Frocktober 31: Finale frock!

Best for last? It's the Alannah Hill "Hold On Tight Frock" with my favourite shoes... love it! Contrary to the widget in the sidebar, my total for Frocktober has reached $361, not quite the goal figure, but way cooler is I may have inspired a guy-friend to do his own Frocktober Challenge - and he managed to raise a whopping $4,100 (and still going up!), which makes him the top fundraiser!!! Nice work Dave!!

Of course, a huge thankyou to my wonderful sponsors and anyone who enjoyed my Frocktober ride,
much appreciation to you! It's been fun... now where are those jeans?!!

xxx

Frocktober 30: Witchypoo me!!

A halloween party this afternoon has got the family real spooky...

Black vintage brunch coat from Ebay

Witches hat from Hot Dollar!

Frocktober 29: In the pink

Pink Vintage frock Ebay
Shoes from Ebay
Stripe Jacket from Target
Stripe Belt from Cotton On
Necklace by Tango & James

Frocktober 28: Sight seeing

The most wonderful thing happened the other day. My favourite shoes, which I wore completely to their death last year have been replaced with an exact replica pair... 

Oh happy tears of joy, thank you husband and your Ebay obsession, xxx

Frocktober 27: Gallery visiting

I've been out with my ma and pa visiting our gorgeous galleries today... and I may have accidentally purchased this beautiful book... mmmmm

Lovely!
xx

Frocktober 26: Layering

Today's chilled temps required some serious layering.

Brr... how did you keep warm? xx

Frocktober 25: End of a sunny spell

It's a bit gloomy and rainy today, perfect for the 'Super Spy' Dress, Alannah Hill 'Break My Heart' jacket and my Wittner boots...

I've been preparing the house for my parentals to visit from interstate, they arrive in 3 hours!
Back to work! xxx

Frocktober 24: Stripes converge

It's the dress it up or dress it down converging stripes dress I made last year to wear to a wedding. It's a bold graphic statement, and is looking good with my T&J fabrics on the freshly upholstered lounge chairs in the background! 

And guess what? These chairs are available to buy now - and they are gorgeous. Make a time with me to come and see them if you are interested. xxx

Frocktober 23: Sunday Sunday

I've had the fabulous pleasure of assembling  part 1 of 4 of my new wardrobe: The Shoe Display! Looks like I'll be needing some more shelves for this baby, the handbags are going at the top.

Sadly I'll have to wait at least 2 weeks before I can look at assembling the rest of it, but here's a little sneaky peek at what I'm thinking for our complete bedroom makeover...

Dark slate walls, white sheers, white bedding, white wardrobe, plus pops of colour everywhere. But that's all maybe 2 months before it will all be done... oooh, I can't wait!

Frocktober 22: Styling some drag

Well, there's something you don't see every day! My friend's hubby, Dave, is a bloke's bloke - beer loving, sports fanatic and the proud owner of THAT chair. So it's a wonderful surprise that Dave had put up his own Frocktober Challenge, possibly in the belief that it could never happen, that if he managed to gain sponsorship to the tune of $2000 (for OCRF), that he would wear a frock with accessories to work (he's normally looking sharp in a suit)!!!

The great news is, that he has increased the challenge to include a frocked up ladies lunch at an outdoor cafe in Kingston if the total tips $5,000.
Now, not one to be upsetting the sponsors, Dave wants to be sure his outfit is a winner, so he turned to me to put something nice together and here's what we came up with! Just quietly - I think he's having fun!

Can you help get this man in drag out to lunch? Go to Dave's Frocktober Challenge page to donate now, Friday is the date - donations need to be in by Thursday!

Frocktober 21: Happy Friday!

Today's frock is one I made a couple of years ago, and last Frocktober I wore it with green and black accessories. This year I have changed the neckline to something a little more casual. Never the less it's always a conversation piece!

I got some dirty work done this morning before frocking up to have a ladies lunch with some fabulous gal pals.
Well, thank goodness it's the weekend. I'm going to have LOTS of Ikea goodies to assemble, awesome. And I'm not even being sarcastic!

Hope your weekend is gorgeous, xx

Frocktober 20: Yellow and Hypnotic Red

Last year, during Frocktober, I wore this frock at the beach... this time with heels for some different kind of fun... and lots of yellow accessories.

I'm also sporting a fresh new hair colour... it's called 'Hypnotic Red'... that was pretty brave right?
It's a little Ronald MacDonald... but I'm actually ok with that!!

