Lavender & Twill : March 2017

‘Currently’ posts are a series of memoirs, featuring snapshots of one small life story by briefly touching on events that are occurring in my day-to-day journey. These episodes feature photos from my Instagram, do come and say “Hi!” if you are around. Also, if you would like to participate in this feature yourself, please feel free! I’d love to read your posts, so don’t forget to leave a link. ♡

Also, this is going to be a bit of a special episode of “Currently” ~ as you probably are aware of by now, we are relocating to Thailand at the end of April ~ which, at the time of writing, is four and a half weeks, or 32 days away…. Yikes! (ô □ ô)

I really wanted to sit down and write a more in-depth post about this move, but I think that’s going to have to wait until we get over there. Right now, I just have way too much stuff to do! But at the same time, I want to remember this journey. So I’m doing a quick update for now, but I promise we will get back to this later…. For now, here’s the update!

READING:

What I need to get a Thai visa. Where to stay in Chang Mai, How to fly with carry on, How pack for children’s carry on, How to avoid scams, How to find good internet, aka, life blood, aka: DOING ALL THE RESEARCH…

WONDERING:

If I can actually manage to get this house packed up afskegaueguiaw89r32bitJAGO!! ….!! Most of the other important details are sorted out at this stage, which is marvellous, but dealing with an entire household of stuff to pack to store, or toss, or sell is proving to be quite a challenging process. Especially with small children.

A lot of things will need to be packed at the very last moment: {aka, next week as we are moving into my mum and dad’s house for three weeks before we go} and it’s a bit of a struggle to figure out what to pack, when to pack it, when are the cleaners coming, when are the removalists coming, etc… Scheduling is tight and painful…. (๑o̴̶ ﹏o̴̶ ๑)″ Ouch.

FEELING THANKFUL:

That all those big important details {aside from the house size pile of stuff!} like flights, and passports, and accommodation, and visas and where to keep horses and cars and the like, are for the most part, all sorted out. Yay!

EATING:

Um, do I even care? Nope… Sugar. Just give me sugar and coffee plz. Kay, thx bye….

WATCHING:

All the YouTubes. All the Thailand stuff…. Hey, so that’s what an apartment in Chang Mai looks like! Oooh, that one has a pool!, and so on and so forth. ╭( ･ㅂ･)و ̑̑ ˂ᵒ͜͡ᵏᵎ⁾✩

WORKING ON:

*twitch* ….. Packing…..

LOVING:

….. Friends who are helping out, ditto for family. Adventure? That I finally get to travel again! And…. McDonald’s Mocha Frappes with no cream and caramel drizzle. Let’s be real here.

ATTEMPTING:

Bwahahaha…… TO RELOCATE OUR FAMILY OVERSEAS WITH ONLY CARRY ON LUGGAGE! It’s madness I tell you! But this is us. Crazy is our family modus operandi. We planned a wedding and got married on the beach in ten days time, so of course we can relocate our family overseas in four months from woe to go… Right??!

WANTING:

To be done with all the packing, tbh.

DOING:

All the packing.

xox,

This weekend we took a trip back to our old stomping grounds ~ Queanbeyan! We lived there for three years or so, and I have so many good memories of our little family there. Not only that, there are many lovely old sites that have a wealth of character and history, making it one of my favourite spots to visit.

One such site is the old Queanbeyan train station. A small stop on Australia’s Sydney to Canberra line, this station was built in 1887 and has some absolutely lovely art-deco vibes about the construction. Combining my love for iron fret work, dusty mint and cream ~ it’s everything I adore about historical Australiana architecture ~ in style and colour palette! (灬ºωº灬)♡

And, speaking of colours ~ what better place to début this amazing “Mariana – Lee” dress by Miss Candyfloss?

It’s the first time that I’ve had the honour of working with this Swedish vintage reproduction company, but they have been on my radar for years! I really loved the jumpsuits they came out with last winter season, and I am grateful to have the chance to try one of their pieces.

The “Mariana” house wife dress is a superbly tailored, 1950s inspired frock. The navy shade is perfect for all seasons and the fabric has the most delightful hand to it. Thick, but not winter weight, the drape in the skirt provides a perfect swish when walking around, and the fabric lays smoothly over any unforgiving bumps as well as providing a nice level of stretch.

I was in between dress sizes, so I went with my waist measurements and sized down, and the dress fit like a glove, with plenty of room to move around comfortably. The cut around your shoulders and arms is generous, which is a great bonus. I often find that reproduction dresses can err on the tight side with sleeves, so I was really happy that the sleeve fit so well, and looked great with the cute cuff detail.

Of course, the scalloped neckline is instantly a favourite with me as I am mad about a good collar {this one is a *fantastic* collar if you ask me!} and the pleated bodice and matching belt add those perfect vintage touches that polish the final look. My one tiny complaint would be… a lack of pockets. I think pockets really take a dress {or skirt} to the next level, and though it would be hard to improve this dress as I do love every detail of it; I just ask for one thing ~ pockets!

When creating my ensemble, I decided to stick with really simple styling to allow this fabulous frock to shine. It’s a really versatile dress that can be accessorised to glam it up, or kept simple for day wear. I also really like how it could swing to either a 40s or 50s look depending on how you choose to style it.

This time around I went with a 1950’s feel, as my 1950s vintage hat and scallop-edge gloves echoed the navy hue and scalloped collar of the dress perfectly. I completed the ensemble with my trusty Miss L Fire shoes in nude for a twist of something unexpected!

And what vintage lady travels without her beauty case and purse? ☆(*ゝω・*）

I picked up the white beauty case when I was first finding my interest in vintage, and I’m glad I did because it’s proven to be a great hat box, as well as looking fabulous. Sadly, it won’t be coming with me on our future travel adventures, but more about that later…

I’ve been playing around with video as I would like to do more on my YouTube channel, so I’ve filmed a little outfit snippet and I’ve put a few of these all together in one “Adventures in a MINI Lookbook” video ~ so here’s this lovely dress in action!

..Half of the time I don’t even know what I’m doing here… (=⌒_⌒=)'

So what do you think of my film production skills? Haha! Do you like seeing outfits in motion? If you have any suggestions for what you’d like to see in a video, please let me know so I can make these better! ೕ(•̀ㅂ•́ )ᵒᵏᵎᵎᵎᵎ

xox,

bonita

Disclosure | This post was created in collaboration with Miss Candyfloss and the dress I have reviewed was sent to me, but all views and opinions expressed in this review are solely my own. ❀

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