I See London, I See France ...

After a week of rattling and peddling, I fancied a change.  
I decided the change would be Manic Panic's Ultra Violet laid over my existing Hot Hot Pink.
The darker, textured look feels rather nice.
We'll see about the drugs ... but your kindness is so incredibly infectious,  you will never, ever really know how you've carried me through each day.
Thank you.

1940s slip and bolero - Etsy

Bath mat bag - gift from Vintage Bird Girl

Granny beads - op shop

Cat ears headband and rosary - retail

Shoes - Dolls Kill sale

This pic was taken last Friday after a doctor's appointment, the day after I changed my hair colour.
A lovely lady wearing a purple hijab and brooches and using a purple phone obliged me by taking the photo.  My hair was the exact colour of her veil and we were both really chuffed to meet one another.

1970s frock - gift from Mrs D of Hello the Mushroom

Necklaces and earrings - op shops

Tiara - borrowed from The Stylist

School holidays mean The Stylist is available for snapper duties.  I do love her pics, she has an eye for unusual angles and framing.
She's also the sweetest girl I've ever known.

 1930s slip and bedjacket - Etsy

"FREEKY" necklace - Phussy

Star earrings - gift from Tamera

Green necklace and bangles - second hand

Oh yeah could you just check out my flawless complexion here?  No editing, just a lovely new makeup I discovered: Rimmel's Wake Me Up, oh and half price at my discount chemist ... yippee!  Love a bargain.
The lippie is Lime Crime's Red Velvet.

I've grabbed my lucid moments by the short and curlies, by baking and sewing.
This t-shirt has always been a favourite, even though it is a rather weird shape for me.  I bought it a few years ago from an op shop for $4.
A wee while ago I spilled coffee down the front and Camden Town and Embankment have never looked the same.
I thought about turning it into a cushion cover, but quite honestly, after my experiences of extensive Tube travel on grotty pre-WWII rolling stock during the 1980s, I could think of nothing more amusing than planting one of my favourite graphics against my arse.

The t-shirt got the chop and I've been eeking out the precious print to make big pants.

Kentish Town has a wee crochet flower to disguise the coffee stain.

Dead-set the most comfortable knickers I have ever worn, they take less then half an hour to whip up and they haven't fallen apart in the wash.  Bonus.

Oh come on, I had to wear my knickers on the outside didn't I?
They're way to mental to hide away everyday.

Green holographic eye glitter - Etsy shop CallaCosmetics

"Fierce" Manic Panic eyelashes - gift from Suzanne

"Stalker" Lip Tar - Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics

1960s bead and sequin top, 1950s granny beads, bangles - op shops

Troll earrings - Etsy

Tights - Sock Dreams

Shoes - Melissa

Oh and here's another pair I made earlier.

1970s Blaxploitation movie t-shirt, cotton maxi skirt, earrings and bangles - op shops

1970s beaded bag - Vintage Wishes

Headband - DIY more in my shop, Sassy Vamps

I hope you're all having a super-colourful week.
Baci,
Desiree xo

Alien Abduction to Planet Faaaaaaark!

Well hellooooooo there.
So yeah, aliens came and took me away to Planet Faaaaaaark! and now they've barcoded me, I expect they'll be back for more alien fun and experimental hi-jinks.
Yay.
Yesterday I recovered briefly from my abduction adventures to do something about making these awesome flowerhead-people pants fit me.

First, I turned them inside out, put them on and pinned the outer seams to fit me.

The waistband had elastic so I removed it and unpicked part of the waistband.

Re-checked the fit and sewed the new side seams, leaving a gap for a new side zip.
I didn't need to unpick the zip, I just cut it off with the excess fabric and replaced it with another one (white instead of brown).

I zig-zagged the raw edges and decided the pants were still a bit baggy so I reused part of  the elastic and stitched the waistband back down.

