This weekend Steven and I decided to go sit in a nearby park and read. I wore my newly-studded shoes to make sure I had installed the studs properly so that they didn’t poke my feet (they were fine). I also wore a vintage dress I bought in Portland. It needed some small repairs, including […]
My DIY Studded Converse
This weekend I took the most beat-up of my two pairs of thrifted Converse… added some silver studs… and ended up with a fun new pair of shoes. I won’t tell you this one was quick. Adding all of those studs by hand took quite awhile, and in this heat, I was sweating by the […]
Sunday Street Style
Here are some of my favorite street styles this week. I’m feeling more of a neutral palette this time around. Top row: Both Fashionistable Middle row:The Sartorialist, Fashionistable Bottom row: Fashionist, Wheredid Ugetthat? Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Feathered Wedding Hairpiece
In my last post I mentioned the headpiece I made to go with my veil, and here’s the reveal. I knew I wanted to use a vintage rhinestone brooch, so I searched high and low for one I liked and finally found this one in a shop in Portland (3 Monkeys, which I didn’t even […]
DIY Tutorial: Simple Veil
I think it’s ridiculous when I see women dropping serious cash on wedding veils, because unless they’re heavily embellished or jewel-encrusted, they’re a really easy DIY project. Maybe I’m exaggerating, but even if you’ve never made anything before you can make this. The hardest part of making mine was finding the netting. Local fabric stores […]
Sunday Street Style
These are some of my favorite street style shots from around the internets. It’s all about pops of color and mid-length skirts this week. Sources, from left to right: Top row: The Fashionist, Fashionistable Middle row: Urban Weeds, Vanessa Jackman Bottom row: BLDG 25, Elle
Friday Favorites
You’ve got to love My Daguerreotype Boyfriend. Old photographs of hot men? Sign me up. We got an ice cream maker as a wedding gift, plus the weather has been super hot here lately, so I had to try it out by making mint chocolate chip ice cream. This recipe uses real mint, and it […]
Networking
It took me long enough, but I finally joined Pinterest. I started to join a couple of times, but was put off over the need to wait for an invitation. Within a few minutes of requesting one, though, I was signed up and pinning away, and I haven’t stopped since! Especially since my del.icio.us plugin […]
Chain Store Chic
Whew, staying cool around here is tough. Living in San Francisco for the last 5 years, I kind of forgot about how to deal with real heat (and we just don’t have the kind of humidity in Oregon that they have out east). In an attempt to keep the sun off my face I pulled […]