New to Me Vintage Hat

Hi Everyone!

 Today I wore a favorite dress of mine I made a little while ago from Jennie Chancey's Swing dress pattern. Click here to see Jennie's pattern company and click here to see my posts about the process of sewing the dress.

 I hope your Lord's Day was refreshing spiritually as well as physically. For me it was so exciting to see Gods people studying God's Word and talking about the great God we serve together. It was also nice to just sit at home and read a few good books, write a blog post for a guest post on another blog, dream, pray, and spend time with my family.

 A big thank you to Mrs. Van Tuyl who gave me this lovely little black hat. The hat was originally Mrs. Vvan Tuyl's mothers hat. I imagine her wearing this litle velvet beauty to church or to a funeral or a dinner party or another special occasion of sorts. For me church is definitely a special occasion so I decided to sport this little beauty today.

 I am not sure what era it is from, but it is vintage. Mrs. Van Tuyl guessed it was from the 1930s, 40s, or 50s. I would guess from the shape and style of the hat that it is from the 1950s. Let me know if any of you have a guess too! Or do any of you know how to date hats well?

 I love to wear my pearls my mother gave me when she came back from a trip to Canada. They are real pearls, but they are the type that are naturally shaped. So they are not perfect little round balls, but in their natural textured form. My dress is made out of fabric I bought on the red tag sale table from Joann Fabrics years ago when I made the dress of course. I thought it definitely had the 1940s vibe. I believe its a rayon/polyester blend.

 And if any of you are wondering about my hair all I did was one pony tail on each side, sort of rolled backward and then each pony tail on either side of my head in twisted into a bun of sorts. Let me know if any of you would like to see a tutorial in the future. I could definitely do a video. I just played around with my hair a lot this year of 2013 and figured out a style that looks good and stays well for my curly hair type. Are there any other naturally curly gals out there? Let me know in the comments if any of you curly headed or not have tried to replicate vintage hair styles? I am definitely curious.

Love In Christ,
Rebecca

Kanga skirt Outfit of the Day

Hi everyone! I am sorry for the utter lack of posts on this blog. I have been finding it hard to find time and inspiration for blogging. I thought I would post an outfit I wore yesterday as I thought it was fun and something different that others would enjoy seeing. Jennie Chancey from Sense and Sensibility patterns is living over seas in Africa and has been selling material called a kanga. Be sure to check out her eBay store often to see if she has any new pieces of material in stock. Each piece of fabric is unique and has a saying written on it in a particular African language. Each saying has a blessing or proverb or other message on it. Mine is a blessing, but I forget what it says. I will post that when I find the paper I wrote the translation onto.

My sister Bethany made my skirt for my birthday at the beginning of the month. You can check out her blog post about it here. My scarf was a gift from my mom for Easter and my top is the brand  Liz Claiborne from J C Penney. I love that store! My shoes were from a local shoe store I cannot remember the name of last summer. Sorry for not remembering. They are quite comfy and go with everything.

We are having brilliant spring weather lately here in the USA! I love the weather, but I could pass on the high pollen count. Anyone else dealing with seasonal allergies besides me? Are any of you doing anything special this weekend? My sister and I are going to watch Snow White and the Huntsman tonight to start it out. We have not seen it yet so I cannot say my thoughts on it. I am sure I will have a loads of things I don't like about it to say. Would any of be interested in movie reviews by me? I have thought about doing movie reviews and thought I myself would enjoy reading them. Let me know in the comments!

My family and I will also celebrate another work week done by going to the new burger joint in our town called Elevation Burger. I can't wait! Tomorrow we will be getting the house ready for a single ladies get together after church on Sunday my sister, mom and I have planned. We will have food and fellowship and watch a movie called Shadow lands about C.S. Lewis's life. I can't wait! Its going to be great having all the young women get together.

God bless!

Rebecca

Bohemian meets 1930s Outfit of the day

I am sorry in advance for the poor sound quality of the video with the wind and the lawn mowers at the end. Enjoy anyway though!

I asked the lady who made the hat if she could make it without chains like the one in her shop and she kindly obliged. So do ask if you don't want chains on the side with the bow and she can do that. I love the  big bow a lot!

