Lately it seems like I am seeing feather jewelry everywhere. It was at Topshop in New York, and Urban Outfitters has a large selection of earrings and a few necklaces featuring feathers. This is my take on a feather necklace, but you could easily use the same technique to make feather earrings instead. In fact, […]
DIY Avocado Hair Mask
Is your hair suffering from winter weather and indoor heating? Especially after I got back from Arizona, mine was noticeably dry and frizzy, but I was shocked how much softer and silkier this homemade deep conditioner made it. Better hair is the perfect way to celebrate the transition to spring, don’t you think? Materials: Plastic […]
DIY Pearl Safety Pin Earrings
The March 2011 issue of US Vogue had a photoshoot entitled “Punk’d,” and while I wasn’t a big fan of much of it, I did like the Tom Binns necklaces in a couple of photos. While the necklaces would be easy enough to knock-off with enough chain and pearls, instructions for putting them together would […]
Knit Heart Handwarmers Pattern
Lately I’ve been on a knitting kick, which I’m going to blame entirely on the snowy winter we’ve been having here. Just my luck to move to Boston in an especially harsh year. When it’s cold and wet outside and you don’t need to go out, snuggling in front of a movie with some knitting […]
Free Cable-Knit Headband Pattern
Get this free, easy, cable-knit headband pattern to knit up cozy winter earwarmers.
Peter Pan Collar Tutorial
A couple of weeks ago I was happy to discover an email in my inbox from a reader named Fabiola, requesting a tutorial for a collar like this one: I’m not sure where she got this image, but to me it looks like a collar on a dress Alexa Chung would wear. I swear I […]
DIY Leather Passport Cover
This is one of those projects that I really meant to do before my trip to Paris, but I just didn’t get around to it. Since I have no international trips on my horizon right now I considered putting it on the back-burner, but now it’s done and my passport is all ready for my […]
High-Waisted Pencil Skirt Tutorial
If you haven’t seen me mention it before, I have this vintage mustard-yellow skirt that has become indispensable in my wardrobe. So much so that I knew I needed to make a pattern from it so that I could make copies. I’ve made three so far (though one was a prototype) and I have another […]
DIY Leather Studded Bangle Bracelet
Have you seen the leather wrapping technique of Natalia Brilli? Too much horrible flash makes it impossible to link to photos on her site, so try this one to see what I’m talking about. Her leather-bound work inspired this project, though I in no way claim to have been able to achieve the same look. […]