Portobello Dinner and a Bird bag

Well I finished my embroidered bag,and wore it house hunting today! We sadly didn't find what we were looking for,but something will come up soon im sure. The thing that sucks is that I want to find a house with character or a house that is older,but alot of the problem with that is that the houses are so small and we have so much stuff lol. I was really happy with the one house that we went and seen. Beautiful original door handles ,pretty vent covers ,original hard wood flooring,and a solarium,but my fiance didn't like that the bedrooms were so small,that and he admitted that dirt basements freak him out.They kind of freak me out too,but the house was so dreamy...On with the search. My fiance predicts that it will be in the spring. So we shall see. In the last few days I have been busy around the house.The snow has melted for now and I have been cooking lots. The pictures you see of the mushrooms are from dinner. One of them sitting beside a plate of garlic and the other mushroom picture is them sliced up. Dinner was gnocchi with vodka sauce with fried portabellos on top with chopped thick sliced bacon on top served with a wilted warm salad. It was really good. The strange thing about the whole mushroom business is that for most of my life I have had an extreme hate for mushrooms. I just would never eat them and couldnt bare the taste. Anyways when I became pregnant with my girl I started allowing myself to eat mushrooms off of pepperoni pizza and Now 5 years later I can happily eat mushrooms every now and again :) It is strange how when you become an adult you don't seem to mind as much about certain foods. So the rest of the photos are of what I wore today,My bird bag as I will call it,and Some things that I listed at my good ol shop http://lavenderlemon.etsy.com Oh and my mushroom pictures of course. Now on to the quilt and the christmas countdown wall hanging!

Everlasting Light

Let me be your everlasting light,The sun when there is none, Im a shepard for you and Ill guide you through,let me be your everlasting light,let me be your everlasting light...

In me you can confide when no one is by your side.

OH baby can't you see? Its shining just for you. Loneliness is over,dark days are through. There through.

-Everlasting light- The black keys.

When I first heard this song for the first time I listened to it over and over . It was also the first song on the cd of the black keys,and I didnt even listen to the whole cd at first because this song just stopped me in my tracks. Yes I am a cheeseball when it comes to romantics,and this song just had it all for me at the time.

So lately I haven't been up to any huge projects or anything . I made my first dress that I finished up last month. It is the very first "badbadFrancine" creation. It is all hand sewn ,and I used Vintage fabrics. The heart on the front of the dress is actually a pocket and there is little fabric covered buttons. I didn't use a pattern for this dress ,and didnt really think of sizing,and I did mess up on something. I messed up on the side of the dress on the left side. I acciddentally sewed it with the seam on the outside if that makes sense. I decorated my bathroom ,and to everyone this is apparently shocking cause when ever anyone goes any there they have this strange out burst of holy moly's ,and my kids thinking there was going to be a wedding going on in there.


I am almost done a painting I have been working on for awhile,I just have a little bit more details to add,but I haven't came up with a name for it yet. I really love it though.

All photos on this post are all taken by me,and the painting and dress is made by me.The photo of the red bowl and white substance is white chocolate melted for a dessert,The picture of the hanging bell is from my bathroom ,and is also my background. My painting is on canvas and is done using acrylics,and oil. I will update with what I will call this painting,and I'll be listing it on etsy when I am finished. Have a good one!

It's hard to look you in the face when we are talking- so it helps to have a mirror in the room

Guess what? I not only found a vintage long velvet skirt,but a metallic belt that looks like a cresent moon ,and looks absolutely celestial!!!!!Or spiritual... spooky, and mysterious. The moon to me means the spiritual and shape shifting energies that we can not explain. I also found a mini purse that kind of looks like it should be a mini back pack ,but its not its on a strap. I made a little charm to go on it to dress it up a bit and added a scarf from the 1960s. I love it and I am happy that i actually found a purse for once that I really want to take with my uptown.

When I wore this outfit I started thinking of my childhood,and by that I mean what I watched as a child..and the overall feeling of impending Halloween... I started thinking of all the rad 90s shows that were always on at this time and how everything was styled back than. Afraid of the dark,goosebumps,halloween town even Barney for fudge sakes. ( I only know this because i had a 4 year old brother at the time who was obsessed,and also because my kids watched the old episodes of barney and I was mesmerized by the styling of everyones costumes and the over set. Anyways Hope you enjoy my double faces ,and my shifting in between the worlds.

Shoes: Wal-mart
shirt- wal-mart
skirt- thrifted
bag- thrifted
tights- claires

Take a chance on me- ABBA

Yep that is the song that I am listening to as a make my first blog post.

Pretty cheesey? YEP

So without Further adieus Here is some pictures of what I was wearing today. Yeah this is what this blog is going to be mostly about. What I wear,what I want to wear, ART, Art that I have created OR just pictures that i find HIGHLY inspirational :)

Shorts: winners
shirt- Thrifted ( it says mad Mix 56 heck ya!)
tights- My mom got them for me from vanouver like 5 years ago
Pink tye dye socks- Ardene's
gold glitter shoes- Wal- mart
flower hair band- Made by me :D

Have a great weekend! <3 xoxoxoxoxoxxo

Bad Bad Francine