Update on the What I Wore series

So, my first brilliant idea for the blog, documenting what I wear each day, has fallen through.  It's week 4 of my challenge, and I'm finding it really really hard to take photos of my outfits each day.  I find myself getting to 10pm, going to have a shower, and realising that I still haven't taken the daily photo and the lighting is going to be bad, and this week I just haven't been bothered.
So.
Is this something that you enjoy seeing?  I'm tossing up whether I should suck it up, write off week 4, and just keep on going, or if I should just abandon it.
Of course, I'll still be trying to keep to my Made by Me Mondays, and all of the other goals, I just wouldn't be showing you everything every day.
Any input is very very welcome!

What I Wore week 3

Away we go with week 3!
I have to admit, I had a slip-up this week - I didn't get a chance to take a photo of what I wore on Friday!  I was at work all day, home for about half an hour, then off to a choir concert, so I ended up wearing 3 different outfits.

For this Made by Me Monday, I wore my elephant dress - the first dress I made.  I'll be blogging about that dress properly when I can line up my sister to take photos for me.

Tuesday's dress has a really interesting lattice detail at the front, and a cutout at the back - here's a picture of the back.  These little details really make the dress something special, and I'd love to incorporate something like this into my own sewing.

On Wednesday, I had fun taking a swirly photo with my skirt - I love this skirt so much!  I bought it off Modcloth (it's called the "Let's Talk Lace" skirt, but it's no longer on the site so I can't attach a link), but it was lined in regular, slightly see-through cotton lining fabric.  This would be alright in a normal skirt, but when you have lace + see-through lining you end up with a very very unwearable skirt.  So I got some beige poplin from Spotlight and drafted a new lining, so now I can wear the skirt without being paranoid that everybody can see absolutely everything underneath.  My new lining is French seamed and falls about half an inch shorter than the original lining, so it adds some body to the skirt but isn't visible from the outside.

 (Action shots of spinning are very attractive - NOT!  But this is a small peek into how much fun I had wearing this skirt - love it!)

My physio gave me black strapping tape this time (instead of skin-coloured) for some reason, so I thought I'd show it off - because it's such a good look!  But seriously, this stuff is magical.  I was getting really bad headaches and neck cramps, but the physio released all the muscle spasms, gave me exercises, and taped my shoulders, and I haven't had any problems!

On Thursday, you may notice my necklace - I made a matching set of necklaces for the girls and pins for the guys in my choir, in choir colours.  I'll add some better pictures later on in the week, and a link to the tutorial I used to make these gorgeous little things.

It's starting to heat up a lot here in the North, so I'm loving my shorts and dresses - though I didn't realise that I wore quite so many skirts and dresses this week until I put together this photoset!

What I Wore week 2

 

You may have noticed that Thursday is missing - I was at work all day, so I was just wearing my work uniform - something I'm not really comfortable sharing with the whole of the internet!

This Monday I wore my self-made denim scallop skirt with little flowers and nautical buttons, Sunday was my Cat Empire shirt (best band in the whole world!!), and I just realised that I wore the same style of shirt on Monday and Tuesday!

Also, the Friday dress is going to be handed down/across to my sisters - nothing I could do would result in a good photo, so I just gave up and did a silly one!  It's just a little too short and a little too tight around the bodice, and it makes my arms look kind of funny.  It's a shame, because it really is a nice dress, but it just doesn't flatter me at all!

On Saturday the 19th, my choir did a performance at one of our local nursing homes, which was lovely.  It's great to get out and perform for people who actually love hearing the music, rather than just for the families of the performers who are there out of duty - not that I don't enjoy performing for families, it just makes a nice change!  Our choir's colours are black, teal, and white, so we got told to wear one of those colours (or a combination) on top and denim on the bottom - so this isn't what I normally wear for choir!

What I Wore week 1

So, after having a small battle with Picnik, I present to you my first What I Wore post.  Even after only doing this for one week, it's made me think a lot more about what I've been wearing, and putting together different combinations of outfits.
Highlights of this week include my handmade skirt (first ever project!) on Monday, my dog wanting to help me take photos on Wednesday (he was very concerned as to why I was going backwards and forwards from my desk to the door), and my outfit for my clinical skills exam on Thursday!
Details of each outfit, if anybody is interested, are after the jump.