The Grande Finale!

 Ok... not so "Grande" since this outfit is actually very casual and I wore it for shopping! But it is a "Finale" anyway, so in this blog we're celebrating!! 

 I don't blame you for not remembering what it is that we're celebrating, since it all started with this post, which was more than two months ago (in blog-time it's like a century....)!! Even I wasn't sure that I finished and I had to double-check the outfit posts! So I did and it is official:

I finished my remix!!

Outfit:

Skirt - My favourite (see this post)

Top - Calzedonia
Jacket - Ysatis

Belt - Asos

Shoes - every day flats from local store (10 euro)

Bag - Hunter

Bracelet - "Cherry pop" handmade by me (new)
Glasses - Dolce & Gabbana

Never mind that I did it with only 1,5 months of delay, I did it anyway! I don't have a job to get dressed for every day, so practically I didn't break any rules! I'm really proud and relieved: I can wear the rest of my clothes!!

Like my new bracelet? It's got cherries on!

 To make it an extra happy day, I got lucky in Louana's giveaway (for the first time ever!! I never just "win" things!). So I'm getting a gift on top of that, a lovely Moose pdf design by Lou, which is soooo adorable! I will definitely give it a try!! Check out Lou's goodies and my lovely gift here!

Thank you dear Louana!

 It's Easter tomorrow in Greece, so it's celebration time with relatives and loved ones and a looot of greek food! I won't be posting for a week as I'm in serious need of some VACATION! My boy is off work for the next week and we have plans to have a lot of good times together!! 

 It's also a stressful period for me because I'm waiting to know whether I'll get a job this year or not. (see this post for details). This is directly involved to my income and you can obviously understand why I'm kind of edgy this time of the year... Oh well... cross your fingers for me! 

 Lot's and lot's of Spring wishes for a Happy Easter everyone!! Enjoy yourselves!

See you soon...xxx

Bohemian Summer dress (part II)

 Hello my dear friends! How are you? I'm having a really fantastic week so far!! I'm very happy!

  Remember my bohemian summer dress from this post? You all left very nice comments for this baby!

 Since I love it so much that I've also bought it in navy blue (yes... the same one, with the same loud annoying pattern), I thought I'd give it another wear before my remix is finished! 

 After running boring errands downtown, me and g. took a walk at Kios nearby beach, which is just 5 min. away and so beautiful! Take a look....

Outfit:

Dress - "I&D" local shop

Top - Asos

Jacket - Ysatis

Belt - French Connection (Asos)

Shoes - Urban Outfitters

Necklace - handmade ("Blue Valentine")

Bangles - no idea (probably free from a magazine!)

Bag - Hunter
Glasses - Dior

  Oh wait... I didn't tell you why I'm happy! It's Easter Holidays for students and teachers here in Greece, which means - no school for two weeks!! Since my boyfriend teaches in a high school, we get all this lovely time together! On the downside, my mom is also a teacher and for the last two days that she's off work we've been kneading (is that a word? I just googled it!) and baking traditional greek cookies and tsourekia like maniacs! In total we've baked 250 cookies and 20 tsourekia!!! (we're giving them also to friends - we're medium crazy greeks!) I'm beat...!

Kisses till next time lovelies!!

Playing with textures!

 Welcome to my headless post! 

Let's just focus on the outfit today...! Shall we? Hmmm....

 Still proud of remixing (on my own), here is my outfit from last night at the movies! Puzzled of why the sun is so bright? Well, I absolutely hate taking pics with a flash, so I had to reconstruct the outfit this morning! 

 Notice the word morning here - like early morning without coffee first - and you can understand why my facial expressions just refused to co-operate, thus leaving me with head-less post pics.... And I am mean I tell ya, I decapitated all of them!

 Back to the outfit, the weather is springy, but crazy: changing from wind, to sun, to clouds, to wind again! So why not mix seasons in my outfit too? Here I present a spring top  mixed with summer sandals, skirt and belt; and a winter bag and scarf! You call me "crazy homeless headless lady" - I call me "innovative and fashion advanced"!!Ha.

 

 Fancy my air-crane pin? It's a company pin and I add it on bags and jackets, because I love that crane! 

  And you can also see my new  fashionable "bird-nest ring", out of real pearls and wire! On second thought, after 3 hours of bending wire it was kind of stupid to combine real pearls that cost 60 euro with 0,5 cents worth of wire... But I'll play the artist card and stick to it!!

photo found here

 By the way the movie we saw was "The Rite". Not the best movie ever, but kind of fun to watch, just for the sake of the talented sir Anthony!

Outfit:

Skirt - Sprider stores

Grey Top - Asos maternity

Belt&Scarf - both vintage, from mommy

Shoes - Urban Outfitters

Bag - "On pedder"

Necklace - gift

Ring - handmade 

Bye-bye dears!

 

Life goes on....

