The Laugh-in Flying Squirrel Dress

Hiya Blogland!!! It has been a glorious weekend here in Western Maryland!! Gracie and the grand-puppy Noelle were a hit at the town festival. Everyone ooohed and aaaahhed over them and wanted to pet them!!

I took some pictures of the outside Autumn décor to share. I love decorating for the seasons and holidays!!

A little story about the pumpkin tower. I saw some examples on Pinterest using real pumpkins and urns. I brought these "fake" pumpkins probably 15+ years ago at Target on clearance. They are actually jack-o-lanterns that lit up but we don't celebrate Halloween so I've always turned the face to the back. I used a large planter we had with a crack in it with a tall stake placed in it.  I cut holes in the tops of the middle and large pumpkin and glued the three together. Added some Spanish moss, a vine I had and some leaves. I put the pumpkins down over the stake for stability. Put some OLD fake leaves around the bottom and a sign I made from an old door. WAH-LAH---a pumpkin tower for FREE--and it's re-usable!!

 

More pictures of our porch.

 

I stopped by a yard sale down the street during the festival. They had a nice box of jewelry for only fifty cents each. I got some awesome vintage goodies!!

 



 

I wanted to share a picture of my friend and "adopted" daughter Andrea . She was STYLIN' at church this morning!!

 

I wore the dress I made from tracing my butterflies dress. I call this my Laugh-in (remember that show) Flying Squirrel Dress. It was absolutely a hit with everyone!! I got more complements on it than anything I've recently worn. The jewelry is vintage/thrifted and the shoes are Chaps.

 

If I become a bit incognito this week, I'm helping with a Thanksgiving in September dinner for a dear friend who is near the end of his journey with cancer.

 

Take a moment this week and tell someone you love them. You just never know when time may end.....

 

TTFN

Tamera

 

 

 

 

Monochromania in grey

Hiya Blogland!! This will be a short post. YAY it's FRIDAY and I can have some peace and quiet!!

Sheila of Ephemera has been during a monochromatic week this week and ask others to play along by wearing a monochromatic outfit one day.

Unfortunately I don't have the FABULOUS colorful shoe wardrobe she has!!! Plus all of my bottoms are now blacks and greys so that sort of limited my choices a bit.

It finally cooled down today so I pulled out a thrifted Sonoma long-sleeve T with a silvery design on the front. I paired it with a thrifted Jessica London charcoal knit maxi and some old Thom McCan pewter leather loafers. It was almost like wearing pajama's all day!! I ruched up the bottom of the T to give it some interest and pinned it with a vintage silver leaf pin. 

 

 

Here's my blingy. The pin is vintage and thrifted, the bracelets and earrings came from the clearance bin at Burlington Coat Factory.

 

Tomorrow our daughter, SIL and grandpuppy Noelle are coming to visit. It's the Sharpsburg Heritage Festival and Antietam Battle Anniversary this weekend so we'll be taking the princesses Gracie and Noelle out and about.

Everyone have a fab weekend and I'll be back on Sunday!!

TTFN
Tamera



Coffe Cups, Oceans & Shoes....

Hiya Blogland!! It's been another one of "those" weeks.  I will be glad when October 1st gets here!! I don't drink booze but I'm about ready to start!! I told my supervisor I'm gonna bake the most decadent cupcakes EVER and bring them in on October 1st. We can then eat ourselves into a sugar stupor!

I've been a bit incognito--I was off sick on Monday & Tuesday (nasty Fibro flare-up probably from being STRESSED) so obviously no outfit posts. I planned to make one last night but was just too whupped and irritated to turn on the computer. Today's post will be catching up on all of my challenge and linkys!! My hubby brought me home a little something last night to cheer me up:

First up: My outfit for Shiny T Tuesday: Ocean. I'm not setting a new fashion trends here, it's a tried and true. It's been unbelievably hot and humid this week so I'm dressing cool in oceany blues and greens.  Skirt & T are thrifted. I've had the turquoise jewelry forever and the shoes are Amerimark. i noticed that my tshirt is getting baggy again-I took this in about a month ago.

