noelebelle: my closet

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Sunday, September 9, 2012

mom jeans

"Earnesty and clarity, those wonderful mentalities of decent positivity are all that we can scribe, but misery and poverty they follow me and my family and though it seems that I can't win, I think I have to try."

-Andrew Jackson Jihad

Simple outfits and bare feet help me beat the heat. It's still extremely hot here in southern California, and I find myself wiping sweat off of my face every few seconds. How's a girl supposed to feel pretty in heat like this? I keep my confidence by finding a couple simple pieces of comfortable clothing that stand out and grabbing a big, floppy hat. A couple of my go-to threads are my DIY high shorts and my big button-up, collared shirt. I didn't care for the whole "mom jean" trend at first, and even thought it was kind of silly, but what can I say, it grew on me. I never really thought about owning a pair until one day, while shopping at the Goodwill it sounded like a fun idea to cut up a few of the old pairs of jeans hanging in there. So, I bought a pair, cut them up and bleached some of the color out of them. I love their new color, and I even though I cut them at kind of an awkward length I don't think it really matters. I've learned to appreciate the mom jeans and actually really like the way they fit on me and how they look. There's always something cool about being a little old school.

With just a little bit of work on the jeans, this outfit cost no more than twenty dollars. (If I had put on some shoes it would have added on to the price a little bit, haha.) There are so many good reasons to shop thrift, I love the things that I find and how they inspire me.

Shirt: Crossroads Trading Comany, Santa Monica

Jeans: Goodwill, DIY

Arm Band: Farmers Market

Wooden Bracelet: IHsquared

with love,

neena noel

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

it's raining

Etsy favorites! I have a couple of new Etsy favorites that I thought went well together including some skull jewelry from UNKNOWN SOUL and a cute little tunic that bought from Karmologyclinic. I got my shirt on a sample sale so it was only $16, and I love it, it's the perfect length and color. I love taking pictures of all the nice things that I own, I feel like it gives them more of a purpose and a place in my life. Sharing my collections of things makes me so much happier than just wearing them or letting them sit around the house.

"Happiness is real only when shared."

-Alexander Supertramp

I've been thinking a lot about fashion blogging since I already seem to document the rest of my life and my projects. I've tried at it before but never really seem to like the pictures I come out with even though I have some of the greatest outfits. I definitely don't fit in with the rich girl fashion bloggers and all of their expensive clothes and beautiful model faces. I'm more of a discount shopper with an outdoorsy lifestyle, so I love great thrift store finds that can look fashionable and still be able to handle a nice walk in the woods. I have made a LookBook which I've posted a couple of outfits on buuuut that didn't go over so well with the LookBook audience and I seem to enjoy closeups of bits and pieces of my outfits more than the big picture. Maybe I'll get back around to it someday with some more confidence and some awesome photos. I feel like blogging on top of working through Etsy could really benefit me if I can get a large enough following, and I know that if I work hard enough at it I can make my dreams come true.

Koko photobombed me!

Top: Karmologyclinic on Etsy

Rings and Bracelet: UNKNOWN SOUL on Etsy

Tights: American Apparel

Knee Socks: Junkee in Reno, NV

with love,

neena noel

Saturday, September 1, 2012

finds

I hope y'all are having a good weekend, I definitely am. I found some awesome stuff at a neighbors garage sale, had some adventures and an all around great time in Ojai. For the three plus years that I've lived here this was the first time that I've ever gone garage-saling, but being right across the street from my house I decided to wander over and check things out. I remember always finding a bunch of crap and occasionally one cool thing at garage sales when I was younger, but I've opened my mind and broadened my horizons since then and I can now definitely agree that one girls trash is another girls treasure. We all get tired of our little possessions after a while, even some of the things that used to be our favorites - I love garage sales and thrift stores because they give a chance for something that was once loved to be loved again rather than sitting around collecting dust. I know I will constantly be recycling through things as long as I live, donating the old and finding other peoples old treasures, and hey, it's cheaper too! I got six new things for 9$, definitely scored.

Perfectly hand-knit sweater / blazer, in love and for only two dollars.

I finally have a couple of real wine glasses!

The origin of this necklace was unknown but those are some gorgeous hand-carved beads, I'm thinking they might be African?

This is the coolest nightlight I've ever seen.

with love,

neena noel

Friday, August 24, 2012

back to work

Been slacking off these past few days with some of the goals that I'm trying to accomplish, but definitely not slacking off with my orders! At least I can be responsible in some aspects. For one, I've been using my phone to document instead of my camera, (sorry baby canon!). So, no new photos, except for those I've dragged over from Instagram. And also, I haven't gotten around to making any jewelry though ideas are rushing through my head like crazy! So, to combat my procrastination I'm taking some steps to get organized and stop being lazy, starting with cleaning my room. I've written out a schedule for the week focusing on cleaning one part of my room at a time, (it's bad..not like smelly, moldy, rotten bad, just clothes shoved and thrown everywhere bad). I've gotten so many clothes from the Goodwill it's about time I take some back and clear out some space in my closet. I'm only donating, I will not buy anymore Goodwill clothes, I will not buy anymore Goodwill clothes, I will not buy anymore Goodwill clothes. (For now at least :p)

Once my room is clean I'll be able to put some of my new stuff in there. I received some goodies from Etsy in the mail this weekend including a gorgeous pair of earrings from AtelierYumi. And while shopping around with my boyfriend I picked up an awesome new incense burner and some delicious Coconut & Amber scented incense from Salzers, a record store in Ventura.