Results tagged “clothes” from Mrs. Happy Housewife

The memorial service for H's grandmother was yesterday and I needed some mourning clothes for D, who had nothing appropriate. Thankfully, I managed to pull together a few thrifty pieces we had:

• Talbots charcoal gray lined wool skirt - thrift store, about $5
• Joneswear silk shirt - Bealls Outlet, about $5
• Black leather boots - Bealls Outlet, about $8
• Black vintage scarf - my mother-in-law, free
• White seed pearl necklace - mine
• Pearl earrings - hers
• (not shown) Black wool coat - my mother-in-law, free

D is probably the only fourteen-year-old who goes to a memorial service and gets a million compliments from the fellow mourners. Those who know her best were completely amazed to spy her in earrings AND a necklace.

In other news, the memorial service was short, respectful, and a good opportunity for those who loved H's grandmother to celebrate her life. All things considered, I think it went as well as possible.

I promised to freezer paper stencil the children's surcoats and finally got a chance yesterday.

D chose to side with Rohan and wanted a horse.

S sided with Gondor and wanted a tree.

If you'd like to make your own freezer paper stencil, I have a free printable PDF tutorial which may aid you.

Daughter would like a little jacket to wear with sundresses. She liked this Matinee Swing Jacket crochet pattern from Lion Brand Yarn, but she wants me to leave off the collar and shorten the length and the sleeves. Other than that, though, she wants it just the same.

I'm thinking a sand-colored cotton yarn.

Don't wear an American flag t-shirt to high school in Dos Palos, California; it could be a dress code violation. You might have to wear a "bright yellow T-shirt that read 'DCV: Dress Code Violator'" for the rest of the day. Poor S would not do well in such a situation. Most of his shirts are camouflage or have American flags. Plus, he'd never put on a tacky replacement shirt. He'd have a lawyer on speed dial on a cami-skinned cell phone. Chalk this up as another reason I homeschool; I don't want insane and/or asinine people in authority over my children.

Neighbor Boy's old Pokemon sweater gets a new life as a girly play sweater for D thanks to a scrap of flannel appliqued over the Pokemon characters.