BLOOPERS! OUTTAKES!

So I have this very low attendance Link Party happening.
The original theme is/was Foolish Things.
BIG thanks to Shelbee for being the first party guest.

The intention behind my Link Parties is a little different from most Style Blogs.
I want you to go through your old posts to find treasures to link up.
Or your Instagram.
Did you know that you can add an Instagram post? Yes, you can!
(I will add my sad broken coffee mug for you. See below).

How about I change the theme to 
"Bloopers, Outtakes, Happy Accidents, and Foolish Things"?

Let's see what I can find for visuals...
Oh boy...

Bathroom selfies!

Here's what I actually posted:

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#stylediary 4.9.19. A rare #bathroomselfie The camera decided this morning that the stepladder "tripod" was much more interesting than me. #bloopers Wearing my first @gudrunsjoden garment. So comfy, 94% Lyocel, 6% Elastane. #iwillwearwhatilike

A post shared by anne m bray (@annembray) on Apr 9, 2019 at 2:09pm PDT

Here's the above-mentioned camera blooper (unedited):

This is how EVERYTHING looks when I take off my glasses.

Do you take self-timed photos?
I have a lot is these:

Look! It's Selfie Corner!

Selfies really lend themselves to Bloopers.
Especially when you have a group: Exhibit A. Exhibit B. (or see links below)

So, what have YOU got?
Join in!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

And speaking of joining Link Parties:
Adding to:
Patti's Visible Monday
Catherine's Share All Linkup
Shelbee's Spread the Kindness

Taking a Bad Group Selfie, Take Two

Yes, it takes at least two to make a bad group selfie, and Silvana and I have been practicing.

The Poppy Reserve debacle you've seen.

Here are our other outings around LA's west side from the past week.
At the Getty:

[photo by Silvana]

Things got a bit blurry at McCabes, where we saw Thee Holy Brothers and Evie Sands:

Here we are yesterday, eating our very unfancy Easter lunch at Zankou:

Then we went to the Fowler Museum at UCLA, to see the exhibition of African Textiles.

Perhaps we became drunk on pattern joy...

The Fowler has an inner courtyard with a fountain. We cavorted.

Posing is hard, people!

Better, but terrible quality photo from the point and shoot. Its day of retirement looms.

Silvana wanted us with the fountain.

Lovely. But no fountain. [photo by Silvana]

There it is! [photo by Silvana]

I saved you the best/worst for last:

I call it "Fountain and Foreheads" [photo by Silvana]

I had so much fun with Silvana. She leaves returns home to Australia later this week.

I hope to see her again (IRL) soon!

Linking up with Patti's Visible Monday
Catherine's #saturdaysharelinkup

How To Take a Bad Group Selfie

You can practice in a mirror:

Keep in mind, no mirrors at your destination!

Find a good background and gather your friends:

Poppies in background: check.
Ruth: check.
Where's Silvana?

Over there

OK then, here we all are!

Niiiiice photo, Silvana.

This was part one of my expedition to Lancaster with Silvana of @embellish-or-perish and Ruth.
For part two, we went to MOAH, to view shoes by Chris Francis (among other things).

Linking up with Patti's Visible Monday
Catherine's #iwillwearwhatilike
Shelbee's Spread the Kindness

SpyGirl Meets #AdvancedStyle Gods and Goddesses

Goddess alert: Suzi, Louise (hostess with the mostest!), Barni, Gretchen 

Louise Green hosted a party in her beautiful Santa Monica home for visiting Advanced Stylista Silvana.

All I can say is WOW!

I met Mr. Advanced Style himself, Ari Seth Cohen:

Louise and Jeanne with the yummy array of treats:

I gave Silvana the turquoise tunic that Pao (Project Minima) had made me -- Silvana quickly changed into it, and doesn't she look glorious?
Pao, I think your tunic found the perfect canvas!

Double mirror selfie:

[Silvana took a better one]

As the golden hour approached, Ari jumped into action:

Gretchen, Suzi, Ari, Irene, Monster Truck

Silvana is here from Australia for about three weeks. On Tuesday, she, Ruth, and I are adventuring up to Lancaster to see the poppies and then the exhibition at MOAH. Stay tuned!

I want to again thank Louise and her husband Lawrence for opening up their home to us all.
It was an unforgettable experience!

Here are everyone's Instagram links:
Louise @louisegreenmillinery
Ari @advancedstyle
Silvana  @embellish_or_perish
Suzi @suziclick
Barni (private acct, so won't post link) 
Gretchen @schieldsg
Jeanne @littletreasuresvintage2
Irene @irene_coyazo

Speaking of links, I'm linking this up with Patti's Visible Monday,
Shelbee's Spread the Kindness
Catherine's #saturdayshare

Happy Sunday, everyone! 
I gotta go be Enid now, she's over on the Pattern Recognition blog this year.