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!

"No kitty....BAD KITTY!!"

 Do you remember this line from Eric Cartman of South Park?? I just loved this guy!

pic found here

 Well I was having the exact same feeling while trying to make my first necklace!! 

 I was trying to make a necklace with a soft grey felt kitty, glass beads and wire and the thing was getting tangled all the time! It was my first attempt ever to make a piece of jewellery, using tools and stuff. I mean, I was always kind of a crafty person (see this post) but my talent was being restricted in mending broken necklaces and bracelets and never creating something out of scratch!!

 So without further ado I proudly present my "No kitty....BAD KITTY" necklace incorporated in the outfit of the day! (I couldn't help but naming it after Cartman of course!)

"No kitties were actually harmed in the making of this product" - thank you

 Now my sweet devoted readers is where YOU come in! I really need to hear some honest comments... Can you see any potential here?? If you were not the nice people that you are and you saw that in Etsy (let's say) woould you say it worths your 20 bucks? Would you wear it? Please be honest, I can take it! And please don't compare it to a diamond tiara either!

 After a 3 hour fight with the kitty, I was inspired and as soon as I figured out how to use the tools and the other exoticly named components (such as clutch, crimp, clasp, jump ring, lobster, cord, loop e.t.c.!) I made 3 more necklaces, 2 pairs of earrings, 5 rings and 2 bracelets!!

Outfit:

Skirt - I&D bought from a local store

Top - tee from Calzedonia

Belt - Asos

Shoes - Urban Outfitters 

(styled with beige fish-net tights, as seen here)

Necklace - handmade

 Other than that.... it's my birthday today! Done with 30, going to 31, feeling pretty much the same as 25... oh well, time flies! I guess I should celebrate the fact that I survived 30 years on this planet and the randomness of it all!! To birthdays then!!! 

 And since I'm getting rather philosophical here... does anybody else get the feeling that some sort of balance is trying to creep back in our lives, after many years of unbalanced situations?? (e.g. Middle East?). Or is it just me and my birthday blues? 

I'll post soon about my other fantastic creations!! But for now....

Adorable isn't he?? Pic from the same source

10 random facts you maybe want to know about me!

 Hello my dears! 

 Do you remember when I mentioned in my last post that I have blogger's guilt?? Well I've been feeling guilty not because I don't post outfits every day as you maybe assume. 

 I just feel I haven't introduced myself properly... that I haven't shared enough personal info. Now that I have some followers I thought it would be interesting to get to know each other a little bit!! 

 So after seeing this in practically every blog that I visit I decided to give you the outfit of the day combined with a "10 things you maybe want to know about me" post!

 I'm really sorry for not knowing which blogger initiated this fine idea,so that I can give him/her some proper credit! I'm just tagging myself and here we go:

1. My name is Dimitra. It's a name that comes from ancient greek mythology. Demeter (directly translated= Mother of earth) was one of the twelve Olympian Gods. She was the goddess of earth, plants, fertility, fruition, nature and seasons. I really like my name sometimes!!


2. My favourite colours are blues (all shades of it), greens and purples.

3. For the biggest part of my life I had boy short hair. I'm absolutely hopeless in styling hair in anyway, especially now that I've managed to grow them longer. I'm THIS close in going back to looking like a 5-year-old-boy.... (this goes to you my love!) out of pure desperation!

4. I've been working really hard over the last 12 years during which I managed to change more than 15 jobs in tottaly different fields. That involved A LOT of studying and challenging myself  everyday and breaking my limits over and over, thus letting me feel a bit drained...

5. I'm currently working as a greek/english interpreter in a fire-fighting air-crane. For those of you not familiar with the term, it basically means that I'm inside a helicopter, flying over blazing fire and in charge of the radio communications. I'm doing this only during the fire season (June-October in Greece) so I'm unemployed during the winter.

6. I'm a very shy, sensitive and lonesome person. Somehow I manage to appear as the exact opposite... I don't have many friends, but I form really strong bonds with the people I do consider as friends.

7. I am more of an artistic person and I've studied interior design for 3 years only to realise that this is the wrong country and the wrong timing to do this as a job.

8. I left my small hometown and moved to Athens when I finished high-school at the age of 17. While being on my own at a tender age in a big city was scary, I managed to stay there for 8 years and I'm secretly proud of myself for doing so...

9. I love skirts and dresses and I just bought my first pair of trousers 2 months ago.... (other than pajamas and track-suit pants!)

10. I really don't follow fashion or the latest trends. For me there's really no point in doing so. I'm just a great supporter of good style and all things pleasing to the eye. Dressing up is one of them. I'm equally interested in the rest (design, art, architecture, photography, crafts, literature, poetry and in general anything that can lift the human spirit and can make you a better person!). The side-effects are a lot of movie-watching, a lot of book-reading, a lot of music-listening and significally less hours to spend in actually working!

I hope you enjoyed all the sharing as much as I did and I hope I'll get some comments with YOUR facts!!

 

 For today's outfit - blue all around, floral, neutrals and for the fun part a pin featuring Martz Simpson in a PLAYBOY cover (I just love that crazy stuff!!).

Outfit:

Skirt - Sprider stores 

White Top - probably as old as I am... 

Blue Top - Asos 

Belt - French Connection (Asos) 

Scarf - from Asos 

Shoes & Bag - Urban Outfitters 

Brooch - by Necty 
Glasses - Vogue

Suit up in floral!

Today's outfit for the "30 for 30 remix":

I'm saying "suit up" because I added the black jacket from the remixer's list and since the background colour of the skirt is also black, it feels like a suit and it breaks down the loud floral pattern a bit. What do you think?

And by adding some statement jewellery, a big belt (for some waist definition)...

...... and a patterned pair of tights, you're good to go!

Outfit:

Skirt - I&D bought from a local store

Top - White shirt (Attrativo)

Jacket - Local flea market (for 15 euro!)

Belt - Asos

Shoes - Hunter

Necklace+Ring - both handmade (not by me)

Glasses - Just Cavalli
Tights - Jonathan Aston from Asos (7 euro)