makeshift

WE: Vancouver installation views

2011-06-08T11:18:00.000-07:00

Here are some images of all of the Makeshift year clothes on display at the Vancouver Art Gallery (as well as 365 documented days of the project) during the WE: Vancouver - 12 Manifestos for the City. This show ended on May 1, 2011. Thank you to all who attended.

Rachel Topham photographs

6 months later

2011-03-01T08:25:00.000-08:00

You may have thought I was lost and gone forever but ... I'm still alive!! Even though I'm mostly in store bought clothes now! Yes, the truth is, my wardrobe is very very small right now (and mostly made by others) but the reason for that is because all of the clothes that I made/wore during the makeshift year are now on display at the Vancouver Art Gallery as part of a show called WE: Vancouver - 12 Manifestos for the City. The show is up until May 1st so it was a bit of a scramble to try to piece together enough stuff to wear until then.

If you live in Vancouver and are planning to see this show, please come for a "performance" that I will be doing on the weekend of March 26th called Thing to Thing. During that weekend I will have a mini studio set up in the Gallery where you can bring any object to me and I will turn it into a bag! I'm not sure how the logistics of this will work yet, or if the numbers will be limited etc but there will be more info about this on the Vancouver Art Gallery website soon.

Hope to see you there!

One month later!

2010-09-28T16:45:00.000-07:00

It's been a very full month, if a little anticlimactic. I'm still wearing mostly my own handmade clothes but have been reveling in the cornucopia of shoes I now have to choose from. Also, I'm probably more excited about designing than I have been all year but mostly because I know that I don't have to wear my designs later that day. I thought I'd post a few things here today.

My friend Zoe introduced me to subtraction cutting by Julian Roberts, which is kind of a random and improvised form of pattern cutting. I didn't have anything to wear to my award ceremony on Monday (British Columbia Creative Achievement award - Yay!) so I used the technique to make this dress. It was pretty fun to try out but I have to say it is not the most comfortable dress ever invented. Also, because I didn't line it, it's almost impossible to wear it the same way twice. The way I'm wearing it in this picture looks wholly different from how it looked on Monday.

I also made these black "tulip" pants that are slightly less "tulip-y" than the grey pair I was wearing during the project. I'm still trying to decide which style works best.

This draped top looks a bit like I used the above (subtraction cutting) technique but it's actually just tucked and stitched with sort of random darts.

Well, that's it for now but I'm in making mode so I'll try to post a few more things in the next week or so.

1 week later, 2 weeks later

2010-09-15T10:36:00.000-07:00

See the article here

1 week later:

It's been a bit of a roller coaster ride for the past week since I've finished the project. It has taken some adjusting, some work to 'get me sea-legs' back. The first day was a bit of a disaster. I was so uncomfortable all day! Everything felt too small and my brand new bra had a prickly little something or other in the strap that I kept trying to find but it was not actually visible to the human eye. And I felt like an impostor in those clothes. Looking at the picture now, I think, who is that? And what a bad outfit she's wearing! I guess I have figured out a few things since then but honestly, I'm having a hard time trying to come up with some semblance of style. As a result, for most of this past week I've worn my same old makeshift stuff. Yupp, with the exception of shoes, it's been pretty much back to the old wardrobe that I've become so well acquainted with.

A friend of mine asked me what permanent changes I thought have occurred as a result of completing the project. And now after a week of being back, I think that wearing things that fit well and are comfortable will be permanently very high on my list of priorities. I thought I had always rated it high on that list but now, back in my old faves, I'm realizing that I was deluding myself.

2 weeks later:

I'm starting to feel a bit more like myself and am finally rediscovering my "style". It seems to be a precarious combination of a few key things that I made for myself this past year, some choice accessories and special pieces that I saved from my life before makeshift (It seems I didn't really keep very much stuff) and whatever "ready made" shoes will work with my look (the fun part, since I actually do have a lot of shoes).

I most often reach for my own handmade stuff but it is very satisfying to now be able to wear things that I didn't always have handy:

sunglasses!
oven mitts!
a kitchen apron!
a motorcycle helmet! (It was handy, but now I can wear it guilt free)
gloves! (I want to try to make a pair)

Also, I think I am going to buy some running shoes today. The time has come at last!

Some other things have happened too:

On Friday, the show Kizuna opened at the Japanese Canadian Nataional Museum. It is a show of four artists, commemorating the museum's 10 year anniversary. My piece is a path made of rocks that I have wrapped and sewn old clothes onto. I will be giving a talk there this Thursday (the 16th) at 7pm.

