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Easy Music Festival DIY’s
Music festival season is in full swing...and now is a great time to refresh some of your old faves in the closet and get them ready for the circuit! Here are some on-trend festival fashion DIY's that can get you ready to rock out in a flash: How about some DIY Suede...
4.19.13 Outfit: Graphic Black and White
Gold Cone Stud Earrings: Forever 21. Urban Sweetpea Double Oval Personalized Initial Pendant Necklace: c/o Max & Chloe. Long Triangle Pendant Necklace: H & M (similar here ). Funnel-Neck Wool-Blend Walker in Black/White: Nine West, c/o GigaSavvy. Leather...
Personalized Jewelry from Max & Chloe
MaxandChloe.com is one of the premiere destinations online for fashionable, fabulous jewelry - servicing all price points from $5 - $1500, and carrying more than 300 designer brands. They also offer one of the widest arrays of personalized jewelry on the Internet....
DIY Gold Typography Word Art: Dream It, Make It, DO IT
So having been so inspired by gold-appointed typography art, I just had to make some myself to hang in my new office. The great thing about DIY'ing it is that you can choose anything: any word, phrase, or saying that has special meaning to you - and forever...
Inspiration: Gold Word Art
Just Be Cool (source unknown) I'm finally nearing the end of my personal Iliad [my home office makeover] and am now beginning to think of what I want on my newly-painted, white white walls. I've gone with a white-gold-birch theme to the room, so am currently inspired...
04.11.13 Outfit: Flowy, Showy Road Trip
Oversized Sunnies: Jeans Warehouse. Imperfect gold earrings: maygloba. Copper choker: H&M. Cloak-Designed Long T-Shirt in Landscape Print: Choies.com. GLAMOROUS Magazine Clutch: DIY. Rings: HauteLook, H&M. Rose-gold Crystal Watch: DailyLook. Wide Copper Cuff:...
April Sponsor Spotlight: The Plaid Barn and a Giveaway: Goodie Box Stuffed with $50 Worth of DIY and Crafting Supplies!
It's April already - which means a brand-new sponsor for Chic Steals and an amazing giveaway too! This month's sponsor is The Plaid Barn: a one-stop destination for daily sales of crafting and DIY supplies, all highly discounted from 60% off and higher. With items...
A Creatively Inspirational Quote for You Today…
xo Carly
Going to Lollapalooza, Coachella, or Bonnaroo? Here’s Your Music Festival Fashion Must-Haves!
Heading into music festival season what's on everyone's minds (besides the great music and fun parties on the horizon)...is the fashion! Lollapalooza, Coachella, Governor's Ball, Bonnaroo...wherever you're headed there's some must-have attire you need to bring. Here...
DIY Mini-Skirt Inspiration from Chictopia
I love lurking on street-style blogs for many reasons, one of which is the MAJOR DIY inspo I can find there. Looking at the variety of other people's outfits always gets my creativity wheels a-churning, thinking "oh, I could do this to a skirt I already have!" or "use...
DIY I Love New York Tote Made From a T-Shirt
*This project I contributed to Snippets Magazine: The New York Issue on Cut Out + Keep back in 2010, and am re-posting here on my blog. Declare your love for the Big Apple! Take that shirt showing genuine NYC pride and remake it into a stylish totebag. LOVE is in the...
03.10.12 Outfit: Portland Bloggers Meetup and Creamy, Dreamy Layers
Pink Blazer: Zara (similar here). Spike Beaded Chain Choker Necklace: DIY (tutorial here). Cone Stud Earrings: Forever 21. Tiered Raw Silk Tunic: ShopAKIRA (similar here or here). Studded Purse: Nicole Lee (old - similar here and here). Bear Keychain Charm: ?. Beaded...
DIY Gossip Girl-Inspired Mesh Rhinestone Earrings
*This project was featured here in the New York Issue of Snippets Magazine on Cut Out + Keep in 2010; I'm just re-posting the tutorial on my site. This last season of TV's Gossip Girl has seen the two female leads wear some awfully big, flashy earrings in true 80's...
DIY Gold-Dipped Wire-Wrapped Quartz Necklace
So, in case you missed being able to attend the Free People Portland x Chic Steals DIY Event over the weekend, here is the tutorial for these pretty wire-wrapped quartz pendant necklaces! Inspired by the Banjara Wishbox Pendant...
Free People Portland x Chic Steals DIY Quartz Necklace Event Recap
Hello lovely readers! I really enjoyed meeting some of you at the DIY Event with Free People Portland that I taught on Saturday. About 20 people came during a 2-hour period to learn how to make a beautiful gold-dipped quartz necklace. Explaining how to wire-wrap. ...