tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92233462654515440432024-02-20T20:34:41.938-08:00MmePolaireMmePolairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00764228219077539111noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9223346265451544043.post-84089295323965917512014-02-08T19:38:00.003-08:002014-02-08T19:47:45.252-08:00Sophistique Noir Theme Post - Outerwear!<div style="text-align: center;">
I LOVE coats! Can you tell? I'm currently making a 60's cape and an Edwardian jacket. I've also got about15 more coats than I posted here. A 1940's varsity jacket, a Victorian cape, an uber modern Japanese coat, 2 brocade 60's dress coats etc... Here are a few!</div>
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On the left is my everyday coat. It is black wool and made by Shelli Segal. I found one similar on <a href="http://www1.macys.com/shop/product/laundry-by-shelli-segal-coat-double-breasted-wool-blend-flared?ID=858152&cm_mmc=Google_Womens_PLA-_-Ready+to+Wear+-+Coats+-+Coats+-+PLA-_-30394388461_adc_pg_305_11057_525f866ae4b0a34ce6ec4ab4_30394388461_{device}-_-_mkwid_685614683438USA|d{device}_30394388461%7C-%7C685614683438USA">Macy's</a> website and it is $325! Mine was free! It was given to me by my mum's friend who was moving. I added a hood and a Victorian mourning cameo. I'm wearing it with a silk Alexander McQueen scarf I received for Christmas. On the right is a coat my step-mum sent me last week. She was in <a href="http://www.target.com/p/merona-women-s-plus-size-long-sleeve-fashion-overcoat-black-white/-/A-14638736#prodSlot=medium_1_6&term=dot+jacket">Target</a>, took one look at it and thought of me. It has a faux fur collar and sort of a swing fit. On a side note, my mum liked it so much she went and bought one too. Oh boy, twins...</div>
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The fur coat on the left is my "Edward Gorey" coat. Thankfully mine is fake! On the right is my silly 1930's hiking ensemble. Everything is scratchy wool that makes me nuts.</div>
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The super long military coat is made by J. Crew. I found one like on their <a href="https://www.jcrew.com/womens_category/outerwear/jcrewcollection/PRDOVR~07760/07760.jsp">site</a> - $398! Mine is from Ross in Los Angeles, marked down <i>several</i> times because no one there has any use for something like this. People always stop and talk to me about it when I wear it. On the right is a silly little wool & sequin cape by Prabal Gurung for <a href="http://www.neimanmarcus.com/Prabal-Gurung-NM-Target-Sequined-Cape/prod153970221/p.prod">Target</a>/<a href="http://neimanmarcus/">Neiman Marcus</a>. I think I could only wear it in the spring/summer around here. </div>
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Right now it is <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">9<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">°F. That's -12</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">°C! (I know this is not at all cold compared to say, Helsinki, but is plenty cold 'round these parts) </span></div>
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On toward my two silliest coats. The red coat is from the 1940's, but I "modified" it to wear to the Vancouver Olympics in 2010. It's all sequins and goofiness. I made the hood from pockets taken out of my mum's red coat. My <a href="http://www.thefashionablegal.com/2010/02/olympic-style-limited-edition-rain-boots/">boots</a> are Rockports from <a href="https://www.ronsons.ca/">Ronsons</a>, for some reason I HAD to buy them. They're pretty decent rainboots, they make me laugh and they were designed by women's hockey great Cassie Campbell. On the right is my WW2 Ike jacket. It's a dude's jacket, but it has patches (a roaring polar bear) on it from service in Alaska.</div>
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MmePolairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00764228219077539111noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9223346265451544043.post-57101163057600595632014-01-28T14:51:00.001-08:002014-01-28T14:51:13.681-08:00Outfit Post - New Dress & Skull Tights<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My mum bought me this <a href="http://www.spiegel.com/b/7733327011">dress</a> and today is my first time wearing it. She thought the peasant top looked German - which would appeal to me! I felt a bit odd as I am not used to wearing a slim skirt, plus I gained 10 pounds this holiday season. It's like there is an airline pillow strapped to my midsection. A pillow made up of heavy cream, chocolate and Bailey's! I've been going for walks and eating more sensibly, so it should just be another month or two of the extra padding!<br />
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The tights are from <a href="http://www.rue21.com/store/jump/product/Skull--Bones-Tights/0144-000203-0006688">Rue 21</a>. Only $3! I'm wearing them over solid gray tights. Rue 21 has been in my local mall for years but I never went in. It is so packed in there you can't see anything. Online it was much easier to look around. I know I am LEAST 15 years too old to shop in this store, but I think I can get away wearing these. </div>
