December 13, 2016

Leave a Little Sparkle . . .

Nicole outfits fashion, responsible fashion, style

. . .  wherever you go. It’s a bit sappy of a quote- but a great one where holidays and festive outfits are concerned! I love sparkly things- as this outfit, which I wore to the craft sales, clearly shows. I chose to wear this outfit for the Christmas craft sales, because it felt festive to me, with the beaded cardigan, and also because I really wanted to wear one of my headbands in order to “promote” my products 🙂 I don’t know if it really worked, but I ended up quite liking how this outfit turned out, so there’s that. Actually I did get quite a few comments on the sparkly headband, so I am thinking that next time I will focus more on deco inspired headbands, as they are fairly trendy right now, and also just plain fun to wear.

I chose to wear my trousers (yes, my only trousers) because I wanted to wear boots (as I was going to be standing a fair bit) and then the cardigan just seemed to “go”. This cardigan is one of the very few good items I have ever gotten in a clothing swap. (Maybe that is because I don’t know anyone who has a style similar to my own? Or maybe because people only ever seem to get rid of ugly things?) Anyways, I got this lovely cardigan, and shortly after, I was speaking to the girl who had gotten rid of it and discovered that the only reason she parted with it is because some of the beads were coming off, and she didn’t know how to sew them back on 🙁 Well, isn’t that just the pits? It was sad for her, that she got rid of this sweater, but great for me! (BTW she didn’t want it back, she was just telling me why. At least I hope she didn’t want it back. . . ) So, I sewed the few beads that were coming loose and it was perfectly fine. Actually if you look closely at the beading on the front, you can see that some of the beads are missing, and as I don’t have the right colour to match them I haven’t replaced them. The pattern is so detailed you can’t even tell, but I am thinking that at some point I may take them off and sew different silver beads (which I do have) on instead. In the meantime though, it doesn’t really bother me too much.

The last piece of this outfit I would like to mention, is the necklace. I may have gone to the craft sales in order to sell, but I most definitely did some shopping for myself. This is the only piece I bought, and I absolutely love it. Everyone needs a kraken, right? The lady who was selling these was two tables down from us, and she had come by a few times just to say hi, and she actually ended up buying some things from me too. Then a while later, when I decided to wander around and browse, I looked at her jewelry, and saw a kraken necklace. As I was looking at it, she mentioned that she had another one with a pearl on it, and asked whether I wanted to see it. I most definitely did- and I bought it too! You just can’t say no to a kraken with a freshwater pearl.

So there is my slightly festive, but not really, Winter/Christmas casual outfit. 🙂 Have you been dressing up “festively” for the Christmas season? Do you like to dress in sparkle and bling? And, have you ever gotten anything good in a clothing swap?

Outfit Details:

Cardigan: Clothing Swap

Necklace: Euphoria. Needful. Things.

Headband: Made by me

Trousers: Made by me, Burda 7122