Fall Fancy Fashions

 Welcome!

Let’s have some fun with Autumn Ball dresses, shoes and accessories. A last hurrah! before Christmas parties.

Tari Quabeera posted, Pinterest

I chose shades of orange to go with this lovely gown:

Steve Madden Shoes, Poshmark posted on Pinterest

1928 jewelry

I like the simplicity of the pearls with an added floral embellishment. Nothing too much that would detract from the gown itself.

Next one!

Twitter, Inc. post on Pinterest

This lovely dress is the opposite of the previous one! Lots of embellishments with a richer color palette. I do like that the bottom of the gown is printed not embroidered like the bodice and sleeves. It makes the overall look flow rather than be ‘choppy’ and over-the-top.

A pretty pair of Pearl earrings and a sparkly ring is all this dress needs to complete it. A simple ribbon choker could be added, but you don’t want any complicated jewelry to detract from all the lovely embellishments it already has going on.

SHEIN

Etsy

Ross-Simons Jewelry

The Colors Alchemist, Pinterest

Our next gown is perfect for cooler temperatures when you want longer sleeves:

Posted in Cyrillic, Khokholoma?, Pinterest

I just love the deep, rich colors in this one! I chose to pick out the golds/yellows in this one to lighten the overall palette:

Juliana @ ShopHQ

Dolce & Gabbana “Bellucci”

The next gown is going to be perfect for the dance floor. Shorten the length a bit if you plan on dancing to avoid accidents.

Faugue Magazine posted

With all the frills I chose just a simple pair of shoes to accessorize:

Olivia Mark

macey, Pinterest

While we love orange, sometimes you need a complimentary color to reveal the beauty of all the shades of orange. This next gown has done that:

Faugue Magazine posted

I love purple and orange together! I also love the formal large pleats in the skirt. Let’s add a simple metallic necklace design and a fabulous pair of shoes:

Grosse’ Germany @ 1stDibs

Aquarius Brand

My next gown brings the color down a few notches to a softer version of orange. It is more of a traditional, formal ball gown style.

alinanova, Colored Wedding post on Pinterest

Wearing proper undergarments is a must for this dress. Don’t skimp on the crinoline under slip!

Let’s add a bronze pair of ankle strap sandals and a pretty cocktail ring in deeper shades to accent the rose embellishments:

Jimmy Choo, Editorialist posted on Pinterest

BOODLES, Editorialist post

Michelle Lyons, Pinterest 

Moving away from orange as the main color, I chose this next gown because I love the deep rich colors of burgundy with taupe and peach as accents. All shout ‘Autumn!’ to me!

PaulS. Williams

With all the embroidery and accent colors a simple pair of pearl earrings are the only jewelry you need. I couldn’t resist these marvelous shoes however!

Poshmark

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Keeping with less orange and more burgundy reds, this next gown is a lovely change from previous styles:

jelofix74 posted on Pinterest  

Of course we have to add a great pair of shoes:

SJP by Sarah Jessica Parker ‘Tempest’, Editorialist posted

Next is my last ball gown. There are so many things I love about this one - the scattered rose embellishments, the sheer mesh neckline, the lace collar…

Vintage posted on eBay

Let’s add a simple pair of gold bow earrings and a lovely pair of velvet and rhinestone shoes:

Amazon

Jimmy Choo, Poshmark posted on Pinterest

That’s all for today! I hope you have enjoyed my little dream of swirling ball gowns on parquet floors with sparkling chandeliers above.

‘Til next time,

inkspired

Button, Button, Who’s Got the Button?

 

Courtesy Button Lovers, Pinterest

Buttons!

What would we do without them?

We sew them on to keep things closed,

or to keep things open.

We add them to our clothing for fashion. 

We use them in our home decorations.

We give them to children to play with, or to learn basic skills.

We make them into jewelry.

Oh what a wonderful thing -

Buttons!

In Walt Disney’s animated movie 

‘Alice in Wonderland’

Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum ask if Alice wants to play “Button, Button”?

We dye them to all the colors of the rainbow.

We make them out of plastic, horn, bone, twigs, metal, and precious gems.

Buttons made from coconuts 

Humans have been in love with buttons for a very long time.

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In fact, for a very long time!

The oldest button found so far is one made of shell from 7000 BCE in Pakistan.

Feel free to count those zeroes again!

Archeologists found more discs with holes drilled in them made from ivory, clay, stone and bone. These dated back to 4000 - 5000 BCE.

