Fashun

I figured I might as well incorporate my (stagnant) fashion blog into this one because two is one too many to keep up with. I haven't posted anything sartorial in a long time because my camera is dead, I've been covered in charcoal and paint since starting school, and I haven't had money for pretty things! Until last month, anyway, when it was my birthday!

I have a Topshop order that hasn't arrived yet -


This shirt is so cute! It's not in the store here.


Isn't this basically the best ever?? It's velvet! I feel so glamorous! I don't ever buy matching underwear sets but I thought the two were too great to not buy together (and I had birthday money!). Actually, Topshop's lingerie is mostly cheaper than Victoria's Secret...but I guess that's not totally surprising since VS is completely overpriced.

Anyway, yesterday I went in and was just browsing when I saw the dress that I was going to buy myself for my birthday but couldn't afford - and it was half off! I don't have any real pictures yet (camera) but here are some terrible photobooth pictures



The top buttons up the back and is really soft!

I also got these because they were on sale for $30 on Amazon and I've wanted them for a while:


Okay, done. I feel all consumer-y and gross. But luckily (?) I won't have any more money to buy things until after Christmas. I found a new Flickr group that's called What I Wore Today but it's drawings of outfits only! I'm so much more into this than taking photos of myself. Definitely going to start contributing soon.

Meet my new gloves!

I think I found my solution to not being able to afford the leather driving gloves that I SO BADLY want...

I had these white cotton gloves from an estate sale that I was going to put on etsy but then discovered, in the bright light of day and not inside an old house, that they were kind of badly stained and yellowed. And not in a nice, antique-y looking way. So I decided to try dyeing them, since I have a million colors of dye and they were going to be redonated anyway. They came out way better than I ever imagined! They look like suede or leather from a distance and the details look so cute against the dark color.





Dyeing things is so much fun! We're going to place an AA order soon (I hope) so I can try leggings and v-neck shirts.

A Preview

Here's a preview of some of the things I'll be adding to my Etsy shop in the next few days! I have so much more than this and it's going to take some time to get it all listed, but I wanted to share because I'm excited!













And, of course

America, Fuck Yeah!

Clothes...

I added lots of new stuff to my etsy shop; check it out!




go here ---> lemoncreme.etsy.com to buy!

I think I want to start doing daily outfit pictures because I hardly have any pictures of the clothes I wear and half the time, I can't even remember if I've actually worn something enough to justify keeping it. It would be really easy to tell if I had photographic evidence!

i think i have an addiction...

to vintage clothes from ebay. See evidence #1 & 2:



I think I also have an addiction to wishing it were summer, since I can't really wear these things until summer comes (at least not the dress). SIGH. At least I'm prepared?

springg

I am so excited for spring! Today was 60F and it made me think about how awesome it's going to be in a month (it will be April!). This is the time of year when, instead of bundling up and kind of enjoying it, I get really annoyed that I have to wear so many layers and half of the time I wear inappropriate clothes that make me cold all day, just because I'm wishing it were that warm. Like how I always wear fall clothes that make me sweaty in the last days of summer. I should take this time to wear the things I won't be able to wear pretty soon, but I'm too excited for warm weather...plus, I'll be able to wear tights and hats for a while still. I just bought some spring/summer clothes on eBay and in H&M so I'm in the ~spring fashion~ mood right now. Here is what I want to wear this spring/summer --

1. My new ebay buys
2. My high waisted linen shorts! I wore these practically every day last summer, they're the most flattering thing ever. If I had a good tailor, I'd go get a copy made in denim.
3. Cute sandals (like these that I got a few weeks ago). Mine from last year (these from irregular choice) are totally falling apart.
4. Floral prints! I have always, always hated floral prints. I'm not sure why, but all of a sudden I'm in love with them. Not because they're "trendy" (what year are florals not trendy for spring...?) but maybe because I'm working with flowers so much on a daily basis. Who knows! Here are some of my favorites:




I refuse to buy into the gross 90s revival happening with the horrible school teacher dress prints and faded colors. I think I will forever be mostly in love with the 60s, but I can handle some 70s and 80s influences.

5.
That sweater (thrifted) with cutoffs and suede sandals!
6. Uniqlo colored jeans! I have to meet my goal of losing 15 pounds first, but then I am going to treat myself to one of these colors (no fluorescents/crazy bold colors for me, thank you)
- or -
7. Summer dresses! I hardly wore these last year -

and I want to get more! Most of my dresses are "fancy" or too warm to wear when it gets super hot here.
8. The color lilac...I've become obsessed with it lately! On a related note, these two nail polishes I bought a while ago from ebay -

9. Sunscreen!
10. New sunglasses...I'm on a mission to find a cool pair. I will probably just hit up St. Mark's or Forever 21 because I can't justify more than $15 on a pair.
11. Super light wash cut-offs. I only have dark denim shorts, I am going to be skinnier (see #6), and I refuse to try to fight the oppressively hot weather by wearing pants and sweating to death.

PS. Soon, my backyard and the park will look like this again:


I can't wait!

straying...

I guess I'm straying from the original point of this blog (to motivate me to accomplish things in my daily life) but what is life if not constantly evolving? ...Right? Ha, anyway, I still intend on doing that but hopefully nobody minds if I post other things as well.

Anyway, thanks to eBay, I turned these

(a $4.99 thrift store purchase)

into these -


(melissa & forever21, respectively)

But I am not nearly satisfied with my shoe collection :(. Considering how many clothes I own, I don't really have many pairs of shoes. I mean...I only own three pairs of heels and one of them is for interview purposes only (ugly)! I only have one pair of boots that be worn in snow (none in rain) and I have always lived in the north! I pretty much donated my entire shoe collection last year because they were all old and not at all my style anymore. I guess that's the problem with shoes...they're too expensive for me so by the time I can afford a pair I want, it's been too long and I don't really like them anymore. And even better than having shoes bookmarked that someday I might be able to afford is when I see them on street fashion blogs and have no idea where they came from...



(I seem to have a theme but I kind of need the green ones)

oh, topshop

Sad fact:

I have looked at the Topshop website far too often since I was a senior in high school...that was 2002. It's been 6 years now (and that is depressing in more than one way) and I still look at it way, way too often. I've only ever bought four things from there, one while I was actually in London. It's kind of hard to justify the shipping price but I did for my birthday and I did again as my Christmas present to myself a few weeks ago. Tada --


I think they're super cute. I only own two pairs of shorts and one is from Forever 21 and every time I wear them, they stretch out so much that I can take them off without unbuttoning them. Practical, I guess, but not very flattering.

Anyway, I've banned myself from buying anything else from there until the store opens here in New York (it was supposed to be Fall '08 but now Spring '09...I'm not holding my breath). So now I'll take a moment to mourn all of the things I will never own because by the time it opens here, they'll be sold out:


Cutest pj set ever?



....Obviously I'm ready for spring. I live not even half a block away from my favorite park in Brooklyn! I'm so excited to have picnics and read in the shade and go swimming (free public pool!) and have an awesome view of the harbor.

We're working on redoing the studio/office and when that's finally done, I'm going to start sewing and painting up a storm.