Me-Made-March is over!
I made it! Despite some very tricky situations, I never wore less than two me-made items per day all month, even though I'd only pledged to wear one. My poor hubby also made it, as I was so frequently pestering him to take photos for me. I feel that deserves a pat on the back for each of us.
This is a whole week worth of photos, so it is a mother of a post.
|day twenty-five|
hair-clips: me made!
sailor stripe shirt: me made!
skirt: me made!
tights: american apparel
boots: nine west
total items: three
|day twenty-six|
Twelve hours in a box office. We celebrated Wold Theatre Day a day early since we have no Sunday performances.
leaves felt headband: me made!
blouse: elisse at purr
skirt: me made!
shoes: ...? no label
total items: two
|day twenty-seven|
My old go-to outfit for chillier weather.
I tried a bit of a weird hair-do. I fully admit the weirdness of it.
I also included a pic of the outfit including my outerwear. All of my outerwear is either me-made or me-altered, but I have not been including it in my daily counts and pictures...mostly because if I did I wouldn't be required to wear anything else me-made and that would be cheating.
flower hair clip: me made!
mushroom hat: me made!
knit cowl: me made!
camel coat: me-re-lined and re-buttoned
cardigan: urban planet
knit blouse: me made!
belt: h&m
circle skirt: me made!
red heels: still a mystery
total count: six
See what happens when I count those extras?!
|day twenty-eight|
Baked a Pink Lady cake, and decorated it with chocolate and icing to look like a blooming cherry blossom branch. Sorry, no photos of that on hand. I also finished sewing the elusive vintage bathing suite project from last Summer because we were supposed to go hot-tubbing that night, which didn't happen... so I'll wait to give you proper photos of that later.
bow hairclip: me made!
bolero: american eagle hand-me-down
hairspray frock: me made!
boots: nine west
total items: two
|day twenty-nine|
aka: the day of the great flood
I already thought this day was a challenge for dressing to mmm standards as it was Spring Cleaning day at work. Really, the stuff that I make is not generally of the ultra-casual variety, let alone stuff I want to get dirty.
Then, after a day of grimy cleaning, the day got dirtier. Let the story begin!
About two weeks ago I began to be startled by loud burbling sounds coming from each of our water sources in the apartment. The handyman was supposed to be coming anyways, so I thought I would wait to ask about it until then. Then on Tuesday night, we heard water poor over the edge of our toilet. Upon inspection, disgusting feces water was rushing out of both our toilet and bathtub. Gross! It poured out quickly with nothing we could do and finally stopped while we waited for the after-hours handyman to show up. This had already flooded our whole bathroom and part of our hallway. The handyman came, tried to keep down his stomach while working on this landfill that was our home. He didn't know what was wrong and left to work a bit on some other emergencies going on at the same time. Then someone decided to do laundry, which is right next door to our bathroom. This caused a second great flood of laundry water which spread the flood over at least 1/3 of our whole apartment. At least the scented detergent in the water helped a bit with the smell. We managed to snatch up an electric power bar full of computer plugs seconds before the water reached it. Eventually we got sent to a hotel for the night while they attempted to deal with the mayhem. All in all, we were quite fortunate with it. What if we had both been out for the evening as we often are? Our belongings only suffered minimal damage and it was mostly the apartment itself (hardwood floor, etc.) that was irreparably damaged.
In all of this, as I waded through the flood to pack an overnight bag with clothes for the next day, I managed to pack me-made stuff. Smart or stupid choice of priorities? You decide.
hair-clips: me made!
cardigan: urban planet
shirt-dress/tunic: me-made!
leggings: urban planet
boots: nine west
total items: two
|day thirty|
stranded in a hotel
We were able to get a late check-out time for our hotel (since neither of us were supposed to work away from home during the daytime) and were allowed back in our apartment by 1. Then the cleaning began. I found that no matter how many times I washed my hands that day, I still had the strange impression that they were dirty.
Below I stand with the vintage small suitcase that was a prop from a show, which the theatre had fortuitously given me the day of the flood. I put it to use faster than any of us thought I would.
hair-clips: me made!
sweater vest: me made!
sailor stripe shirt: me made!
jeans: lucky
boots: nine west
total items: three
|day thirty-one|
Last day! I did it!
glam sweater: me made!
lbd: me made!
stockings: american apparel
shoes: aldo
total items: two
And thus ends the month of Me-Made-March and the mother of all posts.
You are SO TALENTED. You make me want to learn how to sew!
ReplyDeleteVery talented! I especially love the sailor stripe shirt, such a lovely neckline. Did you make it from a pattern?
ReplyDeleteThank you!
ReplyDeleteReana, no I drafted a pattern for the sailor stripe shirt. I have a fondness for boat necks and they seem hard to find these days.