Seattle Yogini

Our Colorful Clothesline

The smaller, more colorful clothes are mine.  :D

I *love* having clothes on the line!

The Nest

Let me start by assuring you that I do intend to blog more often than just on Friday (for Frivolity's sake), but I cannot yet spare the time.  Right now I'm running the studio, teaching, being a student and trying to keep up with homestead responsibilities, so blogging must take a back seat.  That said, the studio closes next Saturday, so a lot will change as my time and energy are reassigned.

For today's frivolity, I offer you another hairdo post.  I'm sure that Sco will be very excited.  :-)

Lately I've been having fun with hairdos.  This week has been all about the heatless curls.  What I want to show you is a 'do I fashioned a few weeks ago.  I was going for a "messy-chic" updo.  Instead of doing a tightly twisted bun as in my military days, I did a little pomp in the front, put the rest of the hair into a ponytail and the just twirled it around into a circle.  I put in bobby pins and then added two flower pins to fill in the hollow middle.  It looked like a little nest with flower in it.  Simple, pretty, and I got tons of compliments - particularly from strangers!  :-)

Sorry about the blurriness.  These are self-protraits.  O.o

A close-up of the flowers.  Can you find the lovely silver strand?

  

A closer look at the pomp.  :-)

So, the newlyweds sent me some photos and gave me permission to blog about the wedding ceremony.  I'll work on that post over the weekend and have some fresh, shiny content for you soon!

xoxo

A   

The Fabulous Feather

For today's installment of "Friday Frivolity", I give you close-ups and a brief discussion of the fabulous feather doodad I wore in my hair at the wedding last weekend. 

Slight tangent:  Since the newlyweds support it, I will be happy to share the details of officiating the wedding.  I might get to writing it over the weekend.  Molly, do you have any photos of the three of us that you could share?

Back on track:  Okay, so here's where you can see that there's something poky on my head.  Look at the upper right side of my head (on the left of the photo).  See that little bit of green something?  That's the feather.  I secured my hair with a barrette, and then put in the clip to cover it.  There was no way that little bit of clip was going to hold my gigantaur hair in place!

These fun feathery hair clips have cropped up around Seattle for the last year.  I remembered seeing one in a little boutique in Ballard many months ago, so I swung by last week to see if they still had any.  I finally found one, just as I was walking out in disappointment.  It was on display in the window.  The perfect bits of green to compliment my dress.  A peacock feather, which brings good fortune.  A little smaller than I wanted, but it was workable (and on sale!).  Handmade by somebody in Seattle.

 

Here's the back:

It's very nicely done, there are no blobs of clue or scratchy bits.  I like the teeny bit of lace to cover where the clip is secured to the feather backing.

After I first saw these, I bought a feather so that I could make a clip myself.  Then I remembered that I don't have a glue gun.  Oh, well, I know plenty of people who do, so I'll just see if I can borrow one.  Here's my feather:

As you can see, this one will be significantly bigger than the sweet green peacock one.  My only teeny-tiny concern is that I might resemble this guy:

"Hawk" from a favorite childhood TV series, "Buck Rogers"!

Friday Frivolity

In honor of it being the first Friday of summer, I'm offering "Friday Frivolity", in which I'll show you fun pictures and talk about things that may or may not save the world.

Today I'm going to show you a fun retro-ish hairdo.  I like to "do" my hair, which is very long and thick.  I do not, however, like to blow it dry or otherwise fuss with it.  This can create a challenge, as in order to "do" long hair a certain amount of fuss must be made.  It is my blessing and my curse.  Yesterday, I came up with a fun little "do" that looked like it took more effort than it did.  The picture below is after about six hours of wear.  It held up quite well.

Behold, the "Pompytail" (the love-child of a pomp and a ponytail): 

I have a cow-lick along my hairline, hence the oh-so-unruly portion sticking out along the left side of my bangs.

This is a very easy hairstyle.  All I used was a barrette, a ponytail holder, two bobby pins and a little bit of hairspray for the pomp.  To do this yourself, your bangs must be long enough to twist.

Instructions:  Gather your bangs and hold them straight up over your head.  Hold near the scalp, and begin twisting them.  When about an inch or two is twisted, hold the twist onto the head and push it forward, creating the rise/wave action of the pomp.  Use the barrette to secure the twist tightly into place.

Gather the rest of the hair into a ponytail at the middle of the back of your head.  I made mine super-tight in order to get the sleek look I wanted.  Use bobby pins as needed to gather loose tendrils.

I'm going to watch some youtube videos for other hair ideas.  I'm thinking pin curls, rag curls, and victory rolls (oh, my!).  What are you doing with your hair lately?