Steph Bescoby corsage

Here's the corsage for my fifties looking gown made by the brilliant Steph Bescoby.

Link

Stumbled on this on www.ffffound.com. I love Link.

new shoes new shoes!

Got the shoes for my gown! YES!

Second lilly to flower!

It's a little bug eaten but it managed to flower in the shady border its in :o)

If only I was getting hitched...

Just thought I'd waste some time at work looking at vintage dresses on Etsy and stumbled on these gorgeous dresses!

corsage ideas

This is what I was pretty much thinking along my bust line with tropical flowers!

www.vintageous.com

My Dads Lillies

They're all nearly in flower, but this one beat them all too it.

Got the gown!

Went down to Uckfield to initially try on a couple of Flirt gowns, which didn't quite cut the mustard (and were way over my budget) but I instantly saw this canary yellow one on the end of the rail and it looked ace on! The colour looks pretty good on me too.

I'm a little disappointed the back isn't more interesting, but I think I'll jazz it up by making a floral tropical strap that comes diagonally across the back to the side of the front. I've also got the option of changing the sash on the gown and definitely will try and get turquoise sandals to go with it.

Maggie Sottero Flirt gowns

I HAVE TO HAVE ONE OF THESE FOR THE BALL! www.flirtprom.com

updo idea?..

Well it's T-minus two days before I get a curl perm. Not a horrific 70s footballers sort of a perm, but hopefully a nice naturally wavy affair.

Anyway, I did this updo for the Jive night last Friday and think I may try something similar for the ball. Maybe more of a french twist at the back.

The Summer 'Caribbean' Ball!

So it has a theme and I definitely need to get a new dress!! Forget pastels, I'll have to go banana yellow, bright green or vivid purple! Tropical flowers in my hair, new shoes too no doubt and a handbag! *sigh!!* I'm so excited. Especially as my old school chum and I have booked a twin room at the Dart Marina hotel which is a stones throw from the college :o) Skills.

Found my ballgown in this pink though....very safe but tempting!

NAVAL SUMMER BALL!!

Sooo my darling bestest in the Navy has invited me to the summer ball in Dartmouth. (Excited yelpy noises follow that sentence)

Do I wear the dress I wore last time, which is NOT a summery colour, but amazingly gorgeous, or get a new one in a 1950s icecreamy pastel colour?!

Also at this point in time, I must shape up as its end of July :o/

I will be listing gowns I've seen and love and which are mostly unattainable like the Dior one here *sigh*

Gladioli connections

sorry!

Nearly two months since the last post?! Tut tut.

Things have been pretty busy with work though. The boss has taken a step back and myself and Gav are taking on more and more of the directing. Which I'm enjoying, but I'm on the look out for things all the time I've noticed.

I can't just switch off...

Anyways, Gibbs (my best friend in the Navy) thinks she'll be allowed to sell tickets to her chums for the Summer Ball. She best had, as I've eyed up these gowns from the Resort 2011 collection.

And so the gardening commences...

...poorly! My window boxes this year aren't doing as well as last, even though I've fed them. May chuck some wild flower seeds on there again.

However, the lilly bulbs my dad gave me over winter are coming up!! Will have to keep a check on the knotweed that's threatening to take over on the right hand side. Hmmmm.

And so the gardening commences.....

Nicer neutrals

Poached from referencelibrary.blogspot.com

The original and best

Have been enjoying the episodes I've caught on CBS Action when my housemates aren't in so I can watch them without being asked to turn over.

April springyness

My updating is become almost a monthly happening. How slack of me!?

Well, the daffs and the grape hyacinths are truly over and the blossoms are out in the trees instead (marks the start of my hayfever :o/ ) but since I last wrote I have fallen in love with the Royal Navy. Based on the masquerade ball I was invited to by my bestest chum.

Also, the Naval College in Dartmouth is just beautiful. You can't help but think you're in a slightly updated version of Hornblower with all the officers around you too!!

I'm very much looking forward to visiting my mate there again, it has a special place in my heart now, and I won't be as unwell as I was that night. How typical to get a stinking cold the day before!

I have also uncovered an amazing pub up the road from us here in Wimmers. It's called the Sultan and its a proper old fashioned pub. Serves lovely Ales, its cheap on a Wednesday and theres darts and cards to be played as well as being roasted by a fire.

And the boyfriend has finally moved to London. Only 4 years to get here!

Springtime in Wimbledon

I was meant to post these a week or so ago, but have had a lot of work on (which is brill!) I am amazed they came up as the bulbs were from a pound shop and the fact they're mixed!

Even more fantastic.

Spring nearly sprung

The daffodils haven't opened yet in the garden, but I'm hoping this weeks mild weather might coax them out. Still, inside the house it's looking very spring like.

Stands

I just stumbled across this on www.ffffound.com. I love the Stands. They're one of my all time fave bands, and I have the top sticker on my old bass guitar!! You forget sometimes how brilliant simplicity can be in artwork.

Clash of the Titans

As you may well be aware they've remade Clash of the Titans. I am highly sceptical of it already. The original was brill.

Also, how are the special effects going to be as good as my hero's Ray Harryhausen?! I remember being terrified watching Talos come to life in Jason and the Argonauts, and equally by Medusa in Clash of the Titans. There's something a bit more life-like with stop frame animation that CGI just doesn't capture. I might be proved wrong with the new film being shown in 3D. I just hope they don't touch Jason and the Argonauts. Surely someone must be able to come up with new film ideas these days?! :o)

Well!..

Gosh, it's been a while since a post. I'll put it down to finishing off the mens aw11/12 book and feeling uninspired by the end of it!

I'm still on the hunt for a ball gown. I'm hoping a research trip into London tomorrow might throw up a treasure for me.

Since I last wrote, Peds and I and his brother Dorian, went down to Bristol at the end of February for my friend Amy's birthday which we celebrated by going to a WW2 dance at the Tunnels. My god it was amazing! Everyone went to town on the outfits, and men DO look more handsome in uniform. They should be made to wear 1940s era clothing all the time.

As well as some pics from then, here's my latest train of thought illustration wise. Silly sausages.

Naval Ball!

Well, my best friend has invited me to a Vienna Ball, at the Royal Britannia Naval College in Dartmouth. The dress code is floor length-5 inches off the floor and shoulders covered at dinner.

As you can imagine, the prospect of having to purchase a ball gown has filled me with glee!

However, the stuff available on the high street is awful! :o(

The only thing that has caught my eye is this dress from John Lewis. It instantly reminded me of the gold Lame dress Marilyn Monroe wore in 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'.

new pics up

Lazy Oaf fox scarf

My obsession with fox stoles continues. Stumbled across this today! It's from last year and now I can't find one anywhere! *curses*!!!

The Princess and the Frog

I went to watch this yesterday (surrounded by small children) but its so lovely!! Proper Disney.

Gothenburg birthdayness

A few pics from my weekend in Gothenburg! Opposite the hotel was a lovely secondhand shop where I brought not the gorgeous green hat, but a grey wooley one for 50p! We spent a lot of time playing cards in a little cute cafe called 'Le petit café' as it was sooo cold out! :o)

I need a 1940s dress!

I'm off to a 'blackout dance' at the tunnels in Bristol at hte end of this month for a good friends birthday, so mission for a dress this month is to find a 1940s one.

Why didn't I think of this whilst in Gothenburg this weekend?!

I'll be posting pics of my birthday weekend away very soon too! :o)

...Asos are selling this Ted Baker silk dress at £98 from £137. So far its in the running. I need to spend a couple of evenings on ebay I think!....