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    By Amanda Smyth 11 Comments

    vignettes for the unfashionable

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    We all have that one mate who effortlessly throws together a man's shirt, some buttons she turned into earrings & a jaunty bowler hat and looks fabulous.  I am not that mate.

    Similarly, I know there are people with immaculate Better-Homes-and-Gardens-ready living rooms. People who's homes are always within a cashmere throw of being magazine ready.  I am not those people.  In fact, those people don't tend to invite the kids and I around very often!

    I’m a dag.  Last night I went to dinner at the local sports club wearing a white ruffle shirt and a navy military blazer.  While, some women would pull this off, I looked like an extra from Pirates of Penzance.

    I follow a lot of stylish people on instagram.  They're forever making an artful vignette by combining a statue of Mother Theresa, some chevron washi tape and an antique potato ricer.  I marvel at their stylish homes and wonder which corner of the house I would have to declutter in order to reproduce a similar scene and where I would put the resulting box of crap.

    Yesterday, in the brief moment between sitting down and being mobbed by the girls, I snapped a photo of the clutter in Casa de Cooker and instagrammed it.  It would seem I’m not alone in my unstylishness.instagram cooker and a looker vignettes for the unfashionable

    Up for a bit of unfashionable fun?  I’m laying down a challenge to the unfashionable people of instagram.  Take a picture of your daggy daily life and tag it with #vignettesfortheunfashionable.  At the end of the week (22/6) I'll pick the best photo and post the winner a tin of goodies baked by my unstylish self.  (The winner will have to be someone from Oz, because if anything or anyone in this house is flying overseas first class, it'll be me.)

    If you're not on instagram, you can follow along with the fun in my blog sidebar – for this week it will display all the instagrams tagged #vignettesfortheunfashionable.  Better still, email me your photo and I'll instagram it for you!

    up to the challenge?

    do you own a bowler hat?

    secret dag or out and proud?

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    1. Sarah @ Slapdash Mama says

      June 14, 2013 at 12:07 pm

      Oh my god I will DOMINAtE!

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    2. redlandcitygirl says

      June 14, 2013 at 12:14 pm

      Heh heh great idea ...

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      • Amanda, Cooker and a Looker says

        June 14, 2013 at 12:16 pm

        Can't wait to see what you come up with Janet!

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    3. Desire Empire says

      June 14, 2013 at 1:57 pm

      Holly Shizz that's almost worth it for a tin of your cookies but then again I have a reputation to maintain. Have a great weekend.
      Carolyn

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    4. The Thrifty Issue says

      June 14, 2013 at 2:30 pm

      Haha cool idea 🙂 I reckon I can put together a home pretty well, but could certainly do with some help in the fashion department! Love your boots BTW. Look forward to seeing the entries. Cheers, Alison

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    5. Lisa @ bakebikeblog says

      June 14, 2013 at 4:47 pm

      hehe what fun!

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    6. robomum says

      June 14, 2013 at 10:29 pm

      This is a great idea! I have house dresses. I qualify.

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    7. Kylie @ Octavia and Vicky says

      June 16, 2013 at 2:40 pm

      This is MY challenge. I am such a dag. Challenge accepted!
      I'm looking forward to meeting you at Voices 2013 in Melbs 🙂

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    8. Gaby says

      June 16, 2013 at 7:51 pm

      such an awesome idea for a challenge, love it 🙂

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