30 Days of Dresses: Dress #11

Man, I'm so tired tonight, I just started falling asleep while editing the photo's. Now I'm completely lost for words! I named this dress/outfit Plain Jane simply because it's a one-colour dress and the fact that it's made of a knit fabric, makes it oh so comfortable. My aunt Bernadette gave this dress to me for a birthday present quite a number of years ago. I wear it so often, it's just such an easy going dress. What I love most about this dress is that it isn't Plain Jane at all! It's got the cutest little details around the neckline, with the finest lace.

 -this dress is perfect for a busy Saturday. We cleaned the house, went out to get some goodies for the braai (or barbeque as most of you know it), came back home, baked this tart. Drove out to the property my Dad just bought, had some bubbly, came back home had a braai with my parents and they just left, few-

-Ah... my Odd Ones! Just some of my older products. I always try to keep at least one item when I make a batch of products-

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30 Days of Dresses: Dress #10

I was visiting my parents yesterday and my mom had decided to do some winter cleaning. She threw out all the clothes she doesn't wear, doesn't like or never felt quite comfortable in. This little dress is one of the latter. She literally never wore this dress, it is basically brand new! So of course, I nabbed it! It's slightly too big for me, so I'll probably take it in a bit or give it some pleats.

 -I say Granny Print because it reminds me of those tiny floral prints grannies used to make patchwork goodies of, well at least my grannies did-

 -I'm starting to like this combo more and more-

-this is my favourite ring (next to my wedding ring)! Dave bought it for me when we were on honeymoon in Natal. It was made in India, the craftsmanship is amazing-

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30 Days of Dresses: Dress #9

It's quite strange, I only noticed it when I started editing these photo's... I dressed like the weather. When I woke up this morning it was raining. I picked out my dress, put my outfit together and went to town. They sky was blue-grey just like the colour of my dress... Have you ever noticed that the weather influences your outfit for the day in such an extreme way?

 -Oh don't you just love this scarf? Dave's mom knitted it for me a couple of years ago. she is super talented with her knitting. I've worn it so many times, it's warm and squishy, I love it! something about the colours reminds me of a mermaid-

 

 -I found these very cute little owly charms at a bead shop in Cape Town. I did'nt quite know what to do with them, so I made these earrings...Ah, I just love the way they dangle-

-for some really strange reason, I feel like Dorothy in these pumps. Maybe it's the perfect little bows, they just make me want to click my heels together and say "there's no place like home, there's no place like home"-

-Nine down, twenty one to go-

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30 Days of Dresses: Dress #8

For some reason I was very down and out today. No matter how hard I tried, nothing seemed to lift my spirits, so to speak. My day's schedule went down the drain although I tried my utmost to stick with it. I started feeling slightly better when Dave phoned to say that he was coming home a little earlier. Then, even better when it started to rain and then much better when Dave helped take my Dress #8 photo's. And the best feeling was when we went for a quick walk around the block and saw Flamingo's and many other birds gathered at the salt pan which is about a block away from where we live. So my day turned out pretty awesome, thanks to my Dave!

-this is what I come up with in the morning in an attempt to cheer myself up. it didn't help...but it didn't hurt-

-oops! I forgot to add these two pics above...now you can see, I wasn't lying about the Peter Pan Collar. Ha! Cute, isn't it?-

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30 Days of Dresses: Dress #7

Only day seven! I never thought this would be so hard. Especially now that the days are growing colder, I had to force myself to put on this dress this morning. It would seem that I have become a "jeans and T-shirt" kinda gal! I would never have imagined...

 -I thrifted this pretty paisley dress sometime last year, it is oh so comfy! once again, it turned out to be Viscose...my all time favourite textile for everyday wears-

-this crazy cute paisley print inspired quite the Gypsy in me, so I paired it with bulky turquoise accessories with a bit of earthy brown feathers and wooden beads-

-a cute and comfy outfit-

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