Super Seattle Sweaters!

I thought I'd do a little homage to one of my favorite cities... especially since I'm heading there tomorrow!

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(It's trying so hard to be a Christmas sweater!)

This sweater belongs to the Seattle Metropolitans, which I hear is a hockey team... or was at some point in history. This sweater is old... like early 1900s old. Is the team still around? I don't know, and I'm actually being too lazy today to even bother googling it. Where I live, hockey is something that happens every four years at the Olympics. It's a foreign concept to me really. The only ice around here is what you find in your sweet tea. 

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But hey, maybe the Metropolitans aren't your team, maybe you're more of a Totems kind of fan. Don't worry, you can get your vintage wears too!

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Seriously, how many hockey teams do you people have?

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Of course, Hockey can't have all the fun. The Seattle Supersonics, which is a basketball team if you didn't know, or couldn't figure out from the half basketball on the sweater. Apparently, this was all the rage in the 1980s... the decade when wearing anything was acceptable.

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Let's not forget about football either! Alyssa Milano's, a well known sports authority (wha?) endorses and even makes this little beauty! At first, I totally thought someone had just photoshopped her head onto a random model's body, but apparently, this is her line of clothing. Eh, who knew?

I had no idea sports and sweaters got along so well. You know, normally, this post would be a little longer as I'd search the vast interwebs for a few more gems. However, it's getting pretty late in my world, I'm sitting on my couch staring at my suitcase... which is totally mocking me given that I can't decide what to take... on my trip... in the morning... all the way across the country. Anyway, maybe I'll find one of these spectacular sports collectibles while hanging out in the Emerald City. If so, you can bet you'll be seeing it here!

They're Magically Delicious!

Top o' the mornin' to ya! Faith and begorrah!  Give me back my lucky charms! Uh... kiss me blarney stone? Yeah, those are legit. I'm sure of it, totally Irish phrases that the Irish say ALL the time. Well, maybe not. Anyway, regardless of the fact that most self-respecting Irish folk would probably never say any of those things, I still want to wish everyone out there a...

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Today, at least in America, everyone is Irish. It doesn't matter where you come from, what you do, what color you are... Erin Go Bragh is the theme! Well, that and beer, loads of it, tinted green and swilled like prohibition starts tomorrow. Whether you're knocking back a pint or just pinning on your "kiss me I'm Irish" button, I hope you're having a good one. Me? I'm wearing too many shades of mismatched green, made an "end of the rainbow" cake last night, have some corned beef and cabbage cooking away in the crockpot at home, and an internet full of St. Paddy's Day sweetness right here... 

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"Me gran knitted up this jumper an' cap for me. Ma told me I had to wear it to school, first day no less! Asked if she was coddin' me. Said no, she did! I told her that's Arthur Guinness talkin'. Said I weren't a babby no more, an I'd end up gettin' in a row for sure. 'Course she paid me no mind, just handed me a pint of plain for lunch, smacked me bum an' told me to get to school. Kids ain't laid off me since, 'course I bunk off most days now..."

(Dear Irish people, I'm sorry.)

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Whoa... someone's been hitting the Lucky Charms pretty hard. He's looking a little frosted himself. 

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This is Eoin Morgan, an Irishman, and famous Cricketer playing for England. But once, he was just some goofy kid in a shamrock sweater, and too big shirt.

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I'm fascinated by that dog portrait. What is it doing there? Does it come with the sweater? Is it an Irish dog? I mean, the sweater's nice enough, a lovely sprinkling of shamrocks across the chest and all, but Mad Eye Moody (I've named him!) up there really takes center stage.

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"IRISH" ... you know, in case you forget.

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Because people on acid like St. Patrick's day too! Those colors... it's like it's vibrating right off the screen. Not to mention the background. I bet if you stare at it long enough, you can see through time.

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Now, all fun and games aside... everyone be responsible tonight when you belt up to the bar for a pint of green beer. Don't let it go to your (wait for it) head...
Seriously, don't drink and drive... call a cab, or find a nice corner where you can vomit and quietly pass out for the night. We'll all thank you... and probably draw on you with Sharpies. Just sayin'.

I suppose that's all for now. Perhaps next time I'll do a bit on the beautiful sweaters that the craftsmen in Ireland do produce, you know... to make up for this one. But, for now, I'm just going to keep with the theme of slightly insulting, hopefully humorous posting. So, in closing, here's a traditional Irish blessing that I completely made up just a minute ago:

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 May all your charms be lucky...

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 Green, your Guinness beer...

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Your kisses, always Irish...

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and your heart forever here!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Sweater Coats

 

 Meet Katwise. She's the creator of the fantastical Elf Coats in these pictures. Again, you can see how a sweater can become so much more than just a piece of clothing. Katwise recycles/repurposes sweaters and turns them into wearable art. Most of her coats are brilliantly colored, ethereal concoctions though she does do some with more muted color schemes. She has a shop on Etsy where you can buy one of these beautiful works of art for yourself. For the amount of work that goes into these pieces, they're reasonably priced.

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There are other sweater coats out there as well, and it's interesting to see the different styles that can be made from bunch of humble old sweaters.Where Katwise creates pieces that are charmingly otherworldly, exhuberently fun, and beautiful, others create more subtle pieces, incorporating lace, velvet, and a minimum of colors.

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I found these pieces on ipseity designs and thought they were lovely. They're recycled pieces, like Katwise makes, but completely different in construction, color scheme, and design. These have more of a renaissance or gothic tone in the way they fall and drape. 

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Here are some other gorgeous examples from Smarmy Clothes. That black and red coat is to die for! I'd happily take any coat on this page. My birthday is coming up you know... just sayin'!

Valentine's Day

First off, let me assure you that I'm not dead. I've just been on... hiatus. (By hiatus, I mean I had surgery, am trying to move, and then just got lazy.) However, I'm back with a vengeance... and nothing says vengeance like Valentine's Day. I think today, we'll focus on the classic emblem of Valentine's... the heart.

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 "What in the Friskies have you put on me? No, I'm not going to smile! What do you mean no catnip? Seriously, if I don't smile... none? For a month!? This is blackmail!" *Is sooo going to pee in your shoes later.*

"Fine. Here, this is literally as close to a smile as I can force myself to make. Now, take it off me or I'm calling the ASPCA!"

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Scoliosis never looked more adorable! Nothing says "I'm in the mood for love" like a pair of endangered Pandas with a degenerative back disease and a heart the color of a bloodless corpse. Still, it's Betsy Johnson, so it's totally crazyawesomefun! *cartwheels!*

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Not quite ready to get inked? Hey, I get it, a tat's a painful, permanent commitment, and what happens if you and Mom break up later, and you find a new Mom? How many people have made that mistake, and have Mom after Mom crossed out on their arm? Oy! "Now what?" they ask themselves. "Now what?"  Thankfully, Mom loves sweaters, and you love Mom (for now!), so this is a nice compromise.  The guys at the biker bar really dig it too. Now, pony up and order that Zima like a man!

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 SHOT THROUGH THE HEART, AND YOU'RE TO BLAME! YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME! (bad name!)

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I've heard of wearing your heart on your sleeve, but really, this is taking it to extremes. Truthfully though, I'm not really feeling the heart shape here. I think it has something to do with the giant arm sticking out from it. Call me crazy, but I think it ruins the proportions and overall shape... anad actually reminds me more of a decapitated swan. 

Oh well, what can you say? Enjoy the love, the candy, the little pink boxes of sugary conversation hearts...

Cute, but not really a conversation starter...

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 That, now THAT'S a conversation heart. Happy Valentine's Day!