Dress of the Day 124: Squares. Anthony Sicari label. Top, skirt and scarf. Turquoise and yellow squares, complementing coffee cup's squares.
I looked around the room and found the bar stool to sit on. Then I scanned the surroundings for a prop. Would you believe, amongst the cups and saucers was this isolated cup and saucer in just the pattern for the dress.
It isn't that difficult to find a matching prop. You have only so many colours, often already three or four in your outfit.
You can search for shapes: circles, discs, semi-circles, swirls, paisley, stripes, small dots. big discs. You can look for flowers, roses, orchids, schematic simple flowers.
If you have a favourite motif, you will find that or be able to find more. I like palm trees. You can sell me anything which is cheap and covered in palm trees.
Failing all else, when seeking a prop or background, you could hunt on the internet and print something . What can you do with an A4 print? Turn it into a book cover.
Load up your photo to make a backdrop in zoom. Use screen capture which is usually a key on your keyboard. You could even photograph your outfit, print it out, and use it as a book cover.
Online companies will turn any pattern (photo) into a tee-shirt, cushion cover, mug or key-ring. If you have a skirt or trousers (Americans say pants) that does not match anything else, you could photograph it and have a tee-shirt made to match, and a baseball cap.
As for animals, you have cats and dogs, horses, birds, parrots and toucans, robins on Xmas cards, doves and storks on congratulations and bereavement cards. Again, wikipedia can provide free images to copy and print, or display on a phone held in your hand (if another person with another phone or laptop can take a photo.
Comments:
I love the way the cup matches.
Antony Sicari is an American label. When I was overweight I was looking for batwing sleeves and all kinds or large sleeves. My favourite Antony Sicari outfits have a scarf to match. Sometimes you can match up a scarf from one outfit with another which uses the same fabric. The plain white scarf from this set will be so useful to me. I have bought two piece top and skirt outfits missing the scarf, and tops alone. I hope the scarf will go with another outfit or two.
My husband has banned me from buying any more clothes. He says, "You have enough clothes. And there is no more room in the house!"
I need a bigger wardrobe (Americans have walk-in closets.) And a bigger millionaire. There is just one more Antony Sicari outfit I want ...
Useful websites
For second hand clothes
Ebay
For craft items
Etsy
For printing t-shirts, tote bag and numerous items with your favourite pattern or picture
Vistaprint
About the author
Angela Lansbury is a travel writer, photographer, author and speaker.Useful Websites - Modern Suppliers
Tesco hat set for child age 3-4 years.
Waitrose: Halloween Terrifying Trick or treat bag
About the Author
Angela Lansbury is a travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.
Books including: Unforgettable Weekends .
Please see my other posts, including two on on Halloween.
Tampines Changkat Advanced club meeting. Theme Halloween. I was topics master with a series of questions on illustrated slides. Excellent replies included President Desmond telling us about NLP (neuro linguistic programming, a kind of scientific positive thinking) and conquering fear with habit, being used to unfamiliar creatures or events which we used to fear. Notice numerous other well-known people, such as: Toastmaster of the Day, Saddiq; Thomas Chen; John Sih, language expert who gave us a grammarian report; Chia, a speech evaluator who has been chief judge at many speech contests; Koh Li Siang, a past president; and others.
The club is very popular, with members including Ng Kin Fong, the triple winner of the most recent national speakers' contests. For more details of this club and others of which I am a member, look at the club's website or Facebook page or Toastmasters International Find a Club.
I am Vice President Public Relations for Braddell Heights Advanced, in Singapore, currently online in 2019, as well as so I am obliged and delighted to give BHA a boost. We meet every third Saturday afternoon, 2 pm Singapore time, and the first Wednesday evening each month. Visitors welcome. It's on learncool.sg
I am also a member of another club where I am Toastmaster of the Day for the Halloween theme meeting of Singapore International Online Dynamic, Friday October 30th, 9 to 12 Singapore time, which is 12-3 UK time. You are likely to see another photo of me in Halloween gear.
In the UK I am a member of Harrovians Toastmasters Club, in Harrow, and a frequent visitor to HOD, which I was a member of until I was spending a lot of time in Singapore and a lot of money on club memberships.
Do join me and fellow members at one or more of these clubs. We often end a meeting with a photo, a serious photo, then a fun photo with props.
Glossary
closet - wardrobe, clothes storage room with rails
Useful Websites
I leave the last comment to Sylvia:
The golden girl, out to play. With cup n saucer to match.
About the Author Of This Post
Angela Lansbury is a travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.
Please see my other blogs and posts and share with your friends the links to your favourite posts.
travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com
Comments
Post a Comment