My latest pair of big pants!
I wore them to queue up at a local school to vote in the Australian Federal Election today.
I voted for The Arm Party (yep I just made that up but it's brill right?)

Paper parasol, bangles, Mighty Mouse t-shirt, Mickey Mouse t-shirt (previous pic) - op shops

1970s beaded bag, pants - Vintage Wishes

Headband - DIY

Creepers - Dolls Kill sale

Alien earring - available from MarinaFINI's Etsy shop

Fish skeleton earring - Bones Couture

What's going on here?

Well I WON Daniel's AMAZING MarinaFINI giveaway a couple of months ago and this week  I got the loot!

A beautiful titanium rainbow quartz pendant (with alien powers) that changes colour in the light and these incredible laser-cut perspex earrings!

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!!!!

Thank you so much Daniel for running the giveaway and darling Marina for your generosity. x

Headband - DIY, another one in my shop, Sassy Vamps

1950s very heavily-beaded top and green tutu - Etsy

Leggings - Black Milk

Shoes - market

Earrings - available from MarinaFINI's Etsy shop

Rosary - retail

The Shining dress - Black Milk

Silver crinoline - vintage market

Green glass belt worn as headpiece - gift from a kind blogger (can't remember who as aliens reduced my memory bank)

Pearl collar and diamante necklace worn as headpiece - op shops

I hear aliens whispering so I'd better get cracking with my mission to recode the brains of griege pant-wearers.

Wish me luck.

Baci,

Desiree x

I Made Big Pants!

Have you ever made your own knickers?
It's dead easy.

Lily (thinks): Smug git.

I made a pattern by tracing the front and back sections of a favourite pair of knickers ... in this case, a pair of wonderfully huge granny pants.
I cut the fabric on the fold.
Don't worry about seam allowances, it's a minute measurement and if you choose a fabric with loads of stretch, they'll still fit.

I bought a large remnant of gaudy green ocelot-print lycra from Aid for the Blind for a buck.
The gusset was cut from one of #3 Son's old t-shirts.
Ignore the patterned crotch piece.
I didn't need it after all because the original pants only had a gusset inside and I wanted to copy them exactly.

Sew the front and back together at the crotch using zig zag stitch.

Pin the gusset in place and zig zag only down the sides.

This is what the pants looked like before I stitched the side seams and added the elastic.
By this time I was getting so incredibly excited at my stupendous big pants-making abilities, I forgot to take pics.

Stitch the side seams.
Make a little fold over the waist and zig zag lingerie elastic on the inside.
Do the same with the legs.

Rock those big pants HARD!!

Of course I simply had to wear them on the outside coz ... just coz.

Wig-hair boa, Manic Panic Limelight eyeshadow, Fierce eye lashes and Vampire's Kiss lippie - gifts from beautiful Suzanne

Sic F*cks band t-shirt - gift from Tish and Snooky (that's their band!)

Leggings - Black Milk

Doc Marten boots - retail

The black lingerie elastic I used wasn't very good quality.
It had very little stretch and was scratchy.
So today I replaced it with this fantastic red, stretch, lace lingerie elastic I found in a local haberdashery.
Now my big pants are far more comfy and easier to get over my ba-donka-donk-donk.

More big pants!
I made these fab flares this afternoon using the wonderful 1970s pattern dear Tamera sent me.
The pants only took two hours to make and I wore them all afternoon.
The fabric is a lovely soft cotton sheet I bought from Vinnies for a couple of bucks, the zip was 50 cents, also from Vinnies and the button was from my stash.

Gold spike necklace - gift from my dear friend Pip, who seriously needs to start a blog!

Trollz earrings - gift from lovely Tamera

Purple mesh top - retail sale

1930s white satin bralet - Etsy

Shoes - Dolls Kill sale

Thank you so much for your kind words and encouragement about my health, the worst is certainly not over yet and it will take a few weeks to settle, but your love is like a big hug.

Baci, Desiree xoxo