She’ll Be Comin’ ‘round

 

 

It’s taken a lot of thought, but I think I’ve figured out what I want to do blogging wise. 

Everyone has been super supportive, and I’ve been really glad to hear from you, but it’s actually a little chat I had with my sister, who is also a writer as well as my co-authoress, that really clinched the matter!
I just mentioned it to her in passing, but she really laid it out for me. 

She very sweetly encouraged me to keep at it, because she enjoys my blog{!! ♥ }, and she thinks I should keep it up.  Plus, she reminded me in a very timely comment that sometimes it doesn’t matter how frequently or non-frequently I might post, it’s the quality of the content that matters.  Like on Youtube, if the posters there take the time to post quality videos that are interesting to them and to their users, people are much more likely to appreciate that work, rather than someone who may churn out a video everyday, but doesn’t take the time to make quality content.

That, plus your very reassuring comments make me feel that if I do keep posting on DT!, it doesn’t matter if I stick to any sort of schedule, but focus on posting when I can/feel like it. 

It may be twice a week, it might be twice a month.  I honestly don’t know right now, but I promise that I will try to make every post worth reading.  I think it’s going to be fun that way, don’t you?

xox,

bonita

P.S.  ~ This isn’t a proper outfit post ~ more like the daily co~ordinate or something….  Anyway, if I do these types of quick clicks, I won’t put up a list of the clothes that I am wearing.  If you do want to particularly find out about a certain item, just let me know in the comments and I’ll fill in the details.  
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Dancing with Cherry Trees

A picnic lunch at the park, sunshine, pink blossoms and family ~ what a lovely way to spend a Sunday afternoon!   Our family has a big picnic tradition, Husband and I are always eating out at our local park when the weather is nice, it’s one of our favourite ways to enjoy the outdoors. 

We often prefer a quick grab’n’go lunch, but one of these days I’d love to hunt down a vintage picnic wicker basket set and a blue gingham picnic blanket!  Then we can go all out with the food ~ ham, cheese and tomato sandwiches, fruit slices, fruit cake {a firm favourite of the men} and anything else we can think of!  So dears, what are you favourite picnic foods?  Any particularly tasty recipes you’d like to share?  I am sure we’d all love to hear them!

xox,

bonita

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Lace Ivory Hair Bow  ~  Diva   Reel Red Cardigan  ~  Thrifted   Porcelain Flower Brooch  ~  Thrifted   Fall Fancies Dress  ~  Made by Me, ‘12    Cream Cable Stockings  ~  Target    Berry Well Oxford Pumps  ~  Modcloth

Sweet Doll

Polka-Dot Bow Clip ~  Some random pharmacy  Lacy Scallop Collar  ~   Made by Me, 2011   Lace Ribbon & Bouquet Brooch  ~  Made by Me, 2010   Classic Black Top  ~  Really old ~ don’t know   Rose Fakelit Bracelet  ~  Equip   Blue Bird Sky Skirt  ~  Thrifted   Eyelet Petticoat  ~  Thrifted   Checked Prep Socks  ~  Horseland; yup, they are my riding socks!  Penny Loafer Loafers  ~  FSW

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I love this new vintage hair style inspiration I found on Bobby Pin Blog the other day ~  I am guessing it’s from around the late 1940s – early 1950s; I don’t really know for sure, but I think that this glam photo of Betty Davis’s fluffy and simple side-do is gorgeous! 

Looking at the photo now, I can see there are a few things I missed the first time ~ like the side swept fringe is pinned further back than I initially thought, and it also has more volume.  Plus it looks like the opposite side {the right side} is pinned back as well. 

That’s ok though; I now have an excuse to try this style again.  Not that I really need one, as I think this hairdo is likely to become one of my staples.  I instantly loved the way that it looks on me, and it suits my hair perfectly!  Win!

xox,

bonita

Tea for Me ~ for You Too? ~ Outfit Fifty Six

 

Crochet Rose Hair Clip  ~  Made by me   Floral Shirtwaist Dress  ~  Etsy  Bracelet  ~  Diva    Bow Flats  ~  Tightrope

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Don’t you just love the paint splatters on the floor and my chair?   One of the joys of owning your own house I guess ~ it takes so long to get everything in perfect order!   I haven’t even come close to finishing the decor, but I find that half the fun is hunting down the perfect things for your house one by one. 

And of course, Pinterest is a never ending source of inspiration! 

I just love the furniture and old books in this photo! 

