Mom's Birthday Weekend Fun!

This past weekend was a whirlwind!  Well...what weekend isn't?  It was my Mom's birthday weekend and I realized after I put my outfit together that I like to get extra fashionista for her birthday.  Why?  I have no idea.  I also realized that it's been a year since I dyed my hair back to black...
Last weekend, I kindly called my aunt to see if she could sneak a peek at my Mom's shoe size in Converse sneakers so I could get her a very special pair she said she wanted and my aunt had me on speaker phone when I asked the very specific question!  Oops.  My Mom heard everything (of course) so I knew that she knew what her present was going to be so I had to dress it up MAJOR.  Enter this cute bag from good ol' Target



AND a tiara and scepter!  I picked up the metallic grey and black from the wedding section and the tiara and scepter from the kids section.  Cute!  But what was lurking under all that tissue paper?
These!

My Mom had off-handedly mentioned she wanted these shoes and somehow, I remembered to get them for her even though they're not too comfortable for her but I'm sure she'll wear them out anyway.  Cute!

I was in a "makin'" kinda mood this weekend since my old man recovered my spikes for me.  Here's what I started with:



I took this pink belt (that came with a black dress) that wasn't really doing anything for me and I started poking holes in it by the buckle. After arranging my spikes and cutting the belt to the right length, I had a hot pink spiky bracelet!  So I had to make another - with snap buttons for the closures this time.  I was able to successfully use the mini anorak snaps I've had in my craft drawer FOREVER!  Sweet!
And after all that sweet anorak snap action, I finally got down to the most important craft - my shoes.  I had the second pair purchased.  I found the spikes.  All I needed was the awl.  Done.
After LOTS of poking and a few Real Housewives of New Jersey episodes, I did it. I had my dream shoes.


And you KNOW I wore them to my Mom's birthday dinner - which happened to be at the Bone Garden Cantina.  
 
I think the best part about that place (besides the drink menu) is the decor.

My old man pointed out to me that my outfit matched my Mom's present:
 
The background for the bracelets is actually my new pair of pink pants! And the geometic print belongs to my shirt.  So yes, I kept it in the pink, black and white family but I liked my outfit!  Funny coincidence!

How was your weekend?

Happy New Year to all!

Hello all!  I hope you all had a wonderful new year! Here is my first "Official" photo of the New Year:

I had every intention of putting that through Instagram after I had taken it with the default camera but then I realized that I've never taken a photo in the Instagram app - I've always taken it with the default and then I'd run it through Instagram later. Why not try something new on the New Year?! Here's my first in-app Instagram photo of the New Year:

How exciting!  I'm glad it turned out pretty.  I wanted to keep with the sparkly idea for the New Year.
Yes, I wore my sparkly heels but I altered the outfit a little...

I saved my "LOVE" shirt for our annual black eyed peas and greens dinner and I made my "Out with the old ghosts" t-shirt based on a few designs I had seen on the web.

The first inspiration was this shirt that I had seen on Pinterest:

And that post led me to this shirt:

I follow A LOT of DIY/Craft stuff on there and I'm constantly "liking" different things but keeping my "re-pins" to a minimum.  I could NOT pass this one up - especially since I saw some shirts like this at the mall.  I didn't do the glitter/glue combo since I already had glittery fabric paint that I LOVE to use.

The next inspiration was a post I remembered from a while back from my favorite DIY fashion blogger: Marlena at Self Constructed Freak.  Once I saw this shirt, I knew I HAD to do it.

Thank goodness she made a tutorial for it because I never would've had the patience to figure out on my own - even though it's quite easy. I'm just really impatient and if I can't visualize it on my own, I'm screwed.

