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DIY Flower Fashion

From the Meadow

Flower shirt I made today. There is some definite Anthropologie influence here. T-shirt: Walmart.Fabric for flowers: laundry bags from 99 cent store in Harlem. 😛 I also got this leather skirt this week from Goodwill. It was longer and I cut it off and…

August 2, 2010
DIY

Sparrow Broach

I’ve got birds on my brain this summer. I saw the Miu Miu sparrow broach on the Glamouri and thought it was really neat to add to bags, belts, anything. 🙂 I used old snakeskin scraps that my mom had. Browns.…

July 15, 2010
DIY Shoes shoes trashion

Miu Miu Sparrow Shoes

I am such a sucker for animals on clothes– and over the past few months I’ve been loving Miu Miu’s collection of cats, sparrows, and fat ladies. I’ve had these shoes since high school and I’ve been saving them for the perfect project. Original:photo…

June 26, 2010
DIY DIY Shoes shoes

Bead Your Cowboy Boots

“If only them boots could talkabout life on the range …”–Clark Crouch I have been looking for cowboy boots for years. I had these red cowboy boots when I was really little that I wore to death (still have them too! I’ll have to…

June 15, 2010
DIY DIY fashion

Vinyl Record Purse

Whenever I go to thrift shops, I always browse through all of the old records they have for sale. The designs, the colors, the album art– they’re so fun to study the designs in pop culture a few decades ago. There are many ways…

June 8, 2010
DIY Shoes New York

Cheetah Shoes

I received these shoes last fall and have been to add something to them for ages. The shoes are the simple cotton mary janes that you can find on ebay or Urban Outfitters for about 10$. To make the flowers, see this tutorial. 🙂…

April 26, 2010
DIY DIY Shoes Fashion

DIY Jeffrey Campbell Shoes

A while back I saw this post on Outsapop and I’ve been searching for a pair of shoes to use! I finally found a pair at Urban Outfitters for 10$ on clearance and I went out and got some thumbtacks. (600 of them!) Inspired…

April 5, 2010
DIY New York

“It’s Black, It’s White, Whoo!”

— Michael Jackson I have a new obsession– black and white stripes. Vertical, horizontal, who cares! I think this stems mostly from the fact that I love the way my flowers look on b&w… ha. But also I think they are the most aesthetically…

April 2, 2010
adventures DIY Photography

Puppy Store of Greenwich Village

**My dear little Pria, you are going to love some of the photos in this post. 😉 I’ve decided to include more photography on my blog– maybe I’ve been reading too many photography and design books, who knows… but I have become almost equally…

March 14, 2010