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Yeah sweaters! Living in the Pacific Northwest, one does accumulate sweaters. Here are three of my current favrourites. </div>
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First up is this <a href="http://us.asos.com/ASOS-Skeleton-Sweater/11jr6h/?iid=3170420&mporgp=L0FTT1MvQVNPUy1Ta2VsZXRvbi1KdW1wZXIvUHJvZC8.&WT.ac=rec_viewed">sweater</a> from ASOS. This just arrived 2 days before Halloween. It has the strangest short, boxy fit. The first larger one I ordered could have fit 2 of me in it. I still love it though, I have several skeleton shirts, but they are all printed and this is woven. </div>
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I've had this 80's cat sweater for ages. It is unflattering on me, but I still wear it. To me is says "Let's to to Sears and get our portrait done".</div>
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Last is my <a href="http://www.modcloth.com/shop/cardigans/skulls-in-session-cardigan-in-black">skull sweater</a> from Modcloth. I try to limit my wearing of it so those around me do not get sick of it. The <a href="http://www.modcloth.com/shop/skirts/hip-to-it-skirt">skirt</a> I'm wearing with it just arrived from Modcloth as well. Nowhere is the description said it was a knit fabric - and it is super form fitting, even though I went one size up. I think I look like a sausage about to burst, but my boyfriend gave it thumbs up. </div>
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Happy Halloween! Hope your Halloween is going great & you're getting lots of candy! I dressed up and brought my pumpkin to work today. I have an appointment later on do to a walk though of a house, I wonder what the lady will think when I walk in...</div>
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This is a costume from 3 years ago. I didn't have a plan when I started out. I was always in love with orange and black 1920's ready made costumes like these:</div>
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It's cute and it's cheery and I've never seen another like it!</div>
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Close up of the painted kitty. It's hard to see, but every dot, stripe and edge of this costume is covered in sequins and beads.</div>
MmePolairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00764228219077539111noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9223346265451544043.post-85569298094357674402013-10-15T15:23:00.000-07:002013-10-15T15:23:23.835-07:00RIP Grandma Thompson 1927-2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My grandma passed away last Wednesday night. I got a call at work saying she had 24 hours to live, but she only had 9. It was so sudden. Saturday night we called each other and chatted about the Canucks game like usual. Tuesday night I called her and we argued about where to go for dinner on my birthday. My mum and I rushed up to see her and she was lucid and normal. At 11PM I went home alone to her house and my mum was to stay the night in hospital with her. I woke up in the middle of the night hearing someone call my name from upstairs and I was so scared. Just then my mum called me and said she was in the driveway and would I let her in? I opened the door, look at my mum, aunt and uncle and fainted. What a horrible night. At least she was not in hospital long. My aunt and I had to tear the house apart the next day to find her will and her final wishes. Thank goodness she wrote down what she wanted because we were in to state to decide anything and the funeral home wanted to know immediately what was do be done. Note to self: Pre-plan your own funeral. When my boyfriend and I met, we had 4 grandparents between us and now we have none. I feel so old.</div>
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This was taken by Vancouver's <a href="http://fonciescorner.knowledge.ca/about-foncie/">Foncie's</a> photos. Probably mid 1940's. </div>
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My grandfather and grandmother. Weren't they cute?</div>
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My grandmother's birthday was Halloween and she loved to dress up, wear masks and be goofy. On the left she's wearing a 1940's maid dress with her creepy mask last year. In the middle as a 1950's "girl".</div>
