#thrifted! (mostly)
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I brought the skirt I'm working on to the museum yesterday, to get some hand-sewing done at the desk between tours (a lot of my projects end up being done half-hand and half-machine, because I love working on the train or during downtime at my various jobs). you know, the one made of the God-Tier WoolTM
when I invited my coworker, a 19-year-old student, to feel the fabric- in that "OH MY GOD FEEL THIS!!!" tone -her jaw dropped
she had never felt soft, light- or even medium-weight wool in her life. she previously thought, it turns out, that all wool was coarse, heavy, and itchy. she couldn't stop stroking it with that awestruck look on her face
truly, fuck fast fashion and the modern garment industry. for depriving us of sensory richness in our clothing so thoroughly that most of us don't even know what we've lost
#clothing#fashion#I've handled things in museums that you just can't get today. like at all. or you have to pay the stars and the moon for something#that used to be commonplace#and then you go to Target or even thrift stores and it's mostly just. 500 shades of polyester. plus MAYBE two types of cotton#everything feels like jersey no matter what it's actually made of. nothing has substance or structure#Hell Clothing truly
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love ur human loop, most normal and deranged guy ever, other people drawing human loop in elaborate outfits, meanwhile loop in a big t- shirt and boxers (not to say im not a fan of elaborate outfits on them but like The Contrast (tm))
no literally like dgmw i love loop in Outfits and will probably draw that at some point soon but like. to me post-canon loop is like. a guy who is convinced they are living in the epilogue of their successful clone’s life. Eventually they will slay but it’s gonna take like three years of therapy and probably a considerable amount of lexapro. for now it’s depression fit
#first drawing is from last night second is just now#btw air fryer shirt is a real thing that i own. i found it thrifting it is incomparably the best thing i own. i would give it to loop. mayb#isat#isat spoilers#loop#au#technically#also please no one interpret my dogged clinging to canon compliant characterization as judgement of anyone who does not#this is just how i do things. mostly bc its funnier to me that way#art#askbox#abilify would fix this dude as well. oh my god i forgot to schedule my psych appointment#pls don’t tag as bdy hrrr btw thanks
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going through some of the tags in your blog (hope you don’t mind) and briefly stumbled across art of buck wearing crop top … life changing stuff and made me wonder: what’s the ‘fanciest’ clothes he has, and what occasion would he use them?
literally LOVE when people go through my tags thank you for your service... as for Fancy Buck Clothes probably the closest he'd have is something like the button-up in this ref sheet? I don't think he wears it often if at all; maybe if he's gotta go undercover somewhere with a dress code, or if he wants to dress up a little for a date with Davey (not like they can really go anywhere, but it's the principal, you know?) otherwise he sticks to his worn-down practical wear pretty much all the time.
#anonymous puzzler answers#anonymous puzzler originals#villain coded comic#broadly speaking neither buck or davey have really 'fancy' outfits. even davey mostly goes practical#davey's got some nicer stuff but even that's more along the lines of like. casual sundress. thrift store jewelry#stuff he can wear around the house on a day in when he feels like bein cute.
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Question: what in god's name is book store spaghettios?
Taldak in our Discord found the book store spaghettios and idk why it lives in my brain now.
