Art Project Done; Friday Neon Floral Shoes and the X-Ray Coat

Surprise! It's a Friday post to make up for the lack of Mom-Day Adventures. Due to the crazy low chilly temps, she was so stiff she could barely move yesterday. Where is that summer? It's ruining my Mom Plans! 

Instead, I spent the day working on my Neon Floral Fluevogs (it's okay if you want to scroll down and peek!), and incorporated them right away into my Friday office outfit. 

They "read" as neon orange/red/coral in real life - they're still neon. They glow in daylight!

• Silk blouse - Zoe & Sam, thrifted; last worn here earlier this month over a patchwork dress
• Sleeveless top - Anne Klein, vintage 90s, thrifted; purchased here for $14.95
• Leather mix skirt -  Danier Leather, thrifted; last seen here in December 2024 with layered sweaters
• Shoes - Mellow Bossa Nova, Fluevog, illustrated by me; last worn here in June 2023 with white jeans
• Sheer jacket (below) - Fashion to Figure, consignment; purchased here for $45.00

In the past, I bookended them nearly every time with this neon orange blouse, so why not go for it again? 

I was very proud of my clever layering of this new-to-me Anne Klein 90s top. 

Oh yeah, you can wear things OVER blouses! 

My bottom piece is a black pencil skirt, but of course, it has special leather detailing on it: two leather panels on either side, and trim around the back zip. 

As it was still cloudy, I layered this reddish-pink sheer coat over the outfit, and belted it.

I walked to work like this - yes, in the shoes! - and a woman exclaimed, "Oh my gosh, your coat is so beautiful!" 

• Leather purse - Arcadia, consignment

Well, isn't that nice? 

I seriously LOVE this crazy X-ray coat. I completed wrapped the front so that the two pockets were lined up over each other. You could see my bus pass through it! 

I need to do this over a solid black, right? To really lean into the X-ray aspect.

It was a hoot to wear. My sleeves were gigantic on the bus home, wanting to encroach on other seats, but the fabric is soft and squished down.

The stuff: 

There they are! They were just as comfy as they've always been, only now they are floral.

• Belt - gift from Ruth

Copper bling: 

Did you spot the brooch on my top, pinned to the two ties on the side of the neck? 

• Copper brooch - consignment
• Copper link bracelet - Renoir, vintage 50s, thrifted
• Wood Klimt ring - consignment
• Copper ball cuff - vintage, vintage expo
• Copper ball ring - consignment
• Copper clip-ons - thrifted

Ready for lots of pictures of my shoes?

Art Project: Neon Fluevogs

I last did an update here a couple of weeks ago, and before that, here's another update, and I started them here in early June, so they took just under a month to do. That's about 15 hours of work to transform them. 

After finishing the heel one afternoon, I had one shoe completely finished.

This was taken with my phone, on the deck on a cloudy day. This is very colour-accurate. 

And here they are all done! I spent about 4 hours on this on Thursday, listening to music while the rain pattered on the glass above my head. 

I am super-happy with how they turned out. And I can wear them again - those nasty scrapes are all covered up. 

Adding my "I was here" tag. 

You can see the black edging I did, instead of leaving them the original neon orange colour on the raw edges. 

The classic "Stuff" pose. The layers of leather flip "open" so I can show off my test area and the original colour.

I did purposely centre the flower where I buckle it!

While I mirrored the placement of the flowers, I didn't do the two shoes exactly the same. I did 3 colour combinations:

• Red/pink
• Plum/purple
• Pink/pale pink

I did all of the pale pink in the same spots, but swapped the red and plum colours. Just to make them more interesting. 

You can see the scrapes on the toes if you look closely. 

Side by side.

The same, but different.

The insides.

I'm glad I added the green leaves to break up all the colour. 

The heels. 

The blackening gives the flowers a bit of dimension. 

Of course, because I walked to work in these, the toe got scraped again! 

You can see how thin and delicate the leather is there. The top layer came right off. 

And touched up. Once I saw this pic up close, I added a bit more black.

All fixed!