Kiss me in the setting sunlight

Winter Goldfish

Cold winter light is so good! This top is amazing, it needs more outings.

Velvet tunic top: Vintage handmade, 1960s? - gift, from charity shop

Black satin lounge pants: Vintage - charity shop

Fur and fake pearls collar: Vintage, The Wardrobe, Hastings

Pink paste earrings: Vintage 1930s, gift, from antiques shop Rye

Flowers: The last roses from the garden

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Sleek Sunset

Only had about 5 minutes to take photos in this light, it was a challenge! They remind me a bit of 'Club Silencio' David Lynch's Mullholland DriveX

Lilac Lurex

I'm wearing an amazing 1960s lilac lurex shirt-dress with one of my new leather badges.

I've been having fun playing around with lighting and trying to create atmosphere in recent photos. Wearing clothes can be like getting into character, which I love!

My favourite thing was to dress up in costumes as a child, best outfits were: an old red velvet curtain as a cape (naturally); wearing old pieces of fabric draped around me toga/angel style (I still have a piece of gold material I used to wear wrapped across my body like a sash); a Jasmine from Aladdin costume (the outfits in the film were way better, my favourite outfit of hers being when she was a slave to Jafar) and my ballet-wear/costumes (I remember in particular my favourite item was a sheer black wrap-around skirt which secured with velcro, I still feel really sad I don't have it anymore! Where do these things disappear to?!). But I haven't really spent much time just messing around with clothes in quite a while! Where's the fun gone y'know?!

So I'm aiming to get a bit more playful again - off I go to the dressing up box! X  

Winter Queen

A clear cold sunny day makes me so happy I have to wear my best satin dress! X

Leather Badges

I've been really enjoying making these leather badges recently, so great to be able to make something relatively quickly and then to wear it! A really satisfying thing. X

Leather Thing

I made a new thing, I love textures!! X

Leather Rosette on 1930s dress

I got some offcuts of leather and the first thing I've made from them is another rosette! Got lots of ideas of things to make with my stash so watch this space! 

In other news I finished my first ever zine last weekend, check out a peek of it here: http://homedreamsdreaming.tumblr.com/

I'm getting 20 copies printed at a local place so if you'd like a free copy let me know and I'll send you one! X

Spooky Karaoke

Hope you guys had spooooky Halloween's! I sang karaoke with my mates, now that's really scary! X

Bright and Striped!

Found this handmade striped blouse in a charity shop the other day and looking closely at its details I couldn't pass it up! The tiny delicate stitching, covered buttons and lovely darting details on the bust and back make me think that this blouse is probably quite old, maybe 1930s. The fabric is wonderful, very light cheesecloth cotton and the sleeves are so lovely with the little cuffs.
I haven't worn a headscarf that way since I was 11 when I used to wear a headscarf everyday because I hated having frizzy, curly hair. I'm very glad to say I've grown out of those feelings now! Being young is such a strange time really, so highly pressured, I'm very glad to be past that now. X

Twin Hearts

A silky top that I've started doing some appliqué on over the last couple of evenings. Tolstoy looking very quizzical over the whole process! Better photos to come! X