Sometimes I’m posting every couple days.  Sometimes every couple weeks!   Oh, to be consistent.

Let’s see, what has been happening around here lately…I changed up my blog header (Dear RSS feed readers, have a look!).  I acquired 2 lovely pieces of vintage rayon that I’m in the middle of de-stinking.  I also mistakenly painted the breakfast nook a pale lime sherbet rather than the pale sage I intended.

If you’ve painted a room before, you know the paint looks lighter on the wall than on the chip.  That’s what I kept telling myself as I painted in the afternoon Sunday.  Then I woke up the next day to find a huge container of lime green sherbet had barfed all over my breakfast nook.  As it turns out, the lady at the store mixed the wrong color (off by 1 digit).  When I went back to get a replacement she told me I gave her 2 chips, remember?  Yea, lady, I remember.  I remember giving you 1 paint chip.  (Why would I give someone 2 paint chips if I wanted 1 can of paint?)  Never fear, I did get my paint - in the intended color - and now I just have to get motivated again.

New blog header, new wall color and new swimsuit!  I guess I’m looking for change, maybe some spring weather.  Gosh, the weather in L.A. is tricky in the winter.  It may look warm and sunny outside but then you dash off to a meeting without the proper layers and you are freezing!  (Ok, not really freezing.  Freezing in SoCal is code for 58 degrees.)

Anyway, back the swimsuit, the reason for this post.  (I’m rambling a bit, I know, it’s late!)  I’ve been looking high and low for a one piece.  I’ve always liked the “old lady” ones with the skirts (like the one my Grandma used to wear) but they never come in my size.  I found the one pictured at Target.  It’s not really a one piece: it’s a tankini that’s really long and ruched with a wee little ruffle at the hem.   So you have to wear a bikini bottom with it.  (I guess you don’t HAVE to, but I’d highly recommend it.)  It comes with a removable strap too.  It’s so cute and actually fits me!

I don’t know if this is new but I haven’t seen this commercial until last night.   Was it during Project Runway?   Don’t remember, as I ended up watching 48 hours on WE after that.   But the fact that I had been watching TV when I should have been working on other things is not the reason for this post.  As you probably know Zooey Deschanel is a beloved darling of this corner of blogland and this commercial only reinforces that for me.  Not that this commercial makes me run out and buy cotton but I do covet Zooey’s style!

Oh, so one of the things I was supposed to be working on late last night was a sewing pattern for my little swan friend.  It’s pretty much done but I just want to make sure it’s sound.  It’ll be ready next week!

Have a lovely weekend, sweets.

Perhaps it has to do with all the wedding imagery I’ve been looking at the past couple of months but lace has really grown on me.  I don’t have a lot of lace in my wardrobe; it often seems too prim and Victorian for my taste.  And cheap lace looks, well, cheap.  But as you probably know, my wedding dress ended up being a pretty off-white lace.  It doesn’t have any tiers but it could have!  The pretty combination of frothy, lacy layers is so feminine and decadent.  And in soft colors like blush, mauve and antique cream it’s almost irresistible!   I can imagine myself and a few friends playing dress up in a dusty attic in these pretties….

Vintage-style bolero (above), TopShop.  I love the pretty pale pink and contrasting belt in this Layer Cake dress from ModCloth:

The almost moth-eaten look of this Chai Latte dress (also from ModCloth) is delicious:

This lace cami is almost ghostly, J.Crew:

Really fun 1950s Lace Dress from TimelessVixenVintage:

Gorgeous 1950s lace dress from Caberet Vintage:

Other tiered beauties:

• Wavelet blouse at Anthropologie
• Strapless Ruffle Tiered dress from Forever 21

Oh, and are you wondering how you, a modern girl, can pull off such a look?  One of my most favorite stylish bloggers, Miss Francesca, has the pretty but not fussy lace look down to a t:

(If you haven’t checked out her blog before, you must - prepare to be inspired!)

I’m tempted to dig around my stash for yards and yards of lace trim and create a little vintage-inspired layer cake top or dress of my own.  Just another thing to add to the ever-lasting To Do list!

I was just tickled pink (hee hee) when the lovely Andreae emailed me to let me know that her daughter, the Miss B I’m talking about here, was inspired by my version of this Built by Wendy dress.   I especially love Miss B’s choice of pink candy-striped fabric!  I think she looks so sweet, don’t you?  Please check out Andreae’s post about this adorable dress (and a little candy-striped number she ended up wearing herself).

Speaking of candy-striped goodness, I have been saving some other sweet things to share with you…

Vintage dress from encorevintage:

Vintage cabochons from ScarlettsGarden:

Vintage tumblers from PreserveCottage:

Vintage fabric from fabriquefantastique:

Vintage hostess apron from ABelovedTreasure:

I haven’t been this excited about candy-stripes since I bought pink and white candy canes for my tree last Christmas.

Ok, wedding-related notion shopping I must go.  I know I owe you all a wedding update post!  Coming soon, I promise.