Also, I had fun DJ-ing at So Warm, the SWARM afterparty at VIVO on Thursday night. Thanks for coming out if you were there. If you missed SWARM, check out the show that just opened at the Contemporary Art Gallery. It's a gooder.

Day 1 - of my new/old life!

2010-09-01T09:27:00.000-07:00

I got a lot of requests to see what I would wear on my first day 'back to normal' so here is my outfit. I thought I should wear at least one thing that I'd made, to kind of ease into things, so I'm wearing a black 'makeshift' t-shirt with my favourite Filipa K cardigan. I can finally wear the silver sand dollar earrings that my sister gave me for my birthday in June and also the jeans (Earnest Sewn) that have been my favourites for a long time. I am also wearing a thrift store belt that I've had for eons and a pair of underwear and bra that I bought the week before I started the project because I had some store credit that I wanted to use up and I new it would make me really happy on this day. I forgot to bring a box of stored shoes home from my studio yesterday but luckily I had these shoes (that my friend Kim had recently given me) at home. I wanted to go for extreme comfort in the shoe department but the more I went through my mental inventory of shoes I own the more I realized that maybe I don't even own a really comfortable pair of shoes anyway! Which leads me to some other points. First of all, I certainly don't feel more comfortable today than I have been all year (as I had anticipated). My cardigan is smaller than I had remembered it and my jeans don't stretch at all - I could barely bend over to do up my shoe straps! Also, it's been a long time since I've worn earrings (even though I made some earrings during the makeshift year) and I'm sure I'll get used to it but it was not fun trying to get them on. Plus I was looking forward to not having to 'get used to' things anymore! I feel like I spent the entire year 'getting used to' things - seams in socks, armholes that were too high, underwires digging in etc. At this moment, the most comfortable thing that I have on is the t-shirt that I made. Funny, no? Anyway, I guess my point is that we are always adapting and today, as I am adapting to my new/old life, I am begining to realize that I may have romanticized what this day (and "normal" clothes) would be like. Comfortable or not, I am pretty glad that I won't have make everything now. And I think that it will be fun to try to cobble together some sort of style that isn't All Me, All the Time. Maybe I'll report back on that in a week or so. Ok, over and out.

Day 365 - My Last Day!

2010-08-31T08:45:00.000-07:00

Well folks, it has been swell. I thank you very much for following , commenting, engaging. I will still be occasionally posting with new thoughts and handmade things but I will probably be wearing a few things that I didn't make myself from now on. I am pooped.

Please feel free to email me at makeshift@huntandgather.ca or continue to leave comments on the blog. I will possibly be making some of the more popular items available on my website (huntandgather.ca) so please check in once in a while or email me if you have any specific interests.

See you out in the world.

yours,
Natalie

Days 363 & 364!! - Super! Surprise! pick ups today

2010-08-30T08:45:00.000-07:00

Day 362!!

2010-08-28T10:59:00.001-07:00

I admit I'm running out of steam. I really am counting the days now, so looking forward to putting on some comfortable shoes. I'm not even sure it's comfort I'm after but maybe just variety. Um...I just put my shoes on again and I take it back - it's definitely comfort I'm after. I'm thinking of all of the things I've missed this past year and in a way when the makeshift year comes to an end I will kind of be starting from scratch again. I mean, I have things that I've saved from my 'previous life' but I can't even really remember what they are. I guess I should be looking through that stuff now. I do know that I don't want to just rush out and buy a bunch of new stuff. And even though a part of me would like to put all of my makeshift clothes into a big heap and light it on fire, I'm not going to. Mostly because I will likely still be wearing it all. A few things I would like to buy sometime in the near future are: socks (without seams!), underwear and running shoes. I also look forward to wearing a pair of silver earrings that my sister gave me this summer and a pair of shoes from my friend Kim. It does seem like an appropriate season to starting sifting through things; clothes, junk, thoughts, ideas. Maybe now that things are coming to a close I will be able to gain some perspective on this whole crazy ride. And hopefully find some treasures while I'm at it.

Day 361!

2010-08-27T11:19:00.000-07:00

Day 360

2010-08-26T08:03:00.000-07:00

Day 359 - One Week Left!

2010-08-25T08:14:00.000-07:00

Day 358

2010-08-24T09:17:00.001-07:00

Day 357

2010-08-23T11:23:00.000-07:00

Days 355 & 356 - final countdown!