A cabinet full of gorgeous chinaware and lovely lace doilies?  Yes please!  One day my collection will be as pretty as this I hope.  : 3 

xox,

bonita

P.S. ~ If you haven’t got on to Pinterest yet, but want too, let me know and I’ll invite you.  It’s time sucking in the worst way, but so much fun. > u <

Blue Bird Sky ~ Outfit Forty Seven

Barrette  ~  Equip   Flower Hair Clips  ~  Woolworths   Peal Earrings  ~  Christmas Present ‘07  
Cream top ~  I have no idea; it’s too old!   Twiggy Bird Broach  ~ Acorn & Will   Belt  ~  Dotti   Blue skirt  ~  Thrifted    Crinoline  ~  Some online shop I’ve forgotten  Stockings  ~  Woolworths   Socks  ~  Best&Less   Shoes  ~  Thrifted

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I think I’ve found a new favourite photo taking spot ~ I love this old building and the tree and the fence!  Mind you, the entire time I was taking these photos there was a magpie swooping me.  I had to hold a stick above my head when I wanted to check the photos! 

I am sure I looked so silly, but gee, those birds are so unnerving when they are dive-bombing you ~ all you hear is a swish, a click of a beak, and they are gone. Some of them will even make contact with your head; and you never know if that time will be it!  O __ o 

Still, it had to be done, even with the bothersome bird and passers-by staring. 

It would be nice to have my business cards all ready though ~ then if anyone comes up and asks me what I am doing I can hand them a card rather than trying to awkwardly explain it.  To be sure, no one has actually done that yet, but I would still feel more prepared in the mean time.   I wish I had a nice quiet wood nearby, but I guess I have to do what I have to do…   Whether I feel like an idiot or not? 

What say you: hide in my backyard or brave the wild world??   : D

xox,

bonita

Doing the slouchy jeans ~ Outfit Thirty Six

Out take:  Oops!  Caught adjusting my glasses, but I do like how it turned out despite the funny expression on my face, so I added it in.  ^ u ^

My director looks after the lens cap and minds the tripod for me.      > ω <  ~ ♥

Accessories ~  Hair bow {Esprite}   Earrings  {Equip}  Bracelet  {gift from my Mom}  
Watch  {Thrifted}     Jacket  ~  JayJays     Baby Doll Top  ~  Tightrope     Jeans  ~  Stall Vendor {Florence, Italy}    Shoes  ~  Tightrope

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I wore this outfit last week to our postnatal appointment at the hospital.  I am so happy to be wearing something different for a change, although I am still missing my waist, so skirts are still under the bust or not at all.   And I am also missing being able to wear dresses.  : /

I do not have any shirtwaist dresses like I was planning to get specifically for wearing whilst breastfeeding.  I just did not find any in my price range/that I liked, although I was searching.  I do want to make some to wear as I am planning to be breastfeeding exclusively for at least a year if I can, and I cannot survive being deprived of wearing dresses for that long!!  I love them too much. 

But other than those little hiccups ~ yay for Theodore arriving!  I can mix my outfits up again.  I am very excited.  And doesn’t he make the cutest director ever?

Oh, and if you do see any vintage {repo or vintage styled} shirtwaist dresses around, let me know.  I am now getting quite desperate to lay my grubby mitts on some!

xox,

bonita

Outfit Twenty Six ~ Floral Fancies

Out and about Perth today ~ whew!  It was so hot.  Seriously, air-conditioned buses and shops for the win.   > __ <

My experiments with vintage ‘red lip’ makeup.  I like how it looks, but today my outfit was not really  following any particular 40s or 50s pattern, so my makeup didn’t really complete the outfit as vintage~y.   I think I got more of a sweet doll style with a grown up twist instead!

The lipstick actually lasted pretty well and didn’t dry my lips out, which is great.  It did die when we had something to eat, but that is ok because the stain left was quite wearable with some strawberry chapstick over the top.    {Incidentally, in my mind, strawberry is the only flavour to get.  No, really.  >  <  }

Accessories  ~  Hair Bow {Diva}   Earrings  {Equip}   Necklace  {Valentine’s Day Present from my husband!!  ♥ ♥ ♥ }   Belt  {Valley Girl}

Top  {Tempt}  Skirt  {Tempt}   Shoes  {Big W}

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baby Bump {or Bean Sprout as we nicknamed him!} is now at 7 months.   Golly, time does fly!

 

I promise I have a good reason for getting this post up so late!  > o <   And it just might have something to do with this photo…

      More to come later on this week!

xox,

bonita

Hats Off To You ~ Outfit Twenty Five

 

Hi everyone ~ I’m baaaack!   Okay, sorry it took me so long to get on track with blog posts again.  Unfortunately with moving house and flying out to Perth life was more than a little topsy~turvey.  *sigh*

I hope life will settle down for the next two months and truth be told, it probably will, but to the other extreme {naturally!} because there is nothing much to do over here.  Currently my daily routine consists of getting up, watching t.v. whilst knitting the baby blanket I am trying to finish before May.

Then I am off to meet my sweetie for lunch {it’s so great that he is working five minutes up the road from where we are staying  : 3 } and then back home where the t.v. or computer keeps me occupied. 

