+ dress: vintage fair, jacket: maxim, shoes: rivers, belt: rusty.

I bought this dress at Vintage Fair in Launceston several months ago, but have never worn it because the first time I washed it it shrunk about three sizes. I have since learnt that one should hand wash important woollen items. It still just fits.

I am currently coveting this fabulous looking book by Kelly Doust titled, 'Minxy Vintage: How To Customise and Wear Vintage Clothing'. I think I'll treat myself to it next time I have some spare change - you can preorder it here.

...in November.



 












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Watching;  Dexter s6, Pan Am, An Idiot Abroad s2.
Buying: Old art deco furniture, the new Frankie journal and bananas (finally cheap!).
Listening to; New albums by Kimbra, Radical Face, The National, Beirut, Bon Iver & a million different things on 8tracks.
Visiting: A tulip farm.
Loving; Rainy Launceston days indoors.
Making; Lists on Listography and Kusudama flower balls, tassels and tiny boxes out of maps (it is still odd to me that I get a uni degree for this!).
Consuming; Jelly Fruits - I never had these as a child and I am now totally obsessed! Smoked cheddar, dolmades, semi dried tomatoes and marinated artichokes.
Wanting; To go a fortnight without a sick day from work. My body is imploding.

+ little clock clip art via pugly pixel.

Do you have an odd fact from your childhood to share?

                                                                                                                             

I've been a bit obsessed with teardrop shapes lately. I take a textiles class at university and I've been playing with fabric a lot because of it. I had some scrap fabric left over from other projects and lots of cardboard boxes from moving and thought I'd combine them into something to put on my wall.

                                                                                                                            

+ I collected some of my fabric scraps and some scissors, a pen and glue. I traced around a tea saucer to help with drawing the rough shape of a teardrop onto card, then cut it out.

                                                                                                                            

+ I used the card shape to trace teardrops onto my cardboard box, then cut out the teardrops and traced their shape onto some fabric. I then cut out the fabric and glued it onto the shapes with PVA glue.

                                                                                                                            

+ I used some fabric I'd silk screened onto in textiles class - I've been using it for everything! Once I'd made five fabric covered teardrops I put some blu-tack on the back and stuck them to my wall.

                                                                                                                            

+ I couldn't help but turn one into a postcard.


For more teardroppy goodness - Sally from Queenie and the Dew does a sweet DIY on teardrop envelope decorations.