May 12, 2008
What I Did This Weekend: The Girl Version
Posted by Phoe under a sense of style, crafts, life stuff, shawlNot in chronological order because I’m not that anal today.
1) Took pictures around Winchester for a later post on expat life. (As suggested by Tiennie.)
2) Dug out an ancient copy of Color Me Beautiful (I can hear the groans now) and had a good look through it. As I was asking my mother yesterday, “do you ever look in the mirror and see Frump Woman?” I have been seeing Frump Woman a little too much for my liking lately. I mean I get that I don’t often wear more than t-shirts and pj pants/sweats but there was an underlying current of ick running through my closet. This (according to the 1980s fashion bible) is because I am a Dramatic/Classic Winter who has been dressing like a Sporty/Natural Summer. This has been remedied.
This weekend I went through my closet and jewelry box. My around the house wear hasn’t changed much of course, but my wearing out wardrobe is currently without icky colors that don’t suit me or anything overly casual/sporty. Well, almost. I need to find a pair of tailored linen cropped trousers.
One big surprise was jewelry though, how much of it was too delicate, too casual or the wrong metal (I’m a silver girl yet I had quite a lot of gold for some reason) for me was sort of astounding. I was onto something when I started making Signature necklaces though, they suit everything perfectly. Ditto buying Wyrding Studios pendants, they just suit me very well. (I have just bought two more because they’ve lowered their prices. How cool is that?)
3) I found the perfect red lipstick. I have been on a quest for the perfect red lipstick since 1997. My main problem has been that every makeup counter I have ever been to wants to put me in shiny purple-burgundy or orangey red. But I have discovered the proper formula of variables for the perfect red:
- BLUE red. Orange red = ick.
- If it’s dark, matte is best.
- If it’s light, shiny is best.
- MAC is good.
So the perfect red? MAC’s Ruby Woo. It’s very shocking to see myself in red but it’s got a 1940s flair that I am absolutely loving. When I work out this whole self portrait thing, there will be pictures. (Hi, I am a complete girl.)
4) I finished Kat’s shawl.
- Name: Kat’s Mint Chocolate Hooded Shawl
- Pattern: Hooded Shawl (Rav link)
- Yarn: 2 skeins Cascade Ecological Wool plus a tiny bit of Fleece Artist Aran Alpaca in Spring Awakening
- Needles: Knit Picks Harmony Needles in
- Notes: Fast and easy. I really liked the Cascade Ecological Wool.
This was a 2am grafting job across the hood but it’s done now and I am happy for that. Hopefully Kat will take much better pictures of this on and let me share them here.
5) I made a necklace to go with my Wyrding Studios Intent Pendant.
Those gorgeous green Swarovski crystal beads were a gift from B. Thanks B!
6) Put two new items to list on the FNKS page.
7) Fangirled some more.
Today’s Blogs:
A Room Somewhere: Another design blog, this one features fantastic old pictures as well.
Yarnstorm: This is Jane Brocket’s blog. I adore the pictures, the knitting, the tulips, the everything. I’ve been saving up her book to read for awhile now, I think it will be fantastic just-moved-reading.
Hope your Monday is going smoothly. Mine’s been rather manic and it’s not over yet. (We’re going to look at a car this evening.)
Eeesh.
May 12, 2008 at 4:15 pm
A friend is on a quest to turn me into a girl. So far we’ve done hair, makeup, shoes, and some clothes She’s threatening me with pedicures now and I have some Barbie pink MAC eyeshadow that looks inexplicably good on me. No idea what season I am, but I have hazel green eyes, somewhat olive skin, and cannot wear yellow AT ALL because it makes me look ill.
Good luck with the car! I hated car shopping. The only fun part was when we hid the Ford Escort around the back of the BMW dealer, waltzed in dressed reasonably smartly and tried on the Z3 for size to see if I could reach the pedals. I’m 5ft4, it’s a valid question! Sales drones flocked to the English accent and offered test drives, which we declined. Walked next door to the Lexus dealer, who begged us to take their SUV out for the weekend, then strolled around to pick the trusty Ford and drove home.
May 12, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Beautiful shawl and jewelry! I can’t wait to read about your photo tour of Winchester.
May 12, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Ugh, the quest for the perfect lipstick is a sore subject for me. Somehow I always feel clowin-ish when I wear lipstick so I stick to tinted lip gloss or trusty old chapstick…regular, not cherry, yuck! I am looking forward to seeing your new lipstick though, I think that you would look great in a red since your hair is dark. I will be envious from afar.
You have been on my mind a lot lately, sorry I don’t comment more, I do read you in my reader though. I have one more thing to go pick up and then your package is going in the mail. I started a pair of Monkeys yesterday in your STR sherbet. Heaven! I love the yarn and the pattern. I even got on the BMFA site to look at more STR, see what you started?
Okay, this is turning into a novel…I will be in touch soon. Sending you happy thoughts!
May 13, 2008 at 12:13 am
Yay for feeling more girly! I have a relatively new hairstyle (I first got it last summer) and I think it makes me look more glamorous than I feel. I will often catch a glimpse of myself in a window or mirror and be surprised that that’s me, and not the boring-haired girl I used to be. I find that feeling good about yourself outside helps the inside too.
That shawl is gorgeous as is the pendant. I look forward to seeing pictures of Winchester.
May 13, 2008 at 12:48 am
My shawl, let me show you it. Rather, Let you show ME it! *muah*
May 14, 2008 at 7:50 am
I recently bought Jane Brocket’s book–it’s on the “To Read” pile right under Valente books!