2010-08-22T12:45:00.000-07:00

Day 354

2010-08-20T08:30:00.000-07:00

Day 353

2010-08-19T09:26:00.000-07:00

Do you like to burn stuff? Why not spend a day helping out with this incredible public art piece? Internationally renowned UK artists Ivan and Heather Morison are hand-milling beach logs, charring the wood and building a structural sculpture (curated by the Vancouver Art Gallery) that will be on view at the Shangri-La in Downtown Vancouver from the end of September for 6 months. It is a huge undertaking and they could use some extra hands so if you are handy, have some spare time and are interested in traditional Japanese building techniques and/or contemporary sculpture please contact kritter@vanartgallery.bc.ca or call 604-662-4700 x204.

And yes, that is me wearing some safety equipment and feeling slightly guilty about it. I know this is something that was okay-ed way back in January but in fact, I still have a hard time doing it (and have been refusing to wear a bicycle helmet this whole time despite your unanimous approval.) I was literally messing with fire though... I knew I had to draw the line.

Days 351 & 352

2010-08-18T09:04:00.000-07:00

Days 349 & 350

2010-08-16T13:37:00.001-07:00

My niece, Tedi, sneaking into my blog picture!

Day 348

2010-08-14T06:25:00.000-07:00

Day 347 - two days left to order final Super! Surprise!

2010-08-13T08:49:00.000-07:00

Super! Surprise!

Day 346

2010-08-12T10:02:00.000-07:00

Day 345

2010-08-11T13:47:00.000-07:00

Day 344

2010-08-10T09:37:00.001-07:00

Day 343

2010-08-09T09:03:00.000-07:00

Today is practically a repeat of yesterday. Sorry.

Days 341 & 342

2010-08-08T13:18:00.001-07:00

Yesterday's sale was a big success! Thank you to everyone who came out. It was a great pleasure to see you all wearing the clothes that I have been labouring over for the past few weeks and I hope you will come to future events.

Day 340

2010-08-06T10:19:00.000-07:00

smoky forest fire haze

Day 339 - clothing sale this weekend!

2010-08-05T09:37:00.000-07:00

For those of you who live in Vancouver, you may be interested to know that this Saturday, from 3 - 7pm, I will be having a Clothing Sale! I have been very busy for the past while making clothes but not for me - for YOU! There will be dresses, skirts, tops , pants, samples, and other odds and ends. And not only that, it is taking place in Lindsay Brown's incredibly beautiful Church that has been converted into a studio/living space in Strathcona. It's would be worth coming to just to enjoy the space! (By the way, Lindsay has a very cool blog called OUNO which is loosely based on Vancouver architecture and design.)

Here are the details for the Sale:

Time: 3 - 7 pm
Date: Saturday, August 7th
Locations: 636 Keefer St in Strathcona (across from the Elementary school field)

refreshments will be provided!

Strathcona can be a bit tricky to navigate by car since there are a lot of obstacles and funny road shifts so if you are coming from downtown or the west side Keefer will go straight through from Chinatown. If you are coming from East side, just remember that Jackson is the magic street that goes all the way through from Prior to Hastings and if you get onto Keefer from Jackson you are on the right track!

If you get lost, call 604-216-1103 for directions

Day 338

2010-08-04T08:18:00.000-07:00

Day 337 - Super! Surprises! revealed

2010-08-03T07:34:00.000-07:00

A lot of people have requested that I do one more Super! Surprise! so this is really it folks- The Final Makeshift Super! Surprise! Unlike like the last few rounds which had 3 different surprises for 3 different prices, this round will only have one kind for $50. Click HERE to sign up!

And since I haven't revealed Round 4 or Round 5 surprises yet, here they (finally) are:

Round 4
Nugget Surprise - the Circular Cinch Pouch

The Yay! Hooray! Surprise - Silk Scarf with Leather Belt

The Luxurian Surprise - Necklace with Quartz Crystals, Jade Star, Jasper Bear and Lace - Agate Triangle.

Round 5

The Nugget Surprise - Blue Popcorn Earrings

The Yay! Hooray! Surprise - Reversible Silk and Linen Sun Hat with Shape-able Brim.

