Monster Talk with 3 Headed Steve featuring a Style Goal update

Number six on my Style School goal list was to increase my shoe collection. I think it's safe to say that that is one goal I accomplished big time:



I bought every pair at the same thrift store for 99 cents a pair.



The brown stripes and the black and white are two of my favorite pairs. Unfortunately, the heels on the brown pair are high and tiny, so I need some practice if I'm going to wear those. I might also need drugs to numb the pain. The black and white pair are vintage for sure and are cracking and yellowing on the white part. I'm going to keep wearing them anyway.

I plan to continue collecting shoes. I might make a list of the kinds I would like to have and start being a little more picky, but maybe not. They only cost $1 and are fun!

This goal was pretty effortless. I feel like I used to never ever find shoes my size at the thrift store, but I have been crazy lucky lately.

In other news, Felix and I developed a pretty cool new game based on this fabulous drawing:



That thing on the right is referred to as "The Light Monster." On the left we have 3 Headed Steve, whom I created. He is also topless and anatomically correct, if you noticed. Anyway, we now play a game in which we talk in our lowest, gravely-est voices and talk about great stuff like scaring and monster work. The other day we put on our weirdest monster suits and snuck upstairs to do some scare work. As it turns out, Chainsaw could hear us monster talking all the way upstairs and hid to scare us first.



Here's a sneak peak at a wallet I'll be listing tomorrow. I have a bunch to share!

Let's talk a little about Style School

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The first thing I have to say about Style School is that it was AWESOME. It has been really fun and totally gave me the guts to dress and live more expressively. Does that make sense?

I've always known that I like these things:
hats
big glasses
hair flowers
hair pieces of all sizes (including pretty big)
bright colors
buttons

plus more probably.

I didn't really have the guts or ambition to do anything about my love for more of those things. Now I do all of it in addition to new things I learned that I like.

I'm not sure how many of the projects I have finished, but I plan on doing almost every single one. I have a pile of supplies on my table ready to go!

Here's are my completed Style School projects:

My faux vintage brooch wreath



My photo wall art (with faux polaroids. double faux so far guys!)



My pocket pillow, which was a bonus project:



Chainsaw said he had had that shirt since he was 16! I didn't even know that when I cut it up, but at least we're using it now instead of ignoring it in the closet, right?

My quote pillow, which wasn't turned into a pillow at this time. It is now and looks cute with it's friend Pocket Pillow!



My first vintage tie headband- made from vintage handmade vintage ties!



My Woodland Yarn Flower Arrangement:



My Upcycled Embroidered Bag:



Am a little addicted to these vintage bags now, but that's a story for another day!

My wonky wooden fambly:


My embroidered cardigan:


Another thing I can't wait to multiply.

My wardrobe remix leg warmers:



I've made two pairs of these already!

I have a couple other projects I haven't photographed because I don't love them. I have much more to say about Style School...tomorrow! :D

Happy Friday friends! I'm going to go finish some cute new wallets and maybe even design a new wallet style. What are you doing today?

The fruits of my labor

I did it! Ok, I did some of it!

Here's the skirt I promised myself I'd make:



It's made from a vintage sheet, and I think it turned out AWESOME. It took me around an hour. I think I might shorten it a couple few inches or so, but I'm down with making some more of these as soon as I have the fabric!

I embroidered one of my 99 cent grandma cardigans for Style School:



It turned out pretty cute. I'm thinking about upping it's dorkiness by adding a big cursive A monogram on the other side. I think I got my newfound love for granny sweaters from my mom, who notoriously always has one at work. I don't think she wears them at home, but she has this baby blue grandma sweater that was always on the back of her work chair! Anyway, I've been wearing it all weekend. It's warm and looks good with everything, including my jammies.

Ok, gotta go to the post office and mail Laura's surprise package!!

Took a sick day

Sorry I was absent yesterday, but I felt the need to take a sick day. So I spent all day on the couch, sleeping when I could, and watching kid shows with Felix when I couldn't. If I hadn't of felt crappy, the laziness would have been absolutely delicious!



Here's a style school project I finished the day before my sick day. I think I did kind of a bad job. I didn't have a small enough brush and ended up giving myself weird marks above my eye. I didn't have black paint, so I used a fine tipped black marker, which bled on the wood of Chainsaw's face. I might have to redo Chainsaw completely and fix my face somehow! I need to get some black paint!

New hair flairs are in the shop! So if you want to look fancy, go check them out. :D

Hair Flair

So I have clean hair today AND I made a couple more silk hair pieces.



This one is lavender and has a pretty white and gold vintage button center.



This one is all mine! It's buttery yellow, and the center is part of a vintage clip on earring I got from Grandma Mary Ann's collection that my stepmom Kris is the executor of these days. It looks so snazzy, and, even though we never met, I think Grandma Mary Ann would approve if she were here!



This cutie is the hem of a tie dye dress I cut up for another project. I absentmindedly crocheted it one day, and it now resides on this hair clip. It has triplet sisters that joined forces into a braided rope I wear as a necklace from time to time.

This is my Upcycled Embroidered Camera Bag for Style School.



I think it turned out super cute! The hardest part was threading the needle with yarn, but I got it worked out eventually. The project was to turn a bag into a camera bag, but I don't think I'll use it for that. I'm not sure if I'm using it for good or evil yet.

Clutches

Two of my pretty new clutches.



Style School project with thrifted vases.

Gotta keep it short and sweet, but I just wanted to show off what I've been up to.

Button Earrings

Vintage Button Earrings will be in the shop tomorrow along with their wallet buddies. My wallet pictures turned out really bad, and I need to retake them.



In other news, I finished my Vintage Tie Headband for Style School. I think it turned out super cute, and Chainsaw says it looks fancy! He also appreciates how high maintenance I've become since starting Style School.

Pocket Pillow

This was a bonus project for Style School that was posted before school started.



I stole the shirt from the closet. Ok, so I asked Chainsaw if I could use it because I don't remember ever seeing him wear it. He said yes ONLY after I told him I was going to make a present for him.



I embroidered our initials in a heart on the pocket. I then bestowed it upon Chainsaw with a secret sexy poem in the pocket. Felix wants me to use the other pocket to make one for him!

I'm currently working on some heart pouches. I'll have a couple Love Bullets and something completely new to show tomorrow!

Photo Wall Art

My next Style School project was photo wall art.

This one features some faux polaroids and some of my favorite pictures.



Looks good with my wreath, eh?



Pardon flashes and reflections. I should have taken a photo before I put the glass in, but it was hard getting the nail through the itty bitty hole on the back of the frame. I opted not to take it down for a do-over.

Also, tell your heart to stop beating so fast over that picture of Felix Beverly. That kid looks so good in a mullet that it's scary.

Faux Vintage Brooch Wreath

Here are some pictures of my first completed Style School project, the Faux Vintage Brooch Wreath. I have to admit that I wasn't super excited about this project. Burning questions uh, burned at my brain. A wreath? Are those cool? Why would I want to spend my time on something like that?




Well, I think it turned out pretty cool.



I made my flowers with security envelopes and vintage buttons. It looks pretty nice on my wall. I can tell that this Style School business is going to help me make use of some naked wall space.

First day of school

I can tell already that this is going to be way too much fun!





I realized that I said cute in 4 out of 6 of my goals, so I thought I'd add a couple more on for good measure. I'm excited about our first project today!

Guess what I'm doing!

STYLE SCHOOL!

I can't wait for it to get started!





I'd also like to share my favorite mug, thrifted for twenty five cents in South Dakota.