Recyclart

In ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’ 

Willy references the game “button, button”.

Being the crafty person I am, I became curious about what others were creating with their buttons, besides utilitarian uses?

Handmade by Taylor Friese

Is it anything I would like to do? Is it anything I think I would like to teach at my local Senior Center?

Courtesy Carol Cahill, Pinterest

Well, I found a plethora of button projects! Let’s look at just a few.

The first 2 fall into the category of 

‘Useful objects’

Courtesy Leslie Price, Pinterest

Courtesy Crafts and Creativity 

What cute ideas to put in your sewing/craft area! They are both so simple I’m not even going to give directions.

In season 2 of ‘Dexter’s Laboratory’ Dee Dee says “Button, button, who’s got the button?” before pressing a red button to take off in a hovercraft.

Many of the button crafts I have to show you don’t even have to know how to sew.

Here’s another one that only needs glue:

Courtesy StylesatLife

You could make this with anyone’s color scheme and give as a charming gift.

Wouldn’t it be great filled with jelly beans?

Another no-sew project:

I found many postings of this on Pinterest; no idea of original idea.

I would add a backing cut slightly smaller than the finished coaster. You could use stiffened fabric, leather scraps, thin cork sheets…

The title of the Twilight Zone episode ‘Button, Button’ is a reference to the childhood game.

Next I have a few simple ornaments:

Dana; Sara Srogi; Pinterest

Glue some popsicle sticks together for the base. (Do this on wax paper to prevent messes on your table!) Then glue on different sizes of buttons. Add thread or ribbon for a hanger.

A simple craft for young ones to do also.

firefliesandmudpies.com

There is a tutorial for this, but really you just need buttons, glue, ribbon for hanging and a stiffened piece of felt for the base. 

Budget idea: use poster board or shirt insert cardboard for the base instead.

Charlotte Prow; Pinterest 

You will need buttons, glue, scraps of felt and an old plaid scarf and twine to make the snowman ornament.

Are you in love with buttons yet?

Courtesy Carol Cahill; Pinterest

In ‘Lost in Space’ Season 2, Episode ‘The Curse of Cousin Smith’ Major West refers to the ‘old childhood game of button, button, who has the button

I found so many wonderful

 ideas of how to use buttons in your card making. Let’s start with Christmas cards. Here are a wfe :

Ellen Roberts 

Canadian Living

Scrapbook.com

Next are a few general cards wit:

Wordpress.com

Talita Rodrigues Nunes

H.Skelly for Splitcoaststampers Community; Pinterest

…and 2 more:

KEA

Archzine.net

There are many different styles of button flowers out there.

These are just a couple:

The Shabby Tree

Becky Crockett

Here is a diagram to help you make the above button flowers:

Julie Fitzgerald posted this on Pinterest 

Crochet, anyone?

Love Crochet 

Buttons and felt seem to go 

together so well:

chocolatecupcake 

Not On The High Street

Instructables

You could easily make these into pins or magnets.

In ‘Little Men’ by Louisa May Alcott (published 1871) the Plumfield children reference playing ‘Button, button, who’s got the button?’

So what is this game/nursery rhyme I keepreferring to?to?

It’s a children’s game that has existed well before 1871 (see above).

to play:

Children stand in a circle with 1 in the center. They all hold out their hands, palms up and next to each other. The ‘it’ player has a button. ‘It’ goes around the circle and pretends to put the button in each child’s hands. ‘It does drop it into one child’s hands, but everyone pretends they have it. Then the first child guesses who might have the button.

“Button, button, who has the button? Is it ____?”

You go around the circle with each child having a turn, until the real button holder is guessed. The child who guesses correctly is the new ‘it’.

Kathy Spitsen, Pinterest

Let’s get fashionable with our buttons!

Pinterest

If you can do jump rings you could use this same idea and make a necklace.

Here’s a project that takes embroidery thread and beads:

Patti Bishop posted this on Pinterest

Is your button not quite the right color?

Here’s a clever trick to custom paint wood buttons:

Threads magazine

I love this next fashion statement:

The credits for this are in Cyrillic. Sorry.

I have got to try this one.

Hot glue gun and Aleene’s Tacky glue here I come!

Okay blogspot has gone haywire on me and is doing really weird things with punctuation

and spacing GAAAhhhhhh

Time to stop!

Til next time

inkspired

I keep trying to fix the problem but have found no solution yet that works. I am so sorry for the messy look on this. It’s not how I typed it, truly!

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