November wishlist

1. Nasty Gal mesh dress (unfortunately sold out:( ), 2. Studded ballet flat, 3. Glamourai shoe jewels, 4. Gray wool boyfriend blazer, 5. high waist denim paired with stripe shirt from Lookbook.nu.

We were with MJ last night

Halloween!

I did not hear anything about Halloween 3 years ago in Japan, but I can see this holiday is becoming bigger over here as well. I see Hallowen candies and costumes at the store now. Andy and I went to Shibuya to meet our friend, who dressed up as Michael Jackson. I think he did a pretty good job, no?

hot pink!

For this cardigan, I got the inspiration from the Karen Cardigan that BurdaStyle posted last week. Since I don't have a patience to print out pattern, put them together and all that, I just made it myself something similar. I think mine is a bit less flowing, less ruffly because Andy hates ruffle. I do like a little bit or ruffle, but I tend to avoid overly sweet ruffly stuff. I also added two buttons, one outside and one inside of the cardigan and button loops so it can be worn button up as well. As I was taking pictures for the cardigan outside of my house, I found those lovely flowers which happened to be the same color as my new creation:)

The bodice is only one fabric. This time, I connected the front panels and back panel together, instead of making side seems. I wanted to create somewhat flowey less formal look. I am thinking of making this in maybe linen or something for a jacket next time.

Wearing: handmade cardi, harem pants from thailand, unknown black pumps, and thrifted gold chain and pearl necklace.

Girl crush: Gemma Ward

Ever since Gemma Ward was on the commercial for Kose cosmetics in Japan, I became a big fan of her. I tend to have girl crush on girls with kind of baby face, like Gemma, Sasha Pivovarova or Channel Iman. I like rather cute type than beautiful... so I collected some images of Gemma, contemplating in her beauty... wish I look like her.

Images are from Flickr

so windy today...

When the fashion world is all about 80s, studs, strong shoulders and what not, I still like feminine floral prints the best. My style has changed a bit since I started working from home, because I do not have a limitation in what I can wear as opposed to "business casual" environment I used to be in. I could be wearing a pajama all day long for all I care.. but I just don't feel right when ever I do it. I am more attracted to mini dresses, colorful tights and shorts, and my hem line is getting higher and higher...

Here is what I made last night. No pattern is used, but it is pretty simple as you can see below. It is a tent dress, and I want it to be loose and relaxing, something I can belt it up and also wear it loose with leggings as a tunic. So no darts or pleating.

I used a floral print fabric I got from Nippori fabric row a couple of weeks ago. It is relatively thick cotton fabric, and I like it because it does not wrinkle after a wash.

The dress has a small button closure with a loop in the back.

xoxo!

Bubble sleeve cardigan

New creation! Sometimes it takes me a couple days to complete one project, and this was one of them. I sewed a bit and then stopped for a while to think about how to add sleeves. The arm holes came out too big, so if I add regular sleeves, it would end up looking like a cardigan for a man or something. So I slept on it for a day or two, and came up with this idea of bubble sleeves. I pleated the shoulder part and scrunched up the edge of the sleeves with elastic bands to make them bubbly.

Here is the picture of the front panel - I did not use any pattern for this.

I'm pretty satisfied with how it turned out - it's loose, and comfy. I added this to my shop:)

Wearing the cardi with thrifted black tunic, uniqlo tights and payless booties:)

Sunday: Church and BBQ

wearing: thrifted velvet dress, unknown tights, payless booties, moto jacket borrowed from my sister, handmade scarf

Snapped this photo before going to church today. I ended up getting totally lost, driving all around the town to go to church. I am like a typical woman, I am terrible at driving, can't read a map, and can't park. This drives my husband totally crazy.

Anyways, I LOVE this crushed velvet dress I found at a thrift store last week. It was only 50 cents, which makes it even better. I didn't try it on, but fits me just perfect. I will be wearing this dress a lot, with different jackets and cardis.

By the way, I recently bought this 70's floral dress from Market Publique. This was my first time, auctioning off a clothes online, because I usually use Etsy or Buy it now button. I'm so excited to receiving the dress!!!

Well, now I'm off to my friends' BBQ party;)

Have a great weekend:)

Friday library trip

I had this uniqlo bf jacket I thrifted a month ago, and the sleeves were way too long for me, because the jacket was for men's. So I did a little diy, and cut off the length, added polka dot fabric for a cuff and change the gray button to matching polka dot.

I am not sure if I like the result, because the polka dot limits the clothes that I can pair with, as opposed to plain gray jacket. but oh well. And I just realized that I was wearing three kinds of polka dot today, with gray tanktop polka dot, and skirt!
I took a trip to a library during lunch hour today to take out some sewing books. I got one about jacket, and old, "Mrs summer clothes" pattern book. I am not sure if I will use their patterns, but I just like to look at the books for inspiration.

Givenchy head bow

Vogue Russia March 2009 issue via phosphene.

Just love the bow headband and velvet (?) criss cross detail in the first picture. They are from Givenchy.

This week's etsy favorite

Just wanted to share what I found on etsy this week: From top, Lovely Lady from OliveVintage, Black and white sketched flower dress, Rosebud, and Vintage floral dress, China vacation, and brown velvet dress from CapriciousTravelor.