The Secret World of Arrietty

Last night, James and I watched The Secret World of Arrietty. It's from the ever magical Studio Ghibli and I'm amazed it's taken James and I so long to watch it. We both LOVED it. 

Spirited Away has always been a favourite of mine and when James described it as somewhere between Spirited Away and My Neighbour Totoro, I was sold on watching it. 

Based on The Borrowers, it was one of those lovely films where there's not really a "bad guy" but it was just so adorable and well done. I actually put down my knitting 5 mins in because there was so much to take in. 

Arrietty is just the cutest and James kept joking that she was like me all through the film. It's well worth a watch!

All screen shots taken by me. All extra info found via the Arrietty Wikipedia page. 

Floor It!

Today was a very blah day. One of those days you can't really focus so it feels like nothing gets done. So, I took some photos.... on the floor... because why not?

At any rate you can see the sweater I picked up yesterday and my fabulous little spider brooch.

Sweater, scarf, and brooch: Op Shop

Skirt: Made by me

South Melbourne

Today, I had a half day shift at our South Melbourne op shop. I love going to the different shops and seeing the things that come in and the different set ups. South Melbourne is a really pretty area too with old, classic buildings juxtaposed with the modern city backdrop. 

After work, I got a headache and so I've just been reading The Walking Dead and relaxing in bed. 

Nice and cozy after a day out.

Vixen Dress

I'm really bad at this whole blogging regularly thing. So, in order to try to remedy that and also give myself a challenge, I've decided to blog every day this week. Starting today! 

Since posting yesterday, I've been obsessively working on a new dress! The fabric has been sitting in my stash for over 6 months and the dress has been one I've wanted to recreate since seeing it. 

It's this dress owned by Solanah of Vixen Vintage (since this is like the zillionth time I've mentioned her, I should say that she is a huge source of inspiration for me. She is not only stunning but also wonderfully creative, talented, and creates beautiful things.) I still have to hem it and tweak a few things here and there but it's looking pretty good! 

Too bad it's going to be too cold to wear it for a while yet.... Bright side is, it's lemon time! We've already had lemon pudding from some of this seasons lemons. Winter in Melbourne always gets so lovely and green! 

All dress reference photos were taken from this post, this post, and one from this post 

via Vixen Vintage. 

Acorn Dress Prep

Recently, I've been on a huge sewing hiatus (at least it feels huge). It's been months where I just haven't felt like sewing. I've been knitting a fair bit and done some sewing but I haven't completed any projects recently. The last one I completed was about 2 months ago (my first hoodie yay!). 

Having worked the past four days in a row at the op shop, Friday night I came home and felt like I could tackle the sleeves on a dress that has been driving me crazy. I had broken through the creativity dam and the yearning to sew was flowing free! 

Last night, I bought some fabric off of Spoonflower and today I wanted to share how I plan dresses and keep my vision as I wait the 3 or so weeks it takes for the fabric to get printed in the USA and sent over to lilttle ol' me all the way in Australia. It's also just a fun, pretty way to document my projects.

The fabric is 'acorns|blue' by Miriam Bos (irrimiri) via Spoonflower and the pattern is Butterick B5813. All of this I note down on my design page. That way I can refer back to it if I want more fabric or to make another dress like it. 

Miss Fisher at Hanging Rock

Having been sick with a cold all this past week, I finally was feeling well enough for an outing. 

My parents and I took a picnic to Werribee Park for a little Sunday getaway. Though it looked like it was going to rain when we left the weather ended up being lovely and the sun even came out to play! 

I was feeling the Australiana vibe today and dressed in what felt like a mix between Miss Fisher's Mac and a Picnic at Hanging Rock schoolgirl. 

Akubra: From my Grandmother

1940's Boots: Etsy

Socks: Sportsgirl

Slip: How Sweet It Was

Blouse: ClearIT

Skirt: Made by Me

1940's Jacket: Op Shop

P.S. I won first prize for my cardigan!