Snowed in!

Well, not quite... but unfortunately my blog will have to be snowed in for another few days.  I've had a hectic few weeks of minor disaster and now my computer has died on me so all the lovely posts I have planned will have to wait... will you please bear with me?

I have painted my nails and taken pictures!
I have product reviews for Angela Langford natural skincare goodies
I have vintage market finds
annddd.. I booked a holiday to Cuba for hopefully some winter sunshine so I need to find a bikini and figure out how to get beach ready in 2 weeks in December!

We are having some snow here in Ireland, not as bad as England and Scotland but freezing all the same so I will be wishing my computer a speedy recovery so I can update the blog soon as I hibernate beside the fire!

Christening outfit - 60s/70s inspired A Wear outfit

Sorry this is the only full length picture I have to show the tights!

Sorry for the lack of updates this week...I wanted to show a few pictures of what I wore to my Godson's christening 2 weeks ago.  I ordered an Emily and Fin dress online but alas it never arrived on time so  I decided to  make do with something  I already owned but (at 5 minutes to closing time) A-Wear came to my rescue with this little number for £40!

I then remembered I had cream tights from last year and once I tried them with the dress, I just loved the effect and had to wear them but I'm not so sure about my shoes (4 year old t-bars from Topshop!)  What shoes could I wear in the future with this outfit?  I'm thinking something patent in navy or even a bright pink as it's going to be hard to make this all match and work!  I really felt lovely in the dress though.  It was simple enough for daytime, but dressy enough for the little man's special day!



I love the cream bows on the shoulders and the simple shift style of this dress.  With the cream tights, I really felt quite late 60s/early 70s inspired!



   I also wore this gold baby booties charm necklace.  My Granny gave it to my Mum over 25 years ago when my sister was born and my Mum got the chain repaired so I could wear it on the day of the christening.  I remember loving this necklace when I was small and playing with it sitting on my mummy's knee ... I used to call them cheeky boots!  I got my Godson his very own pair of cheeky boots (complete with holy medal!) to pin to his great great Granny's christening shawl.

 It was such a lovely bright day, the last of Autumn.  We drank champagne with blue curacao to wet the baby's head, decorated the house with oak leaves as his name comes from the Gaelic for oak tree. We took lots of photographs before his 100 year old lace christening robe irritated him too much (it was so cute on him though!)

I found this antique Irish linen and lace bib from 1890 at a Frock Around the Clock event in Belfast and bought it to add to our family's christening wardrobe I suppose!  Lace bibs and dresses, crocheted shawls, gold necklaces ... this outfit post is very much a family affair so thats why it was nice that  my dress and tights felt a little vintage inspired as well.   I also love that my nephew's outfit is of importance in this post...no doubt he won't thank me for this one day! 

 

Hope the post wasn't too long or picture heavy :)

Halloween (pictures and FOTD!)

 I know I'm a little late to post about Halloween but it's November now and unless I start posting about Christmas...

Oh and I just realised its 5th November which is celebrated a bit like Halloween in England so...my festive timings are correct somewhere!

I didn't go out for Halloween this year but I still partook in the eating of candy apples, the watching of Alfred Hitchcock films and fireworks and answering the door to trick or treaters.  I also thought that I'd go a little more dramatic with my makeup (I then went food shopping like this haha)



Apologies for the unflatteringly bright light.  I'm wearing MAC Grape Pigment (to match my purple tights!)
MAC Vanilla Pigment under my browbone and the inner corner of my eye and in the outer corner a dark brown/black from a MAC Holiday Palette called Smoke & Mirrors.
 I winged it out quite a bit and added black liquid liner and lots of mascara



I also carved a pumpkin who I thought was adorable with his little baby teeth but everyone else had problems with the fact I gave it eyebrows ... and now the eyebrows are rotting into his eyes so I fear he is going in the bin today.  Sorry pumpkin!



Traditionally, it was turnips that were carved in Ireland and my boyfriend brought this home.  It's a bit creepier than a pumpkin, and definitley not as cute.  The neighbour's cat was terrified of all the fireworks so chose to have a staring competition with the pumpkin.



Then while taking all these photographs I noticed the sunset outside and ran up to our attic to get a better picture.  Isn't it just perfect?  

Bye bye Autumn, you have been glorious this year!