Have a happy New Year
Hope you have as much fun as these lively kids did back in 1946!!
From all of us at Casa de Inky
May 2010 bring you oodles of good fortune and excellent health!
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Happy New Year!
Have a happy New Year
Hope you have as much fun as these lively kids did back in 1946!!
From all of us at Casa de Inky
May 2010 bring you oodles of good fortune and excellent health!
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Ask Me Anything!!
Here's your chance - ask me anything at all and I'll do my best to answer honestly (or lie completely, my choice!)
Monday, December 28, 2009
Changes are Afoot!
Changes are underway here at Shrinky Inky's for 2010!
Coming soon will be reviews of products targeted to those with a vintage feel. Vintage-style clothing reproductions, shoes, make up, hair and all manner of things to help cultivate a vintage style without having to buy actual vintage items. Even some vintage style knitting! (yes, I still do like to knit!)
I know for many of us on the larger end of the size spectrum (both in clothing and shoes), it is getting more and more difficult to find vintage items to wear, especially without risk of ruining them. I'm not a vintage purist and I love to mix true vintage with reproductions.
Vintage shoes are especially difficult to find and particularly in larger sizes. And you all know how I love shoes! I'm happy to share that my first review will be a pair of shoes from ShoesGotSole.com, a part of the CSN Stores family. ShoesGotSole.com carries many name brands and they've recently added some new lines to their selection of work boots!
I'm hoping that my research and reviews will prove helpful to adding new vintage style items to your wardrobe and finding great deals! If you have anything in particular that you are looking for or need help with, feel free to contact me via e-mail and I will do my best to help you with your vintage reproduction search!
Coming soon will be reviews of products targeted to those with a vintage feel. Vintage-style clothing reproductions, shoes, make up, hair and all manner of things to help cultivate a vintage style without having to buy actual vintage items. Even some vintage style knitting! (yes, I still do like to knit!)
I know for many of us on the larger end of the size spectrum (both in clothing and shoes), it is getting more and more difficult to find vintage items to wear, especially without risk of ruining them. I'm not a vintage purist and I love to mix true vintage with reproductions.
Vintage shoes are especially difficult to find and particularly in larger sizes. And you all know how I love shoes! I'm happy to share that my first review will be a pair of shoes from ShoesGotSole.com, a part of the CSN Stores family. ShoesGotSole.com carries many name brands and they've recently added some new lines to their selection of work boots!
I'm hoping that my research and reviews will prove helpful to adding new vintage style items to your wardrobe and finding great deals! If you have anything in particular that you are looking for or need help with, feel free to contact me via e-mail and I will do my best to help you with your vintage reproduction search!
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Plans vs. Execution
The holiday party has come and gone - the salmon was delish, coffee was rubbish, and the company was, well, a bunch of people I didn't know ;)
Outfit was a huge success - the party had a "Hollywood Awards Show" theme and though few people dressed up, Mr. Inky and I managed to pull off a pretty good look. Sadly, I didn't get any pics of him - he always seems to run away from the camera!
A reminder of the original plan:
And then final execution (only the hose were omitted - hate them anyway!). My coat is a beautiful vintage cocktail coat I purchased last year tiny thrift shop for $9.99! it's a very heavy taffeta fabric with tiny ribbons crisscrossed all over it. The lining is the best - clock faces with different city names - and the coat is monogrammed. The cuff buttons were missing but I replaced them with two large vintage rhinestone ones. The velvet hat, velvet evening bag and black glass bead necklace are all true vintage as well. Dress and shoes are modern.
Outfit was a huge success - the party had a "Hollywood Awards Show" theme and though few people dressed up, Mr. Inky and I managed to pull off a pretty good look. Sadly, I didn't get any pics of him - he always seems to run away from the camera!
A reminder of the original plan:
And then final execution (only the hose were omitted - hate them anyway!). My coat is a beautiful vintage cocktail coat I purchased last year tiny thrift shop for $9.99! it's a very heavy taffeta fabric with tiny ribbons crisscrossed all over it. The lining is the best - clock faces with different city names - and the coat is monogrammed. The cuff buttons were missing but I replaced them with two large vintage rhinestone ones. The velvet hat, velvet evening bag and black glass bead necklace are all true vintage as well. Dress and shoes are modern.
Friday, December 18, 2009
Blog Help Needed
Can anyone out there in blogland tell me how to make my blog wider? it seems a total waste of space on either side of the blog and the actual journal part itself isn't wide enough either, know what i mean?
i am sure it's something in the template and whatnot, but before I go mucking about in there myself I was hoping someone could help. Thanks kindly readers!!
i am sure it's something in the template and whatnot, but before I go mucking about in there myself I was hoping someone could help. Thanks kindly readers!!
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Some Like It Vintage
I invite you to visit to a great blog - Some Like It Vintage - and she's hosting 12 Days of Giveaways!
Today's contest is for Katherine Hepburn's book - Me.
Today's contest is for Katherine Hepburn's book - Me.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Meet The Co-Workers
After several years of not attending, we're finally going to Mr. Inky's holiday work party. Yay, rubber chicken and bad coffee. But, must look fabulous so here's the rough draft of the "holiday" look for 2009:
all fashion suggestions/changes appreciated ;)
Med Group... by inky
all fashion suggestions/changes appreciated ;)
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Do You Kaboodle?
I have had so much fun with this Kaboodle thing - so now I want to know - do you Kaboodle? Add me as a friend so I can see what you can't live without!
After some great suggestions (yay for the fishnet suggestion - but I decided to go with footless tights, which I already have on hand) this is the new party outfit for the 80's theme (and yes, i know the outfit isn't very 80's, but really it's not an era I want to re-live, from a fashion point of view anyway). And no, I'm not shaving my head.
Mr. Inky is wearing black levi's, brothel creepers, black t-shirt and either my circa 1980 leather studded jacket (yes, i had the good sense to keep one thing from the 80's) or his own 1958 Sears Leather motorcycle jacket.
After some great suggestions (yay for the fishnet suggestion - but I decided to go with footless tights, which I already have on hand) this is the new party outfit for the 80's theme (and yes, i know the outfit isn't very 80's, but really it's not an era I want to re-live, from a fashion point of view anyway). And no, I'm not shaving my head.
Mr. Inky is wearing black levi's, brothel creepers, black t-shirt and either my circa 1980 leather studded jacket (yes, i had the good sense to keep one thing from the 80's) or his own 1958 Sears Leather motorcycle jacket.
Holiday Party... by inky
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Party Like It's 1980
In an effort to get the bah out of my humbug, I spent/wasted some time today creating a holiday look for an upcoming event - an 80's themed birthday party for my soon-to-be 40-year-old baby brother. What say you people out *there* in space of this look?
And yeah, people wore leopard in the 80's, didn't they? I can't really commit to my actual 80's look (circa 1984 to be precise) I don't think I could pull off "bald":
Holiday Party... by inky
And yeah, people wore leopard in the 80's, didn't they? I can't really commit to my actual 80's look (circa 1984 to be precise) I don't think I could pull off "bald":
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