Guest Blog Post For Cats Like Us!!!

Hello Kittens!

I just wanted to let you all know I recently did a guest blog post for Cats Like Us's blog where I talked about cherries. It features Heart of Haute's White Cherries Estelle blouse as well as Trashy Diva's 1940's Flutter dress!

Go check it out! :D
http://catslikeus.com/blog/articles/cherries-that-sweet-and-sultry-fruit#.VBdIUWPiOwE

Pinup Girl Clothing Dress Reviews! Sale On Sales!

So earlier this week I had an Outfit of the Day post featuring my new Pinup Couture Netti dress.

As promised, here is my review of the Pinup Couture Netti dress along with two other dress reviews for dresses I bought from Pinup Girl Clothing during one of their recent sale on sales!


Pinup Couture Netti dress in Squirrel Sateen:
This dress has a super cute and super cool retro atomic style print. Pink and olive green squares are dominate in the print but when you look close you will also see woodland motifs such as branches, leaves, acorns, and little squirrels all over. The Netti dress is a nice summer dress with wide contrasting black shoulder straps and a black band at the top of the bust. The black contrasting band at the top of the bust is scalloped and finished in a pink serged-stitch which matches with the pink on the dress. This dress comes with a contrasting black slide belt. This dress is fitted on top and has a very full skirt. It has a side zip which is not my favorite but for the overall beautiful and awesome look of the dress, who's complaining really?!

Pinup Girl Couture Netti Dress In Squirrel Sateen- Front View

Pinup Girl Couture Netti Dress In Squirrel Sateen- Front View

Pinup Girl Couture Netti Dress In Squirrel Sateen- Side View

Pinup Girl Couture Netti Dress In Squirrel Sateen- Back View

Pinup Girl Couture Netti Dress In Squirrel Sateen- Close Up

Pinup Couture Heidi dress in Birdcage Print:
I was surprised to find that the Heidi dress in Birdcage Print fit a little big in the bust. I don't know if sizing down would help since that would make the waist really tight on me but in any case, it is a really cute dress with a really cute print which I got at an awesome price so in my eyes it's not that much of a problem. This dress is made of gray material with a birdcage print all over. The birdcages are black with some pink and a little bit of white. Like the squirrel print, the birdcage print has a definite retro feel. This dress has an angular neckline that has a sweetheart shape. The bust is ruched. The straps on this dress are extra wide, almost like little sleeves and are wide at the top by the shoulders and get narrower closer to the bust where they are also ruched. This dress is fitted at the bust and has a nice flared full skirt. It also comes with a black slide belt and has black trim along the neckline and shoulders. This dress has a back zip.

Pinup Couture Heidi Dress In Birdcage- Front View

Pinup Couture Heidi Dress In Birdcage- Front View

Pinup Couture Heidi Dress In Birdcage- Side View

Pinup Couture Heidi Dress In Birdcage- Back View

Pinup Couture Heidi Dress In Birdcage- Close Up

Pinup Couture Annalise dress in Black with Pink Tipsy Elephants:
While the Heidi fit slightly large, the Annalise dress fit very tight! This dress is made of a stretchy polyester, rayon, spandex blend so I'm guessing from their choice in material that this small fit was intentional as they possibly mean for this dress to be very fitted on top?

The Annalise is a black dress with one embroidered pink elephant at the top right shoulder and two embroidered pink elephants at the bottom left hip. These are not your average pink elephants though! They are very tipsy looking elephants dancing around martini glasses with bubbles floating around them! I loved these elephants from the first moment I saw them. They reminded me of Dumbo during the scene when the mouse fell into the barrel of ale and saw all the elephants dancing around. Ah, good memories of fun cartoons! Pinup Girl Clothing also makes an all over print with these elephants which I'm so happy to see back in stock on some of their dresses!

The bust on this dress is very similar to the bust in on the Heidi though there are definite differences. This dress has a curved princess neckline and wide straps which are more like little capped sleeves. Like the Heidi, the sleeves on this dress in narrower by the top of the bust and get wider at the top of the shoulders. This dress has a very fitted top and a nicely flared full skirt. The medium to heavy thickness of the material of this dress helps keep the shape of the skirt. This dress also comes with a contrasting pink slide belt and has a back zip.

Pinup Couture Annalise Dress in Black With Tipsy Elephants- Front View

Pinup Couture Annalise Dress in Black With Tipsy Elephants- Front View

Pinup Couture Annalise Dress in Black With Tipsy Elephants- Side View

Pinup Couture Annalise Dress in Black With Tipsy Elephants- Back View

Pinup Couture Annalise Dress in Black With Tipsy Elephants- Close Up

I bought all three dresses in my usual size large which I have found can usually either fit a little large or just right in Pinup Girl Clothing dresses. In this case, I had a wide range of fits from just right, too large, and too small-- though in all cases if it was too large or too small it was just slightly so and probably would not warrant getting another size. For reference my measurements are 39"-31"-39 and I am 5'3".

Outfit of the Day: Squirrels!

What's cracking kittens?

Last weekend I went out with my two best lady geology friends for a bit of brunch in Berkeley. Brunch was good but the company was better. There was good weather too, so it was nice to sit outside in the sun while taking in my lemon gingerbread pancakes and decaf coffee. Sadly, we've only been averaging seeing each other about once a year but hopefully our plan to meet up in December will work out and it won't be another year before we see each other again.

