my day 11 outfit for mmm reminded me of just how awesomely intricate RTW pieces were back when our parents walked to school uphill-both-ways-in-the-snow, so i had to get some close ups for you.  ...
you shouldnt go from manhattans to burgundy back to manhattans and then on to champagne. im just saying. my me-makes this week started out with a serious test of seams on my hipster camo dress,...
i think three day weekends are all the more delicious when you unexpectedly have them OFF. walls are coming down at my place of work, so im free. freeeeeeeeeeeee! we left the house ...
ive made a facebook page for le blog. peer pressure finally did me & the rugster in, so i thought why not throw a little oona love in there. (also, during our battle to see who...
you have to see this right now. i applauded in front of my computer at the end like a DORK.
as you can see, my beau is highly judgmental of my last outfit for week three. he should be. indeed, it is not a head-to-toe me-made look, but a thrifted silk top (sides taken in, le...
sunnis post on improving the angle of her chin got me thinking about my school years today. (just to be clear, this isnt a response to her post. this is my completely separate tangent.) &...
mmm is totally whipping my ass in the best way. its truly a challenge to do a head-to-toe-me three days a week, especially when i realize a lot of my garments stay on a hanger because they have...
virtual technicolor flowers for mommaballoona du kalkatroona... (thats SOOC, mom. ask big daddy.) virtual technicolor pie for mama ruggy... (please make this again.) virtual technicolor drinks ...
(details on all the new makes to come later this week. go try picmonkey yo!)
last week, najah wrote up a nicely analyzed view of how shell balance sewing and life in the future (woefully forgetting a section for cocktails. bad, bad najah!). though i realize h...
on a hike with ruggy yesterday, he asked what was happening in my sewing life. (hes very good like that.) i yammered on for a bit about me-made-may: ill be wearing something ive sewn ever...
ive decided to throw my hat into the MMM ring. zo commands: no panic sewing. i like that rule. but really my closet is mostly made up of fancy frocks. so, instead of finishing...
as i mentioned in my post about lady danburrys awesomeness, at this time last weekend we were in vegas. this was my view by the pool, where i loafed around in a ten dollar ross-dress-for-less j...
on an busy workday running about with ruggy, i spied with my little eye a shop, a shop in an area where certainly there should be no shop of its kind... a shop called Fabric Planet. ruggy calml...
just a little all-caps action for you image lovin speed readers out there. I SO DID NOT MAKE THIS. as the label would suggest, i have my bratty little hands on my very own lady danburry. in fac...
oh hello. though ive been MIA, ive been lurking your blogs on my tiny phone and writing comments in my head! what, you didnt get them? note to self: check internet connection in brain. &n...
i didnt make this. i spied it on a vintage shopping break with sister beast on my trip back home, and snapped a picture thinking one of you lovely peeps could tell me HOW THE HELL THEY DI...
early this morning, i sent my stunning leggy gorgeous friend off with ten creations to wear at a host of coachella parties this weekend. best dressed is in the eye of the beholder, but she will...
the ruggian clan is in town, and yesterday we ventured out to malibu farm for their first annual feaster. ya heard me, feaster. it did not suck. ooh was this pretty white table ever a hot ...
im sending out some virtual flowers from our west coast garden to those that could do with more blooms back east. perhaps you need some smiles too? alright, you may partake in the bouquet...
home again home again, jiggetty jig. by the hair of my chinny chin chin. on the flight home, i passed the time editing these pictures i took about a month ago, of a wearable muslin inspired by ...
the pattern report heya heya. just peeking my head in quickly to give mistress tilly a nice warm spot where she can see all seven OWOPs. fabulous tilly, this was a great challenge! ...
heres my seventh and final OWOP to make up for that rainy sunday: my favorite version ive made (so far) of pattern runways gathered sundress. its also the most careful thing ive made to date.&nb...
hiya. though today should mark the completion of OWOP, i missed one day in the beginning, so youll be getting what i consider to be the piece de resistance tomorrow. of course, ill be on a plan...
(a little updated pre-script, my family thanks you for the warm and fuzzies. i know i often confuse the issue by writing about stuff that has absolutely nothing to do with the dress im showing ...
i used to wear crop tops all the time. so much so, i had a friend who would greet me with "belly" instead of "hello". i must have him on the brain, because this midrifforama was not m...
CANT TALK. BATTLING A POT FULL OF RED DYE REMOVER AND A POLYESTER DRESS. DRESS MIGHT BE WINNING. FUMES ARE ASTONISHING. outfit: top: vintage vogue 7016, first blogged here ski...
woo-IE! my tootsies hurt. must be from all the stomping around at Mood LA with ms tiger feet. she has feline paws suited for prowling. yesterday, Tigress sent me an innocent em...
its raining to beat the band here in it-never-rains-in-southern-cal ifornia. my plans of hitting the wacky stores on ventura boulevard for a live action shot have been drenched. ...
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