The Luxurian Surprise - Linen One -Sleeved Sweater/Shrug

Day 335 &336

2010-08-02T11:26:00.001-07:00

Day 334

2010-07-31T08:51:00.000-07:00

Days 332 & 333 - International Chilliwack Biennial

2010-07-30T10:16:00.000-07:00

The Instant Coffee Urban Disco Trailer behind me

Wow - Who knew how much fun car camping could really be? The International Chilliwack Biennial, organized by Artspeak, Or Gallery and the Bodgers and Kludger's Co-operative Art Parlour, was a very awesome camping/art event that took place at Cultus Lake for 2 days and 2 nights. For a mid-week camping event I was amazed to see that at least half of Vancouver's art scene was already there when I arrived on Wednesday night! There were performances (the band Kick Everything played an accoustic set that was really sweet), installations, large and small sculptural works, screenings, slideshows, blood sausages containing road-side apples from trees grown from apple core's thrown out of windows of passing cars designed by ?? I can't remember who, and much much more. Besides art there was also lake swimming! Did I mention lake swimming? Anyway, it was really fun. There was a lot of tequila.

Back at home, still slightly hung over.

Days 330 & 331

2010-07-28T09:23:00.000-07:00

Days 328 & 329

2010-07-26T08:09:00.000-07:00

Day 327

2010-07-24T11:27:00.000-07:00

Day 326

2010-07-23T07:59:00.001-07:00

Days 324 & 325

2010-07-22T10:00:00.000-07:00

Day 323

2010-07-20T08:50:00.001-07:00

Days 320, 321, 322

2010-07-19T08:18:00.000-07:00

Day 319

2010-07-16T11:32:00.000-07:00

Days 317 & 318 - Super! Surprise! pick ups!

2010-07-15T12:09:00.000-07:00

Super! Surprisers! can come by between 4pm and 7pm today to pick up surprises at makeshift! Tuesday was the first day (I forgot to announce it) and the next day will be Wednesday the 21st. If you have ordered a Super! Surprise! and you can't come on one of these days please let me know so that we can arrange another time for pick up.

Day 316

2010-07-13T11:23:00.000-07:00

Days 313, 314 & 315 - 50 days left!

2010-07-12T10:07:00.000-07:00

My mom and dad (Chizuko and Achim, on right) and my boyfriend Stuart's mom and dad (Elaine and Bill) sending me encouragement from Pedley Pass, BC. Thanks guys!

Day 312

2010-07-09T10:45:00.000-07:00

Well, I just discovered that I made another error and had to go back all the way to April to change Day numbers! I hope the changes won't affect links to other blogs and such. I'm not the most technically adept blogger, you have probably figured out by now. Who has time to figure this stuff out when they're making all of their own clothes, I ask? Anyway, I think it is actually truly sorted out this time.

Day 311

2010-07-08T09:42:00.000-07:00

Days 309 & 310

2010-07-07T10:54:00.000-07:00

New flip flops!

Day 308

2010-07-05T12:24:00.000-07:00

Days 306 & 307

2010-07-04T11:33:00.000-07:00

Days 304 and 305

2010-07-02T10:03:00.000-07:00

I just realized that the numbers were not quite adding up and that I'd made an error in May. After fixing the numbers it made me think that maybe I should be counting down from this point! As in "60 Days Left"! Although that does seem a bit fatalistic. Ok, nevermind. I'm sticking with the original plan.

Day 303 - last day for Super! Surprise!

2010-06-30T09:55:00.000-07:00

Just a reminder that today is the last day to sign up for Round 5 of Super! Surprise! Pick ups and deliveries will start around mid July!

Day 302 -2 days left for Super! Surprise!

2010-06-29T09:13:00.000-07:00

Days 299, 300 and 301

2010-06-28T11:31:00.000-07:00

Day 298

2010-06-25T10:31:00.000-07:00

Day 297

2010-06-24T11:14:00.000-07:00

It's my birthday!

Day 296

2010-06-23T13:43:00.000-07:00

Day 295

2010-06-22T07:45:00.000-07:00

Days 292, 293 & 294

2010-06-21T10:40:00.000-07:00

I just had a most relaxing weekend on Salt Spring Island with my sister, Anne Marie (pictured above and also wearing a lot of stuff made by me!) . As a birthday treat she took me to Stowel Lake Organic Farm for a Yoga retreat with the lovely and amazing yoga teacher, Dorothy Price. Everything about the trip was perfect and I have returned feeling revived and rejuvenated after being very exhausted from my recent hard work.

The farm was so beautiful and we got to do yoga in this spectacular setting.

