Some Revamping of the old and new.

And so, it has truly been a long couple of weeks and with my NYC trip looming and many innovative things coming back on the plane with me, I haven't posted much but I have most certainly been shopping.
My first inately lovely item was this metal flower pin that I bought in an antique store. It's reminded me of a colorful version of Chanel's latest metal Camilia accessories so I snatched it up for six dollars. Seeing as I don't wear broaches very often and I live in a very warm climate where scarves bejeweled with pins aren't exactly comfortable, I bought a hideous one dollar necklace that had a perfectly good gold chain just waiting to be reused and I super glue a jumpring to the back of the broach. This was my result. I'll keep my eyes out for a white camilia one and make a second.

Next I went a little crazy and bought an amazing plaid cape. It's vintage and very comfortable and warm but it came with ridiculously out of place gold buttons sewn on the front. For ten dollars I leapt at the chance to buy it and I ended up replacing the buttons with oversized indigo ones.


And last but not least. I finally created the stunning carolina herrera sunglasses that I saw on www.modernmagik.blogspot.com. As suggested I searched for a pair of clear sunglasses that I found for six dollars and then with some borrowed lace I created the look. Instead of using mod podge though, I went crazy with an old bottle of clear sally hansen's hard as nails and glued the lace down. it worked perfectly and even though I can't see out of them, they look amazing on top of my head!













Oh, and I bought a fabulous 50's-60's dress pattern. Keep your fingers crossed, it might just work but not until I get back from the big apple.

Steals from the past week...and a DIY

So, I went shopping a few days ago and found some wonderful things but probably the greatest thing I've ever bought, and the best value, was this Chanel purse. The woman who sold it to me obviously had no idea what she had which was a classic black quilted Chanel that was in near perfect condition with the exception of a missing tassel. She joked about it being an original Louis Vuitton and four hundred dollars before seeing the crazed, excited look in my eyes and laughingly saying she'd give it to me for seven! So here it is, one tassel more and much cleaner than when I bought it. I bought some gold metal paint to touch up the metal on the tassels and I'm planning to get some black to touch up the zippers. A few nights after I bought this I found it in last months New York Times Magazine. Go figure.
Now for a DIY. Marc Jacobs has featured the greatest jeweled accesories for his spring line and after seeing them in a magazine I decided to put my own spin on them. With two dollars of clear plastic crystals of various sizes from a craft store, a ribbon, and some velcro, I recreated it. The version in the magazine had colored crystals but I recommend and prefer the white ones. They're classier and more true to the pastels of Marc Jacobs, plus they're more eye-catching (in a good way) and look amazing with a fitted tee. Here is the headband version from the runway.
And my spin on it.

The Wonderful Beginning

And so it begins,
Here I am starting a blog of all things, probably the most random and spontaneous thing I could have chosen to do today. Most of what you'll find here will be fashion but rants and poetry will probably follow.
I live in a boring place with boring things to do with the exception of the vintage stores within walking distance of my house. I'll be posting Do-It-Yourself ideas regularly and with a trip to my favorite place in the world, NYC, looming in two weeks I'll be desperatly trying to save money so you can expect many of those.
I sincerly hope that this blog really is your cup of tea and that maybe I can find some people that enjoy Lady Grey just as much as I do.