There has been an interruption in broadcasting in BC Land because Senior Presenter (that would be me) has been otherwise engaged in mummy duties aka visiting the ER and xray department yet again with a child, silly me I untie those Beach Cottage Kiddos from the tree out the front and just look what happens.
So, in the meantime, how about another fashion post. Can you cope?
I wanted to show you my dress with the stripes…
….when I was doing Saturday Club at the weekend it led me to dress thinking and summer thinking and with this nautical stripe baby I thought I might go the dress-over-jeans route again…
If you have read my blogging course you’ll know that when I first got onto the internet I couldn’t get enough of it…I read everything from vintage home forums to fashion sites…the fashion ones though caused me a few problems.
You see, before the internet weaved its way into my life…I always wore roughly the same kinda look as I do now…shirts, jeans, t-shirts, flats, flip flops, scarfs, up-dos, a nice chunky bag and simple jewellery….always in neutrals…
…then along came the internet and my night-time-surfing….and suddenly I discovered trendy mummies in cute vintage clothes….oooooh!
There were a few ‘vintage’ mummies in particular who I followed back then, when blogs were just a mere blip on the internet radar, and most of them, or at least the ones I read, were either personal diaries or very much leaning towards the craft orientated….these girls sewed and gathered and created….
and they looked oh-so-cute in thrifted things, they ripped up old grandad shirts and re-modeled them, they ‘just happened’ upon a pure wool jumper for 50 cents in a charity shop and felted it into the most adorable dress for their little girl.
They wore green clogs with leggings and a vintage apron…topped off with a headscarf…tied just so…
Oh how I tried.
I wanted to be one of these cool girls too.
Oh how much I loved vintage! I thought I would expand it to my wardrobe ..I mean how hard could it be?
And so I bought vintage aprons and wore them around the house over jeans.
I bought red clogs.
and wore them in secret.
And my husband didn’t say anything.
I tried thrifting vintage skirts and adjusting them to dresses and cutting up t-shirts into I know not.
I ended up looking ridiculous.
…me, vintage aprons as skirts, green clogs and headscarfs….. just do not mix
I still read those blogs…c’mon…you do know the ones….
They still wear those green clogs…and red ones too…
but I just lust from afar…in jeans, t-shirts and ballet flats
And I still lust after dresses…not vintage ones…but ones over jeans…
This, then, is my nod to the girl in me that wants to be one of the cool vintage-wearing girls…the ones with vintage 70s caftans, beehives and tattoos…
I bought my dress, (it’s doing ok with the shoulders) when buying washing powder in the discount shop…that’s how cool I am
See you soon…I have another trip to the doctor again today.
Must remember to leave that broomstick at home and be nice nurse.
Sarah you’re soo cute! Love the dress. I’m trying to dress a bit better lately. I actually started a weekly blog post, called Frivolous Fashion Friday, last week. You should stop by and check it out. Lots of cute outfits!! This week I’m featuring the color gray. I just love gray and it makes my eyes pop, which is a bonus. : ) Hope you’re having a good week and the trip to the ER wasn’t too serious!
Ride that broom stick love – it will get you through the hospital faster.
I wish you all well and good results – ow!
I am a thrift shop, garage sale, trash & treasure, rumble jungle kind of gal! Anyway I love it – I have found the most extraordinary things over my time for wonderful bargain prices. It does’t always happen but when you do find things you kind of do the OMG inside!
Last find was a swiss watch that I need to have restored (I will blog about it when I do), but new it is worth about $2500 – I won’t tell how much I purchased it for but it was way less (way less) than that.
Sarah, I hope your cub is ok! I know what you mean about those retro girls….I realied you have to have a certain look to pull it off. My son has a friend who dresses in old clothes, got married in a vintage 1950s suit and hat and, on her it works. It’s not for everyone though.
I understand about wanting to wear a certain style. I look better in taylored clothes. I remember several years ago that a particular type of kinda tom-boy looking lace up boot was popular around here. My two sister-in-laws, my 5 year-old niece and my mother-in-law all got a pair for Christmas. They all looked so cute in them, too! I expressed sadness that I liked the boots, but knew they wouldn’t look right on me. They all disagreed and to their surprise, when I tried on one of their pairs, they quietly looked at me in those boots and they all said, “You’re right. They don’t look right on you.” I look so much better in a pair of ballet flats or a nice pump with a 3-inch heel. Thank goodness I knew that already.
