Outfit Day 8: Tuesday Dark Green

My boyfriend found my warm black vest and I found my long green sleeved t-shirt just in time for today's chilly day, for which I am thankful. This is a much more subdued color scheme than I usually choose, but it is nice to do something different once in a while.

Today on Pinterest I saw some ideas where you can cut off the sleeves of old sweaters and use the tubes for leg warmers or boot cuffs or spats with a bit of modification, so that is definitely something I want to try soon. I also want to knit some legwarmers soon.

Navy pants: Walmart
Green Long sleeved t-shirt: T-shirt shop in Victorville, CA
Vest: Cabella's

Running shoes: Don't remember but maybe Payless Shoe Source

Three Layers

I have two DIY projects going on right now. I'm crocheting a multicolored sweater inspired by a retro crochet pattern book from the 80's.

And I'm also knitting a multicolored vest. Once I worked at Macy's and their dress code said always wear 3 or more layers to look more professional, like pants, skirt and jacket or skirt, blouse and vest. That stuck with me all these years and I thought I'd go back to doing that, especially in the colder months.

Yesterday I also bought new blank t-shirts. I'll decorate them in a way that means something to me and use them as part of my wardrobe. I'm thinking of using Solvie (dissolveable fabric) and use it to do some machine embroidery on some of the shirts. Here is a tutorial on Threadbanger.

Tiger Baby

About 3 AM this morning I was surfing the web and came across a video that triggered an old goal I had. Namely, to go a whole year and only wear clothing, accessories, shoes, handbags and fashions I'd either re-purposed, embellished, or created from scratch. So today I'm making the commitment. I wanted to dress that way today so I had to chose things I had on hand already in my wardrobe. So here is the look for day 1.

I have never worn these 3 pieces with each other. The skirt I made for a belly dancing costume. The t-shirt I painted for a dance group I was starting. The hair ties I made to sell on Etsy but never got around to listing them. Somehow the colors all work together and I feel fabulous in them.

The navy pumps were so damaged I'd actually thrown them away yesterday. But this morning I rescued them and started gluing on buttons and beads and odd bits of earrings. It's going to take me awhile.

The best thing is I feel fabulous and totally me!