Autumn inspired by Ruche

I'm dreaming of more clothes for Autumn. Even though it's almost December I'm still in Fall mode. It was 78 degrees yesterday and gorgeous. I'm not ready for winter coats and hats yet. Except if it's this cute yellow, crochet hat seen below. I'm loving mustard yellow right now, well I always have but especially now since it's a lovely fall color. I can't get enough ochres, umber's and yellows. It reminds me of hot buttered Rum.... a favorite Holiday drink of mine. Nice and warm and full of flavor. Everything Pumpkin Pie! Probably because everything Festive happens in  the month of November and December. Here's some outfits I threw together... all from Ruche.

Outfit #1

This would be a typical outfit that I would wear everyday. I could wear it to work and then out to dinner with some friends. I usually wear dresses so this is right up my alley... paired with some tights and boots and now we're cookin'. I got a navy blue vintage coach purse on goodwill.com that looks very similar to this bag and I could totally crochet the hat. 

Outfit #2

I'm not that into slacks but I wanna try new things and I'm loving the royal blue color. It's also nice that these are flat with no pleats. This should look better on me... more flattering since I'm a shorty. I typically wear a skinny belt with almost everything I put on and this ring is tiny and cute and shouldn't get caught in my yarn. That's really the only reason I don't wear rings... oh and the fact that I have creepy, little boy hands.

Outfit #3

Okay, so I'm kinda scared of these pants. PLEATS!!! They could have the potential to look like

"Mom Jeans" and give me that Oh so bloated Pooch look that I try to avoid. They do look Fab in this picture but since I'm 5'2' it may go all sorts of wrong. I do love the Oxblood color though. The blouse and everything else would look A Okay.

Outfit #4

Oh me Oh my! This is a flirty little number. I'm super comfortable showing off my legs... I've got no problem there. This is something I would wear out to a dinner date with The Mister or out on the town with the girls. I like the fact that the blazer would be covering the "unfriendly" part of my arms that I'm not fond of and the tights paired with the shorts makes me feel a little more "protected"... not so much skin. The shoes I would kill for and the bow on the blouse adds a little naughty librarian vibe to the look.

Outfit #6

BAM! I caught your attention with this bright, red cardi. I would so wear this anywhere... to work, to brunch, shopping. This is a very versatile outfit, I can mix and match the cardi with other clothes as well as pairing the dress with a fancy jacket or a simple jean jacket and flats to chill in. I love that dresses are a

"no brainer". I don't have to think in the morning. I just pick out a dress and throw it on. Most of my clothes can be mixed and matched...that's what I try to look for when buying clothes. How many ways can I wear this? I don't mind that my shoes aren't matching my belt or that I'm wearing black and brown together. I believe there are no rules when it comes to matching... if anything being to matchy matchy is a bad thing.

Be creative and have fun, take some risks.

Now if only I had all the money in the world so I could buy everything I want that would be awesome. Usually I will look at clothes that inspire me and try to hunt down look -a -likes at Thrift stores. That's how I have to roll until this crochet gig starts paying for itself or I win the lottery.

Send me comments! I'm lonely!

xoxo



Meow meow meow

I've been a little obsessed with Kittah's lately. I really want these tights seen below... they are super subtle and cute. A little pleasant surprise always makes me smile.

There are more kittah tights to check out on

thatspoint.com

Kitten and Tattoo Illustration. What goes better together than Kittens and tattoos....

I dunno. Nothing? Check out more illustrations and images on juxtapost.

juxtapost

I totally want an over sized Kitty shirt to wear over legging with boots. Oooooo!

How comfy would that be this winter? Comfy and toot!

2threads.com

I love love love Berkley's Illustrations! I have a squirrel dressed in a suit hanging on my living room wall. I also was delighted to meet him in person at The Renegade Craft Fair in Austin, Texas.

berkley illustration

Harriet Gray's illustration a oh so clever! These are temporary tattoos designed by her.

I want some soooo bad.

harriet grey

Okay... okay. I would like a pair of these in grey please and I will wear them with knee high socks.

catsparella

Meet Christie and Georgia..... two very talented girls from New Zealand on a mission to document their love of vintage clothing, Diana cameras and much much more. I do believe these are two ladies after my own heart. I simply adore their whimsical blog and can't get enough of it! By the way... I effing love Diana Cameras!

thevelvettes

catster.com

What a cute little Kitten poster to print and hang on a wall. I do declare!

This kitten scarf is to die for! I want one in every color! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

catster.com

This lipstick is almost too cute to wear. There are soooo many colors to choose from.... a girl could just go crazy!

paul-joe-beaute

I'm starting to collect tea cups..... yeah yeah, I know. I'm a Grandma. So what. I love tea pots too! But tea pots and cups with kittens even better. Find these delightful little pots at Modcloth.

modcloth

Hello! Want you on me... now.

catster.com

Meow meow meow. Tights for the more colorful kind of personality.

