My Two New Friends

The pretty dolly on the left is Sadie. She's is the first doll I've ever sewn. Isnt she sweet?
The funny lil buck-toothed guy on the right is Snookums. I started a Monsters! swap over at swap-bot and he was my practice guy. He has no legs but I love em just the same.

Runway Report

Harper's Bazaar is launching a new mag next week.
Runway Report
"The book features 220 pages total, including 81 pages of advertising. Newsstand copies will retail for $6.95."

I honestly can't wait to see it.

Must Buy ASAP

So the other night as insomnia took hold of me yet again, I was browsing Zappos for a pair of Back to School sneaks. Well I found muy muy choices but there were two that I must have no wait what.

First pair:

Converse All Star Chuck Taylor Hard Rock Glitter Reapeat Ox

"Crowns, roses and unicorns-OH MY! With the Chuck Taylor® All Star® Hard Rock Glitter shoes you'll rock these everyday.

Canvas upper in glitter design print"

They also come in white but me and white sneaks dont mix.

Second Pair:


Vans Classic Slip-ons ((Checkerboard Rose)Black/Flame/Snorkal Blue)

Yeah OK anyone who knows me knows that I pledged never to buy a pair of checkered Vans because everyone and their Momma(literally) has a pair(or more) of these iconic footwear. But come on how many people would wear two different colored shoes at the same time? I've done it before, with some old school Reeboks and with some super cute Plaid kitten heels.

Anyway back to searching for more cute stuff to update my wardrobe.

It's Almost Autumn!!

As my favorite fashion season slowly approaches, I realize that I need a wardrobe makeover. I really need to get rid of all the too small t-shirts and ill-fitting jeans that are clogging up my dresser drawers.

So over the next few weeks as September and loverly "Back-to-School" sales come creeping in to focus I will be scouring magazines and websites trying to find the least annoying "IT" item for Fall.

I'm not really one for following Trends. But you just have to pick the right item. I always remember something Carolina Herrera said, you're not supposed to dress head to toe in Trends. You are supposed to pick one "Hot" item (an accessory, a color, print,cut...whatever) and pair it with Classic pieces from your everyday wardrobe. If most of your wardrobe is filled with Classics you can never be out of style. And you wont feel you wasted your money on Trends that only last one season. I mean come on it took like 20 years for High-waisted pants to come back(though I really wish they didn't).

Oh I'm kinda in huge like with Original Penguin, their clothes are so cute.

Oh boy I cant wait until its cool enough for cardigans and my super sweet striped Ben Sherman
blazer.

Speaking of whats hot for Fall. I just read that Takeshi Kaneshiro will be become the first Asian model for Emporio Armani Underwear! He is H-O-T...hot! Oh man I thought Giorgio outdid himself when he approved those life-sized ads of David Beckham in his skivvies. But now Takeshi will be up there too. I don't know if I'll be able to stand it!

Summertime (Back in the swing of things)

Its been quite awhile since I wrote anything here. But I've keeping busy or at least trying to. Thanks to Swap-bot I have lots of little projects to keep me from getting too bored. Since I only work on the weekends I have four days of free time to work on craft projects.
I have mix Cd's and a mixed tape to make
I'm going to make a first attempt at Amigurumi
Handmade bookmarks
Postcards made from cardboard boxes

That's just a few of the things I'm working on. I'm also making a purse with matching wallet. Finishing a dress, starting a scarf and trying to read a few books.

Plus I'm volunteering at the Celebrate Brooklyn festival.

These things should keep me busy until school starts again....I hope.

It's that time of year...again

The weather is getting warmer and people are starting to shed their excess layers. I'm all for warm weather and the cute outfits you get to wear without having to be all bundled up. But some people need a Dos and Don'ts checklist before they get dressed. Like:
Don't wear short shorts with tights
Don't wear a thong with a jersey dress(because it will look like your ass is eating your dress)
Don't wear high waisted pants if you have a short torso and big boobs OR unless you need to create the illusion of having a waist
Do match you bag and your shoes
Don't wear shoes that you can't walk in/are too big or too small
Don't wear open toed shoes that make it look like your toes are being put through a sausage maker
Do add slip grips inside open toed shoes to prevent unsightly overhang
Don't wear sandals if you have dry, ashy, crusty feet that goes for both men and women

I'm pretty sure I have more Dos and Don'ts...mostly Don'ts but I can't think of them all now.

Swap- o- Rama- Rama

Here are some pictures from yesterdays clothing swap:

This is the sorting room. Swappers would pass their clothes through the window to the sorters. The sorters separated everything by article of clothing. The runners would then take the piles of clothes into the main room.

The main room full of clothes and people.

This is the Sewing/ Screen Printing room. Swappers would bring their new found items and alter or decorate them here.

The fabric scraps table.


One of the screen printing stations.

Freshly printed clothes drying

This sweater was probably one of the coolest items.




Some fabric swatches I grabbed up from the sewing room.

My new Skippies. $3.50 shoes from K-mart made supercool by adding fabric. I'm still trying to decide if they need something. I was thinking of adding some eyelets or nautical themed buttons.

I spent most of the day helping out at the shoe and bag restyling table. Lisa the designer in charge gave me these white sandals to decorate.

I found this little purple bag. I added the butterflies and the chain.



Unfortunately I didnt get a chance to sew or screenprint anything. I also missed the fashion show. But I hope there is another swap soon, because it was alot of fun.