Bigass Weekend Wrap-Up: Friday Popcorn; Cheese Curls and Copper Two Ways; Art Project Update: Yvonne's Badass Boots

Welcome back, my friends! What have you been up to? We had a medium-busy weekend, but I'm charging my batteries for a busy coming week, so relatively quiet was a good thing. I even got some more done on Yvonne's booties! 

But first, Friday's office outfit. I did not even hesitate, I wanted to wear this skirt so much! 

It was a bit cloudy, so I risked this thin sweatshirt because SEQUINNED POPCORN. 

• Sequined cotton-blend sweatshirt - Forever 21 Girls, thrifted; first worn here (2nd outfit) in March with the pouffy skirt of earlier this week
• Skirt - Gap, thrifted; purchased here for $19.95
• Boots - Doc Martens; last seen here in May for a Mom-Day at Swan Lake
• Jacket (below) - Ed Hardy, vintage 00s, consignment; last worn here for a day-trip to Sidney in April

This was a completely comfortable outfit - it feels very me. 

Ha, I'm wearing sequins and feeling casual! 

When I steamed the skirt, it came out smooth, but as soon as I touched it, it wrinkled back up, so I leaned into that, giving it a full twist before wearing.

It was a low-swoosh skirt, Swoosh Factor 5, mildly swooshy. On the plus side, it required minimal wrangling and was not gobbled up by my chair wheels.

I needed pockets, hence a jacket.

Having a great "base" piece like this red skirt makes busy/bossy pieces like the jacket work properly, in my mind. 

They balance! 

And the bottom is mustard and ketchup, hee hee. 

I ended up tying it around my waist on the walk home. 

Too hot! 

The stuff: 

Butter yellow, butter soft. Good for all my walking. 

 Minimal bling: 

The sequins are bling too.

• Pearl bracelet - thrifted, Powell River
• Cinnabar bangle - consignment
• Silver/crystal ring - Soul Flower
• Silver/red enamel ring - antique shop, Sidney
• Pearl earrings - thrifted

After a lovely evening of board games, L was up early for Ulti, and I enjoyed a leisurely morning, picking my outfit. Weekends are my favourite time for being playful in my closet. 

Time to wear this dress! I am liking my little trend of wearing a Big Dress on Saturdays and then lounging in it all day. Why not do it again? 

• Ruched mesh top - no label, thrifted; purchased here for $6.95 (less my Senior's discount)
• Cheese curl dress - vintage 70s, consignment; last worn here (2nd outfit) in August 2024 with Weird Adidas
• Sneakers - Steve Madden, thrifted; last seen here in January in my awesome New Year's Eve outfit

I'd planned on wearing this ruched mesh top with my sequined skirt and red bustier, but it didn't work as well in real life as in my head. So I kept going. 

Hey, it's a dress that I love wearing - this is a vintage 70s 100% double-knit polyester beauty. I think the pattern looks like cheese curls. 

The top is a winner - as I wore it, the ruching caused puffing like a Victorian blouse, which is a big thumb's up in my book.

I wore wee shorts under the dress for extra comfort. 

I walked down to the field to meet L, and we headed to John's Place for our usual brunch with Nick (back from the UK!) and Jay. No time for a wee shop!  

I changed up my bum-bag to cross-body and added some pins to it. 

Accoutrements: 

I debated going full matchy with copper shoes, but ended up with these two sporty elements instead. 

• Bum-bag - thrifted
• "Secret Plans for World Domination" pin - Boom, thrifted
• Copper brooch (on strap) - vintage 60s, thrifted

Copper bling: 

My new bracelet joins my Renoir/Matisse copper collection - welcome to the family! I layered them over the long cuffs of the black mesh top. 

• Copper "leaf" bracelet - Renoir, vintage 50s, thrifted
• Copper "triangle" bracelet - Renoir, vintage 50s, thrifted; purchased here for $7.95
• Copper ball ring - consignment
• Wooden ring - Dots
• Amber square ring - sidewalk find
• Stone ring - thrifted
• Enamel/copper necklace and earrings set - Matisse by Renoir, vintage 60s, vintage expo

L and had a wee shop each after brunch - he poked around in Ditch Records, and I went to Csinos/Star Vintage. No luck for me, but we have a bunch of new music to listen to! 

After a nap for L and some working on Yvonne's boots for me (below!), I changed into a tee for hanging out with pals Emma and Daylan, our building neighbours. 

I didn't change any of the jewelry - I liked having it on.

• T-shirt - Cynthia Rowley, thrifted; last seen here (2nd outfit) in June under my pea-green dress

I wore my slippers (black, very classy - you can see them in the boot pictures below).

We watched "Big Trouble In Little China," one of our favourite movies (they'd never seen it!). I was excited to meet their cats, Kestrel (a cute tuxedo) and Toco (a white/calico-ish fluffball), but they were very leery of us.

And now, I'm off to enjoy the remainder of my weekend, but first, here's an update on Yvonne's boots! 

Art Project Update: Yvonne's Badass Boots

The start of this project was back here a couple of weeks ago. On Saturday, while L was napping, I sat out on the deck in my big dress and got my pens out.

The grey-coloured straps are new. 

Then I did the black stripe down the front, using a very fine-point pen. 

Colouring with a fine pen was giving me a very sketchy look (the colour lifts itself, as it's alcohol-based), so I dug out a thicker-tipped pen for better coverage. 

A nice dark black stripe! 

I realized at this point, I should plan out how the black and grey stripes are going to work - the lines (squiggly and straight) indicate straps that will be black. I still made a few "continuity errors" - oh well, no one will notice.

I filled in some of the black on the inside. 

It's much more slow-going than you might think! My hands were aching after an hour.

And there you have it!