You may notice that my yoga clothes look suspiciously like my regular, everyday clothes. That's because they are! This is not common knowledge but I think you can do yoga in almost anything. We found a local store on the island that was selling "yoga jeans". I'm still trying to wrap my head around that one. Are they like "jeggings" (a term I heard for the first time last night), the cross between jeans and leggings? (I did make the blue pants above really quickly the day before we left specifically for the yoga retreat though.)

The incredible barn where we ate our meals.

Back to Van...

today

Day 291

2010-06-18T08:46:00.000-07:00

Day 290

2010-06-17T10:59:00.000-07:00

Day 289

2010-06-16T09:42:00.000-07:00

Day 288

2010-06-15T13:33:00.000-07:00

Days 285, 286 & 287

2010-06-14T10:30:00.000-07:00

Ahh... Gambier Island

Here I am looking only slightly crazy in my broken sunglasses and bud-light cardboard/mac-tac sunhat.
Berry season is just starting here - yellow salmon berries, red salmon berries and huckleberries.

My boyfriend, Stu, digging for clams on his birthday

More friends arriving

Just before we have to leave again

And today, back at home in the city

Days 283, 284

2010-06-11T09:03:00.000-07:00

Back in Vancouver after two and a half long and grueling weeks in Calgary! I feel a little bit like this Rhododendron bush:

The show is fantastic and I am really happy with the costumes. I would like to send out a special thank you to Nicole Minogue for coordinating the making the of the costumes and for her tailoring magic! Also many thanks to Kaeleah Spallin and Anne Kirstin, without whom we never would have been able to do it. Good work team!

Here are a few more photos by Noel Begin from Wiseapple that are much better than the ones I took. Hopefully they will inspire you to see the show if you live in the Calgary area. The music is incredible, the dancing is spectacular and the choreography and whole show will blow you away!

Well, back to the old drawing board I guess. I was sick of all the clothes I had with me in Calgary and was looking forward to getting home to change things up a little but it turns out I had almost everything I would want to wear with me. It would be an understatement to say that opening my closet was a let down. I really need to get busy. But I'm going to take a day or two off first. Going to Gambier Island - see you after the weekend.

Day 281, 282 - Opening Night of Wiseapple

2010-06-08T08:22:00.000-07:00

It has been a very hectic week trying to get the costumes finished and looking perfect for Wiseapple. Last night's dress rehearsal went well - only a few minor glitches to work out. If you live in Calgary, please check out this show - it is truly remarkable!!
Here is a sneak preview:

And now, boring old me and my boring old outfits...

Days 277, 278, 279 & 280!!

2010-06-07T08:05:00.000-07:00

Days 275 & 276

2010-06-03T07:45:00.000-07:00

Day 274

2010-06-01T07:14:00.000-07:00

Day 271, 272 & 273

2010-05-31T07:05:00.001-07:00

If it seems like you're seeing the same clothes over and over again this week it's because you are. I only brought a limited selection of "winter" clothes with me to Calgary thinking (recklessly) that late May and early June would be warm-ish here. They say that next week will be warmer but in the meantime I'll keep wearing all my jackets to work.

I do have new shoes though, that's something. I just finished them yesterday. I made them using the same technique as the yellow ones (foam with a line cut all the way around and the leather glued in the cut). I will walk to work in them today to test them. Wish me luck.

Day 270

2010-05-28T07:19:00.001-07:00

Day 269 - Weather

2010-05-27T07:21:00.000-07:00

Somehow, every time I come to Calgary, Alberta I'm fooled into believing that it won't snow while I'm here. Here it is, almost June, and there's snow in the forecast for this weekend. I'll probably be so busy while I'm here that I won't even notice. That's the logic I'm trying to use on myself at least. I'm here to continue working on costumes for the dance show (Wiseapple) that I was here working on about a month ago. I'm staying for a couple of weeks so I'll try to include some rehearsal photos at some point. Maybe even tomorrow.

Day 268 - back in Calgary

2010-05-26T07:22:00.000-07:00

Day 267

2010-05-25T08:25:00.000-07:00

Day 266

2010-05-24T08:43:00.000-07:00

Days 263, 264 & 265

2010-05-23T14:41:00.001-07:00

Day 262

2010-05-20T10:18:00.000-07:00

Day 261

2010-05-19T08:27:00.000-07:00

Day 260 - Super! Surprise! pick up day!

