owls, flowers and metal angles

shirt - self made

skirt - vintage, gift

belt - vintage

this shirt must be my very favorite thing i've ever sewn

..

it's loud

and has mixed prints

and collar

and metal angles on the collar

and frigging owls!!!

and teeny tiny flowers..

i almost went totally nuts

and added yellow heart shaped buttons

but somehow even i thought that would be a wee bit too  much

..

in other news:

excavations are probably over..

they can't pay us

so they sent us home.. 

which is kind of a good news

cause i get to sew all day long

..

mokosha

coral snake

dress - self made

flats - dunno.. they were a gift

it's raining for hours.. 

one of those persistent, never ending macondo rains

that makes you all melancholic and dreamy

..

i hate that!

bring me heavy rainfall, all quick and angry!

give me thunders and lighting and chilly winds!

anything but this permanent misery of rain

..

but, hey.. it's not all gray and wet and cold:

  i have a new dress to brag about

i call it my 'coral snake' dress

(or could it be 'i root for uganda' dress?)

..

mokosha

it's the final inkblot

                       

                         

dresses and peplum tops - mokosha

model - elena nikolaevna

skirt - jovan stevanovic

pants - dejana momcilovic

here are the final few pieces of my inkblot collection

with my favorite - bonus photo of graphic printed top

..

promise not to post more inkblot stuff after this

(ok.. i lie.. i might show you the sweatshirt i made for nikola)

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mokosha

swamp people

blouse - self made

blazer - thrifted

skirt - vintage, gift

belt - vintage

i've been living at the edge of the swamp

for couple of weeks now -

it's excavations time again!

..

mosquitoes aside

swamp is one fabulous place to live at

especially if you're into birding

or boat paddling or fish netting

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there is also an artist colony taking place in our yard

so we have quite an interesting group of peeps

to hang out with

..

these pics obwiously are not from the swamp

i have several planned posts from my holiday weeks

and i'll go with them first

so, stay tuned

..

mokosha

sew bossy, sew kazzilicious

kazz dress - made by me

this lovely fabric was sent to me

from fabulous and colorful lady kazz

all the way from down under

(together with dress pattern and notions)

..

why? you may ask..

because heather lou is a frigging genius

and she came up with that brilliant idea

for the sew bossy initiative 

..

i'm such a sucker for maxi dresses

it's my ultimate summer uniform

so the dress has to be made right away

and a bit after that

dress and moi went traveling for a week or two

..

we've been in the mountains

and visited countryside 

been camping by the lake

and paddled into a canyon

and watched griffon vultures cruising the skies

cooked meals on an open fire

and hitchhiked 

and been called hippies

..

you should check out kazz's blog

and see how i bossed her..

and while you're there

see her rocking the dress

made using the same pattern as the dress i'm wearing here

..

have you found your sew bossy partner yet?

..

mokosha