Glass Globe Ornament Tutorial

Hello dearies! Today I have a fun and extremely easy Christmas ornament tutorial for you all! I came up with this just the other day when we were decorating our Christmas tree. I saw these empty glass ornaments, some beaded garlands, and Ta-dah! An ornament was born. Take a look at the tutorial below if you want to make one, or a few, of these for your own Christmas tree, or just to decorate your house with, no matter the season.

Beauty // Autumn Performance Makeup

Hello dears! We girls love to be unique and creative with how we dress and appear to our audiences when we perform, from dresses, to shoes, right up to makeup! And we have so much fun developing new color combinations for our performance makeup for each season: purple & pink for summer, red and blue for winter, and this Autumn: orange and red! Today I am going to show you how to achieve this look for yourself.

Hair Parlor // Regency Head-Wrap

Hey everyone!
This week's hair tutorial is one of the ways I like to style my hair after it has been set in sponge rollers. I know that not many of you have the same length of hair as I do, but this is one of those hair styles I think everyone will be able to do! So have a go at it!

The Hair Parlor // Relaxed Pin-Curl Bun

Hello there!
Golly! It seems like an age has passed since you all voted which hair style was to be first, doesn't it? I hope you all did not forget about it! Haha! And just in case you didn't already know, the most votes went to the hairstyle worn on the High-Low Here We Go COS post a few weeks ago. Yippee! I cant wait to get started and show you how I did it! Let's begin.

Practically Dairy Free Coconut Overnight French Toast

French toast. It can be a sweet and simple breakfast, snack or even dessert in our house. But the recipe that I am going to share with you all today deserves a spot at Saturday breakfast, Sunday Brunch, or for dessert any day of the week, served with vanilla ice cream of course (DE-LICIOUS!). And the best part is, it's practically dairy free!

Hair Parlor // Pin-Curls 101

Hello my friends!
Today is brimming with promise of lovely weather, tranquil insect melodies... and perhaps a few frustrated tries at pin curling some damp locks. Haha! Don't worry, I am going to bring you all through this tutorial by laying out the best of my knowledge on hair and how to tame it on those not so good days. I will caution you now though to not be impatient with yourself if at first your fingers don't cooperate with the goal you have in mind. So, deep breath, and let us begin!

Hair Parlor // Style Round-Up

Hello my dears!
I have some exciting news for you all! Today marks the very first post in my brand new series, Jessica's Hair Parlor! For the kick off I wanted to let you all in on the action and have the exciting job of determining which style you want to see done first. Goodie! This is all you have to do: post a comment at the bottom and tell me which hair style, of the six shown below, you like best so that I can get the tutorials rolling. That's it! The majority vote on one style will determine which one will go up first, so choose carefully, and tell me your thoughts! The voted style will be going up two weeks from today, because I have two foundational curling sets I have to show you first in order to do some of the styles below. So, lets begin!

Healthful Beauty // 1940's Inspired Makeup Tutorial

Hello! Today I am going to share with you all my first ever makeup tutorial for my Healthful Beauty series! *Cue streamers and confetti* I couldn't help but think just how wonderful it would be to come up with a makeup tutorial that was both vintage inspired and healthy for your skin, so that's just what I did when developing this look.

Zipper-Free Half Circle Skirt // The Construction

Hello dearies! Well here it finally is! The construction tutorial for the zipper-free half circle skirt. Are you all ready to see the assembly side of things? Trust me, it's stinking easy. Plus, I added some brief instructions for suspenders at the end, since I made some for my skirt, and I knew you all would probably like to know how I made them.

Zipper-Free Half Circle Skirt Tutorial

Hello dearies! I hope you all had a stupendous weekend! We certainly did; and today we're going to be celebrating Charlotte's Birthday! I'm actually more excited for her birthday than I am for mine! :)
Well, today's the day that you all get to see the tutorial for how I made this skirt!
I have to say I'm rather nervous about putting this post up, because: 1) I've never put up a pattern drafting tutorial before. EEEKK! 2) I've only made this skirt once, so I haven't been able to test out my troubleshooting that I figured out as I made my skirt. You've been forewarned! If you have any troubles, or something doesn't make sense, do let me know and I'll see if I can help fix the problem. Well, now on to the tutorial!