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This is the last photo I took of her. She was matching the display of Lake Louise blankets at Hudson's Bay. She said her friends would be so envious because of her jaunt downtown. We went to the Spaghetti Factory, drove over the Burrard Street bridge and tooled around Kits.MmePolairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00764228219077539111noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9223346265451544043.post-61911939339353052672013-10-02T11:45:00.001-07:002013-10-02T11:45:50.586-07:00October 2nd Costume - Corpse Bride<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I made this costume several years ago for my mum's Halloween party. My boss gave me a size 26 wedding dress she had, which gave me quite a lot of fabric & lace to cut up and play with. I couldn't bear to paint it, so I painted the shredded lace trim instead. The top is a steel boned corset with little fimo ribs. My veil is a curtain I painted out on the lawn. The wig is the "official" Rubies one & it was a nightmare. I itched all day and night with that damn thing on. </div>
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My boyfriend was Charlie Chaplin that year. He said the corpse bride was his favourite costume on me - probably because my cleavage was on view...</div>
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My mum was a clown - do you like the big red lips I painted on her?</div>
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I recently completed this dress - I've been working on it for 3 months or so. It is for my step mother who is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She will be wearing it in a parade and to veteran's events in November. She lives in California, so I only had one opportunity to try a partially made bodice on her in June. Fortunately she and I are of a similar height and size. </div>
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I bought the main fabric for $6, the hat trim fabric for $3 and the petticoat fabric for $4 at the Goodwill. The hat was $1, but I uncoiled it and re did it into a flat crown. The corset is made from leftover upholstery fabric from a job I did and the panniers and pantaloons are from free sheets I got at a rummage sale. I know everything is not totally historically accurate - but it's tons better than a ready made costume bought off the net. It is a mix of old and new sewing patterns. The panniers are from Norah Waugh's Corsets and Crinolines, although much smaller.</div>
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I really must thank <a href="http://americanduchess.blogspot.com/">American Duchess</a> for all the inspiration for this costume. I endlessly poured over the details of her dresses and hats. Especially the idea for the covered buttons up the front, this solved a huge headache for me!</div>
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My friends Caesareo & Erich were married August 30th. They have been together 18 years - since high school! They got hitched at the LA courthouse, much to my dismay. I had a whole 1920's themed wedding at the Biltmore Hotel planned out in my head for them!</div>
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Caesareo is super talented. It's a wonder he had time to get married, seeing he just completed making the dress Lady Gaga wore at the VMAs. He also made her origami dress too. </div>
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This photo is of the 2 of us while we worked at a theme park I can't mention. We had so much fun there. One night I pushed him around the park in a lost & found baby stroller at 1am. Finally the wheels splayed out & we parked it beside a very famous car that was used in parades. Much to my horror that damn stroller stayed there for months!MmePolairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00764228219077539111noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9223346265451544043.post-37790351069706780772013-08-30T13:42:00.002-07:002013-08-30T13:42:31.298-07:00Outfit Post - Striped Shrug<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I bought this striped shrug last night at a store called Fred Meyer. It's a half grocery/half household goods and I almost never find anything there. They had 70% off clearance, so this shrug turned out to be $6.00!</div>
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My hair is finally long enough I can put it up into to braided buns. I haven't been able to do this since high school. In a little over a year I went from short hair to long and it is so much more fun!</div>
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Wednesday I skipped work and my mum, aunt and I went to the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver. It is a large yearly fair that has been going on since 1910. </div>
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Even though I am <i>trying</i> to be on a diet I had poutine with grilled chicken on it for dinner. You're supposed to eat naughty at a fair, aren't you? If you have never head of poutine - it is French Canadian and consists of french fries covered in cheese curds and gravy. Hardy low cal.<br />
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There was an ABBA tribute bank playing in the park. They were excellent, but what was even a better show was watching one guy who was sure they were singing only for him. Blowing kisses, holding his lighter and spinning - awesome!</div>
