Olive rocks

I couldn't resist to present another one of my newly  thrifted sweaters. It's a woolen/acrilic mix and so soft and not itchy at all. It's better to wear without a jacket on top because of the big sleeves. It will not be practical. So autumn is the perfect time of the year and maybe early spring.

The colors are easy to pair with a lot of what I have. I chose the olive jeggings (sort of) and the olive scarf. Since I have become a redhead olive color looks good on me. The hat is for styling reasons, I couldn't bring myself to wear it in the street. Maybe on a more relaxed outing but not on my way to work.

                 Guest Star is our family cat Ainstein! The belted look was the aha! moment of the outfit!

Details of outfit: sweater Zara/thrifted 2.00 euro, pants/Zara 19.95euro, scarf/old since 2010, bag/ leather gift from mum, boots/favorite in need of replacement

And it's time for visible monday again, so come along over at Patti's . There is a surprise give away, too!
Have a nice week. 

Hand sewn silk sleevless cardigan

This outfit was created around the silk piece of fabric you see coming out of my jacket. The story behind this item is that it had been given to me by my 80 years old aunt who used to be a seamstress. I've been toying around with it for some time but silk is difficult to sew so I never ventured until this summer. For a while, I was into researching( the scientific term for endless hours of Pinterest) very  basic patterns of sewing mostly from Japanese magazines. Then, I came across groups that were into hand sewing only. When I saw this video and this video I decided to make a long scarf cardigan. This is how I wore it.

 I don't know why I chose a sporty look to go with it but I don't regret it now that I see the photos.

Outfit details: Silk cardigan/hand sewn, top/Anna Riska, Jeggings/Stradivarious, Jacket/thrifted( Made in Canada), shoes( Marks& Spencer), necklace/Berska, sunglasses/ thrifted 

On another note, I went thrifting today since last spring. I scored 4 beige/tan sweaters (new) for 8 euros.

I will post photos and will wear them soon enough because a bit of cold weather is required and there is no sign of cold weather in Crete, yet.( not that I complain!).

I can see a pattern developing about my thrifting habits here. I work in a school as a teacher which means 9 months of everyday different outfits. That's when I blog the most and thrift the most. In summer time the need for dressing( other than very casual staying at home or going to the beach) is limited. That's when I usually don't post often or when I purge like mad. Only the most favorites of the winter thrifting extravaganga stay.( I exept here the days I work/help my husband for AutoRentals-Crete)

And then I go back to school and off I start again. 

I believe that because I managed to tidy effectivelly my house the KonMarie method and took the Project 333 I was able to clearly see the pattern.

How about you? Do you notice similar patterns in your dressing/thrifting experience?

Practice makes perfect

Another day, another way. Today a totally different outfit created itself and I did nothing for it. All pieces stood out of all others in my closet and I just wore them. As soon as I took the photos I noticed how well coordinated everything is. Practice makes perfect like they say.

Burgundy pants ( a color much in fashion right now but always a favorite of mine) match the color of my hair (not really visible in the photos) and the ring matches the shirt and my eyes. The scarf ties everything together and the bag is a bit off, so that not everything is matchy-matchy.

Details of my outfit: Pants/Zara, Jacket/thrifted, shirt/Anna Riska, silk scarf/thrifted, ring/Berska