Cute dress..I love the look..and I love stripes.
I never have liked vintage clothing..not to say that I haven’t found some AWESOME clothes at the thrift store, tho.
Thanks for hosting, Sarah..you are a sweetie.
Hope your girl/boy ? is doing ok now.
Oh boy! When I first read “vintage mummies”, I thought we were in for an early Halloween post…duh! ;} I have ALWAYS loved the
dress over pants looks…on mummies…on everyone!
Oh Sarah you look amazing!! I’ve had a really awful couple of days and was feeling a little bit raw (you know what I mean) but your post has cheered me up and put a smile on my dail Thanks Sarah I can always depend on you xxxxxxx
Sarah, You look amazing and I love your style! If I was as thin and young as you, I would copy it. Keep up the good work.
Sorry about the ER run. Praying for a speedy recovery.
Hope all gets better soon. I am a sooo wanna be cool vintage chic, but alas its a work in progress. thanks to you I now at least have some homework to get me started. Still working on the BC Sat Club myself, bought a demiun skirt, black tights and my first pair of ballet flats, on a budget so found all my items at Target the red circle boutique, lots of nautical and ruffles this season. Not sure about the horizontal stripes as a current size AUS16 gal, but found a top too. Thursday off to get some new prescription sunnies, belt, cardi and scarf to complete the look, just have to add a nautical dress to the list. And today to continue my sweet blogging course. Cheers
I love love love long shirts or dresses over jeans. It’s one of my favorite go to looks. Especially if I’ve eaten a bit too much! A lot of my jeans are low cut, I know I know a woman of my age shouldn’t wear low cut jeans, but I swear half the time that’s all I can find. So the longer, loose shirts work perfectly. Great pictures Sarah, thanks for hosting. I don’t know if I’ll be able to join in the fun this week. I just started back to work again and I’m trying to get caught up. Marcia in California
You know my whole initiation into the world of blogging was via ‘a beach cottage’ and my, how you have opened up a whole new world to me
I adore dresses though they don’t always suit me and yes I have a tendency to layer them with jeans, gotta keep that tummy tucked in somehow …if what you show us is anything to go by you rock any look!! and I must say I am quite liking your take on the layering of a nautical striped dress with jeans, yes sirry
I love the reflection in that first shot…the greenery and colour allude to spring being on it’s way
Oh Sarah, you manage to look amazing in anything you wear!
Can I ask where you got the dress from? It is very you and I like that whole look of a dress over jeans.
Still contemplating skirts and dresses down here in chilly Tassie. Mostly it is jeans, boots and scarves for me, but hopefully we will get some warmer weather soon and I can be brave and branch out into a skirt/dress.
For some reason jeans just seem more comfy. I always feel a bit self conscious in a skirt, however you are motivating me to be brave!!
Hope your little BCer is okay after the trip to hospital.
I hope your untied kiddo is making a speedy recovery.
I love your fashion style. If I wore vintage I would look like a vertically challenged bag lady! I see girls in their 20′s and 30′s doing the vintage fashion look at a local monthly market. Not many of them do it well but it’s interesting checking them out and 10/10 to them for experimenting with fashion.
Sarah…I wore a skirt to work yesterday with tights I bought 3 years ago and have never worn!!!! The whole outfit was very daring for me but I’ll let you in on a secret, it was pretty mainstream BUT thanks to you I am experimenting with my clothing combos now.
Oh, I know what you mean. When I became a teacher, I tried to copy the look I was expected to have. But I just looked not quite myself in those suits… It looked even sillier as I still behaved like myself, meaning sitting indian style on chairs and not being able to get out of the car properly. Now I’m back to my usual look, with funny dresses no other teacher dares to wear… And I did wear one of those this weekend for the club: my mom thought as I was crazy as it was so cold here… And yes, I do live on the other side of the world, meaning it’s supposed to be summer!