Outfit of the Day:

For today's outing I brought out my brand new Pinup Couture Netti dress in the squirrel print sateen. Keep an out out for the full review later this week-- it will be a three dress review on some dresses I recently picked up on Pinup Girl Clothing's sale on sale!

As usual I paired this with a cardigan, this one a pink one from Target, as well as my trusty black flats from Gap Outlet.

Pinup Couture Netti Dress In Squirrel Print Sateen- Front View

Pinup Couture Netti Dress In Squirrel Print Sateen- Front View

Pinup Couture Netti Dress In Squirrel Print Sateen- Side View

Pinup Couture Netti Dress In Squirrel Print Sateen- Front View

Pinup Couture Netti Dress In Squirrel Print Sateen- Side View

Matching Your Dress To Your Teaware, Part 5

So today is the day I live up to my blog name! 

It's another perfect paring... this time with cats! <3

When I saw this dress on Rebel Circus' website I said to myself, "Hey! I've seen a teapot just like that!!!!" This Folter Women's Black Cats dress in white features an all over black cat print, v-neckline, and contrasting black sash. It also has pockets! But the real draw of this dress are the cute, curvy, and long kitties posed throughout the dress. These cats remind me of sexton cats wall hangings from the 1950's!

Folter Women's Black Cats Dress In White From Rebel Circus, photo: http://www.rebelcircus.com/women-s-black-cats-dress-white.html

Cool Cats Tea For One From Stash Tea, photo: http://www.stashtea.com/Cool-Cats-Tea-for-One/dp/B004ZGKR9E

Imagine wearing this dress whilst taking a sip of tea from this tea for one in a 1950's style living room!

This Cool Cats Tea for One found on Stash Tea's website is a creamy colored tea for one featuring two curvy and long retro sexton-style black cats! The black bordering the saucer, tea cup, and  adorning the teapot at the spout, handle and lid farther mirrors the Folter Black Cats dress's sash as well as embellishes the tea for one perfectly.

These two are truly a puurrrr-fect paring!

Outfit Of The Day: Two Looks For Kind Of Staying In

This last Labor Day weekend, for the most part of the weekend, I stayed in and worked on crafting projects and caught up with a sewing project. 

I did find myself stepping out even when I was planning on staying in all day though. On Sunday I went out for a bagel run to Panera Bread... sadly no Noah's nearby, and on Monday I went for a quick trip to Joann's to get more interfacing and got lots of extra goodies on sale during their labor day sale.

So what are my favorite outfits for mostly staying in but stepping out for a quick spell on a day off? The answer is cotton jersey dresses! <3


Outfit of the Day:

Mostly when I'm at home I love to be in my PJs... but when it's the weekend and I find myself needing to step out of the house I like to throw on a super comfy cotton jersey dress. And for extra comfort and convenience, I like to throw on a pair of stretchy cotton leggings underneath the dress. Cotton leggings were my staple in life in the 4th and 5th grade! ;)

Cotton Jersey Dress By Oliva Moon, Nordstrom Rack- Front View

Cotton Jersey Dress By Oliva Moon, Nordstrom Rack- Front View

 

Cotton Jersey Dress By Oliva Moon, Nordstrom Rack- Side View

Mouse Flats, Chase and Chloe, Modcloth- Close Up

Cotton Jersey Dress By Xhilaration, Target- Front View

Cotton Jersey Dress By Xhilaration, Target- Side View

Wolfgang- Side View

Outfit of the Day: Feeling 60's

Summer is on its way out but before the cold weather starts I wanted to be sure to get to go out in my houndstooth flats!

And what better way to wear houndstooth flats than to wear it with a 1960's style drop waist dress!

I wore this on Saturday labor day weekend out to ice cream with the hubby then to a movie (Guardians of the Galaxy) and then out to dinner.


Outfit of the Day:

For this outing I picked out my houndstooth flats by Volatile which I got last year from DSW. I wore this with a 1960's style drop waist dress by Maggie London from Nordstrom Rack. I then topped off this look with a sequined black headband and oval rimmed sunglasses from the Coach Outlet. 

Maggie London Dress, Volatile Houndstooth Flats- Front View

Maggie London Dress, Volatile Houndstooth Flats- Side View

Houndstooth Flats, Volatile- Close Up

Finishing Off The 60's Look With Oval Rimmed Coach Sunglasses

Making Little Hats! The Return of the DIY Projects!

Hello Kittens!

I hope you all had a good labor day weekend (for those of you in the states) or a good Labour Day weekend (for those of you in Canada) or maybe just a good weekend in general (for those of you elsewhere). :)

I noticed that it's been some time since I last did a DIY post so I figured it was due time for this one!

 
Making Little Hats!

 1) Start with a fascinator base. I bought this straw base from ebay

2) If the fascinator base doesn't come with one already sew on a snap clip or hair comb

 3) Once the snap clip or hair comb is sewed on hot glue it on to reinforce it.

Be sure to apply the glue only to the edge of the snap or hair comb. You will need the snap or comb to be slightly mobile to put it on your head.

 3) The last step is either the fun step or the tricky part... or maybe it's a little bit of both... adding the decoration.

For this hat I added a bunch of fake fruit to make a Carmen Miranda inspired hat! These pieces of fruit are a collection of foam fruit I bought from ebay, Joann's fabric, and the Japanese dollar store, Daiso.

I sewed all the fruit on to the fascinator base then reinforced them all with a hot glue gun. For the cherries I hot glued two piece together at the stem then sewed the stems onto the fascinator base.

And here is the little fascinator in action!