too bad, so sad!

i have a deep and unmovable love for natalia vodianova. i am really happy being me... but if i just had to pick someone else to be i would chose her.

that being said, i saw photos of her wearing this crazy be-jeweled headband and hanging with karl lagerfeld and i wanted to:
A) be her
B) wear crazy jewels all over my head too!


so i promptly went out and hot glued big rhinestones to my black headband!

too bad it didn't make me look like her though.... tis probably for the best considering i would never get anything done because i would be too busy staring in the mirror all the time if i had that face and those legs!

(ack! roots!)

i also glued a bunch of vintage buttons to a brown headband and i really like that one too.

back in the good ole days

this is back when i wasn't feeling like the death flu had taken up residence in my lungs; only like i had a cold (aka - this past weekend at the beach for my BF's weekend o' fun before getting hitched)

i am wearing my esther williams inspired swimsuit that i made myself but i am waiting to see if "lou" has a non-embarassing pic of me in it... doubtful but stay tuned. 

while searching for a photo of the "million dollar mermaid" i came across this and need it pronto!

more blogging when un-sick - i pinky promise!

patience, grasshopper

so, i found out the vespa arrived in my city on friday but i wasn't prepared to have someone to go with me and pick her up (they closed at 5pm and everyone was at work) and they aren't open on saturdays so i haven't actually gotten her yet! it's like sitting in front of a present you can't open! but come monday, she'll be coming home with me (fingers crossed) and i'll take some pics for you all to see!

  thanks for getting excited with me :)

in the meantime, i've been busying myself with one of my favorite hobbies: jewelry making. i don't do anything too fancy but i always enjoy picking out materials at michael's and coming home to sit in front of the tv for hours tinkering around and ending up with bracelets and earrings i can share with my friends - they're always kind enough to say they love them!
here's a sampling (i hope you can enlarge them and tell something about them - sorry, they're not the best photos):

this one says "we will not know unless we begin - peter nivio zarlenga"

this one has three little charms that together say "be here now"

this one says "where there is love, there is life - mahatma gandhi"

i made more yesterday (including my take on a betsy johnson necklace with multiple chains and charms) but i haven't taken photos yet. last night's project was making something to hold my earrings. i've collected gold frames from the thrift and decided i'd staple some embroidery mesh (plastic kind) to the back. easiest and most effective solution yet - probably cost me $1.50 for the frame and .79 cents for the mesh! you should try it - just be careful with the staple gun!

ta-dah!

je vis pour la mode

if you read my post "dear jcrew" then you know i have a deep love for jcrew's fall line. well, i went by the store a few days ago to check it out in person and i fell in love with some of their graphic tees with french phrases on them - specifically one that had the phrase "c'est la vie" beaded across it in a very simple font. i also fell in love with the models in the catalog who were wearing them with high waisted pencil skirts and skinny belts. want. want. want. 

but... i simply cannot pay $40 for a tshirt. 

so, i made my own version! 

DIY! punk ethos in action! my boyfriend is so proud.

it was really quick and easy. i just found a simple drawing of the eiffel tower online and added the phrase "i live for fashion" in french - printed it out backwards onto iron-on transfer paper and ironed it right on an old tee i got for $3 on sale at Target (the ones in the sleepwear section are the best cause they are the tissue tees)! 

voila! 

took no time at all and i was done in time to get him to snap a few quick pics and debut it for his brother's birthday dinner. it feels so good to get compliments on a look and get to brag that that it is entirely thrifted (with the exception of the heels which i got at TJ Maxx and the tee which, as i mentioned, is originally from Target) and somewhat handmade.  :)

ps - it's truly "fresh off the presses" in the pics so it's pulling funny from being stiff but i'm really excited to see what it looks like after it's worn-in and been washed a few times - hope it fades a little and gets soft so it will have a slightly more vintage feel to it.

pps - if you enlarge the middle photo you can also glimpse the amazing charm necklace the BF gave me for our anniversary - it's vintage and has an anchor, heart and cross for faith, love, and charity respectively. love!