Don’t you just hate those trips to the Doctors. Last month I drove my 21 yrs old son to the med clinic because he sawed off the tip of his finger. Yikes. He has always been a fast healer though, and that chunk is almost completely grown back! I hope your son(or daughter) is okay. Love the dress. It is very ‘you’. And I like your hair all wispy like so, with the long bangs bobbied back out of your face. I’ve been wearing jeans under dresses(and skirts) since my now young adult/teen children were in diapers. I was raised in a hippy home so It’s just who I am. I wear mine with birkenstocks. But I really want a pair of the new clogs by UGG. Have you seen them? So cute.
Sarah, you are sooo cute! I just recently discovered a few of the sewing blogs and I’m in awe! These women can sew! And it’s just like you say…they find something in a thrift store and turn it into a gorgeous dress! Love you striped dress…love anything with a bit of a nautical flair. Hope your little one is okay…speedy recovery wishes coming your way!
Sarah.. hope all goes well! I would be the sweetest nurse for you if you weren’t so far… (just don’t keep hitting that call button!)
Seriously.. I really do hope you get a good one… personally I don’t like most of them, even being one myself!
Again… you have outdid yourself, with your posts..pictures and inspiration!
xo
Cricket
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G'day ladies, let's have a Too Easy Beach Cottage recipe yeah? The original place for Too Easy Recipes on the web ;-)
So, after my last salad went down a storm in my inbox, that's here if you missed it, I had to do this one seeing as I make it most weeks.
There is a problem with this salad and kiddos though...it looks, well, it looks, kinda yucky...but once they try it, they'll ask if and when they are next having it....at least that's what happens in this ratty old cottage...but I must interject here that my kiddos are 'good eaters'? ...they didn't get a choice in that ;-)
Now, stop, don't start running and hitting that next on your blog reading list, pulses are your best friend in the Too Easy Dump & Go kitchen for the busy mum, or busy anyone for that matter...that reminds me I must blog the garlic canneloni Go To for when you forgot to do dinner, feel like a bath but have three ravenous young Beach Cottage Kiddos on your hands...another day.
I am almost embarrassed to tell you how easy this is, we have it so much that I always have a couple, make that six, cans of lentils around and a jar of goat's cheese in the fridge...the great thing about this is that it's all too easy to get ready in just a few minutes, but it looks, tastes and seems like you did oh so very much more than that.
You can obviously too change it up a bit depending on what you have to hand in your kitchen, and I must say that is how I settled on this version...because one day when I made it I didn't have enough Parsley in the garden and so I chucked in some basil too, and liked the Summer feel it added.
I think of this as being a rather posh salad, not sure why, because it couldn't really be further from the truth...the great thing is that it works so well for an average run of the mill day, (when I did this for this blog post, it was a hot Sydney Sunday and I did it just simply to go with Rosemary & Garlic stuffed pork, you can see that pork here),
...but just as easily it works on a regular old Wednesday night when you have lost all enthusiasm for rustling up yet another meal, or indeed on Saturday night, when your friends are on their way over for dinner and you my friend, are in your new vintage inspired clawfoot bathtub (that's me in a few weeks time, k?) without any clothes on, a tipple and no idea what to cook for dinner...
I have a complicated and ever-changing relationship with goat's cheese...it never fails me in its performance and it never fails to impress me (you can find out a bit more on what I like in food here if you like) and I kinda collect it...because it's very easy to collect and has a fairly long fridge-life, I love trying out different ones and there's not many things I love more than goat's cheese on sourdough...but I think the best thing about it is not thinking about it exclusively in the toast/salad department...I've stuffed it in chicken and all sorts of things as a last minute and it's been fab.
But let's get down to the nitty gritty of this super salad that makes you look like an angel who has been on her knees all day scrubbing the front step when really you are in the digital world and spent most of ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, howdy, howdy howdy today for a Beach Cottage Too Easy recipe.
If you like cake, cream, sugar and chocolate, make this.
This is, rather than a recipe, a putting it together...as you know I am no dessert maker, but, I do make quite a few sweet things, because, somehow I have ended up with kiddos, who in their roles as offspring, believe that part of the deal, is that not only do I feed them a home-cooked meal with a few homegrown ingredients in there, yes, they also believe that dessert and not the kind that comes out of a packet is included too in this All-Inclusive Deal they call Parenthood.
