Wow, It's Friday Already!

Derek is hanging up the wall of velvet paintings, or as I've dubbed it,

"The wall of good taste"

Hello friends! I can't believe it's Friday already, this week has flown by for me. When I last wrote on Sunday, we were going to get our Chromcraft vintage dining set and I'm so glad we did! The seller from Craigslist was not only a super rad guy, he has barns full of treasures! Once it warms up and thaws out, we'll take a trip out to his place and poke around some more. I really do love a good hunt, hehe.

Tuesday was filled with laundry, grocery shopping and sewing. I bought repro barkcloth fabric to make curtain panels for the dining room. I couldn't find anything I liked (or went with our wall colors) that was second hand or vintage, so I decided to fork over the money for an abstract atomic print that both Derek and I liked. (PS-repro barkcloth is just not the same.)

I still have to make the valances, but they look great hung up. It's nice to see the walls filling up with our art and the room taking on it's own personality. It's also great to have a place to sit and have meals with Derek and soon to have friends over to eat, drink and enjoy.

Derek's Elvis bust's (his own creations) have their own corner in the dining room. I am going to glue some black fringe around the edges of the shelves, since part of our fez collection is near, so I just thought, "we need more fringe".

Besides working, this is what we've been up too. I hope you enjoy your weekend!!!

XOXO-Meagan Kyla

Outfit of the Day : Leopard Print and a Shrunken Head.....Skirt

On Saturday I wore this outfit to work at Cats Like Us, I sorta "forgot" about my wonderful Mode Merr shrunken head pencil skirt. I love shrunken heads, as odd as it sounds, they fascinate me.  

This skirt is not new to the blog, but I like to style pieces in a variety of ways, like this way and this way. Since I was going to work I wanted something comfy, so I paired my shrunken head skirt with my 'Suffering From Elvis Disease Shirt' (Derek's name for his Elvis bust creations) and this cotton/poly leopard blazer that has made it's appearance time and time again, it's just that versatile! I wore a belt over the t-shirt as the shirt is bit big and I was trying to control volume while giving myself a more defined waist. My trusty studded creepers finished the look with a simple leather studded cuff and my black hair scarf tied in a bow.

How do you get the most out of the pieces in your closet?

Thank you for reading!

XOXO-Meagan Kyla

Le Professeur Gothique's Monthly Homework : Artistic Inspirations

I took time out from my usual Wednesday's Link Round-Up to participate in Le Professeur Gothique's Monthly Homework Assignment and this month it is artistic inspirations. My husband is someone who inspires me on a daily basis from his drawings to paintings to art work on skin. Here are some of his Dead Mary's which became popular for years while he traveled around to tattoo conventions.

My husband has hand painted every single thing on these Dead Mary's as well as made the sculpt which he then turned into a mold to reproduce the Dead Mary plaster base. Amazing isn't it? He has such an eye for detail! I'm still amazed at the white/orange/green diamond pattern Dead Mary, all those little bats, witches, jack-o-lanterns are immaculate! 

Thanks for reading!

XOXO-Meagan Kyla