Pleeeeeaaase sponsor my Frocktober Challenge... my jeans are calling out to me big time!
While all of this is for a great cause, it's only worth it if you can make a donation, xxx.

Frocktober 19: Prototyping

Inspired by this gorgeous sunny weather, I thought I should work on a project which had been shelved over the winter. I picked up 2 Butterfly Chair frames with no covers a looooong time ago, now, finally, I have started experimenting with a prototype cover. It certainly needs some more tweaking... but it's close...

All I need is a chilled cocktail! xx

Frocktober 18: Distinctly Summery

Self-made dress, French Connection Cardi, Ebay shoes.

Frocktober 17: Back to School

And back to 'normal' - whatever that is!!

Here's what I wore to do the grocery shopping today...

What else but a cherry laden Betty Page frock and great heels? Ha ha!

Frocktober 16: Klei frock

A loose and chic dress by Klei for relaxing and tidying around the house today.

Frocktober 15: Garage Sale'd

And exhaustedddddd. And now to deal with the aftermath... our house most sincerely looks like a bomb site. Agghh. Still, we had great weather and loads of lovely customers taking our unwanted items to their homes... so THANK YOU!

Our hand painted signs were a big hit, though it looks like the designer wire chairs are still house hunting! xx

Frockober 14: Ferreting around

In a flurry preparing for our garage sale tomorrow. We've got the mother load of fabulous stuff to serve up, so I hope you all can come!

Don't miss out! xxx

Frocktober 13: Rolling with my homies

Awww, just as I was beginning to enjoy the school holidays, it's all coming to an end. We went out today with some Garage Sale leaflets to invite our neighbors, the boys loved their delivery job - I  can see 8 years into the future to a paper round... if we still have real newspapers then!

 We've finished off our day with a super shiner on the noggin of our little ginge. It's amazing how much blood can come from a small hole in the head! Eeek. He's ok now though!

xxx

Frocktober12: Meeting the Queen?

Nah, but let's get into the mood! She's in town soon Welcome to Canberra Her Maj...

Hope you're enjoying this sunny weather! Gorrrrrgeous!!! xxx

Garage Sale: My place: Saturday!

So, what's going to be there? I'm glad you asked!

The 4 wire dining chairs, as seen in Home Beautiful Magazine! And my hand painted coffee table on wheels...

Bits of fabric stash, crafty bits, and glass vases...

Shoes and dresses that are magnificent, but don't fit me. Some awesome pendant lights that look a little like this...

 

Plus kid stuff like a baby car seat, high chair, toys etc...  and a few fabulous chairs...

Also, this rug...

We'll also have some more things coming from the trendy young things up the road, including quite possibly a fridge and more furniture... tell your friends and don't miss it! 

 I can also make my jewellery collection available on the day for anyone interested - let me know xxx

Frocktober 11: When wearing something nice is the best part of your day!

Today I had to tackle the grocery shopping with 2 boys in tow. Not Fun. We wound up with a trolley malfunction and a smashed bottle of red wine. NOOOO NOT THE WINE! I didn't go back for more.

 

Well at least I was wearing something fun!
Starring T&J Jacket (I'll have some available soon),  T&J I've Got Fans necklet, Op shopped  hand made dress (plus striped under slip) and Wittner boots.

Egads, I still have more shopping to put away. But first, I'm having a strooong coffee! xx

Frocktober 10: Frolic in the clover

Going dotty! Nice day for the park and have the kids enjoy some outdoors fun. They've been scootering, biking and might I add... bless the Wiggles for making Fruit Salad cool.

  

 

Last year I wore this dress with red accessories and a sneaky bit of extra length - cuz it's reeeeeally SHORT! Well of course it is, it's Valley Girl (via Ebay), worn with my fabulous lello shoes (Ebay) and silk scarf (sewn from fabric from A2F), new sunnies from Forever New, and Stella McCartney for Target sun hat.

How's your Canberra Community Day going? xx

Frocktober 9: Spring cleaning - sort of

Our upcoming bathroom rennovation also includes a little re-modeling in quite a few important rooms in our house, which results in my studio becoming a bulky goods storage area for about month. This means that, despite my propensity to procrastinate ad nauseum, I must clear space in here to do so. Today sees the first time in many months where the floor is visible... behold...

 

And the shoes... I J'adore these ones - even though the were le cheap, heh heh.
Today I'm wearing a baby blue Alannah Hill slip (via ebay), Bonds singlet, Valley Girl cardi, belt from a Jane Lamerton coat, Shoes by Jolie and bangles by moi.

Frocktober 8: Skipping around town