So, this, for sure, is no culinary masterpiece, but if you are looking for something that is so very easy, dump-able, uses everyday ingredients and at the same time makes you look like you spent hours pulling things together plus tastes good....well, then this is for you.
Best though, you don't make this for yourself, if you have spent the most part of your week sitting on your derriere reading blogs...this my friend ain't low in the calories department...if, however, you are treating yourself to a delight in a mason jar, this is so for you.
I first had a version of this when at dinner back in Old Blighty with a girl, I once, in another life, caught the train up from our village to London with...she was a funny thing really...I am not quite sure how we got on...she was kinda prissy and a bit bothered by too much...I would run to the train flustered, having got up late, and she would have a spreadsheet on the train times, if you know what I mean.
Anyway, a few years later when we both had bambinos, I bumped into her again and we met up for playdates and dinner sometimes....this particular night, after a lovely meal she served up little bowls of creamy, cakey fruity stuff topped off with chocolate flake...it was delicious!
She didn't serve hers in little jars like this, hers were in a champagne glass and not quite so layered as these ones, plus she used tinned fruit not fresh or frozen.
Years later when said offspring kept requesting dessert, one day I wangled together somehow these from what was around in the fridge and they've been with us ever since.
Most likely, if you ever come here for dinner, and shock horror, you dont' bring the dessert with you, this, if you are lucky, will be what you will get.
Throw it all together, sprinkle a lil bit of chocolate on the top and the blog reading past-time you so rudely left in order to make this, is my friend, your oyster.
Beach Cottage Too Easy Layered Raspberry, Cream & Sponge Dessert
1 small maderia or butter cake or a pack of cupcakes (or of course make your own)
1/2 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup cream cheese
1/4 cup sugar
8 tbsp fruit
1 x chocolate Flake or chocolate bar for grating
1. beat the cream cheese until it is soft
2. whip the cream until soft peaks form
3. combine & add the sugar through
4. cut your cake into portions
& layer into the bottom of your jar
5. add a tablespoon of fruit
6. layer on top the cream combo
7. repeat
8. grate chocolate or Flake on top
*Beach Cottage Recipe Notes : this is just a guide really, you can use any cream that you have on hand...I have made this with clotted cream (don't even go there unless you want to seriously get these babies on your thighs), with double cream and I have even, in desperate times squirted in that, ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, well I thought it was time for some blogging tips here today, alongside a few nice flowers and shells ;-)
I was recently part of a blogger discussion group over at Kidspot and a couple of hours later had a few questions from girls who couldn't make it to the live chat, one was on my Facebook page and one via email, the Facebook one I will deal with in another Real Girl Blogging Tips post...the email one asked me what essentials do I think every blog needs?
Well I have been around here for a while now doing the blogging thing, so I should know this, yeah and I mused this on my walk by the sea this morning I thought well what do you only need?
...I think it is really very easy when blogging, whether or not you are blogging up there in the lofty heights of the Super Bloggers or you are just dipping your toe in the water, to get side-tracked by 101 million different things that are 'essential' to your blog and if you are someone like me who actually gets a thrill from reading blogging tips then you are in an even worse place because you will find yourself literally buzzing with these essential things to add/do/implement on your blog.
However, walking along, gulping down that brisk sea air today (no sunshine & clouds) I thought you actually don't need any of that professional blogging stuff to be successful...but there are a few things that are pretty much crucial ...and once I started to think about it I got it down to about 5 - these are the only things that you need to concentrate on...once you have read through take a look at some of the big girl's blogs...you'll see that actually they don't have bundles of stuff on their blogs...but they do have all of these...
So here are my top things that your blog must have
1. About Page
There are all sorts of About Pages out there, and if you search on it there are many different tips and ideas for what to have on yours
Whatever blogging platform you use, adding an About Me Page is easy, quick and simple and will do everything to grow your blog.
I like a long-ish About Page, I am inherently nosy and I like to know a bit more about the person but at the least you should have on it your name and where you are located. I also think a photo is good too...over the last year or so I think this has become more important in blogging - if you are hesitant about that as I was, you can try using sunglasses or a behind shot until you get comfortable.
