My favorite colors.

Etsy is known for its tasteful pale front pages. The front pages come from treasuries that the etsy members create. I like this one. It roars with color. It hoots, hollers and dances in the aisle. Bring on the color! Toot some horns! Wave a flag and pierce an ear or two! Lets be a little lively.

Why I wont own a plastic covered couch.

 Skin stuck to leather? No. Thats why I like fabric furniture.
I have a fuchsia yoga ball that is my computer chair.
I loved it till the warm weather hit. I plopped down on it wearing nothing but my undies and a t-shirt. Im on it for an hour. When I stand up to answer the phone, I discover that sweat + plastic = super glue and I am now one with the yoga ball as surely as if I had licked a frozen pipe in the middle of winter.
I go capering off to catch the phone in a bent over thigh glued together kind of staggering waddle. Henry is going bug eyed at the worlds largest pinkest bounciest hemorrhoid that is glued to my ass.
The ball ripped away when I went careening through the doorway and it got caught in the doorjamb. I caught the phone on the last ring. All I could do was lay on the floor laughing hysterically while my friend kept asking "Honey.... are you okay?"

Where are the movie cameras when you need one? It was hilarity with out witnesses. I just hate that.

1976 Rare banned Queen Poster! A Night at the Opera

Its a post about a poster.
A million years ago photographer Philip Dixon hired my sister and I to model for a risque rock poster. The band, Queen, the poster, A Night at the Opera, The year 1976. The poster went up in Tower Records on a Friday. By Monday they were pulled off the walls, banned and destroyed. There are very few left in the world.
We were paid in albums, posters, front row seats to the concert and some cash. I ended up with my first pair of boots. Earthshoe boots! I was so darn hip in those boots. I gave up the boots years later when I couldnt fit into them anymore. I just loved them. They were the height of seventies fashion.
Cleaning up around the homestead, I found a couple of posters that were squirreled away by my father. He thought they might be worth something someday. Thanks Dad!
So this is for sale. $900 (as of 2018) plus shipping. Please contact me through my website at www.kristismart.com My sister and I are splitting the loot.

Faux vest set in tail coat

zippered punk frock coat

Punk Rock safety pin coat by Kristi Smart

 

 

The basic black vest for the men folk.

I get so wrapped up in decorating my vests I forget how much people like the clean black no fancy no fluff vests. Available in any size you might want to order. From elfin to giants. You can order this vest through my website.

back view of weird vest.

back view of weird vest. , originally uploaded by Kristi Smart AKA ManicManx.

Ive got a new obsession and its this applique I made. It keeps evolving. Like a virus. It started out simply but with spectacular flashy fabric. It got cut into two pieces. It got elongated, it got pointed. It got carved into a ribcage. It got leathered, silked and velveted.
Im working on the back of a coat right now. Bubbly textured leather and a glittery wool. Its got metal rings and if anyone is interested its a mens medium long frock coat. Part steampunk part circus couture.
Stay tuned for pictures.

 Fall is on its way and its time to start thinking about hats again.
I prefer the combination of whacky, arty, pretty and handmade. The kind that lets people know you are aging with humor and keeping your head warm while doing it.

Here are some of my etsy favorites. Jannio is two people run by Janine & Isabelle. Skilled hat makers residing in France.
  They design wonderful hats and their felted purses are truly works of art.

 For cute comfy and eliminating the need for dying your hair pink, visit  DesignProjects.
The macho duck hunter  silhouette is offset nicely by the lush soft yarn and the adorable ears.
I still love a good whacky hat with kitty ears on those over fifty.
When your hair follicles aren't what they use to be its good to have a back up plan and it might as well be Betsy Johnson Pink