 I'm in a much better mood now and thank you all for your support and sweet comments...

 Life goes on for sure.... 

And what a better way to remind ourselves that we're alive, than by adding some yellow to our outfits and let some sunshine in! Although not my favourite colour, yellow does warm up the picture and my heart!

 Remember the yellow trendy cardi I forced myself to buy last fall? I wore it only once through remixing, here. I thought I'd give it another chance, before I finish my remix. (which was planned to finish during the weekend, but oh well... bear with me a little longer!).

 

 To make it extra silly happy, I added my new brooch, the "Home sweet home", which you've seen half finished here. As soon as I finished it, I had an idea! Not only this is a happy, lovely brooch to wear, but it would make a cute house decoration too!  So I added a wreath to the picture. Here I am while making it (and glueing my fingers on the carpet...)!

 And here is the finished product: the "Home, sweet home" brooch+wreath!! (...or breath... or wrooch?!... never mind!). 

Tah-daah!

More of those beauties to come!

Outfit:

Dress - "Mezzo Italy" bought from a local store

Yellow cardi - Asos 

Belt - Vintage (80's maybe?) from mommy!

Tights - beige fish-net

Shoes - Hunter

Brooch - handmade

Glasses - Dior

Till next time! xxx

Quickie outfit post!

                  Hey!! It's the weekend!! Yayyy!

Here I am catching some of the morning sun!  First time I felt so warm and I think spring is here to stay this time! No more cold days! 

Outfit:

Skirt - I&D, local store

Top - Asos
Jacket - Urban Outfitters
Scarf - gift

Belt - Really old/can't remember

Shoes - Hunter

Glasses - Dior

 That's not a mean look... It's a "too hot for spring, maybe we should go for swimming?" look!

See you next time!

One top....two skirts

 Back to a more normal blogging routine! I'm fine now and already took care of some unfinished projects. The weather is warming up, we have our ups and downs, but spring is on the way fast!!

 So.. back to remixing those outfits, cause hey... I might be slow, but I'm not a quitter!!

 The basis here is a combination of a burgundy top, a blue sleeveless one and a grey cardigan! 

 For the first outfit it's worn with a chocolate brown skirt, boots and belt to kind of keep it simple and neutral. Oh, and the "Flower Power Girl" necklace - first time seen here! Although I've made this necklace having in mind a summer outfit - something like "a romantic white dress floating in the wind and I'm walking barefoot on a sandy beach" sort of outfit - I can now see it's pretty verstile and can be incorporated in winter outfits as well!! Me.Happy!

 

 For the second outfit, since the top combination is already loud, I've paired it with a louder skirt, just for the fun of it! I think it works with the floral skirt, what do you think?

 By the way, these are views of our balcony and my lousy attempts in gardening! 

Outfit 1:

Skirt - local flea market

Burgundy top - Calzedonia

Blue Top - Asos

Cardi - Urban Outfitters

Grey long scarf - American Apparel

Belt - Local store

Shoes - Local store

Bag - Urban Outfitters
Glasses - Vogue
Necklace - handmade 

Outfit 2:

Skirt - I&D, local store

Scarf - from the store I used to work

Belt - Asos

Shoes - Hunter

Glasses - Vogue

Brown and green?

 A quick post to show you my outfit from yesterday, when we visited G's parents for lunch! They live in the neighbour town of Argos, so this  is where this lovely church is (Church of St. John I think....)

 I decided to go comfy yet modest and then I remembered that I've only worn this skirt once (here), so here it is again! Paired with brown boots, bag and belt; a green top and jacket; and two grey scarves tied together. I like it that green "warms up" when mixed with brown!

 

Outfit:

Skirt - local flea market

Green top - Asos

Jacket - Urban Outfitters

Grey long scarf - American Apparel

Grey "rose" scarf - Asos

Belt - Local store

Shoes - Local store

Bag - On Pedder
Glasses - Just Cavalli

 Can you spot our cat Dina right behind me? She's a real rebel! And black with a white spot in one side! 

Kisses till next time!

View of church and bell tower in Argos, Greece.

An outfit and a headband

 I know that nobody is usually around during the weekend, but I had to share my first outfit with the new headband I bought from Anzouya!

 So here it is!! I wore it yesterday for a coffee downtown in the lovely cafeterias by the city harbour! To tell you the truth I was kind of nervous if I could pull it off, but since nobody was pointing at me and laughing, I think I did! What do you think?

Outfit:

Dress - flea market (styled in more ways here )

Sweater - Urban Outfitters

Belt - Local store

Shoes - Hunter black

Headband - by Anzouya

View of the port and Bourtzi castle

Keep walking.... and remixing!

 Hey guys! I want to thank each and every one of you for all your love and support during my 3 months of blogging! I feel I've made some real friends already and I'm very happy to see some response over my designs or on days of pure panic like yesterday! So thank you all! - you're all unique and very cool people and I appreciate every single comment!! 

