The Swan Maiden ~ Outfit Twenty Four

What I wore yesterday when I went out and had coffee with my sister.  Actually, it was a fruit smoothie for me ~ I abhor coffee.  Nasty stuff and it gives me migraines.  Strangely enough, however, I love the scent of freshly ground coffee beans. 

I have heard that it is not that uncommon for non~coffee drinkers to like the smell of ground coffee and apparently I fit the bill.   Random.

   

I bought the feathered hairband and rose bracelet while I was out rambling around with my sister, {Shopping malls ~ they are my weakness…  >  <    Actually, shopping full stop is my weakness!!} but couldn’t resist including them for the outfit shoot because I felt they added such a lovely touch.

The cool thing about the this outfit shoot is that I took most of the pictures myself!  DH bought me a tripod for my birthday last year, but I haven’t had the opportunity to use it until now because he’s been around to take the photos for me.

So I finally worked out my camera’s self timer and happily snapped away.   It’s fun to be in complete control of the shoots and how the background looks.  I was also really excited to find that my tripod has a little platform that unclips from the main stand.  As this platform is the part you screw your camera to, you can unclip the camera really easily if you want to take a shot and then put it back on the tripod without having to undo the screw from every time!  Yay for awesome tripods!!  ^ U ^

Accessories  ~  Headband  {Equip}    Earrings  {Sportsgirl}  Bracelet  {Equip}

Top  ~  Tempt        Cardigan  ~  Kmart       Skirt  ~  Can’t remember; it was too long ago!

Shoes  ~  Some random store in Czech Republic

This is one of the photos that my sister took for me {she took the last two and the one of my bracelet} ~ sorry it’s out of focus, but I thought it was cute.    > w <  ~ ♥    She was all “I want to take photos of the bump!” then I was all “Baby love!”  and did the peace sign although it looks like some other weird thing as I apparently stuck out my pinky…  = o =’

You know what else was funny?  I was on Skype with my husband and I told him that because I was all in white I was going to title this outfit post “The Swan Maiden”.   Then he said “But you’re not a maiden because you’re pretty obviously knocked up!” 

O _______ O   …..     Thanks dear!

 

Ah well, at least it makes for a funny blog story!   

xox,

bonita

 

Only nine days and ten sleeps until my sweetie comes home!

Outfit Eleven ~ Victorian Velvet

Okay, so there is not actually a scrap of velvet in this outfit…  I just liked the name!  >.<

I wore this outfit yesterday when I was on the scavenge for craft and sewing supplies and ended up with a stack of lace and jewellery making bits.  More on that later!   I felt it was very Goth/Victorian inspired, harking back to my Goth Lolita inspired days rather than the new found 40s gal I am slowly evolving into.

I will always have a passion for bows, lace and black ~ preferably altogether..…  ^_^  

                                  

     

Accessories  ~  Hair Bow {b dot depictions}   Earrings  {Equip}   

Necklace  {given to me by my Mom, pendant by me.}   

Bracelet   {given to me by my Mom ~ isn’t she lovely? And pearls added by me!}

Top  ~ Best&Less    Lace Vest  ~  JayJays   Pinstripe vest  ~  New Look {UK} 

Skirt  ~  thrifted     Boots  ~   Parklea Markets {Sydney}

Pretty tea cup ~ I am so obsessed with fine china and this one is just gorgeous.  I collect tea cups and teapots, but none of them are in a set.  They are separates that I have gathered together from thrift stores and random junk yards instead.  o____o   I figure that way I can use them everyday and if one breaks, buy another one!  

 

Disclaimer ~ this cup is not mine though, I just borrowed it for the shoot.  Then it did not turn up in any of the photos, so I added it in at the end!   It is a bit of camera~whoring I am afraid, but I needed a picture to show you all how great it was….  >w<

Then a well deserved break from all the crafty projects and photographs is an excuse for more camera~whoring.   Plus photo spam!  GIMP is great for photo shopping.

 

xox,

b.

P.S. ~ I do plan to do a more detailed post about the craft ideas that have been floating around and finally getting made.  You will see more detail of the things I made that I was wearing that day.   ^^

Sock it ~ Outfit Five

I pulled this outfit together a while ago, and then decided to try it again with a variation ~ this time socks and ankle boots instead of gray knee length boots.  I think I like this look better than the other.

I used one of my favourite layering tricks for making short dresses longer.  Find the right type of skirt to wear underneath and no one can tell that it’s not supposed to be that way!

             

    

                         

 

             

 

                                       

 

 

Accessories ~ Hair bow {Best & Less}             Dress ~ Tightrope            Tights ~ Best & Less

Earrings {Equip}                         Belt ~ Ice                             Socks ~ Scotland: some shop!

Lace Gloves {JayJays}             Skirt ~ Best & Less           Shoes ~ New Look, Scotland

 

I just realized that my entire outfit is RTW stuff.  Oh well.  I suppose it really doesn’t make it any less nice does it?

xox,

b.