Then and Now

Today I was looking at Anthropologie to get ideas for a new blog post and when I went over to the "new fashion" section I noticed a trend, VERY vintage clothing...almost to the point of ancient. So I put together some side by side comparisons for you to check out.

Bell bottoms, I saw these pants and immediately thought "bell bottoms" and the sad thing is

the 70's pattern is actually cuter then the "up to date" pants:)

Long jumpers, when I saw this dress I thought either "frumpy homeschooler" :):):) or Eowyn.
If you have ever seen the Lord of the Rings trilogy you will know that Lady Eowyn has both beautiful and serivceable dresses. Her clothing is beautiful when she is at court but when there is work to be done she has dresses that will allow her to move and help her country.

Peasent blouse, this is a trend that I think is really cute! I love the girlyness of peasent blouses and how they look vintage without looking frumpy.

Pumpkin breeches, when I saw these shorts I thought "Hey! Those look like those poofy pants

guys used to wear in Leonardo Da Vinci's time. So of course I then Googled "poofy renaissance pants for guys" and learned that they are called Pumpkin breeches. I have to admit, these shorts are cuter than the kind from the 1600's but not a whole lot.

Cloaks, there's not much to say about this trend, I am not a huge fan but its okay I guess:)

I also wanted to share a fashion timeline that I thought was really cool its by James Laver a famous costume historian and a past Keeper of the Robes at the London Victoria and Albert Musaum.He was a noted authority on dress and its relationship to society.

Laver's Law
Indecent	10 years before its time
Shameless	5 years before its time
Daring	1 year before its time
Smart	----------
Dowdy	1 year after its time
Hideous	10 years after its time
Ridiculous	20 years after its time
Amusing	30 years after its time
Quaint	50 years after its time
Charming	70 years after its time
Romantic	100 years after its time
Beautiful	150 years after its time

Just thought that was neat, thanks for reading!

Haley

New clothes!!

I just got back from Orlando/Disney World and they had some great stores!!! Let me show you what I got.




I love the three shirts, I got them all at Bealls outlet:)
the sequined thingy is a sequined circle scarf.




Ahh Microfiber:):)



Some of my 10 for $10 stuff at Claires.




these are some chandelier earrings...so they were actually from the Christmas bargain rack and they are snowflakes but they're cute!!





Accessories!!!!!!!!!!! I love the bows and the flower!

this is the most amazing tank top, one side is a v-neck and the other side is a scoop neck...how thrifty!!!

Today I put together a floral outfit just so I can link up to Elaine's "Rules are for Breaking" linky party.

Tanktop:50 cents garage sale

Cardigan: 4$ Bealls

Skirt:4$ Bealls

Scarf: Free (gift)

Shoes: Free (gift)

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Outfits and Cute Christmas Presents

Sorry I haven't posted in so long, Christmastime is super busy for me. Well today I put together some outfits and took some pictures of my favorite fashionable Christmas presents.



The first one I am going to show off is my belt rack that I am using as a necklace rack, I got this idea from a Better Homes and Gardens and my cousin picked this one up in a flea market.




Remember how I said that I loved ballet flats? Well I was caught with no black shoes before a recital and my mom gave me one of my Christmas presents early.










I wore this outfit to the New Years Eve talent show at our church, then I wore a snow suit for the all-night treasure hunt and looked like...

All my clothes here were either handmedowns or presents except for the shoes I don't have on yet...those were $1 at a yard sale









I wore this to church today



Dress: $4 Bealls, unfortunately we don't have a Bealls near us, well actually its probably good since if we DID have one near us I would have WAY too many clothes:)





I wore this to church last week but really liked it so I wanted to show you.

Sweater: I think free
Tank top:50 cents yard sale
Skirt:$2 from the SPCA thrift store in Florida
Scarf: $1 Rue21

Enjoy

Things I LOVE

Here are a few items that I just LOVE!!

1. Pea coats, these are so cute! I love when you have a longer pea coat and pair it with a short skirt and tights.

2.Sequin ballet flats

3. Cocoon sweaters, really cute paired with skinny jeans

4. Rosette necklaces, fun and super easy to make!

I'm linking up to

The Brambleberry Cottage for Time Travel Thursday

I'm back...and obsessed:)

I have a new obsession...with fashion blogs. I love buying clothes and wearing them even though I don't have many places to wear them since I homeschool, lately I have loved looking through thrifty, fashion blogs to get inspiration for outfits. I also have enjoyed looking through sites like Anthropologie and DELiAs BUT they tend to be rather pricy and it kinda makes me cringe to think of paying so much for clothing I can get for a fraction of the retail price! These are a few things that I love and hope to imitate with cheap, but cute copies:):):)

By the way, if you were wondering some of the blogs I have been reading are:

My Passions for Fashions

Just Better Together

Alterations Needed

and others.

These are some of my favorite styles from Anthropologie

Really cute cuff

I love maxi dresses and this is really cute for winter!

I really like the sweater

Love this look!

New Blog

I have decided to redo my site...I will still be posting crafts etc. but crafts will not be my main focus. New site TBA

Giveaway winner

Congrats to The Moody Teenager for winning the giveaway!

Fall Giveaway

I am so ready for fall! Right now in Arkansas, the temperature gets up to the triple digits nearly every day, so in prepareation for fall I am doing a fall colors giveaway!!








If you win, you will recieve:

• Some fallish fabric (don't know exactly how much)


• A small assortment of buttons


• Six strand embroidery floss


• Two kinds of vintage lace


• All in different browns, reds, tans, oranges!

The giveaway ends August 31st 2010

Manditory entry: Follow my blog

More ways to enter:

• Like me on Facebook
• Post about me on Facebook
• Blog about me (if you blog about me link the comment up to your site)
• Get my button
• Comment and tell me how it is where you live right now

A family from our church just got back from Yellowstone National Park and said that it never got over 75!

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Craft Closet Organization

I finally broke down and organized my craft closet...my mom had been wanting me to work on it all summer, well actually she's always wanted me to organized my craft closet but she said that I had to do it this summer. So the week after we finished up with swimming I dumped all my craft supplies on my bed and started organizing. After a day of work I now have THIS:

Since I never think about taking before pictures, the best I can do is showing you the bottom half of my closet:)

I will have to clean this up later...

As you can see from these two pictures, the top shelf is being used for storage.

Right now all my fabric yardage is being stored... well stuffed in top of my dresser in my other closet, sometime this week I plan on making bolts for all of my large pieces of fabric, like this blogger.

Thanks for reading!

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Recent Projects

Sorry I haven't posted in so long! I have had swim team, camp, Florida... and I haven't had time to post:( Anyways, today I am going to show you some recent projects that I have been working on in my sparse spare time,

The first project is a wall hanging I made, I took an old frame I had, some cardboard, notebook paper, buttons and a sharpie and created this adorable wall decoration.

The second project is braided headbands, I made fabric braids and sewed elastic to the ends to make them stretchy.

The third project you see are some braided fabric anklets that I have been making and wearing. They're just thin fabric braids, I used hook and eyes, knots and buttons for clasps. I would like to sew small buttons on them sometime in the future.

I hope to show you more crafty stuff soon!