New Job= New Clothes

Last week ended my never ending job search. After 6 months of going without a job I am happy to announce that I am now gainfully employed! Now all I have to do is make new clothes. I have some things to start me off but not nearly enough. I am going to start with a dress that can double for work and also for a wedding I have to sing in. I hope i get it done by next week. My first day at work is Monday!


This is the dress I want to make. Even though I have my own shop on Etsy  where I sell vintage patterns, I don't have anything like this. I bought this from Omega at Embonpoint Vintage. She has some lovely stuff. Both my patterns and hers are draft your own size variety. The pattern pieces come really small  and you draft your own size using a special scale that is taped to a tape measure. I will post a tutorial on how these patterns work later.

How To Fill a Vintage Compact

Since I have been gone this week and haven't worked on anything new I decided to do a tutorial. I like flashy things, jewelry, handbags, shoes...etc. But when it comes to makeup containers, like powder compacts, I just can't find anything that I like. So I bought an empty vintage compact and decided to fill it. I used to make my own mineral make up and I remembered that I could just mix a little alcohol in with the powder and let it dry...and Voila! A "pressed" powder compact. Here is the step by step.

1. Assemble the necessary items: you will need a bowl or something to mix in; your powder; alcohol; and of course your compact. Make sure to clean the compact of any powder residue. I would recommend that you disinfect it with some alcohol.

2. Put a small amount of powder in the bowl. I like to mix my mineral foundation with some translucent powder for a little color.

 3. Mix the alcohol with the powder one spoon full at a time until the mixture resembles a moderately thick paste.

4. Take the mixture and put it into the compact. Make sure that you cover the bottom adequately so that it will adhere to the bottom of the compact and not form air bubbles. Let this dry, leaving the container open, for at least 15 hours. I like to leave mine for 24 hours just to make sure its dry. 

Your done! Enjoy your "new" vintage compact!