Showing posts with label thrifting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thrifting. Show all posts

1/31/2013

a dress a day: day 31

and..... day 31! yay! i did realize yesterday that i've been saying "a dress a day for 30 days" and yesterday was day 30, but i still wanted to finish day 31. the whole month i was saving this dress for last cause i haven't worn it before and it was such a great find, shoulder pads and all! its actually a size 10; sooo, yeah i know its a little big, but i like the look. 

this whole month was really fun! and i acutally only missed 2 days and didn't photograph one other, i thought for sure i would eventually get lazy and give up; but thats why it was a challenge. the pros of this month: i've found different, fun ways of styling my dresses. i've learned tons of stuff about photoshop elements! and lots of tricks for taking my pictures (i'm pretty much a pro with the self-timer) but i'm still learning; and lastly getting up and getting dressed for each day made my days very productive! the cons: having to get up and get dressed everyday! (i'll admit, i get pretty lazy-pretty fast). con #2, shaving. ugh. 
so now its over and i have never appreciated jeans so much more! oh they are wonderful! and like i said a few days ago, i realized i should probably invest in some new/different jewelry and shoes. pretty sure each day i only chose between 3 necklaces, 4 rings, maybe 3 pairs of earrings, a few fancy bobby pins, and about 5 different pairs of shoes; mainly my flat lace up boots. yes, yes i know i wore them about 85% of the month. :) 

so this was a really fun way to start off my new blog and shop. something pretty amazing happen a few weeks ago, so give me a month or two and something pretty sweet will be coming up. i plan to take a few days, and get some crafties going. i have a few sewing and other projects in the works. so stay tuned, and thanks for keeping up this month!!  
dress: thrifted
boots: seychelles
be back in a few days
hannah

1/29/2013

a dress a day: day 29

this shirt. i love this shirt! definitely one of my favorite thrifts, and its kinda perfect too! it's like, tie ready, with the little tongue-thingys for easy tying, (idk what they're called); but it's pretty cool. i usually feel totally 90's and/or 50ish in it.
headband: handmade
shirt: thrifted
dress: forever21
boots: forever21
hannah


 p.s. heres my 50ish-'i should be in a sock-hop drinking a malt right now' pose... just for the shirt.  :)

1/19/2013

a dress a day: day 19

hair pin: gift
necklace: forever21
jacket: thrifted
dress: target
shoes: urban outfitters
hannah





1/17/2013

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1/15/2013

a dress a day: day 15

hair pin: thrifted
jacket: forever21
dress: gift (target i think)
tights: jc penny
socks: thrifted
boots: gift (they're madden girl)

hannah

1/14/2013

1/11/2013

a dress a day: day 10

so, day 10,  yesterday... i did wear a dress! just didn't have a chance to get any pictures of it.. but i promise i did wear a dress! so, yes, i guess i did break one of my own rules, BUT, i still wore a dress! and the dress i wore has kind of a little story to go with it! soooo...

 a few months ago my mom and i went thrifting and came across a garage sale; we met some very nice ladies with tons of goodies! one of the ladies offered to sell me an old sewing machine for $8.00!! (but i'll come back to that), i found some lace curtains, dresses and skirts galore, sewing accessories, gloves and jewelry, and some other treasures; anyways, after i did my shopping around and both ladies sold me on an extra item or two... we left and continued on with are thrifting. but i still could not get over the fact that i skipped out on a vintage sewing machine for 8 bucks! (p.s. this was on a friday) that night, i washed and inspected all my goodies, and went thrifting again the next day. but that saturday morning i put on one of the dresses that i got from this particular sale (the dress i wore day 10). so we hit a few places and eventually we end up right around the corner from this one garage sale that was going on all weekend; and i couldn't help myself! i was still thinking about that 8 dollar vintage sewing machine! i mean, only 8 bucks! so we went back to try our luck and... it was sold... i let out an "aw-man!" and went shopping around again, just incase i missed something of course.  so as we're starting round two at this sale, one of the ladies son's walks out, and notices the dress i was wearing, the one from this sale. turns out he bought this dress for his wife a long time ago while they were dating and they continued to explain that she had passed away a few years back. i felt kinda bad for wearing his wife's dress, i didn't intend to go back to this sale or else i wouldn't of worn one of the dresses; but they seem almost happy that i loved the dress so much. and i do, this is one of my most favorited thrifts i've found by far!

 so there's the story about 'the dress of day 10'. one day i will for sure show pictures of it because its super cute and vintage-y.

hannah

1/08/2013

a dress a day: day 8

today was been very very rainy and windy! at least 2 1/2 inches already and just a few fallen branches here and there, but no major damage. i tried to run out in between the rain spurts to get a few pictures, but ended up being rained out anyways, thus the porch pictures. :)
about time to take the christmas lights down

scarf: gift
cardigan: forever21
owl necklace: gift
dress: target
socks: thrifted
boots: target

hannah


1/05/2013

a dress a day: day 5

 today was full of, in my sisters words, 'the winter blues'... it's been pretty gloomy and rainy for the most part, just one of those day's to stay inside, order in, and watch movies. which is basically what we did; i spent the day finishing up the crafts i started yesterday and my sister, brother-in-law and niece spent the day with us just hanging around.

hair accessories: gift
chambray: ebay (can't find the seller)
dress: ross
socks: thrifted
shoes: forever21

hannah