 Please excuse my headphones, I was walking and wanted music to listen to.

My pashmina scarf is from a store called Compass, which is only in Texas unfortunately. The snowflake necklace from Ashley was fun to wear when the snow came and I love how it sparkles.

 My hat is from Felt Fancy's Esty shop and my necklace was given to me by Ashley from Bramblewoodfashion.

God bless!
Rebecca

Indie Chic Outfit of the Day

Hey friends!

I have thought about where to go with my blog and what to post about. It seems I have been posting in spirts these days and not been posting regularly  I want to give you all regular posts. So I have decided Outfit of the days are one of the easiest posts for me to put together. I enjoy being creative with my dress and strive to glorify God through it. So you will be seeing more outfit posts on here. With school I have not been creating as much in the sewing department or reenacting as much as I would like. I am excited to churn out outfits from the clothing I already have in my closet. I enjoy reading other blog that focus on fashion. So here it goes, I will try to be a semi fashion blogger. :)

I have been loving my leggings this winter. I wear them with dresses, skirts, and even under jeans to keep warm. So you will be seeing these a lot! 

I bought the fushia beanie from the etsy store called Sennursasa. I wear it almost daily in the cold winter months. Its a fun color and so warm and comfy! Be sure to check out her etsy store for beautiful knitted items.

I found the denim jacket with the fur collar at a consignment store when i was shopping with a friend and I love it! My sister Bethany says its not her favorite, but I think it adds some casual charm to any outfit worn the right way. It can look frumpy with long skirts or jeans, so I wear it with more feminine dresses/skirts and it works.

Indie style dress- thrifted
Fushia beanie- Etsy
lavender scarf- Texas
black braided belt- Goodwill
black cardigan- Goodwill
leggings- BJ's
black flats- Payless Shoe Source

Have a lovely rest of your Monday God bless you! Oh and a big thank you to my sister Bethany for taking the pictures. Isn't she a great photographer! She knows how to make me smile. :) What are you all up to today? I practiced piano for 2 hours this morning for exams and then went to lunch with my sister and another friend at Panera Bread. Now we took pictures and I am getting ready to drink a cup of tea and sing my heart out for a few hours to study for exams. I am learning The Music of the Night from the Phantom of the Opera and its so fun to sing!

Rebecca

Outfit of the Day with a kanga skirt

Hi everyone! I thought I would post a quick outfit of the day with my kanga skirt from Grammie, which my sister sewed up for me. You can buy african kangas from Jennie at here ebay store here.

God bless!
Rebecca

Today I was a country french girl.

Sorry for the way too long hiatus friends! I am back and I will be posting more regularly now that Christmas is over. Today my sister managed to snap some photos of my outfit so we decided I looked french. The beret was a spur of the moment idea because I could not find my pink hat that I wanted to wear. I am glad it ended up going so well with the outfit.

 Beret- thrifted
peacoat-thrifted
scarf- geekiana etsy shop
earrings- gift
skirt- 1950s circle skirt made by me
boots- Shoe Ocean amazon store
gloves- J C Penny
cardigan- thrifted
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It has been cold enough to snow here on the East coast and we are supposed to get more tonight. My sister and I walked to the grocery to stalk up on onions as we eat those a lot. We are making french onion soup for dinner tonight.

My earrings are something I have had forever, but hardly ever wear. Today I decided I better wear them again.

To think I almost gave away this skirt because I had no idea how to wear it. Now I know it gives a french country look when paired with a beret and boots. LOVE!

 Look for me every few days with OOTD and videos. I plan to do a makeup haul as well as my christmas gifts in a haul too.

In Christ,
Rebecca

Comfy Camping Shirt meets LOTR

Hi Ya'll! I hope your Sunday is restful and giving you much needed rest and contemplation. Here is my outfit I wore Thursday when I went to a documentary with my sister and a friend about birth. It is called Birth Story and its about Ina May and her life as a midwife. We also went on a walk in a nearby park and took some photos.

The LOTR photo, I think the skirt in this photo looks like something Arwen or Eowyn's skirts would do in the movie. 

