Leopard print

Loving all the leopard print out there right now.Truthfully I have been loving and wearing it since I was in high school!!!!! Of course my absolute favorite is the Leopard print velvet victorian antique sofa we own!!!!!! Since leopard and cheetah are at the stores right now I have been snatching it up!!!LOL!!!! I used to have a vintage coat or two but not sure what I did with them.I found a short leopard coat in the beginning of winter .It is more of a coat to wear if you are dressed up.It has 3/4 length sleeves. Since browsing the internet I came across Emmersonmade
and she had a vintage cheetah print.I love everything vintage but haven't run across one .I happened to be in the store Forever 21(love that store) I always find cute clothes and at great prices.As I was browsing I saw a cheetah print coat.It really looks like vintage fur!!!!! I bought it and I am in love.I love it!! It is lighter weight so I can wear it in the fall and layer it in the winter. I added a Emmersonmade like flower pin for fun.I really want to go back and buy another one either the same or in a different leopard print.I have a rule if you really love something buy two (if it is a great price) that way if anything ever happens you have a back up!!!! I am hoping go to a different store than the original this weekend to see if they still have any and if its on sale. Here are the start of my leopard coat collection.

The first two photos are of emmersonmade.

Fashion

Since a lot of our house projects are complete I have turned to my second favorite subject,fashion.It goes between first and second on my list depending what is going on in life at the moment. Saturday night we were invited to a birthday party for a friend and it was an opportunity to dress up. Unfortunately I was rushed getting ready because we had to work all day.So I had to quickly get dressed and apply my make up. I wore a black strapless(ballerina type)dress with a black sweater.I had lace stockings and my new favorite black velvet boots on.I asked my son to take photos of me but they didn't turn out so great. I really need a new camera!!!!! Here are a few that turned out ok...

I have been curling my hair lately and it is so much easier to wear this way.It looks good for a few days!!!!
The party was fun and it was nice to go out with hubby alone since we normally always have kids with us.

Remembering

Last week the day before our baby shower my husband's Grandma Beulah past away. She was 96 years young. Hard to believe that she lived thru so many different decades.I have written about how our house is similar to hers.The same age(over 100 years), style but located in different states.We lived with her and Grandpa about 8 years ago(for less than a year) .My husband took care of Grandpa until he passed away and briefly he helped with Grandma until she decided to go to an assisted living center.We moved to Wisconsin and ironically found a similar house to theirs!!!! I loved her kitchen sink and that was what attracted me to this home.
This Monday was her wake and yesterday was the funeral.It was sad to see everyone's pain but was nice to see all the family photos that were displayed. I even saw one from my baby shower!!!!! The stories people told about Beulah and Chuck( her husband) were memorable.It is inspiring to have met people who stayed together a lifetime.

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Vintage baby shower part 2

I posted some photos yesterday and now I have more to post!!!!!! We had a blast playing a few games with the guests and we tried to be creative since this was a coed shower!!!!! Our first game was literally an ice breaker!!!! We placed little babies in dixie cups(we put water to cover babies and froze them ahead of time) and who evers baby melted first was the winner.It is called the water bag game.It really made people laugh so it was a good start to the party!!!!! Here are more photos.

I don't know how to edit the possessed look in my eye in the photo!!!! LOL .I think it was someone else flash reflected in my eye. The details of my outfit: Blue ruffled dress .I found on clearance at Marshalls for $7.(score) it was past knee length in the front and had a longer train in the back. The beaded sweater was mine and I found it cleaning my kids drawers last week.I think I haven't seen it in at least a year or longer.It matched the dress perfectly!!!!! I bought the headband at Khols .It had a retro look to it( it had a little netting attached) and I also found a leather feathered cuff bracelet there. I also wore black patent leather high heeled boots that I previously had.Probably one of my least expensive dresses that I have ever bought but that looked and felt high end.

Vintage Baby Shower!!!!!

Our daughter's baby shower was yesterday!!!! It was a success!!!!! Our theme was "vintage baby" so I collected items for months. My good friend Maureen came over the day before to help me do the final baking and setting up.

Our daughter Paloma was glowing at her shower.We gave her a crown and banner to wear for the special event.We had a houseful,at one point I was overwhelmed and exhausted but had a great time.In the photos I can tell how tired I was!!!! It was a full day,most of the guests came before 2 pm and then left around 5 and then a second set of Paloma's friends came after 6. We were entertaining past 11:00pm. The house looked great !!!! I tried to take photos of everything before people showed up. Here are the photos.