Merry Christmas!!!!!

Or Christmas Eve, anyway. :)

I love this dress!!! So excited about how it turned out! Very vintage-y. Inspired by this.

What I'm Wearing:
green taffeta dress: made by me!
big black ring: Forever 21, posting soon!
black wedges: TJMaxx

I'm dreaming of a...

WHITE CHRISTMAS!

My favorite Christmas movie ever. My family's favorite Christmas movie ever.

And this is my favorite scene:


My sisters and I watch it about three times a year, and not always at Christmas time! We've watched it in August!

Although there's not a real "lesson" (as seen in, say, "It's a Wonderful Life") and, sadly, the true reason for the season is not displayed, it's one of those feel-good movies. And some lovely 50's gowns. *grin*

What's your favorite Christmas movie?

Celine :)

What I'm wearing: a bit of Christmas bling :o

 (note: just a bit of silliness w/ my sister--I had no idea she was taking pictures every move I made, but this one ended up being our best pic!)

I absolutely LOVE this brooch thingy I made!!!!

Originally, I was going to re-fashion a plain shirt and put a lace applique on, inspired by this blouse from Macy's (no longer available):

as posted here.

But then I thought of how tricky it might be to wash, etc., and realized I could just sew a lace bow on what used to be the back of an old brooch (I save things like that), and, voila! It can go on any shirt now... and never has to be washed! yay!

For a little bling, I added some silver-y seed beads the last two tiers of scallops.

What I'm wearing: Traveler

This outfit makes me think of traveling. Don't ask why. Must be the crossover bag, and the seemingly Native American inspired boots (though I'm sure they're nowhere near close to what they actually wore.)

What I'm wearing:
 sweater dress: (yes, a sweaterdress!It works better as a long shirt, to cover the tight leggings. No wonder it was on clearance at Old Navy!)
leggings: hand-me-down
boots: I've mentioned these somewhere, I'm sure. I can't remember anymore
crossover bag: posted here -- only $13 for a LEATHER handbag!!! Most amazing purchase in history! (I said that to my dad, and then I thought of the Louisiana Purchase and said that it was the second best buy in history. He said he was going to say the same thing! The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, I guess. :)

I also wore my emerald ring with this ensemble. (In fact, we took both pics during the same shoot!)

Celine

What I'm wearing: a tube scarf thingy

I've knitted four of these for almost all of the females in my life for Christmas. I couldn't resist making one for myself too, with left over yarn.

Inspired by this Cable Knit Funnel scarf from Bloomingdale's for $50. The yarn for mine was about $3, and took about 3 days to make. Hence, $47 in savings, as I love knitting anyway so the labor doesn't count.

How I made them:
I used about a skein of yarn (or less...depends on the yarn and the size of the skein.) per scarf. The scarves are all 20in long, and 10in wide (about 30 stitches on size 13 needles). Keep a measuring tape handy...

So, you cast on, and knit a row. Then you purl a row. Then knit. Then purl--and on, until you have about 2 or 3in of scarf. One side is flat, and the other has those "ridges". After that, knit a row of the same stitch you just did, so that the "ridges" are on the opposite side of the scarf. Repeat the process, on the same side, until you have 2 or 3 in. and so on. Cast off when you've reached approx. 20in of length. Sew the seam with yarn and a large darning needle so that it's a tube, and you're done! (Comment if you have any questions).

I forgot how much fun knitting was! Can't wait to see everyone wearing theirs! (good thing I made them in different colors... LOL!)

Celine

Yesterday was my one-year "blogiversary" !!!

YES! Iradessa has been on the internet for EXACTLY one year and a day.... doesn't feel that long ago. (Though I did turn this into a fashion blog and create another one to have my subjects separate.)

Anyway: what I'm wearing. There's a story behind this one: this past September, my mom and I were looking at this stand of cashmere scarves from the UK, one for $15. The vendor offered one for $10. We loved them all, but only had $15 on hand (of course, credit cards and checks aren't accepted for obvious reasons.) But the guy just said to give him the other five dollar bill and pick out two! So they ended up being $7.50 each. I've seen them go for $30!