I've been wanting to post about kittah wear for so long now, I'm glad I finally did it. I get so many ideas for posts caught up in my mind. I hardly have enough time in the day, week or month to blog about everything I want to. Whew! I'm always so busy crocheting for Parts & Labour and now I'm taking on more for the Art Bazaar. Yikes... it's all good though. Hope you enjoyed my post.

xoxo

2012 Blue Genie Art Bazaar

Hey guys! Sorry I haven't posted anything for awhile. I've been super busy preparing for The Blue Genie Art Baazar. This year instead of admiring local artists from afar...I am one of those artists! Yea for me. I still admire the artists of course. This year is going to be an awesome show. I started loading my animal heads and plushie guys on the 24th. We had 2 days to load and set up. The Mister and I set up most of the product on Saturday the 24th.... I went back Sunday the 25th to complete some finishing touches. It was very stress free! Matt helped me out a bunch..... I have some images that we snapped during the setup. Wanna see?

Here's the finished shelves... we went for the chaotic explosion of fun look. Can you tell? Lol

I was worried at first that I wouldn't have enough product to fill my space but then I saw the space that I had to work with and thought.... "Whew!" I had more than enough, now I just have to make sure I'm keeping up with production..... which means really sore hands for awhile. No kidding.... my hands are freaking sore as hell! The Mister even gives me hand massages, isn't that sweet. I'm hoping to make some good money. If I do then I'm going to treat myself to a new dress! Yippeeeeee!

I had more than enough hair bows.... bows bows bows! Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!

Make sure you check out the list of artists this year... it's going to be legendary! I will be posting more images of the opening... tonight is the preview party! I'm so excited. Stay tuned for more posts.

xoxo

Fall DIY Wreath

Fall is in the air and Thanksgiving is tomorrow! I'm so excited with all the festivities that are going to take place.... loads of family and cooking, not to mention yummy spiked holiday drinks! Those really make the season festive. More on that later.....

Last year I created a DIY wreath with felt and wanted to post a very clever new DIY.

This design is featured on nest of posies.

I'm so stoked to make this one! I'm loving these colors and they even match my house! Believe it or not my house is Tropical Teal and Cornucopia Orange and Brown. We live in a really colorful neighborhood called AGAVE. I don't believe that fall colors have to be all brown's, orange's and umber's.

You can purchase Styrofoam wreaths in various sizes at any local craft store for this project...typically they are in the floral section.

All you really need is yarn (in your choice of color) to wrap around the Styrofoam wreath gluing it in a few sections with tacky glue to secure it along the way. I would say use a hot glue gun but I'm not sure if that would break down the Styrofoam. After you completed wrapping the yarn around the wreath then it's time to move onto the leaves!

You can use your own pattern or download this pattern seen below.

 enchanted learning

Once you trace and cut out 20 leaves.... you will end up doubling them up and gluing them together.

First you have to stitch the veins onto the front face of the first 10 leaves. You will use craft floss as seen above using an embroidery needle. You can match your floss to the leaves or mix and match the colors. Make sure that when you start and end your stitches you are finishing them off on the same side because you will be gluing that side down. Always hide you unfinished ends.

Once all your leaves are stitched and glued to the backs then it's time to actually glue them onto the wreath. I would say at this point it's okay to break out the hot glue gun. Glue the finished felt leaves onto the wreath in any pattern that you desire. Tie a ribbon to the wreath to finish and hang. Voila!

Please check out nest of posies for many more creative DIY's.

xoxo

Day trippin in Wimberly

Last weekend the Mister and I took a day trip to Wimberly, Texas. Matt had to check details on a house that he has been working on and I wanted to check out some of my favorite shops. Wimberly is a small town about an hour away from Austin.... we've been there before for some wine tasting at Hill Country Wine Shoppe and thought it would be cool to stop by and sample some more.

We ended up sampling sweet wines..... they are all locally owned winery's which we like.

Wines

There is also a lot of fun trinkets and gifts to buy.

Anything wine related you can think of.

Off to see some boutiques! I really need to invest some time into learning how to crochet these.

Cute idea for a doll. Dammit Doll.

This romantic vintage bottles are hand made by the owner of the boutique.

I wouldn't mind having a few of these in my bathroom or on my vanity.

More dolls, scarves and clutches.

This is a clever way to display necklaces and bobbles. I have to remember this.

I'm loving these huge, chunky rings. I want to try to wear more jewelery.

Pretty display of bracelets and earrings.

Fall is such a magical time for me. I love the decorations and the smell of Autumn inspired candles.

Cinnamon and Spice!

Onto my favorite Boutique Wall Street Western owned by the lovely Jacque "Boots" Mason.

The store is filled with new and vintage clothing.

The clothes are very unique... there is a little bit of everything.

I'm diggin' the puffy skirts. Fun colors.

Mariachi prints galore!

I would love to play dress up in this skirt!

Not so tame jeans!!

Want these Native American earrings.

earrings, clips and headbands everywhere!

Boots as far as the eye can see.

Indoor Kitty taking a much needed Cat nap.

Top Hat anyone?

Glitz and jewels and the most expensive mirror I've ever seen!

I could spend all day looking at everything in this store but alas I must leave.

A picture of embroidered pillows in a random store. I love embroidery so much I take to share.

Matt snapped a quick picture of me right before we left. Fall in Texas = shorts. It was hot that day!

shirt: XXI

shorts: thrifted

vest: thrifted

boots: thrifted

I love taking day trips with Matt... I especially love Wimberly. Hopefully we will get a chance to make it to Fredericksburg sometime soon!

Comments are always welcome.

xoxo