Stay Warm This Winter with Chic (and Affordable!) Coats From Macy’s
A warm coat is a must in the Northern climate I live in (Portland, OR), and it's tough to find a good coat that goes with a number of different outfits (and that isn't a huge amount of money). Of course, something that one wears daily from September-June of the year...
Free Product Isn’t Really Free
Found on CraftSnark, a really awesome website with a ton of snarky posters and graphics depicting what it's really like to be a craft blogger. Start reading the posts and you'll get addicted. Or at least, I am addicted. It's.all.SO.TRUE. And yes, often companies...
DIY Easy Pinned Sequin Ball Ornaments
Whip up some sparkling, shimmering ornaments super-quick, and with only a couple of supplies! This can even be a great project for kids to work on their fine motor skills. Materials:sequins in leaf shapes or snowflake shapes / pearl-head pins in red or pearlized /...
Introducing The Stories App – Upload a Holiday DIY and Win a Michael’s Gift Card
I've partnered with Echoed.com that produces this cool new application called "Stories." It's an application that allows users to upload their own photos and write a "story" about the photos, vote on photos you like, and share content. Kind of like Pinterest but...
Slowing It Down
Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! A silly photo from work last week; I'm just playing on the photography cyc. Man, does it need to be re-painted!! I have had a completely perfect holiday - and all because Lil Tot has been sick with a cold since last...
The Perfect Gift for A Budding Seamstress or DIY’er: DIY Couture by Rosie Martin
Rosie Martin, the incredibly-talented sewist and entrepreneur behind the UK-based company DIY Couture has (finally!) released a book by the same name. She runs DIY workshops and sewing events throughout London, and puts out a biannual line of instructions to create...
DIY Glittery Holiday Christmas Ornament Napkins with Tulip Shimmer Sheets
Around this time of year we all want our homes to be festive and bright; our holiday table filled with cheer. These DIY glimmering, glittery Christmas napkins adorned with ornaments and made with Tulip Shimmer Sheets can help serve up a wonderful meal as a sparkling...
Steal Like An Artist (the Book)
The book that's on the top of my nightstand right now- and often follows me to work in my handbag - is Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Austin Kleon. It's amazing, inspiring, to the point, and life-changing. Besides it being a...
Outfit 11.15.12: It’s a Mod, Mod World in Seafoam – a Modcloth.com Review
Hair: rolled in soft rollers, let dry overnight, back-brushed at the top, top half pulled back with a clip Crystal Tower Earrings: JewelMint Cut Back Blazer: DailyLook.com Copper Collar: H&M Teach for the Sky Peplum Top: Modcloth.com Wallet Clutch Bag: Laguna Moon...
Portland Saturday Market Hustle & Bustle Fashion Show Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2oqcgmIJ14 As some of you may know, I've been working part-time at a local video production company and stage rental house. We did a promo video for the Portland Saturday Market Fashion Show (Hustle & Bustle) last month, and I...