she wore a painted feather...

As mentioned in yesterday's small style post.. I recently customised my wardrobe again.

Namely... I grabbed a fairly boring navy thrifted skirt - and painted a sweet feather on to it! 

Here I am free-handing the feather on to the skirt with some latex paint (tan and white).  I was using this image from Pinterest for inspiration.  The fabric is stretchy so I tried to just pat the paint on pretty thick... I was tempted to stitch/embroider the details on to the feather - but opted to use my new fabric markers since it's super fast.stupid easy.

Voila.  A happy feather for my 'upcycled' boring skirt.

I'm not sure what I'm looking up at either...  and then... it was raining... ugh!

And here's the full outfit/creative combination:

Lace & Leather necklace: Needle and Nest Design

Yellow shirt: thrifted maternity.

Doily sweater: Needle and Nest D.I.Y

Feather skirt: thrifted (and truth be told.. it's hiked way up over my 8month belly!)

Cable leggings: H&M

Suede boots: Zellers 

I'm still tempted to sew some lace along the bottom hem... and it was all I could do to not plaster it with a doily instead of a feather... but sometimes a little doily restraint is needed at this nest.  Sometimes.

Happy friday friends - have a beauty weekend!
Mel ;o)