Next up is my outfit for SpyGirl's 52 Pick-Me-Up Challenge: Coffee Klatch Tea Party.  Most participants are matching their cup. I totally read that wrong and tried to match what was IN my cup. I drink a green smoothie every morning as opposed to coffee/tea. The black in the dress is the inside of the cup. The green is the kale, the blue are blueberries and the white is the almond milk. The cardigan is the celery, cucumber and green apple. The dress was gotten on super clearance at Kohls, the cardigan is thrifted, bangles thifted and the shoes are clearance from Kohls.

Last but not least--this week is Citizen Rosebud's SHOE SHINE!!!  I had been looking for a comfortable pair of black wedge sandals all summer!! These are Croft&Barrow from Kohl's and were on clearance from $70 to well under $20!! They are super comfortable and easy to wear.

Sheila of Ephemera is having MONOCHROMANIA!! and challenged everyone to get together a monochromatic outfit to share. I'll be wearing and sharing mine tomorrow!! Everyone have a fabulous evening and I'll chat with y'all later.

TTFN

Tamera

Showing a Retro vibe

Hiya Blogland!! I hope everyone has had a fabulous weekend. I've been busy getting my autumn decorating done. Seriously--I have 5 bins of autumn decorations. My fav season next to Christmas!! Pictures later this week!!

First up is today's outfit post. Everything is thrifted/gifted. I picked up the jacket at the charity shop whilst running errands yesterday for $4!! I believe it had a skirt with it originally. There's no tags in it. I wore it over an old black camisole for some modesty. It has shoulder pads and a rather 40's retro silhouette. I paired it with a thrifted ruffle hem skirt. The shoes are Clark's Artisan I thrifted for under $5 last spring. They were unworn, a beige color, and had a grease stain on them. I got some leather dye and made them black!! And of course someone had to get in the action!!

 

Here's a close-up of the bling. the earrings are vintage clip-ons I converted to pierced, bracelets were thrifted. The brooch is a vintage hair ornament I made into a brooch. The purse is my great-grandmother's from the 1940's. The ALG monogram stands for Anna Lillian Grimes. I treasure it!!

 

As I said I stopped at a couple of charity shops yesterday in town. I managed to find a few goodies!!

 

 Another view of the jacket. It's definitely polyester and the front zips.

 

Polyester "silk" Chaus blouse for $3. Chaus was a big brand in the 80's for "professional" attire. I just fell in love with this print/.. I had avoided this style/brand in the past but I'm thinking I may need a few more of these!!

Russ brand rib knit tshirt with the tags still on it for $3. The stripes are a veritable rainbow of favorites. Here's a close-up:

I found another awesome tartan buttondown blouse for $3!! It's JonesNewYork and is gorgeous in it's aqua, pink and apple green glory!!

The one charity shop in town always has the nicest vintage scarves and craft/sewing stuff. I scored some 1950s-1980's Workbasket craft mags for 10 cents each. I love reading about old handiwork!

Here are some scarves. Black & white polka dots are always "in" in my book and I love the vintage pale grey and floral of the silk chiffon one!

This next scarf was the fab find #2 of the day (next to the jacket). a glorious vintage silk scarf with a FLAMENCO DANCER and a BULL FIGHTER!!!!

 

 I'm off to take Miss Gracie a walk if I can peel her off Daddy's lap. They are watching football together!

 

I'm linking up with the always chic gals at Visible Monday!! and Monday Mingle!!

 

I'll be back on Tuesday!!

 

TTFN

Tamera

 

The longest week EVER....

Hiya Blogland!! I am sure glad today (Thursday) is my Friday this week because work has been INSANE!!! I hate September as far as work goes because it's the end of the fiscal year and it just gets nuts.

I had a doctor's appointment yesterday and was able to sneak in a trip to a Salvation Army I rarely go to. I've evidently appeased the thrifting god's with the donations I made recently because again I scored some goodies on the cheap. It was $1 for all women's clothing and shoes!!!!

Two Foxcroft button-downs. One is a gorgeous cornflower blue
and the other a soft magenta pink.

Croft & Barrow Tshirt--I loved that it had teal, purple and
magenta with the black & grey.

DCC woman Denim shirt--I already have a chambray and a dark denim but
just loved this distressed denim and the ruffles down the front.

Mercer360 Zebra Striped Sweater. What's not to love? Soft silvery knit
with the graphic zebra stripe down the center of the front & back.

I love tartan anything (I'm 90% Scottish 3rd generation off the boat) and was THRILLED when I found the LandsEnd tartan buttondown a couple of weeks ago. Imagine my joy at scoring this awesome Chaps tartan buttondown. I'm plaid-eriffic!!