 After the shock of my previous posts, on to happy sartorial subjects: Spring is gonna be here soon oficially and to stay. I'm out of excuses for still remixing winter clothes!! So, I'm determined to finish my remix this week, with only one month of delay!!! (famous for my punctuality - hihihi)

 By the end of the week - just as you're getting fed up by seeing me all over the place - we'll get back to creativity, normality and finding a style for this blog and a place for every little witch and tiny wizard of this planet!!

New jewellery I've made!! Purple glass and some green beads, wire, ribbon, chain & patience!

 But.... one step at a time and back to outfits! 

Three ways to wear a plain black skirt: for the office, for a drink/lunch/dinner and a more casual one (for shopping?)

1st Outfit:

Skirt - Attrativo

Tee - Calzedonia

Grey cardigan - Urban Outfitters

Scarf - Urban Outfitters

Black Studded Belt -U.O.

Shoes - Hunter

Bag - Hunter

Ring and necklace - Handmade by me

Coat - mommy's gift

 

 I'm going "French" for the second outfit! I really like this cheap old tee (15 euro/local store) and when I'm wearing it I get a "Parisien" feeling. I couldn't really explain why, it was just feeling French... Then I read this very cool post of Jess, that explains the history of Breton stripes and guess what?? They originally came from France! Now I can feel "Parisien" and have a reason!!

Close up of new earrings I've made/ my Breton stripes are gold-ish!

2nd Outfit: 

Skirt - Attrativo

Tee - Local store

Belt - French Connection (Asos)

Shoes - Hunter

Earrings - Handmade by me

Green Satin Rose Pin - from the boutique I used to work

 

 More stripes, this time featured on a multicoloured scarf that matches my new "Candy girl" bracelets (the previous ones seen here). That's me trying to pose "Tyra" style (ha) and failing miserably!!

3rd Outfit:

Skirt - Attrativo

White tee - too old to remember

Grey tee - Asos Maternity

Jean jacket - Ysatis

Scarf - a gift 

Belt  - local store

Shoes - everyday flats

Bracelets - Handmade by me

(Need more inspiration for your old, boring,black skirt? Click here and here !) 

Bye-Bye now....! 

Going bohemian with a summer dress

 Greetings everyone! After my bad mood post, my lovely bf came home early on Friday and he decided to drag me out in an effort to cheer me up! We went to my favourite cafeteria and had a late branch, a little walk by the sea and bought some extra jewellery supplies from a lovely (and dead expensive!) little shop!! It's amazing how much your mood can change when you're around the people you love....

My brother and a friend joined us for branch, so we had fun and soon I was back to being me!

 I even wore my contacts (that's very very rare!) and my favourite Dior sunglasses that I bought as a present to myself, after working really hard last summer. Now, you've noticed already that all my clothes and accessories are ridiculously cheap and I'm not in favour of huge brandnames. The sunglasses are NOT exactly that.... They practically cost as much as our rent, but I somehow managed to persuade myself, that this is an investment for the future! (nah....).

 When I later saw the movie "Sex and the city", I realised Miranda was wearing those in Abu Dabhi!! YAY! My sunglasses were famous and I started jumping up and down the living room and acting like a 4-year-old that was given a candy!! 

 And this is how you can buy expensive eyewear you can't afford and not feel guilty about it! (bf still acting weird when someone mentions "Dior", "Abu Dabhi" or "Sex and the city"...btw...)

 This is the town port and some cute boats that made me wish I could have one and travel all year long...!
 We then returned home and went for a long walk with our dog Billy, around the neighborhood! (you can also see Billy and the rest of the family, here!)

 Billy is super happy when we can both walk her! Normally she gets a short morning walk where each of us in turns is dragged around, without even having coffee first, by a super-excited doggie who wants to smell every single flower and pee in every single corner of the world!! 

  We specifically pee by the corner of this field every day, which is across our house and I had to take a picture! This is one of my favourite spots in the neighbourhood and it always makes me wonder how did that vintage car end up in there or those heavy constructing machinery and where they've been before. It's beautiful and kind of spooky, like an old machine cemetary or something! And the shadow you can see on top of the hill in the background, is the castle of Palamidi! (you can have a clearer view here).

 The small tree behind me is an almond tree and when it blooms, it is considered to be a herald of spring in Greece!

Outfit:

Dress - "I&D" local shop

Sweater - local flea market

Belt - some accessory shop (7 euro)

Shoes - Local store

Earring - handmade (by a friend, Marianthi)

Bag - On Pedder
Glasses - Dior 

 Since I gave you a view of an almond tree, here's another of an olive tree and don't judge me please... no make up. I'm past 30 after all...!!!

SOON TO COME - After that I've been making jewellery during the whole weekend!! I even dream of designs when I sleep. I must have come up with 20 totally new designs! I promise a nice post with the new cuties soon!! Kisses