Monday, January 11, 2010

braids & bows

hello everyone! relieved to be back inside from the stubbornly wintery day.



does anyone remember this book? i used to have very, very long hair (and extremely adorable siblings,)



and on family visits to barnes and noble i'd pore over this book for new things to do with it. i was also in a short-lived band of the same name when i first moved to new york, although in fairness i use the term "band" rather loosely as it mostly consisted of a friend and i drinking 22 ounce bottles of blue moon and singing she and him covers in our living room. anyway, the point here is not the braids but the bows - i had some quality time with my sewing machine yesterday, and embellished a skirt i thrifted a couple weeks ago with a sequined bow i picked up at that amazing fabric store in lower brooklyn. unfortunately, just as i finished sewing it on the skirt, the needle on my machine hit a pearl and broke, so i'll have to take a momentary break while trying to remember where i put my replacement needle.



shirt: j crew
necklace: ebay
skirt: goodwill, embellished by me
shoes: kennedy holmes's etsy


bought this fabulous top over the summer with a store credit, and realized last night as i was getting ready for some friends to come over that i hadn't posted it yet - blasphemy! after photo-ing i hustled off to prepare hot toddys and mini pecan pies for the four of us. it was lovely.

tonight, i'm trying my hand at bipimbap. after having some at the korean barbecue on friday i can't get it outta my mind.

hope everyone has a lovely evening!

xo audrey

ps answers to questions! a brief recipe summary for megara -

first thing i did was slice a tortilla into thin strips and fry them up in just enough vegetable oil to cover them - verrry little. as soon as they start to brown i start to scoop them out with a metal slotted spoon onto a couple of paper towels. salt. set aside.

then take a ripe avocado, slice it into cubes, and squeeze lime juice over it (just enough to cover it all) and add a bit of salt. then put a bit of butter in a pan and add diced yellow onion. crack two eggs and scramble in a bowl, then add to the saucepan once the onion has started to turn translucent. i added a bit of green salsa to the eggs as they were cooking, and sliced cherry tomatoes into thin circles. once the eggs have cooked, i used a ring mold to get them to stand up, but you can also just take a plastic or paper cup, cut off the top, and use that as a mold! push the eggs down pretty densely and layer with tomatoes, then another layer of eggs, then avocado; remove mold and top with tortilla stips. it's super easy, and you can layer it with whatever you like - black beans, sausage, corn, etc.

michelle - the flea market is at the corner of hanson and flatbush for the next couple of months. lots of information and photos here.

35 comments:

  1. I looooooooved this book because I had loooooong hair too. I thumbed through it whenever possible and begged to have it. Instead, I just stuck with braids and braids and braids.

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  2. oh my... that bookcover instantly filled me with nostalgia! I'm pretty sure I had the book, though don't remember ever DOING anything I learned from it, but definitely read it over and over again thinking one day I would :)

    that bow is awesome! and the blouse... heavenly!

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  3. I love that skirt! So adorable!

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  4. Haha yes! I do remember that book! Cute outfit :)

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  5. cute!! nope, I never had that book....would've been helpful I'm sure. I really like your pretty pink outfit today, so girly! I am craving some pink now.

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  6. I love that embellishment on the skirt! I definitely had that book because as a kid, all my unruly curly hair could handle was braids. I also had the friendship bracelet and nail art ones!

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  7. great job on sequinning (sp?) your skirt. makes me want to get my own sewing machine and start embellishing too!

    good luck making the korean food!

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  8. OMG that book instantly brought back memories of how traumatized I was by not being able to do a decent braid at a young age.

    I love those shoes - they're soooo adorable!

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  9. dude, i totally had that book and would force my mom to try all the different braids on my hair.

    though now my hair is too short for braids, i can definitely get down with those bows. the skirt and the shoes are love. so pretty!

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  10. Very pretty skirt. I need to find appliques like this and stick them all over the place. They're so pretty!

    Oh and I totally had that book. I love the herringbone (i think that's what it was called) braid.

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  11. That a perfect touch to a thrift piece! Now, it looks designer :)

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  12. Aw, I LOVED Braids & Bows as a kid! My sister and I spent so much time reading it and learning how to make our hair purty. Also, I adore your outfit. You have just been glowing with happiness, and I'm so happy for you!

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  13. WOW love this look!! I think you really brought that skirt to life with the embelishment. Meanwhile, I break needles so often that now I just have packs of them lying around so I'm always sure to bump into one somewhere :)

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  14. Goodness, that book cover brought back memories! I had pretty long hair (still do, I guess), and probably tried most of the styles in the book at some point. Except I couldn't do French braids on my own, so I'd have my babysitter do all the fancy ones for me whenever she came over.

    Also, I really like the sequin bow; pushes the skirt from standard to special!

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  15. I had that book!

    Beautiful outfit. I love just everything about it, but especially the sparkly parts!

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  16. Never has that book, but my mother did order the 'topsy tail' off television to torture my curly locks with. Love the skirt btw.

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  17. OMG my sister and I totally had this book! We both had really long hair and we have this other Klutz book on braiding!!!!!

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  18. Such a sweet post and your outfit matches perfectly! Love the skirt.

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  19. I wish my hair was long enough to braid. That book looks so amazing! When I was younger I was a fan of the French Plait. :)

    I love the cotton candy colours of your outfit.

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  20. Toootally had that book. Oh my gosh I need to find it. It's around here somewhere.

    This look is fantastic. You look lovely! I love the soft color palette and the shoes are so fun. love love love.

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  21. love your outfits, it's very cutee
    I lovee this book, it makes me miss my long hairs >.<

    xxx

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  22. hahaha i totally had that book. it was VERY wishful thinking, though, because as a little girl my hair was too curly to do anything but let it grow into a wild red 'fro.

    sweeeeeet

    lauren

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  23. oh yes! i used this book everyday when i was 8-10. soooo funny!

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  24. love this! the addition of the bow is genius!

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  25. OMIGOSH I loved that book. It taught me everything I know about hair even now! hahaha.

    and your bow and your shoes and your outfit and your hair...just awesome.

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  26. you look stunning here! i had that book and i too made my mother attempt every style of braid they offered! i love all the details in your outfit, you really look great!

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  27. I do remember that book! Had completely forgotten about it, but that cover is a total flashback.

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  28. i really like your blog, and i love your style!!
    lot of love,
    neva.

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  29. i LOVE what you did with the skirt...so lovely.

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  30. I love your blog and I used to LOVE that book. Oh, the days of french braids and fishtails.

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  31. Wow! I used to have this book and it came with scrunhcies! Amazing.
    Love your blog, especially the food shots. I'm going to try to make some eggs benedict with avocado, yum!

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