Day Five: Feminine Fashion Week: "Catholic School-girl" ;)

All right. I don't like these pictures of me, but the camera battery was dying quickly and I had to take what happened with grace, even if I look terrible in these pictures. :P

So meet the outfit my aunt has termed "The Catholic School-girl"

I love my plaid. :)

Uggggg.

Moving on...

My boots. Despite my recent discovery that walking 3 miles in them is *not* comfortable, on a general day of about-town walking, they are splendid.

My vintage apple-seed necklace. I saw one of these at our county fair and was enthralled by it, having never seen such a thing in all my life. The next week or so Sarah went to a thrift store and found one for me! :)

Today's hairstyle...something rather quick and random. :)

I got this cute head-band from a hole-in-the-wall shop owned by a little Asian lady.

Blue turtle-neck sweater: Thrift store

Plaid skirt: Thrift store

Boots: Thrift store

Rhinestone headband: ^

Appleseed necklace: Thrift-store

Gracious. I seem to be the owner of only thrift-store clothes! ;) Oh well. There's nothing wrong with that! 

Remember to enter the giveaway, girls! ~Rachel

Day Three: Feminine Fashion Week: Purple Peacock

 

Hi girls! It's day three of the Feminine Fashion Week here on A Butcher, A Baker, A Candlestick-maker. :) Today I went casual and comfortable, as I was cleaning our home for hosting church tomorrow. :)

Meet: Purple Peacock. :)

 

I happen to love purple. :)

I believe this style of shirt is properly called "baby-doll" and I think it's a fitting name...the shirt fits like those little baby-dresses with no sign of a waist-line at all! :D But I think it's a cute shirt. :)

My lovely pea-cock feather earrings. A friend who has a jewelry-making business did these as a custom order for me, since it had long been a dream of mine to have such a pair. Thanks, Josie! :)

 My favorite blue-grey denim skirt. Sadly, it has one of those invisible-zippers-that-never work and so I now am resigned to the fate of having to safety-pin it closed. *weeps and wails*. It is such a cute skirt!

And so swing-able! I would love to dance with that skirt on!

 

I thought I'd show you how I wear my make-up. :) I go by the rule that it should enhance your beauty, not cover up flaws, and it should look natural. Granted, I put on my lightest colors of eye-shadow today, but I don't like using a lot of eye-liner and heavy mascara---you don't want to be mistaken for a raccoon and shot! :D

And here is a picture of my fabulous thrift-store find earlier this week! These are the cutest vintage-style heels! I couldn't help humming ♫ "The best things happen while you're dancing..."♫ as I walked around in them. They are so Ginger Rogers, and only cost $2.98! :)

 Purple Top: Hand-me-down from Joanna
Skirt: Thrift-store
Shoes: (same as yesterday)
Earrings: from a friend

And last but not least, I wanted to share a cool website with you girls. It'll help you determine which colors look best with your skin-tone, hair, and eye-color so you can look vibrant and beautiful! :) As far as I can tell, I'm a strange mash of Winter/Summer. My skin tone is not as olive as some of my sisters, and has rather pink undertones, [and I look good in jewel-tones, silver jewelry, etc.) but I am told I look good in some traditional summery colors like bright orange. Who'd have thought? :D  Anyway, check it out and tell me what colors look good on you. :) What colors look good on me? 

~Rachel