There is nothing worse than stumbling upon a new blog and going to find out more to only be faced with a piddly little one liner About Me Page...well there is something worse, not having one at all!
2. Contact Page
The chances are someone, somewhere will want to contact you and you will be surprised what lands in your inbox once you put yourself out there on the world wide web with a blog.
Many bloggers also use this page to include details for PR's/brands that may want to contact them and some bloggers put their stats on there too.
A short, to the point and simple Contact Page works really well...whenever I have wanted to contact another blogger I am often very busy and have limited time so I don't want to hang around sifting through information looking for an email address, so concise and clear ...
G'day lovely Beach Cottage lovelies.
So, yeah, so on a roll people, so on a roll.
I feel kinda home accessory wired right now.
I am always telling people, if anyone ever listens, that blogging is all about passion, not that sort of passion, but about passion that makes one tick.
Things like this make me tick tick boom.
I love finding things that suit my budget and let me treat my home but look amazing too.
So without further adieu I introduce you, ladies of the beach, to the blue vintage glasses that I have been stroking for about a week or two now...
These glasses are from a little boutique I sometimes happen upon, this boutique sells also pet accessories, carpet cleaner, bras and compost...it's quite unique though.
And, thanks to my friend Marnie (she blogs over here, go take a look at her praying position, interesting), who just so happens to be one day having me over for a lil' Greek dinner, has let me in on the fact that we call Kmart....The KMart...with an accent ....as in 'I love The KMart'...just like her MIL does. Oh yeah. Love that.
So I have had my eye on reproduction vintage glass blue wine glasses and being trying to find real true vintage blue glasses for like ever.
Oh yes I have spied them in Frenchy boutiques, I have lusted after them in stores that I shouldn't even enter and I have put them back pretty quickly in those shops with the hand-written price tags. C'mon, you know the ones.
And, though all of the above have tempted me, muchly, really, even with my wardrobe stashing skills I just thought that, actually, I'd rather be saving that casherooni for our next trip overseas..
Hello The KMart.
Tick Tick Boom
Vintage style blue wine glasses.
Do not come to my old place and think you might pick up one of these and smile with pleasure at their handblown quality, their weight, and be secretly jealous that my wine glasses cost more than your car...friend, that would not happen...these do not feel like that...indeed these in a funny way reminded me of my baby girl, she was a tiny little thing, with stick legs, the tinsssssssiest ankles and wrists you ever did see, she slept sideways in her cot wedged in between rolled up blankets and would only settle attached to Mr Beach Cottage or I or a (dirty) pj top of mine scrunched up under her nose...the first few times I picked her up to cuddle, being used to Honeymoon Baby who weighed in at 9lbs at birth and has never really stopped growing, I nearly threw her little bird-cum-rat down covered body over my shoulder.
These glasses are like that...be careful or you might lose your wine down the front of your shirt.
But oh baby, we are not talking picking up here, we are not talking quality, we are not talking house accessory snobbery.
Beach Cottage ladies, we are talking aesthetics.
And this is what I need in my cottage.
Blue vintage style glass, paired with coastal / nautical / beach stuff on my deck.
It's The KMart.
Tune in tomorrow, tomorrow, I have more budget foofing for your home, or maybe it will be the dress that wraps me up in supermarket-chic and makes me feel like me again.
Good Day to you my friends, wanna come hang out on my deck, talk house accessories, The KMart and drink some wine from blue glasses?
Sarah
Hope the Xray goes well Sarah . Thanks again for hosting xx Ava
Sarah you’re soo cute! Love the dress. I’m trying to dress a bit better lately. I actually started a weekly blog post, called Frivolous Fashion Friday, last week. You should stop by and check it out. Lots of cute outfits!! This week I’m featuring the color gray. I just love gray and it makes my eyes pop, which is a bonus. : ) Hope you’re having a good week and the trip to the ER wasn’t too serious!
You’d think we would learn not to untie the kids from the tree! We ended up in the ER a few times too.
Love the dress over jeans. You’ve got a very cute little figure and can pull it off. Me? Not so much. But wait til next year and I will!
Hello Sarah
Ride that broom stick love – it will get you through the hospital faster.
I wish you all well and good results – ow!
