I’m having trouble finding clothing I like. Why can’t anyone seem to manage to sell a good, old-fashioned skirt these days? I’ve tried shopping for skirts on many occasions and have always come home empty handed.

So I decided to take matters into my own hands, like a pioneer woman. When Ma Ingalls wanted a new bonnet or apron, she had to sew it. She had to sit in her rocking chair by the fire after dinner and sew. Those church-going clothes weren’t going to make themselves.

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One of my all-time favorite fashion icons getting down to Madonna. RIP Little Edie. No one could rock a sweater on their head like you could.

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Saturday’s Craftsavaganza event at the State Fairgrounds was cold. I mean wicked. The Fine Arts building has no heat. Of course, organizers couldn’t possibly have known that we’d still be in winter at the end of April but it made for brisk viewing.

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One of my favorite fashion blogs is The Sartorialist because it relies on photographs and just a bit of copy. The point is to let the pictures speak for themselves and give you ideas and inspiration. The photography is also great. The posts get a lot of comments but I never read them because the photos are enough for me and, if I really like one, I don’t feel the need to read all the commentary.

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If you’re ever in thrift store and see all the men’s neckties hanging about and think, “There’s got to be something I can do with those,” you are not having an original thought.

Every fashion student at one time or another has tackled the question of what to do with ties. Most often, the neckties are fashioned into a skirt of many colors and patterns. How do I know this to be true? I mean, I never attended fashion school.

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Last night was the opening of the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival. The opening film was The Visitor and the after party was at Bellanotte. That’s all well and good. I can’t say I was in a party mood. Usually what I do at parties is find the strangest people there and watch them try to interact with others.

And I didn’t have to look far last night.

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This is the new keychain I got today at Robot Love in Minneapolis. It’s from the Kidrobot Yummy Breakfast collection. You buy one for $5 but you don’t know what you’re getting until you open the box and the mylar-like bag inside. Before I opened mine I said I wanted the pancakes because of my great love for pancakes and low and behold… Pancakes! I think I screamed in the parking lot.

His name is Mr. P. Pannekoeken. He’s fuzzy.

My new quest is to get one of the mystery ones… there is a burnt piece of toast with a tear coming down his cheek that is apparently very hard to come by. I covet the burnt piece of toast!

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And yet another event to be excited about – the 3rd Annual St. Paul Craftstravaganza on Saturday, April 26th from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Also at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds (Fine Arts Building). Seems like I’ll be making a lot of trips out to the Fairgrounds this spring and summer. Admission is FREE. I’m sure there will be lots of cute little things to buy and I’ve been into cute little things to buy lately.

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No sooner did I say I’m going to go at least 50% used/recycled for clothing this year than I discovered that there’s a huge vintage sale coming up in June in St. Paul:

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I knew today was going to be a good day when I saw the woman on the bike. I was out walking the dog and I heard a “Creak, creak, creak,” behind me. I turned to look and it was a woman on a creaky old Schwinn Cruiser. The kind that requires you to pedal backwards to brake.

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