DIY Links of the Week 2.20 – 3.4.12
Woohoo! March is here! Portland is beginning to pull itself out of a long, dreary Winter (hellllloooooo daily hailstorms!) and things are happening over here in this corner of the world! I'm feeling more like myself than in ages - and have even gotten back to more...
Major DIY FAIL!! The Pompon Spore Glue-Spot Sweater
scanned from Vivi Magazine November 2011 (I think). SLY sweater. Over the weekend I was working on a DIY tutorial for the above SLY-brand sweater. Hey, a sweater covered in puffy spores...I thought it was cute!! I started photographing the steps, placing the craft...
DIY Metal Collar Necklace
Removable collars have been the must-have-it accessory for the past year now, and I honestly didn't think there were any more varieties I hadn't seen. Bejeweled! Neon! Flowered! Pearl-encrusted! Leather! But this metal collar necklace from a Romwe.com...
Sneak Preview: DIY Tutorial Coming Tomorrow!
I've got a bad cold so am heading to bed early...but hopefully a full night of Nyquil-induced sleep will have me back behind the computer and get this tutorial up for you guys! Hope you like it! Til tomorrow then... xoxox Carly
Sally Hansen Comes Out with New Limited-Edition Easter Patterns in the Salon Effects Nail Polish Strips
I've been enjoying Sally Hansen Salon Effects Nail Polish Strips for awhile (mostly in the pretty glitters they offer!) - and was pleased to see that they've come up with some great new patterns, just in time for Spring! I picked up the pink polka dot pattern...
Smooth Hair At Last: HANA Titanium Ionic 1.5″ Flat Iron Review
Do you use a flat iron to straighten your hair? For the longest time, I didn't...not until my late twenties, at least. In fact, I was mostly just a get-out-of-bed-pull-my-hair-into-a-ponytail kinda gal. It's only as I've gotten older - and begun to look at myself...
Surprisingly Chic: Goody DoubleWear Hair Elastics and Headbands
I just love it when a company takes something fairly entrenched in our culture - and makes a design improvement upon it. Case in point: these Goody DoubleWear hair elastics and headbands I recently spied at my local Target. I've been growing my hair out for awhile,...
Hardware Necklace from Banana Republic’s Spring Collection is Just Begging to Be DIY’d
scanned from Lucky Magazine ad, March 2012 This is so reminiscent of all the hardware-inspired necklaces from Fall/Winter 2009...and the hardware necklace I made using plumbing couplings that same year. Though Banana Republic isn't that expensive to begin with,...
DIY Links of the Week 2.06 – 2.19.12
Hope everyone's been having a great February so far! Already 3/4 over and Spring is hopefully on its heels soon. I'm feeling renewed by a changing in the seasons, and am recently inspired to get my craft on again after combing through the recaps of the NYFW shows. ...
DIY Mixed Media Bib Necklace with Tulip Beads in a Bottle
Bib-style and collar-style, multi-tiered, embellished, spiky, organic, tribal necklaces have been all over the runways for a couple seasons, and it's high time to add one into regular rotation in one's wardrobe. But it's so easy to make one out of bits and pieces...