A couple of weeks ago I shared some knitting and sewing craft books that would make great gifts, and today I thought I’d round up a few more craft book selections. Making an Impression – A wonderful book for anyone interested in designing and making her own stamps. If you’re not familiar with Geninne’s Art […]
Weekend Holiday Baking
Happy Friday! This weekend I’ve got baking on my mind. Every holiday season when I was growing up, my mom would bake up a storm of delicious treats. Cookies, bars, candies, popcorn–if it was sweet and indulgent, she probably made it. She gave many of the baked goods away to friends and teachers (we liked […]
Outfit Post: New Boots
Not really, though. Since I dyed my boots, I feel like I have a brand new pair. Unfortunately they’re a pair that, for the time being, I can only wear when it’s not raining. I still need to add another coat of black dye to the suede portion of the boots and then seal them […]
Outfit Post: Leopard + Plaid
Happy post-election! I was super nervous about this election, but I’m thrilled with the results. To celebrate, today I’ve been listening to Sufjan Stevens’ re-worked version of the Star-Spangled Banner. Shirt: Thrifted and altered Skirt: Old Shoes: Thrifted Belt: Target (from last year)
Women in Suits
This lady, from my street style round-up this week, reminded me of how fabulous a woman in a suit can look. Of course, Yves St. Laurent and Marlene Dietrich knew this a long time ago. Left: 1967 photograph by Helmut Newton of Yves St. Laurent’s le smoking. Right: Marlene Dietrich from the film Morocco We’re […]
Outfit Post: Black and Red
Lately I’ve been into stealing my husband’s t-shirts. I think it’s because I’m kind of bored with a lot of my shirts, but his are new to me. Plus, most of mine are plain, without any print, but his have interesting designs on them. Lucky for him most of his shirts are too big and/or […]
Galaxy Bags
Recently I decided to experiment with some of my space fabric by making bags. Although I altered the measurements, I used basically the same method as I did in my tutorial for a lined leather clutch. These are two of the little pouches I came up with. They would be perfect as makeup bags, don’t […]
Works in Progress
I’ve been working on a couple of projects which aren’t quite blog-ready yet. This cozy plaid shirt (a thrift find) will be getting a little face lift soon. For a hint of what I’ll be doing to it, check out this post. This lacy black skirt (another thrift find, of course) is also getting a […]
Street Style Trend: Cat Sweaters?
If you search Pinterest for “cat sweater,” you get things like this, this, this, or even this. (Ok, I want to link them all, but I’ll stop now.) These make me laugh, but they’re not exactly what I had in mind. Although they used to be an article of clothing only worn by cat ladies, […]