I am a thrift shop, garage sale, trash & treasure, rumble jungle kind of gal! Anyway I love it – I have found the most extraordinary things over my time for wonderful bargain prices. It does’t always happen but when you do find things you kind of do the OMG inside!
Last find was a swiss watch that I need to have restored (I will blog about it when I do), but new it is worth about $2500 – I won’t tell how much I purchased it for but it was way less (way less) than that.
have a lovely (stress free) day.
x
Loulou
Oh, Sarah…you are just so wonderfully adorable…I love love love reading your posts. Thank you so much for hosting! I hope you are enjoying your week!
Sarah, I hope your cub is ok! I know what you mean about those retro girls….I realied you have to have a certain look to pull it off. My son has a friend who dresses in old clothes, got married in a vintage 1950s suit and hat and, on her it works. It’s not for everyone though.
I understand about wanting to wear a certain style. I look better in taylored clothes. I remember several years ago that a particular type of kinda tom-boy looking lace up boot was popular around here. My two sister-in-laws, my 5 year-old niece and my mother-in-law all got a pair for Christmas. They all looked so cute in them, too! I expressed sadness that I liked the boots, but knew they wouldn’t look right on me. They all disagreed and to their surprise, when I tried on one of their pairs, they quietly looked at me in those boots and they all said, “You’re right. They don’t look right on you.” I look so much better in a pair of ballet flats or a nice pump with a 3-inch heel. Thank goodness I knew that already.
hi Sarah, Thanks so much for hosting! I hope your little one is better!
Love the dress over jeans
Hmmmm I like that look, I can’t do vintage clothes, they make me look ridiculous
Cute dress..I love the look..and I love stripes.
I never have liked vintage clothing..not to say that I haven’t found some AWESOME clothes at the thrift store, tho.
Thanks for hosting, Sarah..you are a sweetie.
Hope your girl/boy ? is doing ok now.
Oh boy! When I first read “vintage mummies”, I thought we were in for an early Halloween post…duh! ;} I have ALWAYS loved the
dress over pants looks…on mummies…on everyone!
m ^..^
I thought it was going to be a Halloween post, too!
Oh Sarah you look amazing!! I’ve had a really awful couple of days and was feeling a little bit raw (you know what I mean) but your post has cheered me up and put a smile on my dail
Thanks Sarah I can always depend on you 
xxxxxxx
Sarah, You look amazing and I love your style! If I was as thin and young as you, I would copy it. Keep up the good work.
Sorry about the ER run. Praying for a speedy recovery.
love the view over your shoulder
The stripes are YOU!
You are kidding me! I bought that dress last week-buying groceries
. Don’t untie the Kids again, you don’t need those scary trips.
Oh my gosh – another ER trip? Add that to the list of things that scares me about having kids
At least you look fab in your cool striped tunic top!!
Hope all gets better soon. I am a sooo wanna be cool vintage chic, but alas its a work in progress. thanks to you I now at least have some homework to get me started. Still working on the BC Sat Club myself, bought a demiun skirt, black tights and my first pair of ballet flats, on a budget so found all my items at Target the red circle boutique, lots of nautical and ruffles this season. Not sure about the horizontal stripes as a current size AUS16 gal, but found a top too. Thursday off to get some new prescription sunnies, belt, cardi and scarf to complete the look, just have to add a nautical dress to the list. And today to continue my sweet blogging course. Cheers
Hi Sarah,
Beautiful post and stunning shots as always!
Thanks for hosting again.
Cheers,
Sanghamitra.
I like your dress and you look very trendy wearing it over jeans. I could never pull that off.
cheers!
I love love love long shirts or dresses over jeans. It’s one of my favorite go to looks. Especially if I’ve eaten a bit too much! A lot of my jeans are low cut, I know I know a woman of my age shouldn’t wear low cut jeans, but I swear half the time that’s all I can find. So the longer, loose shirts work perfectly. Great pictures Sarah, thanks for hosting. I don’t know if I’ll be able to join in the fun this week. I just started back to work again and I’m trying to get caught up. Marcia in California
You know my whole initiation into the world of blogging was via ‘a beach cottage’ and my, how you have opened up a whole new world to me
I adore dresses though they don’t always suit me and yes I have a tendency to layer them with jeans, gotta keep that tummy tucked in somehow
…if what you show us is anything to go by you rock any look!! and I must say I am quite liking your take on the layering of a nautical striped dress with jeans, yes sirry 
I love the reflection in that first shot…the greenery and colour allude to spring being on it’s way
Oh Sarah, you manage to look amazing in anything you wear!