Yeah.  Really.  No chores to do; I don’t have anything to clean with!  No one to see, no pets to take care of.  I think I am going to go stir fry crazy if I do not come up with something to do soon….  But DH and I are working on a few ideas that I might pursue;  a business plan for a venture we have thought out, or maybe seeking out some sponsors for my studio. 

I am not sure what I want to take on.  I am planning to study for my Equestrian Federation of Australian coaching certificate while I am over here and I am not sure if I can run a studio business and study and have a baby {okay, so the baby is a while off, but not that far!}.   It is a hard things to sort out, but I guess we will decide on something.

I hope that was not too much of a overshare ~ I guess things have been rather unsettling lately and that is affecting my state of mind at the moment.   : \  

Accessories  ~  Boater Hat  {SES ~ Yay!  I finally found one!}   

Red Heart Clip  {I can’t remember.…}

Silver Hoops  {Present: Christmas ‘08}    Heart Necklace  {Hong Kong}

Dress  {La Pearls}   White Petticoat  {Thrifted}   Sandals  {Big W}

This park, Harold Boa’s Garden, is in between our hotel and DH’s work ~ it is so lovely and beautifully kept.  The landscaping is gorgeous and it is so cool and shady even in the middle of the day.   I plan to do a few more outfit shoots there, but I also want to scout out more locations across the city.  There are some fantastic old doorways I am dying to loiter in!

So that is it from me for today, but I will be back; the hard thing will be restraining myself from posting everyday now!  : P

xox,

bonita

Into the Sunset ~ Outfit Twenty One

The DH and I had a little road trip to Wagga Wagga over the weekend {three hours away from Canberra or 250kms distance if you are into that kind of measurement}.  It was chiefly for DH’s work ~ a code camp for developers {or a numeral collection of nerds as my husband aptly described it}.  However, I think it was myself that ended up benefiting the most from the trip.

One, because DH has excellent taste in accommodation and booked us into the cutest little cottage called “Forget Me Not” ~ it was so lovely and in a beautiful location with lemon trees and roses rambling absolutely everywhere!

Plus, the equine friends over the fence helped to make an even better impression on me ~ especially a darling foal that was over the road.  I went up to say hi and he was most inquisitive….  We made friends very quickly!

Two, because while DH was at the camp, I got to wander around Wagga and check out the scenery.   Lots of photographs were taken and because there was a fantastic antique junk~esque type shop and a spring fete, lots of shopping was done too!

I had such a relaxing time, which was really great.  I had been feeling quite ill the last week thanks to hay fever and a mild cold; I wasn’t even sure if I should go.  But I did, and I am very glad that I did.

With the help of DH, I also happened to snap the best outfit shoot I have ever done, and with one of the best outfits I think I have pulled together recently.

I have been feeling totally uninspired with my wardrobe recently ~ not because I don’t have enough clothes to work with, but rather a complete lack of energy and less than average creativity.

I felt that this outfit came together perfectly and felt so me.  I love it.  It’s not a usual style that I wear, I tend to avoid empire waist dresses/tops like the plague, because I always felt that they did nothing for my figure and made me look pregnant. 

But now that a baby is actually on the way, and I don’t have a waist any more ~ it’s the perfect thing.  The baby~doll look is really reflecting the stage of life that I feel that I am at ~ soft, feminine and a mother to be. 

 

It’s funny how sometimes things just fall into place perfectly and you can look back and say ~ yes, at that point I knew where I was, who I am and where I was going.  It’s nice to be able to feel the comfort of that moment ~ where God is in His heaven, and all is right in the world.

   

Of course, the moment does not always last as long as you would like it too ~ sometimes that feeling can stretch over days, weeks or months.   And sometimes it as fleeting as a breath of wind or a heartbeat. 

Whatever the case may be, we need to hold onto those moments, because in those seconds, you know that everything is going to be alright ~ no matter what the future holds.

We are all here for a reason, and we all are given the strength to make it through each day.  Every day we have is gift…   I believe it is a gift from God, although I know there are others who might not feel the same way.  I also know that we all can still agree that each day is a gift of life.

And for that gift of life that is me, and growing inside of me, I am so very thankful.   

Accessories  ~  Hair Ribbon {Recycled from goodness knows where}   Hat  {Thrifted ~ it’s an old school hat but I love it!}

Blue Floral Dress  ~  La Pearls    White Eyelet Dress  ~  {Florence, Italy.  Worn underneath for a more suitable more length!} 

Flats  ~  Tightrope {yes, they are the same pair that were in the last outfit post.  Terrible of me I know, but I love them so much atm.}

 

I hope you had a great weekend like I did, and please keep an eye out for a tutorial/DIY I aim to share with you later this week.  It’s going to be fun.  ^ w ^

xox,

bonita