#didi answers#food#thrift finds#since it was open and mostly eaten did they drink it?#no spoon or nothin just cold spaghettios#mckays
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✨BRB gonna go get an MRI 😙✌🏾✨
#mine#me#ootd#hi hi I have not been on here in a few days#mostly because I’ve been sick and work has been busy 😵💫😵💫#but miss yall!!#also I got this Harley Davidson crewneck from one of my favorite online thrift shops#and I’m gonna live in it forvever now#happy wednesday#wish me luck that the mri results aren’t terrible 😅😅
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making something (maybe)
#(hopefully)#hi. i accidentally disappeared for a bit.#the burnout got to me ngl#haven't done a single creative thing all week#i did make it to the library though#my book for feb was i'm glad my mom died#i don't usually read nonfic but. i enjoyed it. i mean#as much as you can enjoy a book with that kind of subject matter#i read it in about a day. mostly in one sitting#i've gotten a head start on my march book & i'm genuinely almost regretting my pick#like. it's a compelling read & it's written in such a way that i want to know what happens but#it's fucking horrific. rarely do i need to put a book down & have a break but. i have done so several times w this book#i'm determined to finish it though. i need to know if there's like. a point to the horrors i'm experiencing or not#uhh i did also go dvd hunting#i found season 1 & season 2 of ATLA which were cool finds#i did find them at two different thrift stores which i thought was kinda funny#i'm probably gonna watch the new live action later but idk#n e way#rainyrambles
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saw this fun meme thing being done by mutuals so ill do it. obviously hypotheticals-
#van speaks#i kinda liked writing this out bc it's mostly my actual existence outside of tumblr#look media im a fan of is so integral to me and i adore it#but also the full picture of me includes other central pillars like my relationship to nature or my home#fandoms. bearishness. the south. nature. the pillars of what i will yap about for actual days straight if im let loose#this is also probably proof of how much i go to antique/thrift/oddity shops and stalk every inch of them for deals on weird fucking shit
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welp, only worthwhile thing I found at the fleamarket was a pair of chunky 80s earrings for 1€
better than nothing 👍
#guess i'll keep my eye on the thrift shop down the road. they sell mostly furniture and electronics#and maybe i'll be lucky and find a portable cd player there
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one day i will get a ream of Seasons Greasons cards printed and inflict them upon my friends and siblings but in the meantime there’s a lot of only slightly less cursed christmas card deadstock to work through
#my favorite local thrift for stationery has just put out several giant bins of loose holiday cards#mostly one offs#i poked through very quickly looking for vintage ones and came away with a half dozen mismatched ones#but they’re also 50c each which is tolerable for vintage but not for newer ones#i might as well go to target on December 26th and get tidier stacking ones cheaper#i don’t remember if they run a specific books and stationery weekly sale but i wasn’t able to ask this time. next time i���ll get em#or maybe they will give me a deal if i buy 50 bc i do tend to send out roughly 50 cards for a holiday season#this season has taught me that i need more blank wintery cards for the growing new years card absolutely no mention of christmas contingent#i have some generic happy holidays ones but they’re not quite it#evil lair llc#which is turning into more of a lifestyle tag#aaaa im so excited to send out cards this year there are some bangers
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A few little sketches of some possible school uniforms for mage schools/learning centers for magic/etc. :0c Though because Nanyevimi is so scattered and disconnected, it'd actually vary much more by region (like not everywhere would have a cultural concept of what a suit jacket or neck tie looks like lol), so it's probably unrealistic for so many of them to follow too many traditional Uniform Conventions from cultures in our world, etc. But, still, fun to mess around with designs, and think about which would be most fun to wear/what school you'd go to just based off the clothing lol~
#I haven't felt well enough to do anything actually productive lately GRRRR.. evil health issues....#but I can sometimes at least draw while I lay on the floor with a heating pad and etc. lol.. so...#goofy little sketches. Still dislike that the ipad thing someone gave me is either like.. maybe the settings are just off OR possibly the#screen is slightly broken in some regard - so the pressure sensitivity does not work at all. thus all lines are blunt looking#instead of having tapered edges. which I KNOW can be a stylistic thing. like I think it's fine mostly#but sometimes shading looks weird for all of the lines to be the exact same size/width with like no variation lol#though since it's just little sketches it doesnt matter lol but still... hrmm... ever working out my strategy for how to use the ipad for a#art things/if I can ever get used to it/etc.