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How to Make a Wallet with Fused Plastic Bags

One thing I hate about grocery bags is that they just keep piling up. I know, I know, I know, I could recycle the little guys or use reusable grocery totes, but I consider it a victory when I recycle all my cans and…

January 8, 2012
Crafts DIY

DIY Vinyl Record Bowls

I got the idea to make these little bowls a few years ago when I bought Mark Montano’s book, the Big-Arse Book of Crafts. (Mark Montano is the most brilliant crafter around– I love his books and his projects.) One bowl I made sits…

January 5, 2012
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DIY DIY Home

DIY Vintage Suitcase Table

One fact about my mom: she is a hardcore Pinterest pinner. She is also really good at choosing/making gifts for Christmas. (I mean really good.) Last year my mom picked up on my love for stacking suitcases and painted some suitcases white for me.…

January 3, 2012
DIY DIY fashion

DIY Tuxedo Blazer with Tails

Head on over to The Fashion Spot to see my newest post on how to make a tuxedo blazer with tails. It’s really not as hard as it looks. If you’re not feeling like covering yourself in glitter and glam for NYE, just do…

December 27, 2011
DIY DIY fashion

DIY Heart Cutout Dress

I posted about how to do this heart cutout dress a while back, but I never got around to properly photographing any of the dresses that I’ve created heart-shaped chunks in. 🙂 (Three so far.) I need to graduate to other shapes. One reason…

December 19, 2011
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DIY Glitter Purse + A New Gig

I am so excited to share that I am a new DIY fashion columnist over at The Fashion Spot! My first post is on how to make a DIY glitter clutch. And I think I might be almost done glitterizing everything I can think…

December 16, 2011
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How to Make a Glitter Shirt

Ok. You can say it. Enough with the glitter already, Stacie! But I can’t stop. Maybe it’s all the holiday festivities that have got me all glitter-crazy and sparkly-eyed– there’s just no denying how fun it is to glitter everything. Glitter lamp shade. Glitter…

December 12, 2011
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Crafts DIY

How to Make a Simple Bow

These little bows are so simple and fun– I make them all the time. They are so versatile– you can wear them as shoe clips, hair clips, broaches, whatever you want! I’ve also attached them to headbands. (Photo from last year when I was…

December 6, 2011
Crafts DIY

DIY Christmas Pom Pom

I love parties, but I REALLY love Christmas parties. The food. The outfits. The coziness. #omggggggg. Yesterday I went back to my alma mater to go to the (legendary) SAE office Christmas party and I made this little hair pom pom with a strand…

December 5, 2011
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DIY Feather Hair Extensions

I’ve had feathers in my hair since April and I absolutely love them. They behave just like my actual hair– they can be curled with the curling iron and dried with the hair dryer. Even though over the summer I watched every 8-year-old girl…

December 2, 2011