Posts Tagged ‘ Salvy ’

Dresses make good presents, right?

I owe my sister-in-law a birthday present and had bought her this vintage Hawaiian dress to wear at my mom’s beach house, where us ladies like to roam the joint in muu-muus. That’s a true story. Mine’s green. Sister’s is red and white, our mom’s is leopard print. SIL, who loves pink, didn’t have one, [ READ MORE ]

Silk sweater set only cuter

I bought this silk sweater set at the Salvy even though at a 1X, it was too big. The silk was lovely, the muted red color is fantastic and sweater sets are in fact perfect for my work. Also, the bigger size meant the whole thing was longer than normal. And I’ve bought August Silk [ READ MORE ]

And one for big mama, too.

Mama’s shirt took more time and more hair-pulling compared with Poppa’s. I found this Buddha t-shirt for $1 at one of my favorite Salvy’s in the world early in her pregnancy. Finally got the nerve to chop it right before her baby shower but didn’t quite make the deadline. Anyway, she had about six weeks [ READ MORE ]

How to…make one maternity T out of two Ts

This surgery makes a cute maternity top with hip sash from a small plain T-shirt and a giant logo-printed shirt. You use the logo shirt as a sort of pocket for the big belly. Make sure the top T-shirt fits the top of your lady’s frame. Measure where the belly starts to protrude (right under [ READ MORE ]

Refashion: Ratty awesome t-shirts transformed

Courtesy of my sister in Philadelphia, who transformed a classic Led Zeppelin shirt that had seen better days into two shirts. Zeppelin thrifted by me for $.99 at my favorite Salvy in the Roxborough neighborhood of Philadelphia. New backing shirts purchased by her on the Kohl’s clearance rack. Check out the how-to here[ READ MORE ]

Word on Georgie-girl

Sleeping standing up. Nose pokes out.

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