Happy Halloween!! 

Is it Thursday Already?

The weather is very yucky here, so yucky in fact that a lot of towns changed their trick-or-treat to Friday or Saturday.  My town has kept ist on Halloween, and my son is not the least bit deterred by a little water.  So, he will be out with his friends, gathering up as much candy as possible, only to eat a few pieces the night of and never look at it again. 

Tomorrow is November 1st, and the temps are definitely getting cooler. My favorite cool weather piece this Fall has definitely been my Levi's denim and sherpa ex-boyfriend jacket.  I had a denim sherpa jacket a few years ago and I can't for the life of me figure put where it went.   Do you ever wonder where some of your favorite pieces disappear to, or is it just me?
The beauty of this jack is, it enables me to still wear a denim jacket AND be cozy. So roomy and oversized you can layer with you favorite sweaters!

Have a safe and Happy Halloween! 

 xx, Elise

Can you believe that Halloween is in two days

 and then it will be November!?!?

Where is the time going?

So, every year my friend Jen has a Halloween house party. 

Last year she was renovating her house and was unable to host, so this year we were all super excited because we have been waiting two years for one of Jen's epic Halloween bashes!

  For months I had been planning costumes and trying out new makeup, etc. Cut to a wedding last month where Jen explained this year the theme was going to be 80's Pop Icons. 

I have to confess for about three seconds I was disappointed, as a makeup lover I was racking my brain as to what fun makeup I could possibly pull off.  I then remember I have always wanted to dress up like Madonna, specifically mid 80's Madonna in Desperately Seeking Susan, and I NEEDED the jacket!

I searched and I searched. Most jackets I could not get in time for Halloween, and others were astronomically expensive at $900!  So I decided I would recreate and DIY it.

 Poshmark  

Metallic blazer

RedBubble

Illuminati pillow

A.C. Moore

fabric paint pen

fabric paint metallic gold & glitter gold

pack of fabric brushes

exacto razor and fabric scissors

fabric glue

First things first, tune Spotify to a Madonna station, because inspo.

I started of with the metallic blazer. While looking at a photo of the original movie jacket, I drew free hand the design on the lapel and cuffs of the jacket. 

I then painted over the design on lapel and cuffs with gold metallic paint. 

Paint- Dry - Repeat x3

The illumanati design on the pillow was way too yellow.  I cut the pillow along the seem and first painted the yellow bricks metallic gold.  After it dried, I painted over with gold glitter paint.  Along the bricks, the scroll and three beams of light coming from the all knowing eye.  

Paint dry repeat glitter x2


And the finished product...

What do you think?

After all of that, my sister decided she wanted to be the Roberta to my Susan and I made a second jacket. Thankfully, the pillow was printed on both sides! 

The rest of costume all available on Amazon

xx, Elise

Oh Hello Thursday! Let's talk about animal prints...

They have been a fashionable staple since the early 1930s. 

Before these prints became a main stream fashion statement they were worn by Kings and Queens and they were seen as a sign of power. Animal print rugs were a way to show social status, and hunters believed that the animal prints gave them the power of that animal.  

Over the years people have collectively decided that the one power animal prints do in fact give you, is pure confidence.  Leopard, zebra, giraffe and python are among the most popular of animals prints and they are not going anywhere! 

sweater  / jeans / sunnies / bag / boots similar here 

What do you all have going on this weekend?