Moda Mama

There’s A Grumpy-Pants Pattern

January 7, 2015
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Kimono/Cardigan – ThreadSence // Pants – Le Chateau // Top – Free People // Scarf – Kensie // Boots – Locale // Belt – Lucky Brand // Bracelets *old* – Ruche , ThreadSence, F21 // Earrings – I forget

I notice that in the last few posts there’s a distinct trend. It’s because when travelling *grandparents on both sides for Christmas* and when I feel a bit sleepy/grumpy *which I have been* I tend to go for the uniform that I mentioned on Monday.

Yup, that’s the explanation. Even with tights, it’s just really hard to get dressed in dresses when it’s cold. Plus somehow, pants are easier when you’re a grumpy-pants.

What do you go for as grumpy-pants clothes?

No Hats In Bed

January 6, 2015
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Cardigan/Kimono & Dittos Jeans – UO // Top – Free People // Scarf – made by me // Boots – Locale // Bracelets – gifts // Earrings – F21

A few nights ago, my girl was crying in her sleep. I went into her room to investigate why:

“Shhhh, why are you crying,” I asked as I stroked her hair.
In her sleep she answered, “I don’t want to wear a hat!”
“You don’t want to wear a hat?”
“No”
“Well, you’re in bed, so you don’t have to wear a hat, okay?”
She nodded and nuzzled into her blankie.

This whole conversation in her sleep.

Snow

December 16, 2014
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Top – Free People // Cardigan – UO // Pants – Gap // Beanie – F21 // Necklace – TopShop

There was a snowstorm.
There. Was. A. Snowstorm.
There was a SNOWSTORM.

And it was cold.

I decided not to leave the house.

And tea. I decided to drink a lot of tea.

How To BAM and Winterize an Outfit

December 10, 2014
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Dress – Avenle // Sweater – thrifted // Necklaces – Ruche // Belt – came with dress // Boots – Locale

My distaste for putting summer clothes away at the end of summer is well documented – especially ’cause the awesome deals appear right as the weather gets colder and who wants to wait a whole year to wear the pretty things! Not me. Avenle was a store I stumbled upon on Instagram and when I went to the site, I discovered a plethora of vintage-esque and boho-chic clothing. It’s all really well priced and they have great deals for newsletter subscribers.

So when I nabbed this cute dress for an insanely ridiculous low price, I definitely didn’t wait. Enter, layering. I’ve expounded on the wonders of layering *it’s the only thing that gets me through these harsh Winters* and I will continue to do so. A tank top, thick tights, thigh high socks, knee high boots, and a sweater over the dress, and BAM! The outfit is winterized.

It’s all about the layering people.
And the BAM!
You gotta have the BAM!

Denial Was A Nice Place To Live

December 1, 2014
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Top – Free People // Skirt – Ruche // Sweater, Tights & Necklaces – F21 // Jacket – Ariztia // Socks – UO // Boots – I forget // Bag – Target

Well, there you have it. Snow has come. We had a big snowfall. You know what that means? No more denial for me. I can no longer deny that the cold temperatures are here to stay, try as I might.

For a while there, I could ignore the frozen fingers as they worked the tripod and buttons, but once you’re getting snowed on and the scenery is pure white, well, there’s only so far delusions can take you, am I right?

Or maybe I’m not trying hard enough.

Side of the Highway, Empty Parking Lot, and on a Phone (Or The Secret to my Wardrobe)

November 12, 2014
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Kimono – Spell and the Gypsy Collective // Top & Jeans – UO // Boots & Leaf Necklace – I forget // Short Necklace – Vanessa Mooney // Leather Bracelet & Sunnies – F21

There’s this shop I love, Spell and the Gypsy Collective based out of Australia, and as a newsletter subscriber I get all the updated info. Usually their clothes are way out of reach for this artist Mama, but I marked my calendar when news came out of their big huge warehouse sale.

The thing was I was booked for a big photography gig out of town that same day. The gig finished a half hour into the sale. On the day, I drove to my gig and had a blast doing it. The event started winding down early and after a discussion with my lovely client, we agreed that I should leave a touch early as things were clearly over *I had arrived early and started early so I felt that was fine to leave – normally I would’ve insisted on staying*

So I got in my car and started the long drive back home. Soon though I remembered the sale and noticed that it had just started. So what did I do? I pulled over.

