New photo borders!

Sorry for the lack of inspired post lately. I promise to put on something cute and photograph it tomorrow! But for now, I wanted to show ya'll the new border I made for my photos. Everyone else seems to have such cute and fun borders on their photos, I wanted to try to make one for myself. I'm not sold on this one, though it does match my banner and I guess I kind of like it. I really don't know what I'm doing, so if anyone has any suggestions I'm wide open to them!


P.S. This is a cardigan that's up in the shop right now! Green Violet Vintage is getting geared up for fall!

Cocktail Hour

It's cocktail hour at Green Violet Vintage- or rather, cocktail DRESS hour. I can't believe how many lovely cocktail dresses I found this week, from the 60s to the 80s! Some are up in the shop now and the rest will be up this week.

Up-cycling v2.0

More details about the process to come later, but for now...

Before:



After:

Yay! I'm so excited about how it turned out! It will be up for sale soon in Green Violet Vintage!

Thanks!!

Thanks for all the love on the dress, ya'll! To answer a few questions: no, I didn't use a pattern or a dress form. I just tried the dress on A LOT while I was working on it and refashioned the top part probably two times. I sew like I cook- I make it up as I go and I use only what I have on hand (too lazy to go to the store mid project!). This results in some strange meals and strange clothing, but I kind of like it! It keeps things interesting.

Anyways, with all the love I've already started in on a few new upcycling projects. I'm almost done with the first one but my room mate was working overnight at the hospital (he's a doctor) and now he is sleeping and I don't want to run the sewing maching and wake him up! But, it should be done soon and I'll be sure to post about it here, hopefully later tonight. And, as much as I would like to keep all these projects for myself, my closet and my wallet can't afford it, so they will be up in the shop for sale!

The best thing I've ever made!

Hands down, this is certainly the best thing I have ever made... here it is from start to finish!


The raw materials- four t-shirts I bought from the goodwill clearance center. I decided to go with an orange theme. I got one t-shirt that fit well on the top so that I wouldn't have to do too much fashioning of the bodice since I really don't know what I'm doing. That's the light orange on on the left.

Fashioning the bodice. This took a while since I'm kind of clueless about sewing and what not. I took it apart and put it back together several times.

Petey loves it when I sew because he gets to chew on the extra fabric. Petey is a machine of destruction!

I'm almost finished here, it was pretty easy to make the skirt. I just got as much material as possible out of the two remaining t-shirts, sewed them together in one big piece, and gathered the top! I then connected the skirt to the top with the waistband.

Finished product! yay! I'm really please with how this turned out!


You can see the contrast stitching that I did in teal- mostly because I didn't have any orange thread. But I like how it turned out.

This was a super fun project! I'm really glad that I could finally jump on the up-cycling bandwagon. Don't be intimidated by sewing- clearly I had no clue what I was doing and it turned out great. All it took was a little envisioning on the front end and a few attempts to get it right. Go on, try to make something!

8.22.09

Dress: Thrifted
Cardigan: Ann Taylor Loft
Shoes: Birkenstock
Scarf: Vintage, thrifted

You know what they say- don't go out not looking your best because you never know who you will run into! I didn't really believe them, but it turned out that they were right. Whoever 'they' are. All I'm saying is that I'm glad I put a little effort into my appearance last evening! I went to Downtown After Five, a free concert/mini festival type thing that the City of Asheville puts on once a month. Afterwards, we went to this crazy secret bar that I had heard of but never previously patronized. Its on the top floor of one of the highest buildings in town (that's the eighth floor in our virtual metropolis) and there were great views of the mountains all around. Fun was had by one and all!

Green Violet Vintage does Halloween!

I'm getting geared up for Halloween at Green Violet Vintage! I wasn't really intending to have anything for Halloween, but I found three really awesome costume pieces this week and now I'm on the search for more! Check it out:

70s Pocahontas Dres (S, M)

70s Canvas Hunting Vest (Men's M, L)

70s German Beermaid Dress (M, L, XL)

Well, things have been pretty dull for me around here lately, I'm mostly just looking for a job and working some on Etsy! I'm starting to get a bit stressed out, but I guess I just have to hope for the best and assume it will all work out in the end. I'm sure my dream job is out there somewhere, I just wish I knew when and where.