Gashlycrumbs

It's Tulle Time!!!!!!

striped tee ~ J Jill
white tulle over black tulle ~ made by me
leggings ~ who knows? who cares?
flip flops ~ guess what? Reefs!

 

Donchya just LOVE Tulle????

This time of year it is so important to add some tulle to your wardrobe for Halloween Costumes and Holiday Parties and Impromptu Tipsy Interpretations of the Nutcracker.

You just never know when you might need a some Tulle. 

 

I had plans to do a little tutorial on how to make a tulle skirt.

A white one with and elastic waistband and a black one with a satin sash waistband. 

But this tulle was being such a beatch that it turned into quite a tussle. A Total Tulle Tussle. 

 I kinda lost it. This was not the adorable DIY that I had planned.

So I scrapped the DIY. This type of thing happens more frequently than I'd like to admit.

I'll probably wear the black tulle over a skirt and the white tulle under. Maybe. Who knows.

Anyhoo....I decorated a Halloween Cake.

I am capable of making beautiful cakes. This is Not one of them.

mmmm....cake.

After my Tulle misadventure I Deserve Cake. Yes I Do. 

And Since it's Halloween let me tell you about my deep abiding love for Edward Gorey.

I love him so much! I'm sad that he is gone because I just want MORE Edward St. John Gorey!

The Gashlycrumb Tinies is one of my favorites.

I actually bought this little book for my kids when they were younger.

 I made certain that interspersed with Flopsy Bunnies and Madeline they had a healthy dose of Edward Gorey, Tim Burton and Lemony Snicket.

Hey, I'm just providing them with material for future therapy sessions.

You can see the whole book HERE. 

 

C is for CONNIE who ate too much cake

 

 

I'm off to crash the Halloween Party at Mis Papelicos' Share-in-Style 

 

 

 

 



Get An Ugly Girl To Marry You

"If  you want to be happy for the rest of your life.

Never make a pretty woman your wife."

Do you know this song by Jimmy Soul? It was a Big Hit in 1963. Of Course it was.

You can listen to it HERE

 

via PINTEREST

 

I come from a long line of SUPERB Housewives.

Some of them were actually very Pretty.

Generations of Spotlessly Clean Rooms,  Fabulous Homemade Dinners, Chubby Scrubbed Faces, Weed Free Gardens, Immaculate Table Manners. That is the Female Tradition in my Family. And I'm pretty certain that was the plan for me.

However, My Natural Inclination is More towards Bohemian Loft Apartments, Smoky Blues Bars and Stay-Up-Late/Cake-For-Breakfast Parenting.

So I've spent my life feeling Sad and Resentful when I'm keeping House

and Giddy but Guilty when I'm Out and About.

I'm not alone here. Am I????

Anyhoo...You are Not my Therapist. PINTEREST is my Therapist!

So here is My Take on that PIN up there.

 

black linen blouse ~ thrifted
cotton dirndl skirt ~ made by moi - Yes, there are pockets
orthopedic sandals ~ Ecco

 

I Have Cherries in My Bowl.

That sounds like a Blues Song.

 

Rainier Cherries. YUM! Thank you Pacific Northwest!

Close-up of my crummy sewing. I avoid button holes like I avoid parallel parking.

I wore this skirt to a party where a 9 year old girl asked me if I made it myself. I guess that pretty much sums up my feeble sewing skills...recognizable by Children!

Jonathan is my long-suffering husband.

 My Mother-in-Law gave me this charm from her bracelet. She had a charm for each of her six - yes - SIX Sons!

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And now a brief tour of my soon to be painted kitchen.

 

toujours la francophile

 

My Heart is in Montana
My arteries may be clogged
 

 

Roses from the garden. Martha Stewart Living. I'm trying...

 

Still life tableau by the kitchen sink

 

Lucky Little Pig
I NEVER EVER eat Pigs. They are my Friends.

 

 

Some people inherit Money or Art or Jewelry or Property.

I inherited my Grandmother's Bakelite Handle Kitchen Utensils.

See what I mean?

 

"Say Man!! I saw your wife the other day! Yeah, and she's sure is Ugly-y-y-y!!!"

"Yeah, she's ugly, but she sure can Cook, Baby."

joining the fruit salad over at Mis Papelicos
retroactively joining 52-pick-me-up