So I was wondering whether to do a me-made May summary, whereby I drone on about “what I learned” and all that blahdeblah, or to just stick with my schedule of a brief monthly update on my Year of Handmade.
Clearly, the latter won out, hehehe. Although I have been joining in with the me-made May crowd, and have the Flickr album over there to show for it, although to be honest, I feel like my year of handmade is a far bigger challenge, and the month of May is just a small chunk out of that particular cake.
Above is pictured a selection of my favourite 100% self-made outfits for the month; and actually, showcase quite a variety of my handmade shoe collection too. Six different pairs! Out of a total of fifteen, not counting the two pairs that have died. Okaayy. I’m mildly impressed with myself, actually. Who’d have thunk it? not me, that’s for sure…
So, what’s what? Well, of course the shoes do continue to be the challenge, the biggie; in fact I reckon are the only challenge for me, full stop. I haven’t lost any shoes this month, due to hard wear or weather or inappropriate choices for the given activity or anything (phew) but I’ve had to perform some running repairs. I’ve found superglue to work in a pinch and in tight spots, but ultimately contact gel adhesive is the best.
Anyway, minor celebrations are going on, albeit just in my head! since….
I’m a quarter of the way through! WOOOT! I’m pretty excited about that, feels like a bit of a milestone. That’s autumn polished off, though I’ll admit autumn is a pretty non-demanding season, shoe wise. Winter is going to be the acid test. Eeeeek.
The entire collection of my outfits so far can be viewed here…
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