Needless to say, I didn't do the crop-top version of this but because I bought a larger-than-normal shirt, I had enough fabric to cut off the the bottom to use for the ruffle sleeves - which I ended up having to take OFF since my sleeves ended up connecting, which I thought was awesome, but it added a lot of bulk to my armpit area.
While the ruffle sleeves were a cute addition, they just were not working and sadly, I cut the whole sleeve off and started over with the original sleeve of the t-shirt without the extra ruffle part.  Once I re-sewed the ruffled original sleeve back on, I felt a little better about it.  Especially since I brought the sleeve in a little more when I cut the sleeves off.  I think that was the main problem.  I guess I hadn't factored in that I was working with a larger-than-normal t-shirt, so there was going to be some bulk.  I ended up taking it in an inch on each side.  I wanted to take it in more but I didn't think it would be ready by New Year's Eve and I didn't want to risk messing it up by accident.

Yeah, so all that talk about my skeleton shirt and guess what - I only have ONE photo of it and that's with the OLD sleeves!  I with all the holiday hoopla, I totally forgot to take photos of my holiday outfits!  Gah!!  Oh well, here it is in it's bulky sleeve glory:



And that's BEFORE I tacked down the ruffles to connect at the armholes...
At least there's proof that I did do it but I had to make it my own!
The outfit still looked like this on the bottom:


But because I knew I was going to be running around (which I did A LOT), I brought a sparkly pair of flats with me. But you'll be happy to know that I was wearing my heels at midnight and I wore them during the midnight rituals:

• The Midnight Kiss
• Eating 12 grapes (one for each month - if you get a sour one, that month will be "sour" but all mine were sweet!)
• "Crossing over" into the new year with: a backpack (to travel in the new year), money in your hand (for prosperity) and making noise (to chase the "old ghosts" out)

It was very noisy, extremely hectic but ridiculously fun!  The only ritual we didn't do was going down to a four way intersection and throwing pennies while making a wish for the new year in each direction.  Come to think of it, we haven't done that one in a while.  Oh well.  Maybe next year?

Are there any traditions you do for New Year's?

Katzi
S.L.Y.A.S.D.I.

Glee's back! *There are some SPOILERS*

And you know what that means, right?! Kurt's fashion! Am I the only person who gets all worked up over Kurt's clothing? I think not. I'm sure plenty of other people out there enjoy Kurt's fierceness as much as I do. And for the season 2 premiere, I was NOT disappointed.

In case you didn't know, Kurt Hummel (played by the ever-so-talented Chris Colfer) is the most fabulous member (in my opinion) of the William McKinley High School Glee Club. His fashion sense is quite amazing. He can go from channeling his inner Chuck Bass in well-tailored coats and pants to a more casual yet still fashionable look.

Last night's season premiere (Audition) was wonderful! I've been anxiously waiting the return of Glee all summer and it's finally here! Although some of the songs weren't great, the episode was off to a great start. There is a new football coach: Coach Bieste. She's awesome! Her snappy one-liners could rival Sue's - if only they made proper sense. Poor, sweet, misunderstood Coach Bieste endures quite the bullying from *gasp* Sue and Will. What?! Sue and Will teamed up to get rid of the coach who wants to cut the Cheerio's and Glee Club's budget by 10% to help boost the football team to bring more money back into the school. What it was to me was a Grover Goes to School episode. And we all know how I feel about that...though I didn't cry in this episode because I just knew Will would come around.

Kurt's fashion was amazing. He was his usual fabulous self but I think he might kick it up a notch. I can feel it. Here are some highlights from last night's fashion show:



Can I just say that I'm IN LOVE with the chain from his tie to his jacket?! LOVE IT!!



Loving the colour of this jacket and his sweet, sweet arm candy Mercedes.



I LOVED this scene. When asked if he was wearing a girl's sweater he replied."Fashion knows no gender". LOVES IT! And the sweater looks fabs!



I'm not quite sure what was happening here. I LOVE his Civil War style hats but I'm not sure if the "bondage" straps, reminiscent of The Fifth Element, were a winning combination. I love them both separately but maybe not together. Still, he WORKED IT.

I'm thinking about starting a Kurt Hummel fashion Tumblr but I'm not sure if I'd have the time to run it properly. Oh well. Until then, I'll just keep screen-capping from Hulu and squeal with joy at all the fashion adventures yet to come for season 2!

Watch the season 2 premiere, if you haven't already or if you just have to see it again, HERE

Love and kisses,
Katzi
S.L.Y.A.S.D.I.