Can I ask where you got the dress from? It is very you and I like that whole look of a dress over jeans.
Still contemplating skirts and dresses down here in chilly Tassie. Mostly it is jeans, boots and scarves for me, but hopefully we will get some warmer weather soon and I can be brave and branch out into a skirt/dress.
For some reason jeans just seem more comfy. I always feel a bit self conscious in a skirt, however you are motivating me to be brave!!
Hope your little BCer is okay after the trip to hospital.
Sarah
I hope your untied kiddo is making a speedy recovery.
I love your fashion style. If I wore vintage I would look like a vertically challenged bag lady! I see girls in their 20′s and 30′s doing the vintage fashion look at a local monthly market. Not many of them do it well but it’s interesting checking them out and 10/10 to them for experimenting with fashion.
Sarah…I wore a skirt to work yesterday with tights I bought 3 years ago and have never worn!!!! The whole outfit was very daring for me but I’ll let you in on a secret, it was pretty mainstream BUT thanks to you I am experimenting with my clothing combos now.
Cheers
alison
Beautiful images Sarah and a lovely post!
ohhh…sweet- ER again- DO NOT let those kids out!!
At least you’ll look cool down there with the other mums who regularly meet up with other energetic, sporty ER visiting kids!
I know the lovely, eccentric, inspiring red clogged blogger…long knitted socks & random head scarves….i wish too!
You look perfect in your stripes & vintaged belt!!
Melissa x
Hey there sare bear, you are rocking the dress jean look for sure. Please add red clogs, I want to see a pic. You know you want to ;0)
alicia
I am lovin’ the little belt with the dress- a.dor.able!
Thank you for hosting and here’s to an ER free week!
Kerry at housetalkn.blogspot.com
Thanks for hosting! I absolutely love your dress and I think I may just be on the hunt for something similar! Too cute!
You look terrific. I never would’ve thought to wear it over jeans.
Oh, I know what you mean. When I became a teacher, I tried to copy the look I was expected to have. But I just looked not quite myself in those suits… It looked even sillier as I still behaved like myself, meaning sitting indian style on chairs and not being able to get out of the car properly. Now I’m back to my usual look, with funny dresses no other teacher dares to wear… And I did wear one of those this weekend for the club: my mom thought as I was crazy as it was so cold here… And yes, I do live on the other side of the world, meaning it’s supposed to be summer!
I just love stripes! And I love your blog! Today is my first party with you and I am your newest follower. Thanks for hosting!
-Shelley
Don’t you just hate those trips to the Doctors. Last month I drove my 21 yrs old son to the med clinic because he sawed off the tip of his finger. Yikes. He has always been a fast healer though, and that chunk is almost completely grown back! I hope your son(or daughter) is okay. Love the dress. It is very ‘you’. And I like your hair all wispy like so, with the long bangs bobbied back out of your face. I’ve been wearing jeans under dresses(and skirts) since my now young adult/teen children were in diapers. I was raised in a hippy home so It’s just who I am. I wear mine with birkenstocks. But I really want a pair of the new clogs by UGG. Have you seen them? So cute.
Wear your red clogs are wear ‘em PROUD!! You’re beautiful the way you are! Andrea @ townandprairie
Sarah, you are sooo cute! I just recently discovered a few of the sewing blogs and I’m in awe! These women can sew! And it’s just like you say…they find something in a thrift store and turn it into a gorgeous dress! Love you striped dress…love anything with a bit of a nautical flair. Hope your little one is okay…speedy recovery wishes coming your way!
Ok Ms Sarah, I personally appreciate your sense of style! Some of us want to dress like you.
Sarah.. hope all goes well! I would be the sweetest nurse for you if you weren’t so far… (just don’t keep hitting that call button!)
Seriously.. I really do hope you get a good one… personally I don’t like most of them, even being one myself!
Again… you have outdid yourself, with your posts..pictures and inspiration!
xo
Cricket