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Shoe happiness

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I have a fatal attraction to brown shoes.

I blame it on Marlene Dietrich.  She advised wearing shoes the same colour as your legs to make your legs look longer, and since my legs are basically brown, I’m seriously into brown shoes.

Brown shoes are also more historical and vintage appropriate than black shoes, at least for my favourite periods.

These are my two latest brown shoe acquisitions.

The first pair is a modern shoe, by Neo of Spain.  They are super comfortable, and delightfully vintage in aesthetic.  I need more 1930s inspired dresses to wear with them!

I found them on sale right after I passed a personal milestone – they were my reward for the milestone.

My second shoe acquisition is a pair of 1970s Clarks, made in England.  They make my feet look tiny.  I found them at my favourite thrift shop.

While they are 1970s, they also look perfectly 1930s.  I definitely see where my spring 2010 wardrobe is heading!

A quintessential kiwi experience

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I got held up in my car this morning, waiting for a herd of sheep to cross the road.

You can’t get any more New Zealand than that.

Granted, I live in a city, and the herd I waited for the was the local petting zoo being unloaded for a party at my neighbors house.

Not quite the usual postcard picture.

Still, it felt very NZ, and reminded me of how much I like springtime, especially the parts that involve gamboling lambs.

Here are some of my lamb experiences:

Newborn lamb and watchful mama, Napier, NZ, 2003

Curiosity killed the...ummm...my vote is on the cat to win

Awwwww!

The dreamstress, pet lamb, and friends

An artistic exchange

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I’m working on a very exciting, but slow, project.

I’m making a quilt for my sister to give to her best friend who is having a baby.

And she is going to make me a piece of art.

I’m so excited.  Her art is AWESOME.

I want one like this… (shhh don’t tell…)

The quilt I am making looks like this:

Well, it looked like that a few weeks ago when I took really bad photos of it.  It looks much better in person, and it’s going to look even better when it is done in a month or so.

And Felicity already likes it, so I’m feeling pretty good about it.

As long as she can avoid getting into the trouble she got into with the last Hawaiian quilt I made, everything should be fabulous!

I’ll keep you updated as I sew (and take better pictures).  And if you want to keep updated on my talented sister, you can follow her on facebook.  Or just check her website.