So Much for My Blog!

 

 

Since I've become bored with sharing the minutia of my personal life on here- I'll be switching this over to my business blog.

Get ready for the minutia of my crafting life!

 

 

 

Brand Shining New Obsession

ML turned me onto Pintrest which appears to be a virtual pin board for all your lovely to do/ to have/ to remember photos and images. You can upload and share those inspirations and find brand new ones to steal your hard earned money. 


My apologies if this site ruins your life like it has mine...


Please accept some nifty music as reparation

Miss Me?

I swear I haven't forgotten about Re Vamp- at least once a day I think "I really ought to get on a blog post."

And I'm in the thick of a whole lot of DIY stuff to update on but am to busy working said projects to post about them. Irony.

Also, work is kinda wackadoo right now and add to that prepping to move out (FINALLY!) and you've got a seriously neglected blog. Ok, enough excusing my absence.... here are some things to look forward to!

*Update on the headboard project.

*End results of the Picture Project.

*Home decor haul post with pretty photos of all the new junk I've bought for the apartment.

*Another installment of the "How to Be A Lady" guide!

ReVamp; The Art of Changing

Ok, so since my vacation started, I've been lagging on preparing for the trip. Been too preoccupied with drinks and parties and days spent recovering from drinks and parties.

But now it's countdown: 3 days and I gotta get on this shit. Washed all my laundry last night and set out the clothes I'm planning to take. Got a hair trim and found another silver hiding within my coif. Which is good for two reasons.

1. I love silver hair.

2. Loving silver hair means not dying since it will cover up lovely sliver hair.

So, the dye job I was planning to do is off which means one less item to tick off my list. And now I am currently killing time (and dealing with a flooded back room!) until the shops open so I can buy things. Suitcase and books for the plane and maybe some new makeup.

Ah, segway. Another little thing I needed to do was figure out how I was going to take along my Airspun loose powder, that time tested holy grail for vintage ladies. The best face powder on earth (and also maybe the cheapest) doesn't travel well so I decided to press it. With a little help from some makeup blogs and The Fedora Lounge, I was surprisingly easy.

 You need cosmetic powder, mixing bowl, something to press your powder into and alcohol (I used rubbing alcohol or surgical spirit) I've read use of vodkah and other drinking alcohol but why waste good liquor?

 Throw your powder in a bowl. I ended up using about half the powder in the container because once you add the alcohol, you lose a lot of volume.

 Add the alcohol a bit at a time and mix until its at a pasty consistency. At this point, I got a little nervous because the color changed so darkly. No worries, it dries back to it's original color.

 Scoop the paste into your pressing pan. I'm using my Stratton compact (with a broken mirror!) Goop it in, then wet your finger with the alcohol and use it to smooth the paste into the corners and even out the top.

It took mine overnight to dry. Halfway through, I took some scrap fabric and pressed it into the pan and applied pressure to help even out the surface. I added a little stamp of a Fleur de lis cause I'm corny.

Voila! Instant pressed compact. This works for any powder make-up and is especially helpful for eyeshadow or blushes that have busted and crumbled to dust.

Edit!

I don't know how I missed this post by Vixen Vintage but she has a tutorial for pressed powder that rocks. It looks like I just copied hers photo for photo (promise I didn't!) but her post is much prettier and more detailed then mine. Check it out!

ReVamp; the Halloween Edition

So, after about a week and a half, I'm finally finally getting in a holiday post. I've been working all week to finish up my costume and it was just ready to wear out yesterday to the House of Elements party. Which was a lot of fun, with a really good turn out, cheap drinks and some fun bands. Too bad I was tired from working all day. By 12:00, I was ready for bed. Such an old lady. Well, I didn't get any photos of my costume but there are two more parties ahead to take care of that. In the meantime, I've got wig styling and party friends.

It started as this.

 It's actually harder to curl a wig then you're own hair.

 It ended up as this. I decided my wig head needed make up and a name. So, say hello to Marie of Versailles.

 Miss Eka as a cowboy.

 It's a cat fight!

 They have cute themed costumes for the entire weekend.

And so, the great Halloweekend continues....

Just Frames

The Picture Project in various stages.

Haphazard

This past week I've been all over the board- so lets see how many tags I can hit in one post.

1. My main focus has been furnishing my soon to be apartment. A difficult task what with no money and no storage space. My newest want- this Hat Stand from Urban Outfitters. Which I must order online since I couldn't bare the sham of actually walking into an Urban Outfitter. Brrrhhh!

2. Ordered my 7th pair of Perfect heels from DSW- I had no choice since they finally re-issued them in blue and in the 4+ years that I've been dressing vintage, I have yet to own a pair of blue heels. I had to buy them.

