Coat - M&S via now defunct local boutique | Dress - 1940s vintage from Second Hand Rose

Socks and hat - Primark | Bag - 1950s vintage, Ebay | Shoes - 1940s vintage from Ava Aviacion

Gloves - M&S via charity shop | Brooch - made by me for 40s Fashion Calendar

My socks are actually a pretty shade of lilac which I really like with the dress. It's a functional choice as well as a stylistic one as I just can't be doing with cold feet! I just managed to get the best of the weather for the day when I was taking these photos as we had another snow storm afterwards which killed the light for the day.  

Image: 1940s Fashion Calendar via Va-Voom Vintage

Jeans - Freddies of Pinewood | T-shirt - Primark (old) | Cardigan - Tesco (last year) 

Belt - borrowed off a skirt | Shoes - Primark | Necklace - made it myself years ago

Jumper - Tesco, old | Scarf - gift | Skirt - 1970s vintage | Tights - M&S, old 

Socks - Primark, old | Boots - Charity shop find | Brooch - Christmas present from Ell 

Jumper - M&S (bought not long before Christmas but I can't find it on the website any more)

Skirt - 1950s vintage via Etsy | Shoes - old, Deichmann I think | Jewellery - Misc, high street

Christmas Day. Yes, I know it is the 12th January today. Better late than never though!

One way of improving the quality of your uploads is to upload the photos to Flikr rather than Blogger, and then transfer them to your blog post. When I first looked into how to do this, I found that a lot of the instructions available on other websites are outdated, as Flikr no longer supports sharing directly to Blogger. 

If you try to share your photos by connecting to Blogger through the 'Sharing and Extending' tab of your Flikr account, you will find that Blogger no longer appears on the list of available sites:


Similarly if you try to upload from Flikr by grabbing the URL and then choosing to upload from a URL on the Blogger uploading tool, you simply get an error message in return:


The only way to actually get your photos from Flikr into your blog post is to grab the HTML code for the photo you want to use, like this:


First, click on the sharing option next to your photo, then select the option for HTML as shown above. Make sure that you click on the drop-down menu and select the option for original size, as I've done here. If your photos need to be a specific size - for example mine are always 650px wide in order to fit with my blog layout -  then you need to resize them before you upload them to Flikr. Lastly, make sure you select the option at the bottom of the window for HTML, not for embedding. Then, copy the code which is generated.

The next thing to do is change from 'Compose' to 'HTML' by clicking the option on the toolbar at the top of your blog post:

Then you can paste in the HTML code which you copied from Flikr:


When you return to 'Compose' mode, your photo will appear as a picture which you can then edit as normal  - e.g. change the justification, change the size if you wish, add a caption or alt text etc using this little toolbar:


I still have a few blog posts scheduled from before I figured out how to add my photos from Flikr (I messed around for ages trying to follow outdated instructions from elsewhere) but you can bet I'll be using this entirely from now on, as the poor quality of the Blogger uploader has been a real bugbear of mine for ages!

Recently Jessica of Chronically Vintage compiled a list of 52 awesome (vintage) outfit photo shoot locations. I'm constantly trying to think of new and different locations for my photos, and I was feeling very inspired by Jessica's list so I contacted her via Twitter to ask if it would be okay if I wrote my own. Since she was happy for me to do so, here is my list of 50 more awesome (vintage) outfit photo shoot locations. 

1. In the sea (in an appropriate outfit, of course!)

2. In the woods

3. In a public park

4. On a picnic (don't forget your picnic hamper!)

5. In front of a shed (bring out your inner landgirl)

 

11. In front of a florists

12. At a nature trail or wildlife reserve

13. At a museum or art gallery (ask permission first)

14. On a bridge (especially a pretty or extra small one, for example at a garden)

17. At a theme park or similar attraction

18. At a hotel or other holiday accommodation (make use of your hotel room, pool, hallways, bar, frontage of the building etc)

19. On your porch, verandah or decking

20. In front of a church or in a churchyard

21. In front of a wall with graffiti or a mural

22. In the kitchen (show us your baking skills)

23. In a hedge or corn maze (a bit Alice in Wonderland inspired, perhaps?)

24. At a fairground

25. In or in front of a telephone kiosk

26. In a pumpkin patch

27. At a restaurant

28. At a drive-in movie

29. With your bicycle (especially if it's vintage or vintage-style)

31. In a greenhouse

32. With a pile of vintage suitcases/vanity cases etc

33. In the doorway of an interesting building

34. On a park bench

36. Make your own backdrop with some pretty fabric and shoot indoors (ideal for cold or wet days if you have some lights)

37. On or with an old or ornate armchair

38. In front of some old signage

39. Sitting or climbing on a fence

40. In some fallen leaves during Autumn

41. In front of or inside an old tram, train or bus (or perhaps a yellow school bus or even a taxi cab)

42. At a botanical or Japanese garden (giant leaves, anyone?)

43. On a swing

44. In front of a log pile

45. In front of a garage door

46. In a butterfly house

47. In the middle of a road (preferably a quiet country road or similar with little traffic)

48. In a lavender patch

49. At a sculpture park

50. In front of a window (be careful of the light)