#AAANYWAY... still so uniform obsessed.. and have been since I was a child. Like way before going to middle school and meeting#the people who like anime and get into school uniforms of that variety. I mean like... age 7 before even having any friends#and having zero popular media interests or outside influences that would make uniforms Trendy. but I would see like a 'private school#uniform' on a new story on tv or something or in a book and was just like OUGH... I Should Dress That Way#I used to go to thrift stores and find multiple seperate pieces that could be combined together to look like a school uniform#I had like 4 or 5 different 'uniforms' that I made myself in that way. My first outfit that I was ever allowed#to pick out for myself as my big First Day Of Middle School outfit was literally like school uniform inspired#(maybe mixed with a little goth.. like it was a school uniform sort of look but black and white with fishnet armwarmers lol.. plaid +#stripes pattern mixing my beloved... )#I think it's just the same way that I love apartment buildings because I'm infinitely fascinated with like.. observing human nature and peo#le displaying their psersonalities in little ways and how you can give 10 people the same exact identical space but each one will decorate#it completely differently just depending on their own tastes and reasonnig and etc. I love the idea of everyone in some setting#having to be in one specific set outfit BUT you can tell something about them by the little ways they customize it or what type#of accessories they wear or if they choose to button their shirt fully or not or etc. etc. I like the constraints of 'okay everyone has to#be in exactly the same uniform - NOW. give them their own unique style somehow despite this' etc. etc. like#yaaaayyyy.. I love thinking of little obscure details that convey personality. they have a little pin hidden on the inside of their#hat. their shoes are just like everyone else's but more worn out. they have a necklace barely visible beneath their collar. their tie is#always a little more askew that everyone elses. or even. the uniform is EXACTLY on model entirely clean crisp pristine not a single element#customized or out of place - which STILL tells you something about them. etc. etc.#ANYWAY.. yeahg.. struggling to get anything done these last few weeks so.. blam. poof. alakazaam. scratchy little sketches#of nothing very productive or relating to any other project in particular be upon ye
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and y'know it's been three years and i STILL haven't gotten brown pants i can half-ass cosplay samuel with. it's disappointing
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I've never really had a problem with hoarding yarn. I typically only buy some when I have a plan for it, so the yarn I have on hand is not so much a stash as a visual representation of exactly how far behind I am on making socks.
fabric, however......that is very much a stash, and it is definitely getting out of hand.
#the thrift store here sells fabric scraps for a dollar a pop and some of the ''scraps'' I've found have been 3 yards long#it's. a problem.#i have plans for some of it? face masks mostly. but the vast majority of my fabric was bought because it was pretty and cheap as shit#¶
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every time i look at the gallery corner of my room i get hit with a spark of joy. my maximalist heart is thriving
#uhhhh me#and ofc featuring my candelabra <3#i'm so glad i finally did something w this part of my room bc before it was just plain white and blank#i switched out the white table for an identical wood pattern one (free on the side of the road lol)#the frames are mostly thrifted#it's not an expensive home deco project which i'm rly happy abt
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I fucking love thrifting/vintage shopping while butch I swear all my favorite pieces that aren't band shirts are from either local places or Literally Goodwill
#uh. these tags contain a stoned infodump about fashion. you have been warned#one of the biggest pros of masculine clothing over feminine clothing for me is the quality and Shape#and thickness of fabric#i love cheap but solidly-made boxy clothing#i love the versatility and how i can make nearly any two garments work#i love how simple menswear staples don't take much effort to elevate and become a little elegant just by adding a piece or two of#carefully-picked jewelry#some CUFFED jeans. and a belt#and make sure you french tuck your shirt/sweater/what have you#my arguably-masc jewelry recs include rings from hippie places especially if they have a thick band and the stone is SET in there#and not held in with prongs like many engagement rings do#and mostly-metal stud earrings ALSO from thrift stores. getting back to the original post#WTFFF I NEED TO MAKE A ZINE ABOUT MENSWEAR AND ITS MEANING FOR ME#ajnyway#butch#ftm
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main reason i wanna make clothes even on a small casual scale for myself is there's soooooo many cute things i see. alas. i am fat.
#some of the dresses/top i see im like. i want that. oh. oh it's for skinny people only. anyways#i only got into this kind of stuff within the last couple of years. shopping in the womans section is like. damn. damn i know stuff sucked#but i didn't know exactly how bad. as a person who mostly wore leggings/skinny jeans/t-shirts#i've been lucky to find stuff and been able to piece together what i think are nice outfits in my style from discount/thrift shops#i know some fellow fat people aren't that lucky but honestly it's abt diy#this coming from someone from a tiny ass area where finding thrifted clothes requires sorting through so much shit#until you find one or two nice pieces that'll fit you. or that you can diy into something your style#i can't sympathize with fellow plus sized people who use stuff like shein like cmon......#i get wanting to dress cute but. like. fr.
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Been wanting a "waking up from a mysterious dream to wander the creaking floorboards of my haunted farmhouse with a candle in hand" nightgown for a while and finally thrifted this vintage Laura Ashley number and it's so cute! The pattern? Flowers. The lace? Flowers. The buttons? Also flowers. Catch me going honk shoo honk shoo in this baby!
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