All of the items except my boots are thrifted recently. I found the skirt Wednesday and the plaid shirt a few weeks ago with a friend. Thanks Stephanie for spotting the top! You have good eyes. :) I found the belt at Goodwill as well.

God bless!
Rebeca

River Song Inspired OOTD

Hi Ya'll! I know this post is long over due considering the blog party is over, but I wantd to do the River Song inspired photo shoot anyway. My Dad was so kind in teaching me gun safety and all before doing the shoot. So all you people out there thinking she has a gun, scary, I do know how to use it and I understand how to be safe while carrying the weapon. :) It was not loaded in these pictures.

The em famous black dress is vintage from Amalagated Vintage and Dry goods in Alexandria, VA. It is a beautiful 1960's cocktail dress and I think it looks a lot like something River might wear. The red beaded necklace was bought at the same time as well from the same store. My shoes are from the thrift store and they are dance shoes. My grey shrug was thrifted from a little charity shop in my town

The gun I am carrying is my Dads 45. Definitely comment if you want to know more and I will be sure to ask my dad is I don't know the answer to your questions about the gun. After this photo shoot my dad is convinced I need to go to the shooting range with him. I think so too considering weapon safety and being able to protect ones self in self defense is so important. :)

Black cocktail dress- amalagated vintage and dry goods

grey shrug- thrifted

black dance shoes- thrifted

red beaded necklace- amalagated vintage and dry goods

hair combs- k-mart brand goody

foe diamond earrings- gift from my Grandma

Do any of you go shooting at all or have a gun or does your dad or hubby have a gun? 

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 The dress I thought my dress could be inspired by above. I still got the red in there in my necklace instead of shoes since I have no red shoes. :)

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 The idea for a photo shoot with a gun came from the picture above. I thought it would be definitely a River inspired OOTD post with a gun in there. 

I big applause of thanks to my Dad for taking the photos and letting me use his gun and a big thanks to Amagamated Vintage and Dry Goods for the great dress and necklace! 

God bless everyone!

Collective Thrift Haul

Hello readers!

I hope today finds you well and ready to fight the good fight. Yes I know Obama is still our President and I am ok with that. As a friend of mine told me yesterday, " God voted for Obama." Obviously God wanted him to be President to do a work in His people in this nation. So I have peace now even though what happened is not what I would have planned, God knows best. He has a perfect plan for our good and His glory ultimately.

Anyways, on with the haul. ;) I have put together a haul of thrifted items I have gotten in September, October, and this month of November. Enjoy and comment and tell me what you have thrifted lately and if you liked the video.

God bless!
Rebecca

Fall OOTD

I did an Outfit of the Day video over the weekend. Enjoy friends!

Oh and I voted for the first time for a presidential election today! I am so excited! :) Go Romney and Ryan! ;) I will post a tutorial soon on how to make a victory ribbon that I wore to the voting and to the Victory Rally yesterday. Pictures from the Rally are also coming soon. 

God bless,

Rebecca

Rainy Day OOTD

Hi everyone!

I did a video during Hurricane Sandy of me in the rain in my rainy day outfit. I thrifted this black wool coat back in the Spring when it definitely was not cold. :) I was surprised and excited to find the coat when a young woman brought out a new rack of donated clothing at my local Goodwill. It must have been a peacoat meant for me.

Anyways Enjoy the video and I am glad to receive some feedback in my last post that you all enjoy videos a lot. Please more readers give me more feedback on this! Do you like Outfit of the Day posts in video or picture form? I would really appreciate that and enjoy reading your comments.

God bless,
Rebecca

Sunny yellow sweaters and posy skirts

Hey readers!

I thought since you all seemed to enjoy my outfits from the doctor who blog party i would post a real everyday outfit I wore this week. I absolutely love color and the day I wore this outfit I was in a sunny mood midst all the storms in my area on the east coat. I am praying for everyone who is involved with the storm and who may have lost loved ones, homes, and power. I praise God my family only lost power for a short time and got it back quickly.

