Lindsay FitzGerald

Blonde in the Bay. Vintage clothing enthusiast and shiba mom.  This blog is focused on my photography, personal projects, and style.

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Me v. Mii

I played my first proper session of Animal Crossing and I am not willing to admit to the open internet how many hours it lasted. Just know that it started late and I have not slept in a very long time.

Yesterday this cute purple raincoat was for sale on our island and I had to get it to emulate the one I have in real life. The RL jacket is an ASOS house brand one, but it’s from last year and it looks like they’re not selling it anymore.

If you have a Switch and want to fill some time, this is definitely a way to do it.

Maybe when I’m less tired I will get a real screenshot of Lindsneigh (yes, that is what I named her). If you play, send me your friend code and I will add you whenever I actually log in to my Nintendo account. We can trade resources!

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I finally made my first top! Details below.

Outfit Details

Headband: Amazon

Skirt: GAP

Top: Homemade with the Suki Dress pattern from Tilly and the Buttons from their Make it Simple book. I chopped off the bodice at about 18 inches to create a croptop instead. Then I ended up adding some darts (they’re not too great so maybe just squint).

Top Fabric:  Cosmo - Cotton/linen canvas - Shibas. Courtesy of the ever-amazing Stonemountain & Daughter Fabrics in Berkeley, CA. They are still taking online orders and they are my absolute favorite fabric shop.

I highly recommend Tilly and the Buttons patterns if you’re a sewing beginner (especially the book). They really walk you through things and the beautiful pictures make it a lot easier to get through directions on patterns.

I am so, so excited because this is the second garment I’ve made from scratch and the first one that I will actually wear.

My biggest takeaway during this process is was that sometimes you just have to re-pin things and you need to get over it.

Full disclosure: I spent way too long Photoshopping out shiba hair from the skirt (after I already cropped out most of it) because I tried taking some pictures with the dogs and they were not having it.

I plan to make the top again with some more tweaks and a fabric that has a different pattern. We’ll see how it goes.

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My old friend Blaric told me this car is a “kinda forlorn looking Karmann-Ghia.”

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All photos in this post are by one of my favorite photographers - the lovely @hanahaley​

I don’t think I can truly call these “outfit details” but oh well.

Sunglasses: Purchased from Poshmark after searching for “white cat eye sunglasses”

Dress: 60s(?) vintage purchased at Head West Marketplace at Fourth Street in Berkeley. I wish I could remember who I bought it from, but no such luck.

I firmly believe that this is one of the most beautiful dresses created, but as its owner I am obviously biased.

The best part about this dress is the beaded flowers that cover the bodice. They have little hanging beads that move with me. The beads are also the reason this dress rarely gets worn, as I am terrified of losing them every time I dry clean it.

These photos were taken in the West Lake District of Daly City. There is not a block you can go down in that area without finding stunning, colorful homes.

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Outfit details and photos after the jump.

I’ve been thinking for a long time about how I need to focus on my creative outlets more.

After three weeks of mostly staying in our apartment it seems like now is the time to follow through.

Outfit Details

Blouse: Laura and Jayne 80s vintage from @sarahtejas on Depop.

Skirt: Modcloth Just This Sway skirt in sage - shortened by me.

Apparently they don’t sell this skirt in sage anymore, which is sad, because I just noticed a tiny coffee stain on mine.

This was only the 2nd skirt hem I’ve ever done, so I was extremely pleased that it’s not wonky (at least from this distance)

This was the first time I wore this blouse and I really love it. I laughed when I put it on though, because I somehow missed the note that it has shoulder pads.

We actually have two shibas named Dexter and Luca. You can find lots of pictures of them on their instagram @inugram. Dexter is the little ham featured in most of these photos.

And finally, here is a squishy-faced closeup.