There I was: on the side of the highway, in an empty parking lot of a model home development/sales centre, in the middle of nowhere Ontario, on my phone shopping the warehouse sale. If the police had been there and taken interest it would’ve been one heck of an explanation. But I grabbed some amazing pieces at incredibly low prices, so in my book it’s a win!

*this post will also answer the question that a lot of people have about me, both online and in real life: how do I have so much variety and great quality in my wardrobe? Side of the highway, empty parking lot, in the middle of nowhere on a phone people, that’s how*

Not How I Was Dressed

November 10, 2014
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Jeans – Dittos via – UO // Tank & Kimono – SheInside // Hat & Bag – I forget // Shoes – Ruche // Bag – Target

This weekend was a roller coaster. Friday night I had the chance to celebrate a great lady’s birthday. Saturday things seemed to go well but my Girl was a bit under the weather. This progressed to a full blown fever that persisted the rest of the weekend. As this is posted this morning, I know she’s not going to school.

Poor girl spent Sunday on the couch drinking tons of water/juice and sleeping on Mama a lot. Let’s see how the Monday goes.

Oh and trust me, this is not how I was dressed on Sunday…but it was how I was dressed on another day.

Gratitude Greta

October 28, 2014
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Tiered Dress – Ruche // Thermal Top & Thigh High Socks – FreePeople // Boots – Aldo // Fedora – I forget // Jacket – F21 // Bag – Urban Outfitters // Sweater – ThreadSence // Chevron Necklace – I Forget

Following up on yesterday’s post. The mental and emotional journey was staggering over the last month. I spent a lot of time crying, and feeling sad. I was terrified that it would be a chronic or long term condition which had me really blue because all I saw were the things that I wouldn’t get to do.

Then came a point where I suddenly saw my old life (what came before this illness) and what I had, and was incredibly grateful for that. I had so much life, so much freedom, and so much to be grateful for. All I wanted was to get back to that. So once I started to feel better, I was excited that I would get that old life back.

And now, for all intents and purposes, I do. So that makes me happy. I have so much freedom to do what I love and have amazing experiences. But I do feel moments where the old downer thoughts – that I’m not booking enough as an actor or photographer – and the doubts – that I’m not good enough as a person, actor, photographer – try to creep back in. It’s hard. We all have a “Negative Nancy” as my naturopath calls her. And I know we all have our ways of managing her. I’m just trying to figure out a way to hang on to those feelings of gratitude and appreciation, rather than allowing Negative Nancy a megaphone.

How do you stay grateful? And what things do you use to keep Negative Nancy at bay?

Yes, That’s Right!

October 27, 2014
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Sweater – HUH Boutique // Top – thrifted // Pants – ThreadSence // Chevron Necklace – I forget // Brass Necklace – Vanessa Mooney

I’m back! Thanks for all your words, tweets, email, and facebook messages of support. It meant the world that you hung in there with me and were so encouraging.

I’m happy to say that I’m back. I’m feeling better, and I’m healing. It was not a fun time. Without going into too much detail, because I don’t want to, I spent a lot of time shuffling between doctors, and specialists, and no one could figure out why I was having the debilitating symptoms I was having. Everything showed up normal, and functioning.

Drugs to help allieviate my symptoms just gave me side effects without actually getting rid of symptoms. It wasn’t until I went back to what has worked for me in the past with any ailments I’ve had – naturopathy – that I started feeling better. My naturopathic doctor was the only one who had a very grounded and common sense theory as to what was happening and why my natural treatment was helping. So we boosted the natural treatment I was already doing with herbs and supplements.

Now, I’m feeling much better. I’m working on supporting my immune system to help my body heal.

And I’m looking forward to getting back to the life I put on the back burner for a month. Speaking of, I’ll have some thoughts on that tomorrow.

Yay!

Muffin Top Thigh High Socks

September 26, 2014
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Cardigan – Jana // Dress – Ruche // Socks – Urban Outfitters // Boots – Aldo // Necklace – I forget // Sunnies – Lace Affair

Thigh high socks are so cute. I love layering them on bare legs and over tights. But it seems that every time I do there’s this tightness and almost a muffin top roll thing that my legs do. I never see that on any of the pictures on the internet. *I know they’re all photoshopped so that might be edited away too* It’s one of those little pet peeves. Like, I know my legs aren’t shaped weird so how come I get this roll? And what is their secret?

You know, ’cause it’s like high school. Everyone else is in on the secret except me. Spill people. Spill. Whats the secret to non-muffin top thigh high socks? What am I missing here?

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