A Design Originals black sweater with adorable embroidered white polka-dots.

 

These barely worn leather Naturalizer booties will be so cute later with tights.

I fell in love with the buckle on these barely worn
Michael Shannon leather ballet wedges.

Easy Spirit never-worn microfiber wedge heel ballet flats.
 

Yesterday between the crazy at work and some IBS (intestinal issues) I dressed pretty low-key. This weeks SpyGirl 52 Pick-Me-Up theme is "White" so I pulled out the Koret White blouse I recently thrifted. The jeans are JustMySize and thrifted and the shoes are my adorable thrifted pink LizCaliborne loafers. I needed some happy feet!! I added some bracelet's including the cool pink skulls one Krista made me. I was comfortable if not the most OMGFASHUN!!!!

Todays outfit is compromised of all thrifted items except my bracelets. They came from the clearance rack at Burlington Coat Factory. The skirt is Cathy Daniels, the top is Talbots or Ann Taylor (I forget!), the belt is almost TOO FREAKIN' BIG NOW!!!  I'm wearing the Easy Spirit shoes-they were like walking on air!



  

I must say I am looking forward to a my three day weekend!! I plan on pulling out the autumn and decorating inside and out-pictures to follow!!

 

Everyone have a glorious weekend and I'll be back on Sunday!!

 

TTFN

Tamera

 

 



 

 

 

Ferocious and Funny

Hiya Blogland!! Hope everyone has been having a fabulous weekend!! Today's post will have outfits of course and some funnies, too!

First up-remember the fabulous Sheila of Ephemera's Halloween costume from last year?? How can you forget this amazing display of pure genius?? Check out the original post HERE

 

 

 I recently found a picture of this Barbie!! I think Sheila's version is far cooler!! Plus the expression on Vizzini is HILARIOUS!!

 

It's time again for Gracey of Fashion for Giants Literary Stylings #3. Go check out her cute literary inspired outfit!! I read several books this month, mostly tech heavy studies. I did TRY to read a freebie I got on my Kindle. 

Try is the operative word. I'm not much on sci-fi or fantasy and this was that type of book. Hinky plot, crappy writing and I baled less than a quarter of the way through. But hey the title inspired my outfit!!

Since this outfit was inspired...I'm also liking up with Flight Platform Living's Shiny T Tuesday:Inspired

I've been SLAMMED at work (end of Fiscal Year festivities). I've been reading every one's comments here but just haven't had time to answer. I'm so sick of the computer I spend little to no time on it at home!!

I'll be back around on Thursday!! Have a fabulous "hump" day!!

TTFN
Tamera

 

Put a hat on it

Hiya Blogland!!! Everyone having a fantastic weekend thus far?? I'm wiped out!! Saturday Gracie and I went for our walk and then Lauren and I power-washed the front porch and front of the house. I'm still recuperating!

This Sunday is The Style Crone's Hat Attack #2. I decided to break out one of my vintage hats. I brought this maybe 15 years ago at a yard sale for $1. I just fell in love with how cute and saucy it it. The netting is shot. It's a sweet navy straw. It would look adorable with a red gingham vintage summer dress. If you look closely you can see the little photobomb over my shoulder.

 

I stopped by the Goodwill and the Mission Thrift when I went into town on Friday after work.  I found a few goodies to bring home.

 

A pale grey & charcoal lace print St.John'sBay Tshirt for $2

A black & white thin knit Drapers&Damson sweater for $2

A gorgeous polyester silk made in Japan Kimono for $4.

I plan to shorten this into a jacket length

A nice warm fuzzy bathrobe for $3

 





I also had a pee my pants moment when I spotted this on the rack at Goodwill:

 

A teal boiled wool and knit Geiger jacket in pristine condition for $4. I squealed when I saw it. This will be going to someone special.

 

I dressed casually on Friday-it was miserably hot and humid. I thrifted the floaty top for $3 and the JustMySize jeans with the tags for $4. The shoes are old/retail.

 

I dressed as easy and as breezy as I could Sunday. I pulled out my faithful Walmart tribal maxi and some bright bling.

 

I'm off to link up with Hat Attack!! I hope everyone has a wonderful rest of the weekend and I'll be back on Tuesday!!

 

TTFN

Tamera