Tutorial // J.Crew & Vintage Makeup Look

Hi everyone!
I am delighted to share with you all the makeup tutorial from my J.Crew and Vintage Classy on Sunday I put up a couple weeks ago. Hopefully you'll get a good idea of what you can do to achieve this look and perhaps wear it yourself when you feel in the mood!

1940's Peep-Toes // Gluing the Soles

Oh goody! Today we get to see how to glue the soles of the 1940's peep-toes! If you have missed the two previous posts featuring the finished shoes, and the first step in construction, you can view them here and here. Ready? Let's go!

1940's Peep Toes // The Soles

Good morning! After the overwhelming response to my 1940's Peep-Toes, and my question if you would like to know how I made them, I finally am getting around to posting about the process. Now, you will have to bear with me here, because a lot of this process took place over a month ago, and I am having to rack my brain for the details and thought processes that took place then. Shall we dive in? Let's begin with the soles.

The Flower Parlor // Flower Mobile Tutorial

Oh Joy! A tutorial! I am super excited to share with all of you the work that Charlotte and I put into this very first crepe paper flower tutorial; and most of you will be happy to know that it is of my last creation, the Spring Flower Mobile. In order to pull it off, I had to recreate everything; and some items, such as the sheer blue ribbon were used up in the first mobile, so I had to use different materials for the second. Do take a look!

#1top3days // How to Participate

Don't worry, this is no April Fools post! I've been caught off-gaurd enough by social media users today to want to cause any tom-foolery myself ;) Now I am cautiously viewing every blog post or instagram, attempting to discover the tricks before they discover me, haha! ANYway...

Hack! // Customizing the Break Link in Blogger

Due to the great responses I got in my last "Tips for Better Blogging" post, I decided to go ahead with the tutorial on customizing the break link. Now before we dive in, I want to let you all know that I am in NO WAY an expert in coding, and make mistakes and forget lots of rules and other techy things a lot of the time; so when you follow my coding tutorials, you are pretty much learning my imperfect way of implementing and manipulating code. Not so profesh, in other words :D

Braided Pin Curl Updo

Hello everyone,
I am very excited to present this little video featuring the tutorial of my hairdo I wore in my Classy on Sunday post! Enjoy!

Tutorial // How to Mend a Sweater Cuff

Happy Friday!
A few weeks ago I thrifted a cute, unique little collared cardigan that I simply couldn’t pass up. I was so entranced with the fun details and design, I didn’t notice an awful flaw: one of the cuffs’ edge was eaten away a good amount, probably by a moth; enough for me to have chosen not to get the little sweater. Sadly, I discovered this imperfection while we were at our voice teacher’s house, as I was pulling on one of my sleeves. I thought I felt something unusual, and when I looked at it, there was the moth-eaten cuff. My heart sank to my knees. Not only was I at my voice teachers house, but also I had spent good money on that cardigan, only for me to find out that it was... well... trashed.

How To Curtsy // A Video

 

Good morning everyone! I have to write this up quickly since I must dash. Charlotte and I decided to film a short video for you all on how to curtsy, as well as the history behind it.

Enjoy!

Do you know of another way to curtsy?

To hold your skirt or not to hold it (when curtsying)?

Do you have any specific type of (regional) curtsy for where you live or a type of dance you know?

Blessings,

Brigid

the Middle Sister and Singer

P.S. Since you all were wondering, my dress was a gift from my Mom and Dad, and is from Eshakti.com. You can find it here.

This is The Way We Wash Our Clothes

Hello dearies! This past week we received an email from a lovely follower of this blog, asking us about dry clean only garments and how we launder them. That sparked an idea to write up a post on how we girls take care of our more, for lack of a better word, finicky, dry clean only, and hand wash garments.