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The main reason we went to the fair was to see The Proclaimers. I've wanted to see them since the late 80's. Finally it worked out and they were wonderful. They sang all the songs I wanted to hear, they were funny and they were excellent musicians. PLUS - there were a number of men in kilts attending, which certainly wasn't hard on the eye!</div>
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My great aunt Nora died at the end of July. She lived in Cupertino, CA, but
her funeral was some place north and east of Mission BC - by Stave Lake
& Golden Ears. Reeeeeally far out there from the lower mainland. On
the way back we drove home through Burnaby and East Vancouver. I guess I
haven't been through these places much, because it was like a whole new
city. Businesses that had only Filipino writing on the front, strange
apartment complexes, funky old house tucked away between industrial
buildings - it was like being in another city!</div>
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My beautiful cousins Heidi and Christie and I - a thorn between two roses. It seems a bit unfeeling taking smiling photos at a funeral, but I hadn't seen them in quite some time and was really happy to visit. <br />They we dressed, as was I in an modest black dress, which we thought appropriate for a funeral. I was shocked at the attire some of the attendees wore - capris, shorts, tee shirt, a bright red dress so low cut I could almost see nipples. ITS A FUNERAL! Can't you dress up for a few hours? Am I the only one who thinks this?<br />
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It was my grandmother's sister who died. At 85, she still has 4 brothers and sisters alive, so she is luckier than most. But - Nora was her best friend . Auntie Nora was always nice to me, always wanting me to visit. Just until a few years ago, she sent me a cheque in the amount of my age for my birthday!<br />
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My cousin Chuck works for Yahoo! in Cupertino. They not only gave him a paid week off to attend the funeral, the offer of more time if he needed it, they sent this bouquet of lilies to my grandmother! </div>
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On June 9th I won <a href="http://www.insomniacsattic.com/">Insomniac's Attic</a> $100 giveaway at her online store! I was travelling to my dad's in California at the time, and did not realize this until a few days later. I felt horrible because it looked like I couldn't even bother to respond, but I had no idea I'd won! Anyway... Insomniac herself was planning a visit to Vancouver in July, so we met up for lunch at Granville Island, and she brought my winnings!. The ONE photo I took of us ended up being corrupted on my camera :( </div>
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It was such a lovely day at Granville Island, my mum, Insomniac, her daughter and I had lunch in the main part of the public market. Even though I hadn't been there in like 6 years, I was so happy they still had pierogies. We went tooling around shopping and Insomniac bought me an espresso ice cream at Rogers Chocolates! It was so awesome meeting someone whom I had so much in common with and she was SO nice! I wish Calgary wasn't so far away!</div>
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This is what I chose from her <a href="http://www.insomniacsattic.com/">shop</a>:</div>
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<a href="http://www.insomniacsattic.com/repository-antique-items/an-metal-spiderweb.html">Silver Austrian Spider</a> - It is so delicate and lovely, I'm going to convert it into a brooch. </div>
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<a href="http://www.insomniacsattic.com/repository-paper-items/pa-edward-gorey-mysterious-messages-notecards.html">Edward Gorey Mysterious Messages Cards </a>- My best friend just got engaged, so I sent him one congratulating him. These are so lovely I think I'm going to frame a few.</div>
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I visited my dad in California for 2 weeks and the moment I came back I started making this cake. My aunt loves true crime novels and I needed to top her previous birthday cakes. I designed the "cover" and had it printed on an edible sheet. Only $8! This was my first time working with rolled fondant, and although it was messy and scary it went pretty easy. My aunt loved the cake and is freezing the top part.</div>
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These are two of her past birthday cakes. The scrabble tiles were was made with gum paste. The cake on the right is 10 layers of ice cream flavours. I was so scared it was going to fall over!<br />
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I was at my dad's for 2 weeks and only managed to take pictures of his cats. Not even one of him on Father's day. Minnie on the left is a devil with a porcelain doll's face. She was glued to my side and sat at my feet every night. Midget in the middle is not all there and scared of every visitor ever, save me. Mikey on the right is wearing a toupee of Midget's hair!<br />
