Plus Sized Mama

I don't think I have ever been so bold as to come out and say I am a plus size Mama. It's true and there is no shame in it I just don't believe I have put that out there yet.
Clothes have always been an issue for me. As much as I love them, actually finding clothing that I like that is in my size and somewhat flattering, most days seems like the impossible mission. For this reason I gravitate towards plain kind of boring clothes that I can jazz up with accessories. Since I love brooches and earrings soo much its easy to dress up a plain outfit to still feel like a "mel' outfit.
Recently I discovered I really don't like about 80% of my wardrobe and of the 20% of it that I do actually like only a third actually fits me. I had all of this clothing that I owned merely for the reason that it fit me, it was not necessarily my style or even flattering in many cases it just fit. So with this in mind I decided to turf about 90% of my clothes (some awesome dresses will be on ebay very soon the rest are going to the Salvos). So I need new clothes, but I need to sell some first.

I have felt kind of bad that soo much of my clothing is/was store brought when I love handmade so much but everytime I search "plus size" on etsy I am graced with an array of hippy like tie dyed sacks or maternity clothes, not really my style right now. So for a while I have been a little cranky at etsy and feeling sorry for myself.. Poor me I am big and I need handmade clothes because store brought plus size is mostly ugly and atleast handmade can be made to fit... HAZZAH!!! Lightbulb.... This whole time I should have been searching "custom" not "plus size" and hello etsy I am madly in love with you all over again.

I received in the mail today a dress from a lovely lady in Hong Kong, the fabric has a repeated pattern of ships and it is just divine.
I now have three favourite pieces of handmade clothing The first being my wedding dress made by the ever so lovely Peta Pledger, who buy the way also makes awesome awesome dress that fit all shapes and sizes (several of her dresses are on my new wardrobe wish list). The second is my favourite top in the world made by my beautiful friend Kerstin who is the brains, talent and beauty behind Paul and Paula Kids clothing. Last but not least my beautiful new ship dress from Prototype designs.

I am starting to get excited about clothes again and can't wait to slowly start rebuilding my wardrobe with clothes that I love and can't wait to wear.

I will keep you updated on what I find along my way.