What I Wore ~ To the Wedding

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dress, Elegant Arrival, ModCloth, outfit, summer, vintage, wedding

Dress ~ ModCloth.com
Shoes ~ Ardene
Belt ~ Vintage
Neckalce ~ Vintage
Hair Flower ~ H&M

For my cousin’s wedding last Friday, I wore the Elegant Arrival Dress from ModCloth.

We tried to sneak in a few photos before the bus (yes, they rented a bus to take the guests to the wedding) got there. Sorry they aren’t that great. I had decided not to take my camera to the wedding with me since I was afraid I’d either wreck it or lose it and we didn’t have a car to stash it in. I know other people got lots of great pics.

I think my favourite part of this outfit is the low back on the dress, but I love the shoes and the flower in my hair too. And there’s that vintage white belt again!

It was a really fun summer wedding and my shoes held up to the dancing. Can’t wait for the next one in September!

~Laura

Wishlist Wednesday

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cats, coral, dress, houndstooth, ModCloth, shoes, sweater, vegan, wall hook, wallet, watch, wednesday, wishlist

Items I love and want to own from ModCloth.com.

Coach Tour Dress in Houndstooth.
I want to wear this to a fall wedding I have coming up.

In the Tree Tops Wall Hooks.
I’d like this for up in the loft.

Refresh your Memory Flat in Coral.
I love the colour of these shoes! Coral is really big right now.

Travel Funds Wallet.
This adorable wallet looks like a mini suitcase!

The Cats of Friends Sweater.
Sealing the deal that I’m totally a cat lady (Not crazy though. I only have 2!)

Bands of Time Watch.
Watches are making a come back and this one is faux leather for the vegans.

~Laura

Nerd Alert!

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astronomy, bag, chic, comics, dinosaur, dress, earrings, gamer, geek, litertary, ModCloth, mug, necklace, nerd, Star Wars

No doubt about it, nerds can be fashionable! Geek chic, shall we say? ModCloth has plenty of nerdy items to choose from!

For the Paleontology nerd, the Dino Might Necklace from ModCloth.com

For the Gamer Nerd, the Mugs and Kisses from ModCloth.com

For the Astronomy Nerd, the Cosmic Chill Out Top from ModCloth.com

For the Comic Book Nerd, the Bygone Days Dress in Comics from ModCloth.com

For the Star Wars Nerd, the Force of Habit 2013 Planner from ModCloth.com

For the Literary Nerd, the Quote Couture Earrings from ModCloth.com

For the Computer Nerd, the Run a Type Ship from ModCloth.com

Did you know that Etsy has a whole section called “Geekery“? You should check it out! I can spend hours looking through that catergory alone.

~Laura

Wishlist Wednesday

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b.a.i.t., bowls, cardigan, Día de los Muertos, dress, flats, leather, ModCloth, owl, pin, shoes, skulls, vegan, wishlist

No theme this week, just a few items I’m currently coveting from ModCloth.com.

Swoop or Salad Bowl Set

Día de los Muertos Cardigan in Black

Pirouette into Panache Pin

Ink Twice Flats

Basque in the Memories Dress

I had my first return to ModCloth today, the Sweet Spectator Heels. *sad face* I had contacted B.A.I.T. asking about the composition of the shoe since their website doesn’t say anything about real leather, just faux, and the ModCloth site mentions both. I was told it was faux leather. I bought them, thinking ModCloth just made a mistake. Nope, the inside heel is definitely leather. B.A.I.T. apologised and if I had looked through their other shoes, I would see that they do mark other styles as vegan and some are really cute. I’ll likely give them a second chance. They should just add “leather” to the details of the shoes that do have it, which is mainly any shoe with a solid back instead of a strap. I bought some other shoes to wear to the wedding already. I’ll just use my store credit to get something else I like from ModCloth. Maybe one of these pretties?

~Laura

Friday Finds and Favs ~ Black Cats

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13, 13th, black, cat, dress, Edgar Allan Poe, etsy, feral, Friday, ModCloth, necklace, scarf, superstitious, tea

Happy Friday the 13th!

I am not a superstitious person. At all. I share my home with 2 black cats. (I even have a tattoo of a black cat.) I walk under ladders. I spill salt quite often. I open umbrellas indoors. I step on cracks (and my mother is fine). Some people even say I’m quite lucky (I tend to win a lot of contests) despite doing all of these things that should be causing me a heck of a lot of bad luck.

For my Friday Finds and Favs, I’m picking all things black cats.

This cat scarf from Protoype Design is lovely.

The My Feral Lady Dress from ModCloth.com is just purrrrrfect, is it not?

An old forum I used to be on would do sock exchanges and I got these socks one time. I love them!

The Paw Me a Cup Tea Set from ModCloth is too cute for words.

This necklace is very appropriate for today.

Have you ever read The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe? Do you have a black cat in your life? Are you superstitious? Let me know in the comments! I’ll introduce you to my black cats, Morgan and Dezzie, soon!