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On another note, my friends Willie and Alex, who have been separated by years worth of government bureaucracy were finally both together in Canada for the first time! They've been married for 4 years and have done everything by the book, but Alex could not cross the border. I'm so happy for them!MmePolairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00764228219077539111noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9223346265451544043.post-8248225030672710202013-06-03T19:57:00.003-07:002013-06-03T19:57:59.007-07:00Victoria, Sting & Highland Games!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello all! I've been super busy at work and even busier at home. For some stupid reason I took a commission from a local bed & breakfast - who is re doing all their rooms. I've been making pillows by the dozen as well as complicated window bench seats. I've been sewing so much I dislocated my thumb last week! This weekend I got to take a break and visit Victoria and see the highland games. </div>
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1890's animatron ladies drinking tea at Murchies. On the right is a blurry shot of the Sting concert. My mum is a huge Sting fan and this was or 25th Sting/Police concert. A million years ago I dated someone who worked at NBC and we got to meet him 3 times at the Tonight Show, so no concert is ever <i>quite</i> as good as that.</div>
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Saturday we went to the Royal British Columbia Museum. This is my most favourite museum EVER! I've been there dozens of times since I was little. Once I was old enough to go by myself at around age 8 I was giddy with excitement! To my amazement they had a wonderful exhibit of the <a href="http://explore.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/">British Antarctic Expedition</a> of 1912 and an IMAX about Shackleton's amazing deeds in the Antarctic. My real love is the Arctic, but the Antarctic will do too. I became obsessed with the Arctic while visiting Victoria in 1986. The remains of Franklin's expedition had just been found and there was a huge to-do about it. The wax museum had recreations of the exhumed bodies, I was so scared and thrilled at the same time!<br />
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We took the ferry back on Saturday and went to the Bellingham Highland Games on Sunday. The weather was lovely and there were men in kilts EVERYWHERE! Next time I should go without my boyfriend so I could do some hardcore lusting! To the left is the world champion Simon Fraser Pipe Band and to the left are some lovely girls dancing the Hornpipe. The Hornpipe is the cutest dance that can ever be, if you've never seen it click <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcyV2rmiYD8">here</a>.<br />
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There was a display of Scottish military uniforms. On the left is one from WW1, similar to the one my great-grandfather wore! On the right are some braw lads heaving the caber. </div>
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OK, ok, ok, so I know I took waaay too many pics of my vintage stuff, but once I got going, I couldn't stop. So I apologize for all this junk, but I still blame <a href="http://sophistiquenoir.com/category/monthly-themes" target="_blank">Mrs. VictorianKitty</a> for picking such a great monthly theme! </div>
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One of my most favourite skirts. My old boss gave it to to me years ago, it is wool & still has it's 50's tags inside. I have a number of 50's wool poodle skirts, but only one giant pocket watch skirt!</div>
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Two of the shelves in my dining room. I cannot fit another thing on them. Can you even see the 1870's Chang & Eng figurine, the Expo 86 bell, the 60's saccharine container & 50's swizzle sticks? I think I need to put a few more shelves & thin this mess out.</div>
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OK, on to some of my vintage clothing. At the left is a mid-1920's orange silk and black lace dress. this fits, but it seems so fragile I am scared to wear it. In the middle is a wool 50's dress I bought at the Sally Ann for $1.50. The copper lace dress on the right is bias cut and I think it is from the late 1930's or early 1940's. Back when I was painfully thin, I wore it to a fancy dinner and people thought I was pregnant. Ever since then I've stayed away from bias!</div>
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The mid 1920's dress on the left I think is made of rayon, not silk. The early 1930's dress in the middle IS silk and is totally fragile. The sort of 1940's dressing gown-ish dress on the right used to look so awesome on, until I ate too much Ben & Jerry's. :( (not pictured - Victorian blouses, bright 60's mod dresses, 50's prom dresses, Edwardian summer whites, Victorian boots, flapper hats etc...)</div>
