the crafty smoke that made us choke

I'm seriously having trouble with the notion of what to wear now that the temperature is consistently 95 degrees every day, and this is only the first few days of summer. Oy vey. Anyways, I finally got hold of a white blazer (my mom's, but no matter) and I LOVE it. I hope I have the tolerance to wear it in 105 degree heat, but that likelihood looks very negative.

piazza sempione blazer, madewell cardigan, jcrew dress, vintage shoes

(Wish I Stayed: Ellie Goulding)

in this way mr. k will challenge the world

Strange but delightful combination I wore for Mother's Day dinner, which could essentially be described as a mild transformation of my grandmother. She received a nice little pair of TOMS shoes, a new hairstyle courtesy of my sister, and something else that I really can't remember right now. She was very excited.

vintage top, vintage skirt, vintage shoes (such variety!)

(For the Benefit of Mr. Kite: The Beatles)

jabberwock cryptogram

Yesterday was spent at an amusement park in the rain. It could also be categorized as a monsoon, torrential downpour, or mild flood. There was a lot of rain. Everyone at the entire park decided to go to the nearest grease-ridden, hamburger and chili fry-stenched, claustrophobic restaurant and it was quite a miserable, wet 2 and a half hours before we could go back to school. All for the sake of physics. That's my tale, having nothing to do with this outfit.

jcrew button-down, selfmade skirt-as-top, vintage belt, american apparel liquid leggings, vintage shoes, vintage necklace

I generated two random words for the title and left it at that. I hate titles.

repeated repeated repeat

It was bothering me that I'm wearing the same cardigan (I still don't know what to call this piece of outerwear) in this post as the last one. Then I came to my senses and decided it didn't matter, I just needed a post. Anyways, I highly enjoyed wearing this outfit. Colors were a nice invention.

anthropologie cardigan, urban outfitters top, american apparel skirt, vintage belt, vintage shoes

perhapsicles

It has been a lifetime (since last summer) struggle to find a way to wear these bloomers without them wreaking complete and total havoc upon my body. In short, they were unflattering when I bought them and they are still unflattering now. I continue to wear them because they are cute. Bad idea? Perhaps. Good idea? Perhaps. Does that make sense? Perhaps.

anthropologie cardigan, martin+osa tank top, american apparel bloomers, vintage belt, vintage shoes

15

My birthday was yesterday, and the products from it are delighting me. My grandma gave me this fantastic blue bag. I had had the same terribly ugly bag since I was about 11 and it wasn't doing me any favors. This was necessary, and the color alone sold me immediately. As for the dress, it's lovely, chambray, and goes with literally every single jacket or sweater or cardigan or over-wear that I own. I especially like it with the blardigan.

vintage blardigan, jcrew dress, vintage shoes, anthropologie bag

bits and baubles

My apologies for this shirt two times in a row, but I can't get over it. I really love this outfit. I love the patterns and colors and textures and doodads and whatnots and gizmos. I wish my sister would let me buy this shirt off of her. (HINTS, HINTS) Right now I'm looking to Anthropologie to try and expand my necklace collection....too bad they all range from about $48 to $305. Ace.

vintage jacket, vintage shirt, vintage belt, selfmade skirt, vintage shoes

EDIT EDIT EDIT HOW DID I FORGET THIS:

My third year anniversary was on the 20th! Which is pretty ridiculous. My comparison to my mom- a baby born on my blog birthday would now be talking, walking, and using basic motor skills and the like. Crazy. There may or may not be a special post. Probably not because I've been trying to think of something to do for the past 2 weeks and I haven't gotten anything. Sahrry!

rainbow minus 5

My mood skyrocketed to complete joy when I put on this outfit. It's the colors. I love yellow, I love pink, I love more pink. I also love this shirt, which is my sister's and a beaut, if I do say so myself. Also, I'm just about to try my hand at the outfit drawing thing. I suck at art and I don't quite know how to work my scanner, so this could potentially be a bad idea. Maybe I shouldn't have shared this. Oh well.

vintage shirt, american apparel skirt, dad's belt, vintage shoes

And now, the product of two hours and a lot of glitter that did not transfer well onto the computer and now looks like sand. I tried to draw eyes and I looked like an anime character. I decided the bar would do.