~Laura

PS: Check out Rouge & Whimsy’s Friday Finds and Favourite too!

Friday Finds & Favs ~ Candles

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blackout, candles, DIY, dress, Favourites, finds, Friday, heat, hot, ModCloth, monks, picnic, power outage, praying, summer, Tropical

Last night we had a power outage. I’m not complaining since the power did come on around 3:20am and I know that there are a lot of people down in the States who have been without power for days in this heat. We only had a little taste of it.
It was sucky that we had clothes in the wash, which I had to take out and rinse and ring out by hand to dry on our line. That and it was so hot in our loft that I slept downstairs on the floor. A wee bit sore today.

One thing I DO like about the power being out is candles. So that’s the inspiration for today’s Finds & Favs.

This image has made it’s rounds on the internet, but I think it’s so beautiful

DIY Printed Candles from Instructables. I need to do this! I already have tons of ink pads.

I adore the Candlelit Picnic Dress from ModCloth.com We had already eaten, but a picnic by candlelight would have been lovely last night. Even with lots of candles, I probably would have spilled something on it though.

I bet this Tropical Smoothie Soy Candle from Anhoki on Etsy smells divine. Peaches, mango, coconut and grapefruit? Yum!

Like my Friday Finds and Favs? Check out rouge & whimsy’s Friday Finds and Favorites too!

~Laura

I Got Mail! ~ Another ModCloth Package!

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baby's breath, dress, earrings, fashion, fresh, mail, matt&nat, mint, ModCloth, package, rose, stylish, surprise

My second package from ModCloth.comarrived yesterday! It was very exciting because it included my Stylish Surprise. I did’t know what was inside (other than these cute earrings I got for the wedding).

So here it is, Baby’s Breath of Fresh Air Dress!

I absolutely adore it. I was a little worried that I’d get something hideous that I’d never wear, but I love it and I’m weaing it today.

Since ModClothis also having a little contest where you submit a photo of your Stylish Surprise, I also took this photo near the freight elevator in our building.

Please vote for my photo here!

~Laura

Wishlist Wednesday ~ Poppies

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ModCloth, poppies, poppy, wednesday, wishlist

I love poppies. Even if you put aside that they represent remembrance, they are just very pretty flowers and remind me of my Gandma’s house. Today I’m wearing one of my favourite dresses from Forever 21 that has lovely big poppies on it. I couldn’t find an exact picture of my dress, but this is the same print, only the top part is different on mine with some ruching and it’s all white with a V-neck and thin straps.

This is a collection of some other items with poppies that are on my wishlist.

Poppies by lola-318

Planting Poppies Dress
Poppy Into My Dreams Scarve
Just Poppy In Doormat
Shrieking Violet Poppy Bracelet
Handprinted Linen Coin Purse with Red Poppy Design – Marram Studio
Poppy Print Island High Platform Court Shoes
Franz Collection Poppy Cup and Saucer

Do you own any poppy items?

~Laura

I Got Mail! ~ ModCloth Package

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BAIT, mail, ModCloth, new, package, shoes

On Thursday, I posted to Twitter that I really hoped at least one of the two packages from ModCloth I was waiting for would come before the long weekend. One did! They are the Sweet Spectator Heel from B.A.I.T. Footwear On their site it’s called Ida in Seafoam.

Oh what could this be…..

New Shoes!

Squee!

Love them!

Perfect Fit!

I had my eyes on these shoes to get for the wedding I’m going to in July. (I’m wearing this dress, also from ModCloth), but they were sold out. I had a $10 off coupon from ModCloth I was holding on to, but if it didn’t restock, I would have bought them directly from B.A.I.T so I would have them in time for the wedding. Then they restocked! I bought them right away and couldn’t be happier with them. Now it’s time to get some accessories! The other package I am waiting for has some earrings, PLUS I got the $15 Stylish Surprise mystery garment so I’m excited for it to get here. I hope I like what I get! I love getting mail!

Have a great weekend everyone!

~Laura

Friday Finds & Favs – Fishies

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clutch, Dad, dress, favs, fish, Friday, glasses, jewelry, ModCloth, purse, ring, shoes, vintage

It’s Friday!
It’s also June 29th, which means it has been 12 years since my father passed away. I’m not going to let this be a sad day though. I’m going to think about all of the fun and wonderful things I did with my dad. Even though I am now vegan and would never go fishing, I went fishing with my dad a lot when I was a kid. It was his favourite past time and I just liked spending time with him on the boat.

So today’s Friday Finds & Favs is dedicated to my dad and it’s all FISH!

School of Swimming Fish band

Carp Diem Clutch from ModCloth.com

1950’s Vintage Serbin Designer Couture Deco-Fish Novelty Print Rockabilly Bombshell Sun Dress

Bruno Frisoni Fish Print Peep Toe Shoes

Vintage Libbey Atomic Fish Glasses

Love you, Dad and miss you always.

~Laura