A Frugal Girl's Guide to Tree-trimming

This will be my husband and I's first Christmas together and we don't have a go-to stash of Christmas decorations and ornaments. I can't bear the thought of purchasing these items at full retail so- I challenged myself to see if we could actually decorate a tree using only items already in the house. I felt confident that if we could stick to whites/silver/gold we couldn't mess up too bad! ( I must reveal that we did already own a few special ornaments and the pretty angel topper- a gift from Therese.)

Garland= alternating rows of old thrifted lace trim and rows of broken necklaces
Ornaments= existing + metallic drink umbrellas, jewelry (pearls, pendants, brooches, earrings) using a pack of dollar store ornament hooks, fake roses, white feathers from an old hat
Tree skirt= a thrifted 80s full-skirted tulle dress  
Presents under the tree= sequin pillows and a Victorian-look collage chest (holds our DVDs!)

-Bride & groom ornament for our 1st Christmas (a gift from The Wilson's)
-A cameo from a thrifted dress gets new life adorning a tree branch 
-Metallic drink umbrellas in gold/silver/greens add much needed glitz and glimmer
-Vintage silhouette pictures (a gift from my Aunt Sandy) re-purposed from wall to tree hanging

Surrealist street fashion

Check out this very creative take on the traditional Easter hat I spied yesterday whilst out and about in  Savannah.....

 

Does he realize he's totally channeling Schiaparelli?? 

 Schiaparelli's infamous "Shoe Hat" of 1937- a result of her collaboration with Surrealist artist Salvador Dali.

Modern Easter Bonnet

Colored hair by Orlando Pita for T Magazine.
I love how the styling keeps the look monochromatic and makes it look actually wearable! For the hair, more pastel than bright is part of the trick. Read about how he did it here.

Seem a little too bold? Love this DIY tutorial for doing just the tips. Another alternative that requires less of a commitment is to do this on extensions and clip them in.

Here are some other modern twists on the Easter hat I am loving. The placement of the flowers in both of these looks give it a high fashion feel. (Images via Fashion Indie.com)

Kate Middleton in a pretty periwinkle monochromatic look with coordinating hat...

(Image via Wardrobe Wire)

Would you wear any of these looks?

Easter Eye Candy

Images sources:
1950s harp playing ladies

Victorian postcard with lamb
1930s purse pattern
  Victorian lady postcard

1961 Easter dress pattern
Pink satin and black parasol