Category :Button Ups

Things To Do At A Bus Stop

  

Top – H&M  //  Sweater – Dear Creatures via Emerging Thoughts  //  Cords – Le Chateau  //  Bag – Ruche  //  Boots – Locale  //  Bracelet – F21

When waiting for a bus you can:

a) Check your email, facebook, and twitter.
b) Take outfit photos
c) Have melting snow slowly drip on your head
d) All of the above

Thanks to Android phone apps, I was able to see that I had 15 minutes before my intended bus arrived at the stop.  So, spotting a nearby obliging alley I decided to abandon option ‘c’ and instead retrieve my mini tripod, to do option ‘b.’  That still left me option ‘a’ with which to kill the last four minutes.

If you were in any of the gazillion cars that witnessed this, I’m not crazy, just a blogger…which is often easily interchangeable.

I Dare You Not To Look *Dressember Link Up*

Top – hand me down  //  Dress – c/o eShakti  //  Tights – HUE
Shoes – Payless  //  Necklaces & Earrings – Ruche 

I could not be happier with this red dress from eShakti.  Since having received it back in September and featuring it then, it has just grown and grown in my eyes.  I think I love the LRD more than I love the LBD.   There’s something so coy about  a simply cut dress in such a bold color.  It’s as if you’re outwardly blending in, but inwardly daring people not to look at you.  The subtly subversive side.

I also couldn’t resist featuring my sister in her kick ass animal print dress.  I would so totally steal that.

This week is the last link up for Dressember – so show me your best!!!

ModaMama

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Dressember Week Two Link Up

Cardi, Necklace & Belt – F21  //  Shirt – H&M  //  Dress – Ruche
Tights – HUE  //  Boots – Locale  //  Ring – Spotted Moth
Yesterday was a bit of a write off.  Baby Girl is sick so we spent the day in a blur of tiredness and cuddles on the couch.  C’est la vie.  But on a brighter note, we’re halfway through Dressember!  So far, I’ve had a great time.  I’m so excited to see how your second week went. 
So please link up your round up post, your favorite post, or a favorite Instagram/twitter/FB pic.  If you can, I’d love for you to grab the button and display it on your post.  It’s much appreciated. 

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When You Get To Hit Someone With A Stick

Dress – Monteau  //  Top – hand me down  //  Tights – Hue
Shoes – Payless  //  Necklace – c/o Imprintalish
Andrew says to me, “I’ll make you a deal.  You sew and fix my jacket
and I’ll give you a foot massage tonight.”  Now, first off I get foot
massages fairly regularly so I can afford to be a little cavalier about
them.  Secondly, I have a dislocated baby toe due to something Andrew
did so I’m already not feeling overly generous towards him. Therefore I
say,”Fine, but I get to hit you with a large stick anytime you touch my
injure toe.”  Foolishly he agrees.

So later that night he says,”Let’s get together and I’ll give you that massage.”
“One
minute,” I answer and walk upstairs.  Andrew settles himself on the
couch and I return shortly with one of my Kali sticks in hand.  He
thought I was joking earlier.  

Normally, he’s
terrible at remembering an injury. It’s not the first time we’ve made
this sort of deal and I know how this goes, therefore I had to add the
‘stick’ amendment.  But I think I’m really onto something as this time,
with the looming threat of being bashed repeatedly with a weapon, he
steers clear of the injury and the trade goes down without a hitch.

Frankly,
I was a little disappointed.  I mean, how often does someone give you permission to hit them with a stick?


p.s  Dressember continues in all it’s fun!  Catch an ad for 50% off before December 10th and the proceeds all go to charity! 

Stop For A Moment

 

Shirt – Stradivarius  //  Sweater – Zara  //  Pants – Lululemon  //  Boots – Feet First  
Jacket, Ring & Earrings – F21  //  Necklace – Ruche
A weekend spent in productions meetings, read throughs, and pouring over scripts.  An outfit filled with an abundance of textures and monochromatic gorgeousness.  Tons of toddler hugs and ‘I wuv you.’  A deep tissue massage today to get rid of these tension headaches. Sometimes life is really good. I’m just going to stop and enjoy it.
True Story:
On a walk around the neighborhood, Baby Girl points out all the pumpkins she sees. 
When I see a little tiny one I say, “Look a baby pumpkin.”  
Baby Girl takes a moment to look, then starts to cry.  
Turns out she was upset because it didn’t have a mommy with it.  
So then we had to stop and I had to explain that pumpkins don’t have mommies, so it’s okay.  
Finally, she stopped crying. 

