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I hadn't really planned on doing a Friday post but I need a break from studying. Next week I have 3 midterms and several assignments. The week after that I have 1 midterms and quite a few projects and assignments. All and all I am a little stressed.

When I'm stressed I tend to craft. So far this week I have been working on my knitting (that skirt isn't getting done anytime soon...), finishing up my Halloween costume, and making plenty of hair flowers. Since the fall crafting season is over, all the fall floral items were on sale at Michaels. Instead of paying between $5 and $15 per flower, I paid $10 for 8 flowers plus the hair clips I glued them on! Yay for clearance sales!

Friday seems to be the only day I have time to take outfit pictures in the morning before class, so here is what I wore today:

Sweater: Winners

Skirt: Thrifted (its actually a floor length skirt but I am wearing it as a dress here)

Tights: Zellers (but darned by me!)

Belt: I think it came with a shirt I bought a long time ago...

Necklace: Either borrowed from my mother or my grandmother and never returned...

I noticed that I've never posted pictures of me in my glasses on this blog. So, um surprise? My long distance vision isn't very good so I have to wear glasses if I want to see things clearly. I tend not to wear them outside class because I find them annoying to wear. And besides, the world is prettier if it's a little blurry :D

And let me just state that new "cat-eye" glasses are extremely hard to find! It took me months to find this pair.

One last thing, I know I said I would be announcing the giveaway winner today but I have decided to extend the deadline until next Friday. I haven't gotten much of a response and I can't get to the post office this week anyways so I have pushed it back a bit. If you want to enter just go to the post with the word "Giveaway" in the title and leave me a comment. Good Luck!

That's All.

Valentines Day Tea Party

Here's some photos from my Valentines Day Tea party. :)

Notice how I am the only one who got dressed up?

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The Menu:

-Lemon Strawberry Squares (from scratch)

-Vanilla Cupcakes (almost from scratch)

-Strawberries

-Chocolates

-Mini Biscotti (not from scratch but still tasty)

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The Tea:

-Vanilla Strawberry Rose tea

-Sugar Cubes (including some hand decorated ones I got as a Christmas gift)

-Milk (instead of cream since with all the other goodies I figured we should try and be a little healthy)

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The Table Setting:

-An antique lace table cloth over top of a pale rose pink table cloth

-My moms Royal Doulton teacups, saucers and plates (with a paper doily between the saucer and place)

-My white teapot and creamer

-Pink flowers from the farmers market ($10 for all of them including the pink roses!) in decorated jars (actually spaghetti sauce jars that I revamped)

-Biscotti wrapped with a paper doily and with a pink gift tag (with the guests name on it) attached with pink embroidery floss

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The Decorations:

-Silhouettes I made with my face on them

-Some red heart shaped balloons my Grandma bought for me

-A book on roses

-The pink cards are actually Victorian Parlor games I wrote out in case we got bored http://oldfashionedliving.com/parlour-games.html

-More paper doilies!

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The Outfit:

-Dress from Smart Set

-Crinoline from Hey Viv (see previous post)

-Black pantyhose from Giant Tiger

-Necklace made by me (go figure!)

My hair was done with hot rollers :)

Farmers Market?

So this morning I got up early, got dressed, did my hair and makeup, and headed out the door to catch the bus. After a long, cold walk to the bus stop, I waited for a few minutes for the bus to arrive. I was so excited, since this was to be my first trip to the farmers market since moving back to Waterloo. I was to meet my friend at the mall and we would catch the other bus from there together. And he never showed up.

I waited for about an hour until I got frustrated and left. He tells me he got on the right bus but going in the wrong direction. So no farmers market for me this week. :( Maybe next weekend...

Oh well. Here are some pictures I took of my outfit anyways. I wanted to buy some vintage style dresses at this cute little booth (at the farmers market) that sells a lot of rockabilly clothing so I wore a skirt I could wear my new crinoline under. I actually made the skirt based on some instructions in my mom's Home Ec. text book "Homemakers of Tomorrow". I believe it was published around 1954 but I could be off my a year or two. I ended up totally messing up the waist band (hence the reason the tie is at the side and the waist is actually much too large for me) but that's what I get for sewing without an actual pattern and trying to rush through it.




Skirt: Made by me :)
Scarf: Thrifted (I got it for a dollar but I am sure it's 100% silk)
Sweater: Costa Blanca
Tank top: Smart Set
Shoes: Winners
Hair Flower: Also made by me :)