels.....



Christmas day started well in this Laura Ashley dress I found in Estonia, my vintage utility shoes, blue hat and sweet white gloves



It ended in an apron, my mums moccasins and a dog oven mitt (photo to come at a later date)



Boxing day, a little less glam, my Mum, Sisters and two of my rockin Aunties.

Outfit:
Shorts: "cupcake" from KL, Malaysia.
Top: JayJay's (eek) many moons ago
Cardi and scarf Op shopped
Shoes: Shcu London



Sissies and I

Almost my whole family

Just chillin in the butterfly house at the Melbourne Zoo. Butterflies kept landing on my hat.

Cute niece at Scienceworks

Me at Scienceworks, on a cool ass bike

Outfit:
Jeans: Made by me
Top, cardi: op Shopped
Belt: gift from mother
Shoes: Converse all stars



Sis and Niece on a cool couch at Scienceworks, we are the coolest aunties around



Cutie making me a coffee at Scienceworks

Lookin like a dork at The Enmore waiting for Interpol

Just pulling down my shorts

Outfit:
Shorts: Cupcakes from Malaysia
Blouse: Op shopped
Shoes: Schu London

I picked up this lot from this cute antiques/gift/book shop in Mogo on the south coast called "Past and Present". A pretty pink scarf, gloves to match my blue hat, stockings and a lovely hat pin

 So, I hope you all had a fun festive season, now back to the salt mines and uni and work and stuff...

Cheerio kids

They see me rollin...they hatin...

So, one of my goals for the holidays/uni break/summer, was to work on victory rolls. I wore them again last week to work (We had another function on. I still need an excuse to whip these babies out). They turned out quite well. I pin curled my hair the night before and wore in in a hairnet in a "snood" style I guess. I like this style. Its out but its in. If you get what I'm saying. Probably not, so ill stop crapping on and show you my damn hair...

Also, this is my sister...she blogs about mum stuff over at http://somummy.blogspot.com/. Her child is the cutest kid ever and I pretty much want to steal her. She is pretty much my favourite person ever (tied with my boyfriend and my mum I guess). She wants Santa to bring her a vacuum cleaner...how freaking sweet is that!

Whats that i hear?? Haven't seen that hat before???
More about that later!

Also, at dancing, there are these two lovely ladies who seem to enjoy my styles a whole lot. So the other day one of them had purchased a dress online. She thought it was my styles and brought it in so I could try it on for sizing...It was pretty darn cute...may have to pop over to the aris allen store they told me about, although holding out will probably be better for my bank account. They specialise in shoes for swing....this could be risky...

Messy hair after work and dancing (plus the nap I threw in between the two)

Hope everyone is enjoying the lead up to Christmas!!

Cheerio lovies!!

The blue skirt

So, my Summer to do list is going OK. I have been working a lot, which is a good thing, because I'm going to Melbourne on Sunday (yay) and as everyone knows, Melbourne rocks as far as shopping goes, so a little extra dosh wont go astray.

I tried Victory rolls for work the other day, my customers (residents? the peeps i make coffee for) frikin loved them! Not to mention the activity lady who was like showing me pictures of The Andrews Sisters and telling me how much it was like them. One lady said it looked like a Geisha hairstyle (????).

Any who, Darling boyfriend told me at like 5pm that his friend from Army and his Lady Love were having more going away drinks before they move to America, and he would come and pick me up at like 7:30. How bloody rude. 2 hours. And I was in the middle of deciding weather or not to add solvy web to a sewing project I'm working on at the moment. Anyway, I chucked some hot rollers in my hair (which didnt work well at all!) and went back to sewing for a bit.

I came up with this...

My blue 50's style circle skirt I got from a vintage fair I went to in Sydney a few months ago, and this cute blouse I picked up at Salvo's Phillip for like $5.

Blouse: Salvo's Phillip
Skirt: Vintage - We love Vintage Fair Sydney
Shoes: Vintage - One Legged Jockey Portsmouth

The Captain and his Lady Love will be missed. One less WAG for our bunch. But one more friend overseas. A couch to sleep on if i ever find myself in a tight spot in Washington DC.

Swing Christmas Party on Thursday. Its a beach theme......what the hell am I going to wear!!!! I don't do beach.

Toodle pip lovelies!

Sam