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Tuesday, 29 December 2015

12 Days (and more) of Christmas Outfits: Week three (and the end)

Christmas is over for another year, but I still have a few more outfits to share with you all (and technically, the 12th Day of Christmas is the 6th of January, so it's not that late).

This challenge was fun and I definitely want to do some more during the year, whether that's dressing to a theme or styling one piece ten different ways. It's hard to pinpoint what I liked the most about this last couple of weeks, but I think maybe the fact that people talked to me. They stopped to complement me, or talk about Christmas, or even just smiled more. It got easier and easier to make time everyday to take photos (not to mention, I got a lot less embarrassed about taking photos of myself in public places).

Monday December 21

Outfit details

Dress: Kitten D'Amour Girl Crazy collar dress (past collection)

Shoes: Kmart shoes, glittered by me!

Tuesday December 22

Outfit details

Dress: Black Milk Clothing Wrapped dress (past collection)

Hairpiece: Homemade

Shoes: Novo (they're on sale so hurry!)

Wednesday December 23

Outfit details

Dress: Black Milk Clothing gingerbread dress (past season)

Shoes: Kmart shoes, glittered by me!

Hairpiece: Made by me

Thursday December 24

Outfit details

Skirt: Betty Le Bon Bon

Shirt: Pinup Girl Clothing Doris top in Red (with a green Kmart shirt underneath)

Shoes: Kmart shoes, glittered by me!

This one was my Zooey Deschanel from Elf-inspired outfit. I couldn't find a plain red tunic dress, so I paired a skirt and shirt which fortunately matched really well. I always need an undershirt with my Doris tops, so the green t-shirt was an obvious choice for this one!

Friday December 25

Outfit details

Dress: Mamar Dynamite

Shoes: Kmart shoes, glittered by me!

This is the outfit I had been saving all Christmas long! Mamar Dynamite is a Brisbane seamstress who makes the most adorable outfits. She's saved my terrible-sewing bacon by taking this impulse-bought Santa fabric and turning it into the perfect Christmas Day dress.

I was going to wear this more than once, but the day I picked it up I knew this was destined to be my last day dress. Next year, I'll pick out some more fabric and put Santa into the general rotation.

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And that's it! I'm already thinking about outfits for next Christmas and want to make sure I invest in some in season pieces so my looks can be replicated (sorry about that - I spent all Christmas long hunting down past season Black Milk dresses and realised that you'd all have to do the same).

I hope you enjoyed my festive blog posts this December and are enjoying a wonderful holiday season with family and friends.

Wednesday, 23 December 2015

Christmas in Brisbane

Last year, lots of fun Christmas stuff started up in Brisbane City. I don't really have much reason to head into town often, so last year when a friend invited me to see the Myer Christmas parade I was dubious. I loved it so much that this year, it was me doing the inviting. It's no secret that I love Christmas (because I wouldn't have dressed this way for almost 25 days if I didn't), so I've put together some Christmas things you can do in these last two nights before Santa comes.

Unfortunately, Sunday was the last night of the parade and pantomime, but the Gold Lotto City Hall light show runs until Midnight on Christmas Eve. If you're looking for a way of catching some last minute Christmas spirit, I'd definitely recommend heading into the city to see it. The show runs every fifteen minutes so you can see it a few times and make a night of it.

This year, the show is the final act of the Nutcracker story In the Land of Sweets. There's something really magical about sitting in King George Square with hundreds of other people on a warm summer's night (it's one of the only awesome things about living in the land of summer at Christmas time. Okay, so there are a few, but singing I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas when you are sweltering has a whole new meaning).

You can also wander down to the Riverside and eat dinner along the waterfront, overlooking the Story Bridge, which is lit up for Christmas.

If you're looking for more family-oriented Christmas activities, there are still things happening at Southbank! Tonight is the last free Christmas movie at Streets Beach (they're playing Miracle on 34th Street). It's also the last night of the Christmas markets.

You still have today and tomorrow to snag tickets to the Queensland Ballet's 2015 production of The Nutcracker. I can't go this time around, but we went last year and loved every second of it. I highly recommend checking it out, especially if you have kids.

And lastly, yesterday Les Misérables Australia announced a special which allows you to purchase $45 tickets (even the premium ones) to their shows on Christmas Eve, Boxing Day or New Years Eve (and there are matinees all three of these days). You can only access these prices via this link: http://goo.gl/o9gQPy

It's an amazing deal!

There's lots on, but if you don't want to go out, why not have a nice take out dinner at home and snuggle up on the couch with a Christmas movie?! That's what I'm doing tonight.

In case you missed the parade last week, here are some more pictures:

Monday, 21 December 2015

12 days (and more) of Christmas outfits: week three

Monday December 14

Remember back to Week One, when I went to the Black Milk sample sale? Well, this was one of my purchases. I was worried about the skirt being sheer, but with a black slip underneath it was a nice summer outfit.

