India – We Heart You!
We just got a shipment from India. My heart did summersaults as I pulled out the different items filled with gorgeous prints and yummy colors. Pretty dresses and stylish boho bags. The bags can be worn solo and are perfect for both beach and city boho babes. We will offer them soon on our online shop.
Can not wait to embellish the block print dresses with beads and studs.
All the pretty color combos
The little pouches can be embellished with a pretty initial and other charms.
Pouch + Personalization = Pretty
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Get Adorbs in Denim
Do we love this project from the Free People Blog? Yup! We do.
Old Clothes revamp
As we moved I kept lugging Tessa’s clothes with me. At one point I realized that she was more than likely not going to really want the old pieces for her own kids, but could not bring myself to get rid of them. So since she was old enough I gave her the instructions to put together a quilt that she could eventually take to college and all the other stops along her journey. Each block was cut from old pajamas and dresses, etc. It was a simple square pattern surrounded by 4 strips.
To make the whole thing more cohesive she picked out a very graphic fabric that she used as filler blocks. The result is fresh and modern. Keep posted as she finishes it up.
Flower Fix
I love something cute that you can pull together in literally 3 minutes. We just layered 3 petals, added a rhinestone and hotglued it to a sparkly band. Here are in house babe is rockin it. But us older girls could sport it with jeans and leather sandals.
Art About Town
So, tomorrow our dear town kicks off it’s second year of Art About Town. All store downtown will feature art by local artists. If that weren’t enough on its own, the opening night is going to feature great food, drinks and a line-up of live artists including our favorite silk screen maven Liz Squillace.
I am by no means a real artist but I also entered some of my own fabric designs and was fortunate to have them featured in a local store “Great Stuff.” Make and Mingle is actually featuring some of the great works of my dear friend Laura Pflug.
The Store and local cuties
One of Laura’s pretty birds gracing our store.
The art will be up for a month and I look forward to looking at all the great art up all up and down the streets.
Ballet Kyut Up
Since we opened we have been embellishing ballet flats. I love this take from Stars for Streetlights to give some flats a new makeover on the cheap. You could use a vintage scarf or use some of voile that we love to use at the store.
I’m dedicating this blog to our beloved Steven Tyler since that man can rock a scarf like no other.
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Continuing to add to our Drop-in DIY section of the store, we wanted to come up with something that would appeal to all ages. This little eclectic smartphone case fits the bill. Customers can choose from a colorful selection of birds and felt speech bubbles and type in a phrase. Then pull it all together with their choice of fabrics. A 3×5 rectangle full of fun.
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Sleep Away Camp Essentials Workshop!
Quick Creative Fix!
We have a whole line-up of drop in crafts at the store and I am constantly adding new ones to keep up with special requests from customers. Many adults have asked for something that they can just drop in a do, so I came up with this quick and stylish little pouch that can be made in a variety of fabrics and customized with a letter, quote (typed on our in house vintage typewriter) and assemble of charms. Hence the name “Charm”-ing Pouch.