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The wall by my tv is on the left. It features framed sheet music, postcards and prints from my editions of 1920's La Vie Pariesiennes. In the middle are are some of my tiny (mostly vintage) books. At the right are the bookcases and wall by my computer. On the bookcase are vintage shoes, hats & a posture brace. That's a framed photo of my grandmother in about 1925. My mother said my house was like Pee Wee's Playhouse meets the Haunted Mansion, so I like to think that - instead of it just being an utter schizo mess.</div>
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A few of my vintage dishes - I am very partial to pine & thistle. In glasses I am partial to Scotsmen, curling and bowling.</div>
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A little bit of my bathroom, I bought Elvis in a junk shop in Richmond, B.C. in about 1986. I have so many postcards, I like to rotate them in frames, currently I have big bum postcards up. At the right are my vintage clowns. I don't know why I did this to myself, as I am scared of clowns. The little ceramic fellow holds my tv watchin' glasses at night.</div>
MmePolairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00764228219077539111noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9223346265451544043.post-75359539443396560612013-03-30T20:41:00.001-07:002013-03-30T20:41:21.204-07:00Insomniac's Attic Easter NestsInspired by <a href="http://insomniacsattic.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-professors-monthly-homework.html" target="_blank">Insomniac's Attic</a> post about her mother's 1960 recipe for Easter nests, I decided to make some for my Easter baskets.<br />
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Instead of jelly beans, I used Mini Eggs, but used exactly 2 of each as she did.</div>
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A too-busy photo of the finished baskets. As the nests had to travel, I wrapped them in plastic. </div>
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On the left is fabric from <a href="http://lowpricefabric.com/" target="_blank">Michael Levine</a>. It was ALWAYS by favourite fabric store when I lived in LA. Sometimes I have nightmares that I'm on Maple St, and they're closing in 5 minutes and I just can't get to the front door in time. From them I bought skeleton toile, osteology in black and some dia di los muertos fabric.</div>
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On the right is some Ghastlies fabric, Michael Miller Nevermore in black and some super silly pink elephant fabric. It reminds me of the <a href="http://www.elephantcarwash.com/" target="_blank">Pink Elephant Car Wash</a> in Seattle.</div>
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On the left is flocked wool from <a href="http://fabric.com/">fabric.com</a>. The picture was awful on their site, I could not tell what those ladies looked like. But thankfully they are all vintage-y and sweet! On the right is assorted fabric from Jo-Anns, some Halloween, some for 1940's blouses. The beige & black lace is from MOOD, by boss brought it back from NY for me!</div>
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Above is my new dress, made with Alexander Henry Osteology fabric. The dress is a mix of patterns - Simplicity 1699 for the skirt, Simplicity 1651 for the bodice and McCalls 6278 for the modified sleeves. Simplicity 1651 is a new pattern and while it looked smooth and nice, it was not so. The shoulder seams were so out of whack! They might fit if my shoulders were 3 inches higher and sloped upwards towards my ears! The front sweetheart neckline was also way too wide, thank goodness I cut the bodice in lining first! You can't see, but there are self covered buttons with skulls on the sleeves.</div>
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Max went to the vet to get his last round of boosters today. When I adopted his 2 years ago he weighed 10 pounds and he now weighs 12.5! When I was waiting for his I inquired about getting him micro chipped.after I heard some scary stats about missing kitties on tv. To my surprise it was only $40!</div>
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When I got home my boyfriend insisted on talking to him like a robot, now that he's a cyborg. Then he "forced" me to sing the theme song from Small Wonder to Max, which for some reason I know all the lyrics to...</div>
MmePolairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00764228219077539111noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9223346265451544043.post-975586354595245472013-03-20T21:24:00.001-07:002013-03-20T21:24:26.336-07:00Monthly Homework Assignment: Spring!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well, you would never know it's Spring here in the Pacific Northwest. It hailed, rained and stormed all day. My poor kitty went in and out so many times he was practically a blur in the doorway!<br />
