High Up a Tree

Once in a while Toma decides he wants to take some pictures, and once in a while they are something I can also use here on the blog. One of our more recent shoots involved one of my newest acquisitions; A lovely but worn out 1930s dress. I am not usually one to wear frocks that old, but I like the summery feel off this swiss dot dress. I am not sure why, but these shots remind me of a summer during the great depression. Also, I just really love climbing trees.

Checking In

Most of you probably don't even remember who Twila Jean is. Those of you who do remember a potty mouth, wine-o, with a pack full of kids, a divorce (that is a trending subject on google searches) and no real job.
So now that the formalities are out of the way... Hello. I think I am ready to remove myself from my personal hiatus.
I guess the first thing to get out of the way is an update on the family. Marguax just celebrated a 5th birthday, august a 7th, and Olive is just over 1 now. Toma still has a mustache and I am still a vintage wearing redhead.

 

I like the family portrait, it was literally the best image we could get of everyone, and I think it shows us all in our truest form.

Las Vegas Satire

I went to Viva Las Vegas. I didn't take more than a few cell phone pictures. I wasn't wildly impressed. I didn't get the chance to attend a lot of events. All in all I made one bad vintage blogger over the weekend.
What did happen while I was wandering the car show and shopping the vendors, was a chance meeting with The Satorialist himself, Scott Schuman.
I am more than slightly excited, and completely honored to have graced the pages of his magnificent fashion blog! Drinking my Viva boot of slushed alcohol and all!


My entry can be found by clicking here, and there are several other amazing vintage inspired ladies from the car show to the pool party. It's a decadent display of the weekend, one I am thankful I got to be a tiny part of!

Golden Ginghams

I was asked recently to test drive a dress from eShakti.com and write a blog post about how I feel about the dress. I know I just lost about 64% of you who were reading this post, with an eye roll, and a sigh, "Well... here is another sponsored post."
BUT WAIT! These dresses are DANG CUTE. Don't run off yet. . .
With a price point often lower than some other "mod" repro style sites and custom sizing from 0-36W, you might want to hear me out for a second. eShakti has several vintage inspired designs, plenty of modest options, and are completely customizable. I had a dress made to my exact measurements, and it fits like a dream. The turn around time was lightening fast, I had my dress just over a week after making my order. All in all the dress I ordered was a steal for under $80.
What I didn't like, the side zipper. They are just annoying in general, though it works just fine. My only other issue is they are made in India, which is not necessarily and issue, I am just not aware of their current labor practices.

I took my dress out to breakfast with the girls on one of the few sunny days we have seen this winter. We stopped off at Stepping Stone Cafe in Portland, OR. This place is amazing by the way, they have pancakes the size of pizzas and REAL maple syrup. YUM!

Also, I nearly forgot my amazing polka dot tights. I picked those up at Kroger/Fred Meyer for about $5.00 and they are my go to novelty leg wear this month. They attract so much positive attention too!

Hiatus, and Shit Talk

So, if you actually follow me you will know I have been gone for a while. I realized I might be putting to much of my life out there, and sharing too candidly all the things I do.
What few people realize when they post links on forums where they plan to bad mouth another person, is that most people run analytics on their sites... thus I can click through and see any post that links to my blog. In this I stumbled upon some lovely internet gems, 2 forums in particular, who not only put me on blast for...
a. being a drag queen
b. having a terrible body
c. dressing in "costume" too much
d. "Hoping her kids are home-schooled because they will be made fun of for how I dress"
e. being a horrible writer
f. being too crass and obscene
but several other things as well.

Whats funny, is I laughed this off, as my hits kept coming in from these snark posts my AD rates kept climbing up and I made more money.
I am very secure in who I am and I love how I dress and my kids are not made fun of for it.
I needed to take a step back from the blog to gather my thoughts on everything and evaluate whether or not I wanted to put myself out there on such a public platform and welcome the insults and insecurities of others.

So, I suppose I will leave off with this... If you have something snarky and mean to say to me put me on blast right now. Go ahead and comment here anonymously and get it out of your system. After that lets all move on to just be happy, and live and let live.

Oh and for the drag queen speculators out there. I leave you with this
Thank you for letting me know I have a penis!
xoxo,
Twila Jean