2010-05-18T07:16:00.000-07:00

It's the first day of Round 4 Super! Surprise! pick ups at Makeshift today! Come by between 4 and 7pm to collect your "goods". I will also be there on Thursday from 4 to 7pm and Saturday from 1 to 5pm. See you soon!

Day 259

2010-05-17T08:17:00.001-07:00

Days 257 & 258

2010-05-16T10:11:00.000-07:00

Day 256

2010-05-14T09:26:00.000-07:00

day 255

2010-05-13T09:36:00.000-07:00

Day 254

2010-05-12T07:38:00.001-07:00

Day 253

2010-05-11T08:16:00.000-07:00

Days 251 & 252

2010-05-10T09:35:00.000-07:00

Quick and easy new shoes! I made these by incorporating a technique for making christmas ornaments that my friend Etsuko in Japan taught me. She is a quilter and to make the ornaments you start with a foam ball and draw your design on it. You then cut the line out with an exacto and take a piece of fabric that is about the same size and with glue on it, squeeze it into the cut line. In the end you have a kind of quilted looking ball. So for these shoes, I cut a line with an exacto knife into the (fake woodgrain) foam and the sqeezed the leather (with glue on it) into the incision. So easy! I'm hoping to make a pair of running shoes using the same technique.

day 250

2010-05-08T14:19:00.000-07:00

Day 249

2010-05-07T09:27:00.000-07:00

Day 248

2010-05-06T08:56:00.000-07:00

Day 247 - new pants

2010-05-05T09:35:00.000-07:00

I made a new pair of pants yesterday. The funny part is that I forgot that I used the same fabric to line my spring boots so it kind of looks like my pants are growing out of my leafy boots. I'm ok with it. I'm growing a new fondness for certain kinds of matchy-matching.

By the way, I'm extending Super! Surprise! until the end of today since Paypal wasn't working for some people yesterday. I guess there are still issues. Feel free to email me to work out an alternative payment method if it's not working for you. But don't worry, if you paid with Paypal and received a confirmation, everything is a-ok. It is still working for most people.

Day 246 - Last Day for Super! Surprise! Round 4!

2010-05-04T08:20:00.000-07:00

Click here to sign up for Super! Surprise!

Days 243, 244 & 245

2010-05-03T10:35:00.000-07:00

Day 242

2010-04-30T08:23:00.000-07:00

Days 239, 240, 241 - Snowing in Calgary

2010-04-29T14:37:00.000-07:00

Fortunately my friend Kim has some winter clothes to lend me while I'm here - clothes that I have made for her in past years such as the infamous cavelady sweater that I am wearing above. It is felted wool and has many holes in it. It is a bit punk rock to be prancing around the dance studio in but at least I am warm. My shoes are leaking. Back home in Vancouver tomorrow.

PS: Paypal is working again! Super! Surprise! it up! (Tuesday the 4th is the last day for round 4)

Day 238 - paypal problems

2010-04-26T10:47:00.000-07:00

If you've tried to get in on this round of Super! Surprise! in the past couple of days you have probably discovered that paypal won't let you make the purchase. Sorry!! I will hopefully have it sorted out very soon! Please email me if you are interested in discussing alternative methods of payment. (makeshift@huntandgather.ca)

Days 235, 236, 237

2010-04-25T08:33:00.000-07:00

This week I'll be in Calgary (look very carefully to see the world famous Saddle Dome in the background) working on costume designs for an upcoming dance production called WiseApple. The show, choreographed by Kim Cooper, is/will be based on early surrealist silent movies.

A quick stop at my sister's place in the Okanagan Valley on the way.

Day 234

2010-04-22T08:44:00.000-07:00

Day 233

2010-04-21T09:04:00.000-07:00

Day 232 - toe socks and super! surprise!

2010-04-20T07:15:00.000-07:00

In case you were wondering how this was working ... toe socks!

Also:

Two weeks left to sign up for Super! Surprise! Round 4! And now I can finally reveal Super! Surprise! Round 3. Here they are:

Days 230 & 231

2010-04-19T10:53:00.001-07:00

I had some queries about what was on my head 2 days ago so I thought I'd sport them for you today - my sunglasses, or more exactly, sungoggles. On another note, isn't it great that my new spring boots go with everything? I mean, I wouldn't say they match everything but they kind of work in a weird way, no? Plus I automatically feel springy in them. Thanks for all your comments about them, by the way.

Day 229

2010-04-17T09:58:00.001-07:00

Day 228

2010-04-16T09:27:00.000-07:00