Outfit Thirteen ~ Bow Peep

I was trying to recreate an outfit I wore last night but I realized it was totally unsuitable for trotting around Civic centre for goodness knows how long as the key coordinate involved high heels of some description.  >.>’

So I threw together an outfit that actually centred around my most favourite pair of flats ~ which are these totally cute round toed black ones with a frill and bow accent.  ^3^  ~ ♥   I also realized that I had a lot of bow accessories on today.  But that is hardly surprising as bows are kind of my signature item.   I can not resist stamping them all over my nails!

 

 

Accessories   ~  Hair bow {Equip}   Crochet Collar { b dot depictions}   Belt   {Thrifted}  

Cardigan  ~  SES     Jumper  ~  Can not remember; it's years old but I love it      Shirt  ~  SES

Tights  ~  Valley Girl   Flats  ~  Kmart {best buy ever!!}

Nail Art  ~  Konad Stamping on BYS metallic purple polish {my sister’s}

In other news ~ I updated my Etsy shop with some new items that I have been working on.   I have made a variety of rose hair accessories ~ bobby pins with different sized blossoms and in two different colours as well as a comb with a cluster of roses on it.

Have a look!  ~ b dot depictions Etsy shop ~   Please let me know if you like them and if you think that they are reasonably priced.  I always have trouble trying to decide how much I should price things.  I want to be fair, but also cover the amount of materials and time I put into the handcrafted items.

In terms of busyness, DH and I will be at Mt. Perisher for the next two days so I will be AWOL from blog posting as I will have no internet access.  Enjoy the rest of your week and I’ll try to find a giveaway to post about this weekend.  >u<

xox,

b.

Photography & Crochet

I was over at my in law’s place for dinner and I had my new camera with me, so I thought I would do a quick shoot.  I wanted to play with the monochrome setting; focusing on light and shadow, texture and contrast as the subject matter.

I restricted myself to object inside the lounge/dinning area of the house and took a few shots.  I think that a few of the them came out alright. 

   

   

          

                 

Another project I promised to post about is my crochet Peter Pan collars.  I think they came out quite well considering that I had to translate from USA to UK crochet instructions.

The first one I did came out quite lacy and loose and unfortunately way too small for me to wear!  For the second one I changed the size of my crochet hook from a 3.5 to a 2.5, and naturally, the result was tighter all-round.

I really like how the collars look, and I have photos of them ~ one day I shall have to wear one in an outfit shoot to show how I like to style them.   But for now, here are the collars just as they are.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have one more collar to finish off in purple ~ I am experimenting with the length of the initial chain to see if having it sit wider around the neck will look better.

After that, I am going to try it in a black 3 ply cord rather than the 2 ply that the purple is.  I would like to perfect this pattern than start creating variations to sell on Etsy.   Would you be interested in one of these collars do you think?

xox,

b.

P.S. ~ I am putting the first collar up on Etsy for a discounted price as it is rather small…. I am not sure who it would fit but maybe someone can find a use for it.  I would prefer to make these to order ~ I.e., the customer sends me the size and colour they would like and I crochet it for them.