Sewing Savant and Possible Psychic

I love this dress:

Love the print, love the fit, love it. 

I mean, look at this thing.  It�s amazing:

It's perfect for swishing about, dramatic walks down spiral staircases, Mama Mia! viewings and casual summer parties.  I'd just add a white blazer for cool nights and I'd be set.  You can see it with a blazer at Everything Just So where the lovely Jill has included my pic with other party pics.

The best thing about this dress though?  It's handmade.  I�m always yelling about how much I love handmade vintage and this dress is a prime example why; it looks like it was made for me.  It wasn�t, of course, unless� Unless my 70s toddler-self sewed it for my future-self, at which point I should probably go on the next season of Project Runway because I�m clearly a sewing savant and possibly psychic!  

Happy Thursday, Everyone!

Gracey

A Floral Moment

The always lovely Stacey from Gray Skies (whom you should absolutely read if you don�t already) said she was �having a floral moment� last week.  And I thought, �well, what about me?  I like florals, I want to have a floral moment too.�  And then I remembered that I don�t actually like florals that much because they�re often too pastel for my tastes.  And then I found this vintage skirt:

And, et voila, I was having a floral moment of my own.  I found the skirt while I was thrifting with Kelsey (Hi, Kelsey!) and took it home, hemmed it, washed it and had to wear it right away (as one does).  I decided to pair it with a black v-neck sweater (Hinge via Nordstrom), a cream bow blouse (Old Navy), red tights (DKNY via Nordstrom) and brown, lace-up booties (Nine West via TJ Maxx).

Why that combination?  This photo doesn�t show it very well, but the skirt is actually pinkish-red, black and brown:

So I wore the black sweater to pick up the black, the brown booties to pick up the brown, the red tights because I finally own some and the bow blouse to keep the top from looking too dark in connection with the tights and booties.  And, frankly, I love it.  Even though this skirt is not remotely good for riding a bike in, it�s a floral I can do and do happily so you�ll definitely be seeing it again.

How about you all, do you have floral moments?

Happy Wednesday, Everyone!

Gracey