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Me Made May ’12 Week 2

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Day 4 (5/5)
Dress: made by me, Purse: thrifted, vintage, Sneakers: forever 21

I love Saturdays. This Saturday was just beautiful. Sunny and warm. We decided to take a bike ride to a nearby park for a family picnic. I wore the white back cut out dress I made right before the Guam trip. I love this dress, and it was the best selling items of my shop last year. I made them so many times I think I perfected it. I can whip this out in a short time now:) It’s made out of white cotton seer sucker, and the back closes with a white rose shaped button (sorry no picture! forgot to take the back shots). Since I would be running around, I wore the dress with sneakers and a shoulder purse that I thrifted in Philly two years ago.
 
Day 5 (5/8)
Dress: made by me (Casey’s 40’s swing dress sew-along, worn here, progress written here), Jean jacket: thrifted, Sandals: bought in Korea, Earrings and bracelet: made by my friend
I had a day off this day. We went to an orientation at an adoption agency (more in Mommy’s diary soon). I hope I looked respectable yet youthful…
I made this dress last year during Casey of Elegant Musing’s sew-along. I like this pattern a lot. I made it without the sleeves, but I’d like to make them again with the sleeves. I’ve worn this as a daily outfit, and also to a wedding. So this dress has gotten a fair use! 🙂
 
Day 6 (5/9)
 Top: made by me (also see on day1), pants: thrifted, originally from Uniqulo, Purse: ASOS, Sandals: bought in Korea, painted by me (tutorial coming soon!)
Everytime I wear pants, I fear that I look too momsy. I probably feel this way because my friend who used to be stylish, worked in apparel industry, now only wears T-shirts, skinny jeans and flats. She became a mom and let her style die. I mean, there is nothing wrong with the outfit, but I kind of miss her pre-mommy style.
So, I’m always weary of wearing pants, but today I just had to be comfortable. Today was not great. Nothing worked out well; cranky baby, rainy day, and quarrel with Andy.
Do you ever have one of those days where nothing seems to be working out for you?
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Mommy’s Diary 50: DIY Baby Bracelet

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Thank you for all your comments on Andy’s post on adoption last week! We both really enjoyed reading each comment. I’m thrilled to have so much support. You know, living in a country where the default answer to adoption is “no” or “bad” the negative reactions slowly start to affect you. I’ve found it rare to receive a positive reaction concerning our desire to adopt. The most common responses I’ve received are: “1. Why do it if you can have your own?” and “2. What if the kid you adopt is ugly?” .  I think Andy already wrote the response to #1. #2 kind of makes me laugh. What if YOUR own kid is ugly! Be that as it may, thanks for the good comments, keep ’em coming.

On a less serious not, I really like a store, called “PLAZA” in Japan. They are a chain, and they have it all over Japan inside the bigger department stores. They sell cosmetics, imported snacks (that’s where I found Reese’s Pieces!) and other cutsy stuff. The other day I found this baby bracelet and necklace set made of big clear beads in different colors, and though they were really cute I could not bring myself to pay 700 yen for  baby accessories because I am first and foremost cheap. I could easily make these items so why spend money on them? So I bought some elastics and clear beads at 100 yen shop and made Kiko a bracelet.

She seemed to like it well enough, but she kept trying to put it on her foot!

Inspiration: Color Blocked Sandals

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1. Pour La Victoire 2. Sam Edelman 3. Juicy Couture 4. Rachel Zoe 5. KORS Michael Kors 6. Madewell

I’m loving the weather now. I am no longer requires me to wear pants, socks or tights so I can be bare-foot! I’ve added these pretty sandals to my wish-list. I love the color block. I’m thinking of buying a cheap pair of sandals at thrift shop, and using a scotch tape and spray paint and DIYing my own color block sandals. I also want to try this DIY neon cap toe pumps!