Outfit details

Skirt: Black Milk Prima Donna Red Tulle skirt (now in the museum)

Hair flower: Home

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Tuesday December 15

I love this dress so much. I searched for it online and was lucky enough to, after months of hunting, have a lovely Trashy Diva girl sell it to me. And it still had the tags on! It then spent a couple of months hanging in my closet because I had a pageant theme that worked well with it. Now I've retired, the dress is fair outfit game!

Outfit details

Dress: Trashy Diva (now sold out, but you might be eBay lucky)

Shoes: Crocs

Wednesday December 16

This is possibly the greatest Christmas t-shirt I have ever found. A Mickey shirt for Mickey. I am a bit disappointed that I didn't also grab the Minnie Mouse one, but for me, it's all about Mickey.

Outfit details

T-shirt: Big W

Hair ribbon: Kikki-K Christmas Ribbon

Thursday December 17

Before December, I wrote a rough list of the sorts of outfits I wanted to wear for this challenge and one of them was an angel theme. I searched and searched for a white dress to wear, couldn't find one, gave up on being an angel, and then my mum told me she had some (which was about five). This one was perfect! I considered wearing the wings to work, but people got the idea without. No outfit details for this one (but you should all shop your mum's wardrobes). My halo is made from Christmas wire that you can buy at every bargain store, and I just wrapped two colours together. The wings are from Bargain City and my angel brooch is thrifted.

Friday December 18

It's no secret I love Black Milk. One of the things I've loved since I started buying from them is their holiday-themed designs. This year I didn't love their Christmas collection though, so I started chasing the buy sell swap group for the older Christmas designs that I'd passed up. You've already seen the Christmas tree dress. This is the second one and it's gorgeous. The print is so vibrant and Christmassy! It's a little short though.

I had just picked up this tie front shirt from Mamar Dynamite (who custom made this for my measurements - no gapey buttons. So many more posts about Mamar to come!) the day before, so I tried it out over the top. And my pudding earrings are my favourite and most tacky Christmas jewellery!

Outfit details

Dress: Black Milk Clothing The Nutcracker Scoop Skater (museum)

Shirt: Custom-made by Mamar Dynamite

Earrings: Lovisa

Saturday December 19

Another brilliant Christmas shirt I acquired this season! This one is from Kmart Australia and was perfect for my casual Saturday.

Outfit details

Shirt: Kmart Australia

Sunday December 20 (only five days to go!)

I went into Brisbane City to see the Christmas parade and light show on Sunday. We had dinner down by the river and it was lovely to see the bridge lit up in Christmas colours.

Outfit details

Shirt and bag: Kmart Australia

That's the second last outfit round-up for Christmas!! I'm going to attempt to get the final week's worth of outfits up by Christmas night, so stay tuned.

Tuesday, 15 December 2015

12 days (and more) of Christmas outfits: week two

Things got a little tougher in week two! I wanted to step it up a bit, but also save some of the more overtly Christmas outfits for the last two weeks of the season.

Monday December 7

If you live on the other side of the world, cherries are not a Christmassy fruit. But here, where it's summer, some of my happiest Christmas memories involve eating cherries, so I started the week with an entirely cherry-based outfit!

Outfit details

Dress: Heart of Haute Beverley in Classic Cherry

Shoes: B.A.I.T Footwear Ione in Black

Tuesday December 8

I don't usually wear t-shirts to work, but I've been delivering Christmas gifts to our clients and decided a Christmas t-shirt was appropriate. I was called an Elf more than once while wearing this outfit and I was totally okay with that.

Outfit details:

T-shirt: Big W (2013 Christmas)
Skirt: Seams Nostalgic
Shoes: Miss L Fire Jeannie in Green

Wednesday December 9

Wednesday is usually my day off, so this week it was baking day. I wore leggings, a red and white striped top and my Rudolph apron!

Outfit details

Apron: Davis and Waddell (past season) | But check out this season's here

Shirt: Big W | Similar

Leggings: Black Milk Matte Leggings

Thursday December 10

This outfit is almost entirely thrifted, so no details for you! The green 60s/70s dress is one of my favourites, especially for hot summer days. It's a perfect match for my green sandals.

Friday December 11

I was tired and had lots of running around to do on Friday, so the leggings came out again. But I hope I've shown that you can be comfy and casual and still cute! It was a bit of a cheat day, but I went with a Christmas brooch and earrings with the red belt and red scarf.

Outfit details

Shirt: Big W | Similar

Leggings: Black Milk Matte Leggings

Sandals: Crocs

Saturday December 12

Okay, so this is where I confess that I felt sick on Saturday, so Jack and I had a pyjama day. Pyjamas did not involve Christmas outfits, so we had a day off.

Sunday December 13

Yeah, this one is totally Elsa inspired.

Outfit details

Leggings: Black Milk Clothing Snowflake leggings (in the museum now, sorry)

Headscarf: Honeycub (now closed :()

And that's all until next week!!

Tuesday, 8 December 2015

12 Days (and more) of Christmas outfits: week one

The first week of my festive outfit challenge is over and it's been fun. The best part so far has actually been scheduling in time to take photos every day. It's forced me to be creative (particularly in the start of the week where I was travelling for work), and I've wanted to take pictures of every outfit because of all the effort I've been making.

Tuesday December 1