Earrings- Avon gift from my Mom

Black necklace- forever 21

Yellow tank- Kohls

Black top- Gap brand via local consignment boutique

Yellow sweater- J.C. Penny

Posy skirt- made by my sister Bethany

Black belt- local thrift store

When I was taking these pictures I was so excited that my camera was taking alright pictures I could not help smiling. :) Usually self timer photos can be ackward, but I had fun this time around.

Definitely let me know if you all like picture stills compared to vlog/OOTD videos. I enjoy doing both for you all, but I find I myself enjoy vlogs/videos better.

I also was just amazed at how God has been orchestrating my life and in awe of His blessings. He is so so good even in hard times.

God bless!
Rebecca

Donna Inspired Outfit Of the Day

Hey ya'll! I was combing through photos of Donna on Google and remembered why I liked her so much! :) She is beautiful and funny and her style is really fun. I love all the colors she wears! I was inspired by her fushia top below as I have two tops similar to that one. Mine are not exact, but similar. I also loved her sweater below and happen to own a grey one. So I did both the top and the sweater together yesterday with black jeans for a different, but similar look to Donna.

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I also figured out an idea for the Doctor's real name. ;) I looked up a name that meant unkown and found the indian name Aayan. Maybe thats his name?! Its not that epic, but it sounds cool anyway. 

Any ideas on what you think his real name might be? Comment below.

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I also love her big necklce! She looks really good in cool colors for some reason, maybe this actresses hair is not really strawberry blonde?! :) I was trying to figure out if she was a winter or a summer or neither. Any color be beautiful fans have some ideas?

God bless!
Rebecca

River Song Inspired Outfit of the Day

Hey Ya'll! This outfit is inspired by the infamous RiverSong and no I don't want to be like her in regards to her role/personality in the Doctor Who tv show. :) I just wanted to clear that up! I could say a lot about what I don't like about her character but I will refrain. ;)

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I decided I would not do jeans on the bottom because I just did not feel like jeans. :) I paired the top and jacket with black instead. And yes I did not have a gun or a holster so the photo above might be kind of lame, but whatever. :) My dad said after the fact of me taking these pictures I could use his hand gun for pictures in the future. :) I will be posting pictures with the gun and another RiverSong inspired outfit Saturday. So be on the look out! 

The Denim jacket- thrifted

black skirt- thrifted

white blouse- thrifted

black boots- Payless

watch necklace- gift from Hannah S.

black beaded necklace- gift from Mum

See you all around  and be sure to participate or read all the posts for the doctor who blog party! Check it all out at Ashley's blog and Natasha's blog!

Blessings,
Rebecca Ann

Doctor/Martha Inspired OOTD

I realized that my outfit of the day inspiration for the black peacoat/trench was from the actor Matt Smith from his real life wardrobe. :) Oh well! I really like his sense of style and the coat is pretty awesome. It reminds me of something Sherlock would wear. :) Anybody out there like Sherlock? I love that show too.

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I feel stupid and silly thinking Martha wears ethnic clothing! ;) Maybe she does in one episode where I believe they are in India. I just could not find any pictures or screen shots of the outfit I was remembering in my head. Oh well! I still wanted to share this outfit because I love it and it was fun to wear. I hope the blog party is fun and all the whovians are getting their fill of doctorness. ;)

Blessings,
Rebecca Ann

Doctor 11 Inspired Outfit of the Day

Hi ya'll! I was totally inspired by the 11th doctor in the episode with the american western theme. I received a australian hat from my grandmother that was a my late grandpa's and I thought it fit the bill. :) I also had a wool plaid jacket from Unique thrift store that I love and I thought it was the perfect feminine version of his wool jacket in that episode.

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I should have done a blue bow tie and jeans instead of the skirt, but I wanted to do a more feminine version of this outfit. :) The skirt is thrifted from goodwill and it has cool cut outs at the bottom.

The hat is from my grandpa, the boots are from payless, the button down top is from my local thrift store, the jacket is from another thrift store, and the necklaces were gifts.

I quite like the black and white outfit without the hat and jacket too. ;) I wore this out to dinner with my family without the jacket.

Thanks to Mom and Hannah S. for the necklaces! I use them a lot. I always get compliments Hannah on the watch necklace, people always ask where I got it. :)

God bless,
Rebecca