Sunday, March 16, 2014

Vanishing Snow Brings a Variety of Shoes.

Monday

This fantastic dress makes me feel like a 70s stewardess, in a good way.

Tuesday
Similar earrings - Icing

Ooh stripes and florals.  It's not something that I do a lot, but I like it.

Wednesday
Similar shirt - Target
Similar jumper - Mighty Swell
Similar tights - Target
Similar socks - Target
Boots - Delia's
Similar earrings - I Like You

Gray Tan Stripes Henley Mini Boots Pennies.  There's nothing I don't like about this outfit.  My cartoon character might wear this. 

 Thursday
Tunic - Dale's
Similar cords
Shoes
Similar necklace - Bibelot
Similar earrings - Patina

This is my crazy lady tunic.  Go ahead.  Take in all of this crazy.

Friday
Similar dress - My Sister's Closet
Similar blouse
Similar tights - Poppy
Similar shoes - Savers
Similar earrings - Urban Outfitters

And this is my crazy lady dress.  Seriously, I like this dress in theory, but it just doesn't work on me.  If I do up the top 2 buttons, the dress pulls because it's too tight across my chest.  However, the empire waist is very loose and makes me look wide.  I always have to wear a shirt under the dress and and I've tried belting it to make it fit closer to my body.  Bottom line is, it's more of a hassle than it is fabulous.  I'm getting rid of it.  Maybe there's a barrel chested woman out there with no boobs who this is perfect for.  Actually it's probably perfect for a man. 

 Saturday
Similar shirt - H&M
Similar skirt - My Sister's Closet
Similar jacket - Savers
Tights
Shoes
Similar earrings - Up 6
Similar necklace - I Like You

These shiny red shoes are really fun to draw.  In fact, most shoes are really fun to draw.


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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Metro Sketchers 3 Year Anniversary

A little over 3 years ago, my friend and co-worker, Liz wanted to start a sketching group.  She thought it should be something casual, open to anyone, and have monthly designated locations.  The first sketch outing that we did was at the Como Conservatory in March of 2011.  It was a cold day, but it was sunny and warm inside the greenhouse.  At that time, there were a hand full of sketchers in attendance.  We all knew each other and were able to sketch in each other's company or steal away for a quieter experience.



Drawings from the first Metro Sketchers outing
This month, the Metro Sketchers revisited the Como Conservatory for their monthly outing.  The number of sketchers in attendance was vastly multiplied and they were joined by a Kare11 camera crew.  Here is the story that aired on Sunday.

Since you're on this blog, you might have recognize that the story included my drawing of dresses that I use as my title banner.  This was drawn during an outing to the Midtown Global Market.  I can't quite remember if this was a planned outing or if we were taking refuge from the May Day parade in Powderhorn park where it had started to snow.  Either way, it was one of my favorites.  There are so many interesting people, locations and merchandise to draw in that building.  Not to mention the food.  I assure you, I devoured a torta from Los Ocampo on that day.  No regrets.  

Along with the annual visit to the Como Conservatory, there are other outings that have become traditions.  I personally, love the portrait party.  Everyone gathers at someone's house and we all sit around a table and casually draw each other.  This weirds some people out, but I find it very fun!


My friend Angela, who is a lot of fun to draw.


Here are Gwen, Suzanne and Paul.  Boy, do I like to go nuts on the red hair.


While you're busy drawing some one else, there's always someone drawing you.  Here's my portrait done by Suzanne Hughes.


This group meets the first Sunday of every month at different locations around the Twin Cities.  While, I always want to attend, I find that I'm usually busy on Sundays and can probably count on my fingers the number of times that I have attended.  Either way, I love that I am a part of it can't wait for the next one.  

 Drawing chickens in someone's back yard
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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Back in February...

Ugh, I'm so behind in my daily sketches.  Here are some outfits from a month ago...

 Tuesday
Similar wrap bracelet

I'm wearing bracelets today...that's new.  I have a lot of bracelets but I hardly ever wear them.  Maybe this year will be the year of the bracelet.

Wednesday
Similar button - Wet Paint

Oooh, this outfit is fun.  That jacket is my favorite thing in the world.  It's my signature color (red orange) and includes beige and white polka dots (a la Pretty Woman).  It's got kind of a space age shape about it which I emphasized with a flying saucer button on the lapel.  I just love it!

Thursday
Shirt
Similar jumper
Similar button
Similar tights - Target
Boots

I did a pretty terrible job on this one.  I drew the jumper all wrong and I'm wearing an awesome button that I did not capture here.  I can't remember what earrings I wore.  Also, those tights are houndstooth.  Houndstooth, how I love thee, but you're so tedious to draw!

Friday
Similar shirt
Similar vest - Dale's
Pants - Express
Boots
Similar earrings - Urban Outfitters
Similar brooch
This vest is from Dale's and of course I love it.  Heavyweight material, great navy blue color, interesting details.  It's supposed to clip together in the middle and cascade down, but that makes me look huge, so instead when I wear it, I overlap the vest and pin it together with a brooch to make it a little more sleek.

 Saturday
Dress - Daddy-O's
Shoes - Kick
Similar necklace - Urban Outfitters
Smilar earrings - Savers
Similar tights - Express

This is what I wore for a performance with my band in Rochester.  I always think that I look really good in this dress, but when I see myself in it in pictures, I look lumpy.  It's probably because the material is so shiny and there's a lot of ruching going on.  Either way, I'm going to keep on wearing it because it makes me feel good.  And that's all that matters, right?
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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

I Never Win Anything

I love ModCloth.  I think they have a great variety of fun clothes, a good range of sizes, great customer service, and while the prices are sometimes high, they have good sales.  So when I saw that they were having a textile design contest, I was all about it.  I thought, I'm a shoe in.  I have a good eye for color and creating patterns comes very naturally to me.  My only problem was that once I found out about the contest, I only had one week to submit.  I worked at it and this is what I came up with.  Personally, I love these patterns, but of course I'm biased.   


So I submitted on time with all of the required criteria and waited for the results.  Guess what, I didn't make the cut.  When I heard the news, I was a little distraught.  I wanted to know why.  What were these judges looking for?  So I waited until the public voting stage of the contest to see what textile designs were considered better than mine.  I was expecting greatness.  They're good, but not any better.  Once I looked closely at all of the accepted designs, I realized that they're all blue and mauve, two of my least favorite colors.  Really blue and mauve?  What year is it?  
Then I remembered that there was a guest judge who is the costume designer for Portlandia.  I'm guessing that her favorite colors are blue and mauve and that I probably wouldn't like her.

Even though I didn't win this contest, I determined that I'm a natural at textile design and am considering pursuing this further.  Any advice on how that is done would be greatly appreciated.
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