Saturday, February 11, 2017
My Me Made May16 Week 4 and a bit THE END
My Me Made May16 Week 4 and a bit THE END
Ok my friends, last instalment of my documentation pics of my #MMMay16 challenge. Stick around til the bottom for my thoughts and experiences of this years challenge.
Day 22:
Me-mades:
Grey Tova tunic
Mustard Cabernet cardi
Woodland stroll cape
Pants
Doloress mum-made:
Leggings
Day 23:
Me-mades:
Peter Pan collar batwing top
Navy Cabernet cardi
Pants
Doloress mum-mades (image at the top of this post):
Lightning flash sweatshirt
Pink needle cord Sailboat skirt
Day 24:
Me-mades:
Breton tunic
Mustard Cabernet cardi
Woodland stroll cape (not worn in pic)
Pants
Doloress mum-mades (didnt managed to get a pic before the outfit got trashed):
Deer sweatshirt
Fawn Pinafore
Day 25:
Me-mades:
Denim Tova top
Slinky Breton top
Mustard Cabernet cardi
Pants
Doloress mum-made:
Twinkle star Hosh pants
Day 26:
Me-mades:
Breton sweatshirt
Navy Cabernet cardi
Pants
Doloress mum-made:
Leggings
Day 27:
Me-mades:
Grey Tova tunic
Mustard Cabernet cardi
Woodland stroll cape (not in shot)
Maternity leggings (not yet blogged)
Pants
Doloress mum-made:
Vest
Day 28:
Me-mades:
Denim Tova top
Slinky Breton top
Pants
Doloress mum-made:
Pink needle cord skirt
Day 29:
failed to get a photo of either of us but my me-mades were the exact same as Day 24
Doloress mum-made:
Vest
Day 30:
Me-mades:
Peter Pan collar batwing top
Navy Cabernet cardi
Pants
Day 31:
Me-mades:
Bird print jersey top
Navy Cabernet cardi
Maternity leggings (not yet blogged)
Pants
Doloress mum-made:
Lightning flash sweatshirt
Vest
Thoughts:
Wow! I probably say this at the end of every Me-Made-May, but this month really flew by. I feel I was barely able to catch my breath, let alone dress mindfully each morning. But maybe thats where the value of this challenge lies for me: to get to the end and see that I have already made a successful selection of clothes that can see me through each step of a crazy month. Not that taking documentation photos is at all the point of course, but Im pleased that I got a photo of myself from all but two of the days so I can reflect on the challenge now its drawn to a close. Getting photos of a toddler everyday was impossible as well! I loved seeign her in the things that I make her everyday, but with her increasing desire to wear only pink sparkly dresses, I see that Im going to have to make some garments for her soon that we can both agree on.
What I learnt:
- I have really nailed my colour palette. Navy, black and grey form the base, with denim, stripes and leopard print featuring regularly. Pops of mustard, red and turquoise provide the accents. Having come to most of my colour conclusions back in 2010, this means that by now each of my creations work with a number of others, and I have no wardrobe-orphans.
- Maternity dressing is very efficient. When you have a limited number of items that fit your current shape and size, it really makes getting dressed each day a very quick process that needs very little thought. Its refreshing not to dwell over what I should wear, and Id like to streamline my non-maternity clothing selection a little more for an easier life when this pregnancy is over.
- Im on top of my cardi game. My initial pledge for this years challenge allowed for the occasional wear of a secondhand (i.e. non-me-made) cardigan. Thanks to the completion of my Cabernet cardigans (#1, #2 and #3) I didnt need to wear a secondhand cardi once. My mustard and navy ones are now so firmly part of my regular rotation that I dont know what I did without them!
- More bottoms: more fun. Thanks to some very generous friends lending me lots of pairs of maternity jeans and trousers, I currently have more bottoms to choose from each morning than Ive ever had. I realise that I usually dress bottom up in that Ill choose which jeans, trousers or skirt I want to wear that day and then think what Ive got to go with them thats clean. Having so many pairs at my disposal has allowed me the pleasure of dressing top down: picking the fun part of the outfit first because Im bound to have something to dress my legs in that will work with the top part that Ive selected. The well-fitting trouser quest I was on last year (you can jump into the saga in this post) really was a worthy endeavour, and one I should get back on when my post-pregnancy body decides what shape and size it should remain at for a while.
If you took part in #MMMay16 this year I really hope that your personal challenge lead you to some interesting and useful discoveries, and even if at times you found the going tough and/or boring, that you had some fun along the way. I LOVE to read your post-challenge thoughts, so please let mwe know your thoughts and feelings on it in the comments section or by leaving me a link to a post if youve written about your experience elsewhere.
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