Skip to main content

It's Me Made May!


Well once again May is here and that means that it is....


My pledge this year was to wear at least 4 outfits each week that I have made. And here are the results of the first week.



So lets start at the upper left and go clockwise:

  • The skirt is a dark navy stretch knit from fabric.com using Style Arc Faye Skirt
  • The pants are made from a wonderful ponte knit that I picked up at B&J Fabrics when I was in New York.  I used my favorite go-to pattern Style Arc Elle Pant.
  • I blogged about this green jacket here and I am wearing another Style Arc Elle Pant (told you it was my favorite).
  • The striped top is a wonderful knit that I found at Sarah's Fabrics and is made using Vogue V9111.  I really like this pattern but I think next time I make it I'll use a straight hem for the front and I might take it down a size.
During the second week of May I was at a conference so I really had to stretch the wardrobe and there had to be a few repeats.


  • This outfit combines another Style Arc Estelle Jacket blogged here and another pair of Style Arc Elle pants.
  • The middle picture is me wearing another Style Arc Faye Skirt made out of black ponte knit.
  • This grey top was chosen for travel day.  It is a wonderful grey knit that I also found at Sarah's Fabrics.  I used Butterick B5954   I really love this pattern and have received quite a few compliments on it.  I bought a wonderful floral knit for another top but this time I might make the hem in the back just a little shorter.  I wanted to blog about this pattern but I was in such a hurry to get it done.
  • Remember when I said I might need to reuse some clothes?  Well I got back home and had to turn around a go to a graduation...so I pulled out the black Faye Skirt out of my suitcase and away I went!
  • And of course the last picture is at the conference and I wore the black Estelle Jacket again changed up a bit with a different shirt and pants.
I need to take a minute a talk about the fabulous floral decorations at this hotel!


I loved loved loved these vases and how the florist cleverly created wonderful hairstyles out of her floral arrangements.  I told her I wanted her job!!

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Here we are again...

As I started my blog adventures again, I decided to spend a few posts reflecting on life during the hieght of the pandemic.  But now, after a few months of various vaccines being available, and a few months of mask mandates being lifted and the hope of life returning to normal.... mask mandates are now coming into effect again.  There is a surge in variants of COVID, especially the "Delta variant".  There are increases in those testing postive and increases in those being hospitalized.  At this time only 45% of Kansans and 50% of the US population are vaccinated.  We are a long ways from herd immunity people!! On Friday K-State issued the mask mandate again just as employees are heading back to campus today. USD383 issued a mask mandate for everyone and as far as I can tell when kids return in the fall: I just feel like we are going backwards instead of forwards. Most of those that are being hospitalized are those who are not vaccinated and many of them ar...
Post a Comment
Read more

Craft night!

Daughter #3 and I have been wanting to do a craft night for quite awhile. When our local studio offered this Map String Art class I knew we just had to go!  The class was set up to do the map in red, white and blue.  We didn't want to have two of the same thing so I decided to do mine in different colors.  I went out and bought ... you guessed it .. purple and white string!! We had so much fun!!  think they turned out pretty well!  Here's a close up of mine after I cleaned it up: This wasn't as hard as I thought it would be.  They used this site for their inspiration: http://thetwinery.com/2013/08/inspired-by-pinterest-map-twine-art.html I think I'd like to do one of our home state of Kansas next.  Pinterst had some pretty good sites; http://www.sugarbeecrafts.com/2014/10/missouri-love.html#_a5y_p=2693507 And finally here's a picture of our class: I can't wait for our next craft night!!
1 comment
Read more

Capsule Wardrobe

I have thought about doing a capsule wardrobe for quite awhile.  Now that the season is changing I thought I would see if I can make it work.  I scoured the web and Pinterest for information.  I found this great site that at least helped me find a starting spot.   One of the tips was to chose a base color, black or blue and go from there.  Black was the obvious choice for me. I need to say that I decided to start this project at 9pm at night.  I decided to clean out my closet at 9pm, was I crazy?  Yes, but I forged on... I cleaned out my closet, then I started with pants, skirts, tops etc.  I used the website to help me figure out what I needed.  Long sleeve knits, in three basic colors, grey, white and black.  Same for the short sleeves.  Then I moved to the next thing skirts, three skirts, grey, black and denim.  Next was sweaters, grey, black....are you starting to see a pattern?  I realized as I moved through the ...
Post a Comment
Read more