When I was a kid, my mum and I attended a huge family Easter party. Regardless of my age, I was always in charge of hiding the candy all over the backyard. I think this was because I was the least likely to indulge! To me Spring and Easter mean chocolate - and lots of it! In my family I am in charge of filling Easter baskets for everyone.<br />
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I am fortunate enough to wear whatever shoes I want to work. My boss is a shoe fanatic who is constantly ordering from Nordstrom, and being an office job I can wear heels without killing myself standing on them all day. These are some of my non-boot related shoes that I wear to work.I have a penchant for flats or Victorian/Flapper-ish oxfords. </div>
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MmePolairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00764228219077539111noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9223346265451544043.post-60103565478382036682013-03-14T19:43:00.002-07:002013-03-14T19:43:22.669-07:00Outfit Post - Stretch Black Satin Dress With Mourning Pin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I bought this dress a year ago to wear to D-Day Ohio, and then promptly forgot about it! When all your clothes are double or triple hung, sometimes you lose something for a while... Yesterday I found it again! I'm wearing it with my new Victorian-era mourning pin. I've bid on a few in the past but they all went too pricey for me. Finally I got one! I know it's from a child's funeral, but how would they wear it? I picture it on a black armband. As much as I want to wear it that way, I don't think it'd be appropriate for work!</div>
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MmePolairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00764228219077539111noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9223346265451544043.post-66834694717359174392013-03-11T19:14:00.001-07:002013-03-11T19:14:33.732-07:00Re-Upholstered Skull Print Sewing Chair<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've been looking for a new chair for my sewing room for a while now. I already had this fabric and knew how I wanted to use it. I finally came across this chair in a church based thrift store. I was looking it over and explaining to my boyfriend what I wanted to do with it "I want to centre the skull here" etc... when one of the women working there (who had been following me around the store) came over and tried to take the chair from me - saying it was not for sale. I asked her why and she could not come up with an answer. But what she didn't see is that my boyfriend had taken the tag to the register, paid for it and them came back and took the chair out of her grip. When she started o protest, the manager came over and asked her what was wrong with her and she needed to get in the back. It was all SO stupid!<br />
Anyway, I LOVE how it came out & it is the right height for my sewing table. I also made matching curtains as well.<br />
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Up next in my catalog scans is the Charles Williams Store Catalog Fall/Winter for 1925. I bought this catalog on Ebay about 10 years ago. </div>
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I love the addition of fur at the hem of some of the coats.</div>
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Love that bottomblack and red dress on the right.</div>
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Stompin' Tom Conner died tonight. at age 77. I was fortunate enough to see him in concert 2 years ago, which my mum and I agreed was one of the best shows we've ever seen. And we've seen 1000 shows or more. He was so pro-Canadian in such an honest, sweet way - and he had a song for everything! One of the highlights of the Vancouver show was his song about the Second Narrows Bridge Collapse - "The Bridge Came Tumblin' Down". But my favourite as to be "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl751CDdRZI" target="_blank">Sudbury Saturday Night</a>" from 1973 at the Horseshoe Tavern. I have a bootleg of the entire show. When I first saw it on tv as a child I was riveted and searched for it for years. <br />
And as a hockey fan, the game would not be the same without his "Hockey Song". They even played it at a Fresno hockey game I went to last year, people around me were staring as I sang ever word as loud as I could. I will miss you Stompin' Tom!<br />
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To my amazement, when I looked through my closet today, I have NO purple clothing! I have three packed closets and no purple. And, after looking at all the lovely posts today, I definitely need to remedy this situation! Such beautiful shades of purple! Smokey gray, eggplant, almost black purples...<br />
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The only purple I could find were socks - 10 pairs of them! Also pictures are my new marie melli undies. I have just discovered this brand, they fit so smooth! <br />
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