DIY Boots

 

Jacket – Spotted Moth *old*  //  Shirt – Esprit  //  Hat – ??  //  Dress, Tights, Belt, Socks, & Pink Ring – F21  //  Boots – Ruche altered with my own belts and additions  //  Ring – Threadsence  //  Necklace – bought in Spain.
I love new shoes, but the fact is that shoes can cost a lot.  So to change up my shoes and make things look new, I decided to see what would happen if I took some belts and fabric that were lying around and changed my regular ankle boots into something new.  Something a little different.
Andrew makes fun of these, but I love the fact that they’re a little different.  
True Story:
Baby Girl opens my nail polish drawer a week ago, and decides to move every single bottle.  
I’m getting dressed and just happy for the fact that she’s busy and leaving me in peace.  
So she moves all approximately twenty bottles into Andrew’s night stand. 
Apparently she’s decided that’s where they belong.   
A week later, they’re still there.  
I guess he agrees.

Fall Upcycled Pieces

Necklace – c/o Imprintalish
Top – H&M
Jacket – Gap
Skirt – Skies Are Blue
Tights – F21
Boots – Threadsence

Fall is fully in bloom here.  Yes, I say that sarcastically since, what it means is that nothing is actually blooming, but instead dying.  I’m not a big fan of Fall.  I love the first week because I pull out my sweaters and boots, and then I’m over it.  I know it means we’re in for several long months of winter and cold, and really, I could totally pass on that!

But it does mean the return of darker colors and richer tones.  That I really enjoy.  So when I recently got the opportunity to style a piece from Imprintalish, I naturally navigated toward this necklace in a darker hue.  It also seemed perfect because I immediately thought of a white shirt.  Then I just had to build the rest of the outfit around those two pieces.  And this was the result.

I loved the idea of pairing this very cool upcycled necklace with a white top because it’s a great way to make something office-like *the white shirt* look unique and chic. I can see someone in an business atmosphere pairing this with a blazer and trousers, or a cute pencil skirt and being professional, yet totally one of a kind.

That’s what’s so great about Imprintalish.  All the styles are neutral enough to be worn in so many different venues and occasions, but unique enough that people will be asking, “Where’d you get that?”  I’m thinking I may have to get this piece next.  You? What would you get?

Credit Where Credit Is Due

Blazer, Belt & Bracelets – F21
Dress – Moon Collection originally from Ruche
Shirt – American Eagle
Booties – I’m sorry, I don’t remember.  They’re old!

It’s Fall and the shops I frequent all come out with new LookBooks around this time of year.  I see them and want everything.  Of course I can’t have it!  There’s things like bills, mortgages, etc. etc.  But more than that, I like to stop and think about whether I can recreate that look with what I already have in my closet.

So, when Threadsence came out with their new LookBook I did just that.  I recreated this look from the things in my closet.   Thank you for the inspiration!

I take no credit for this outfit other than the fact that, at some point, I purchased all these items.

As one reader said, I really am a poster child for some of these companies.

Quote of Today:
“I had MarcAngelo sausages for dinner last night and I thought of you.”

The Mad Hatter’s Table

Top – Joe Fresh
Dress – Soprano, originally from Ruche
Belt – F21
Shoes – Payless
I wish I was one of those women who was truly upbeat and always saw the silver lining, but I’m not.  Yes, cognitive behavior therapy and such might change my spirits.  But let’s be honest.  I’ve always been a “half empty” or at least “it’s at half” kind of girl. 
Maybe it’s a bit of the tortured artist syndrome.  Maybe I think that in order to be a truly inspired person I need to have some melancholy or madness in my being.  Hey, Van Gogh didn’t chop his ear off because he was happy, right? 
I feel a bit like that Greek myth where the man is punished to pushing a boulder up the mountain only to have it tumble back down just as he nears the top.  Thus, ensuring that he’s pushing that boulder up a mountain for eternity.  I’m hopeful that one day that boulder will stick.

Isn’t that the mark of madness though?  Doing the same action while expecting a different result?  Sometimes I wonder if I’m not completely insane for being an actor.  Scratch that, I know I’m completely insane. I’ve got a standing invitation at the Mad Hatter’s table.

Best advice to someone considering acting:  if there is anything else you can be happy doing, do that.  This is for those painfully stricken with the disease of needing to act. 

True Story:
After Baby Girl’s nap we read every single book in her room.  Every.Single. Book.
Then she twirled and twirled until she crashed into her crib.
And two hours spent in water play with bowls and a sandbox.
A good afternoon. 

Axl Rose, Pirate

Shorts – Gap
Shirt & Tank – hand me down
Sunnies & Necklace – F21
Shoes – Payless
Scarf – from my Babcia
“Argh, me matey!” is what I thought when I put on this kerchief.  That, along with, “Hmm, a little Axl Rose.”  But whatever.  I went with it.  I’m trying out different ways of having fun hair in the heat and humidity, and it’s a bit challenging sometimes.  I don’t want to always put my hair up, but I also don’t want flat lifeless hair just laying there.  So I thought I would give this a go.  Overall, I enjoyed wearing a fun kerchief and only once did I break into a Guns ‘N Roses song.  While on my bike.  Alone.  So you know, no witnesses.

Quote of Today:
“Now you can walk around naked while wearing your mask.”