Tuesday, February 23, 2010

My Jo March Dress


Created for fun! 

 

At first, I didn't realize that my dress looks like Jo's in the '94 Little Woman. Until several ladies on the Sense & Sensibility board pointed it out to me. 



It is fitting though. As I made my dress for my 18th birthday.

 

And guess what character I was? That's right, I was Jo March. 
 ~Ashley

Thursday, February 11, 2010

How to make your own Valentines T-shirt

 

 I thought it would be fun to do a little how to for valentines. Of course, you don't have to use hearts every time you do this. You can do any shape you want! You could even use letters or numbers to spell a message. :D 


1. Find a solid t-shirt. I'm just using a black one that I had in the back of my closet. 

2. Decided what you want on the front of the shirt. I'll be using a heart.

3. Draw the shape on a piece of paper and cut out. This will be your pattern.

4. Find some fabric for your shape. I used some fabric I had leftover from my valentines dress. 

 
5. Pin shape to your fabric. Cut.

6. Pull your shirt on the ironing board. 

7. Cut out matching hearts out of "Paper Backed Adhesive Web Sheet".  Apply webbing to the hearts with the iron.

 8. Decided on where you want the heart placed.

 9. Tear away the paper back.

10. Turn over the heart, the side with adhesive should face the shirt. Make sure that the adhesive doesn't face the iron, because it will stick leaving you with a mess! :O Press.

11. Repeat if you want more.

12. Now, you are going to want to do a simple stitch, either by hand or machine, around the edges of the hearts. This will make sure that the hearts don't move.    

 13. And then you are done! :)

 

If you have any questions, just ask! :)

 

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

What I'm Wearing - Ashley

 
~What I'm Wearing~
Cream ruffle shirt - Chaps (Kohls)
Brown Vest - Made by me
Silk Skirt (this doubles as a tunic) - Portobello Market, London, UK
Cream stripe tights - Kohls
Brown Wedges - Target
Cameo Necklace - Portobello Market, London, UK 


Please pardon the blurry pictures. :)

Nancy Drew's Style


We had a reader request a Nancy Dress post and I thought, "why not? I love Nancy's style!" So here we are, a post dedicated to the style of Nancy Drew. =) 

First off, I will give examples of what Nancy would wear in the original books c.1930s -1940s. I'll also share Nancy's style in the old black & white movies with Bonita Granvielle. 

If you have never seen the old Nancy Drew movies with Bonita Granvielle, may I highly recommend them to you! True, they are not like the books, but they hold the spirit of Nancy Drew and they are clean family-friendly movies. You can watch and download Nancy Drew: Reporter at Internet Archive, as it is in the public domain. The other Nancy Drew movies can be seen sometimes on TCM, or you can buy them on DVD. 

Nancy's Stye in the Books:

The Secret of the Old Clock


The Clue in the Diary

The above sets show some examples on how you can dress Drew's style today.  Wear classic looking skirts with blouses or nicer type of shirts. Do pair it with kitten heels and a nice cloche. As Nancy would surely approve. 

Nancy's Style in the Old Movies:


Nancy Drew - Reporter

In the movies Nancy wore blouses with bows, skirts, dresses, full slacks, fedoras, wedges, cardigans, and jackets.  All in all, Nancy has a very classic look.


Nancy Drew


The two sets above I made on Powerpoint last year. These capture more Nancy's style in the movies, then the books. 

Screen-caps from the movies for more inspiration:


  
  
 


I hope you all found this helpful to create your own Nancy Drew look. :) 


Friday, February 5, 2010

Random Friday | Lands End

 

This week we received the 2010 Spring Lands End catalog in the mail. While drooling over the lovely clothes, I found that I love just about everything in there! :-) Everything is so feminine and ruffly! And the pink! I love it! Now I normally don't love pink -I'm more a blue girl - so that says a lot. :D 
   

Head over the Lands End website to see all the wonderful spring clothing and colors! ;-) Even if it's only for inspiration.

  


Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Happy Birthday, Gabrielle!!!

My dear readers,

It is Gabrielle's 16th birthday today! :D She is a wonderful sister and my best friend!


her loving sister,
Ashley @--}---  <3

LinkWithin

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...