3. Went to a party for the lovely EG  on Friday. She officially quit her mundane job to become a yoga instructor. As if that's not awesome enough, there was a bounce house. I'm still sore today.

4. Found a thread on The Fedora Lounge that shows you how to use a vintage rotary phone off your cell line.

 How neat is that?

5. I've been thinking about Idyllwild quite a bit lately. Not really sure why, it's just been popping in my head this whole past week. And the more I think about it, the more I find all I want is to be back at the cabin again. I guess it makes sense- what with all the bullshit thats happened in the past month, getting over with The Fancy and pissing "friends" off and thinking too much on The Ex. Slowly but surely, I realize I'm being cut out of that group of people. And that's putting me in a really lonely state.

So, if I'm going to be lonely anyway, I might as well be lonely in the mountains.

What's that- 11 tags?

Not too shabby.

At a loss for a title...

As promised, a bit on some decorating projects and other artsy things I've been up to lately.

Firstly- the results of ML and my trip to the art fusion studio. Which was ages ago, but I'm lazy and like to procrastinate. We made a pendant and a tile- I was feeling green that day and it's abound in my pieces.

ML and I have a thing for peacocks. Kinda peacock vibe right?

My bedroom photo project is slow going but I'm making some progress. Months ago, I bought a bunch of reprints of vintage postcards from the 20's. I decided they would be a great little art collage for when I move out. I've been trolling etsy.com and thrift stores, looking for frames and have found all but one. Once i have them all, I plan to sand them down, paint them copper and rose and complete my 30's boudoir vision.

Onto my righteous victory at the auction!

With a little liquor courage and some last minute bidding, I won my Mike Maxwell. Yay! More then I ought to spend but it's for a good cause and all. I also got a cute little framed feather deal. Which has a reserved spot on my vanity.

 El Tigre

Oy- long weekend indeed!

So much crammed into so few days. I love weekends that seem as though they were weeks long- you wonder "Did I really do all that in just three days?"

Friday night was the boy's show at the Birch theater in North park. Perfectly lovely venue and a sold-out show to boot! I wore my new Stop Staring dress, which I've named Prince. Because it's the purple one.

Get it???


Ok, bad dress pun. Moving on.

Did the coffee thing with CJ the next morning,saw the slobberiest bulldog I've ever seen in my life and spent the rest of Saturday doing nothing and loving it.

Sunday was dedicated to the search for a headboard for my future new bedroom. I have this grand idea of making a wood framed tufted headboard and have had no kind of luck finding anything to work for it.

I made the rounds at my favorite thrift furniture shop (nada) and a place called Consignment Classic (even less) They did have some fun pieces that I would have considered had I not been on a specific mission.

A little dusty but also a little awesome.

I already have a vanity. But I want this one too! (This dress is ORV, the original revamp)

This is nothing but a shameless shoe shot.

And now let's all take a moment to mourn the multitude of poor cows who died so someone could make this ugly furniture. Really, who needs this much bovine?

Luckily, I had late night bocci to cheer me up after a day of fruitless searching. We tried out the courts in little Italy and really had a nice little time. I'm thinking I'd like to get people together more often for late night activities. Wholesome late night activities, I mean. Not like late night group orgies or anything. Wow...

Well, so as to not end this post with mention of orgies, I did end up finding a headboard which should work just fine for my plans. Thank you craiglist!

I went out looking for one grey belt-

and $130 later, I came away with a fantastic Friday night outfit.

Against all better judgment, I took KJ on a little shopping expedition for a belt to match my perfect grey shoes. We went to Frock You (mistake number one), then we stopped by the dress rack. (mistake number 2)

And then I popped into the backroom with the shoes. (epic fail)

Yes, yes, I spent money I could ill afford but I really had no choice.

 I'm really odd when it comes to matching colors in outfits. I usually do the dress in a main color and then everything else will be one accent color.

I did manage to show some restraint in not buying a hat while I was there, instead opting to make a little fascinator. Quite often with clothing, I go shopping with a very specific idea in my head of what I want and usually am unable to find the perfect dress or hat or necklace that I pictured. Not at all surprising.

In these instances, rather then get something perfectly nice but not perfect, I attempt to make it myself. Which often turns out to be much more work then I originally thought and I end up in my slip with full hair and make-up, frantically hot-gluing rhinestones and feathers the night of the event.

Well, I dodged the bullet with this project as I started and finished it this afternoon. I'm really quite pleased with it. It's simple but effective. Just like me.

Thus ends my story of good intentions and bad will-power. I am now fully and completely excited for the Silent Comedy show tomorrow night. Perfect outfit, perfect band, perfect times.