style-diaries

based on a craft project by martha stewart living: teacup candles. the cups were all found at flea markets and charity thrift shops. the mic...

last year, i made a bunch of holiday stockings that were sold in a few local boutiques. the one i liked the most never sold, and i'm ver...

after the ones i made with leather, i wanted to try some with fabric, which turned out to be lot easier... in this case, the bangles are wra...

a great way to use up whatever bits & pieces you have lying around: these "everything-but-the-kitchen-sink" bib necklaces. i l...

after fred, i was on a roll. i still looked at entomology books for inspiration, but then veered widely off course and came up with some ent...

actually no. this dress was another vintage find from the catskills. this one falls squarely into the category "so bad, it's good...

i wouldn't have have pegged myself as a pastel girl, but this iridescent sequin trim is beyond cool. maybe it's all the candy i have...

when i saw these at last sunday's flea market, i had to have them. they're such an interesting blend of folk, craft & color, in ...

i find most bracelets hard to wear for daily life because they move around so much and inhibit your movements - nothing worse than bracelets...

found in an antique barn in vermont: a big bag of 1940's wooden girl scout beads. i restrung them as the original lanyard was falling ap...

first seen in a martha stewart article: braiding fabric strips to turn them into necklaces. ripping the strips gives a raw, fraying braid, t...

slightly weird, these doll head beads that were meant to be turned into full-fledged dolls. i turned them into a necklace instead, tying loo...

a new way to look at accessories: wearing belts as necklaces. just wrap them around your neck twice, works best with decorative or skinny be...

last weekend's score from a trip to sullivan county (happy 40th allison!). not only did we see lots of deer (and 2 bald eagles), i bough...

louise and i spotted this green rabbit fur scarf at the same time at a yard sale, so we decided to buy it "together" and share it....

a favorite find from olive's vintage on court street in brooklyn: a belt buckle in the shape of 2 clasping hands. i have always had a so...

a $2 purchase at the elephant's trunk flea: a sequin collar/bib that I wear as a necklace. the nice thing about is that the sequins have...

i was very excited with this $4 yard sale purchase; an extra long costume necklace with oversize oval ivory resin links with rhinestone deta...

fred was born on august 28, 2011 while we were sitting out hurricane irene on block island. he is made from fabric scraps, wire, sequins ...

more prints that i like: found this wonderful wrap skirt from the 1940's/1950's at the elephant's trunk flea in connecticut for ...

just purchased at the annual summer sale of LF stores (i am probably about 30 years over their target audience's age). a very cool leath...

i can't stop hoarding sewing notions: ribbons, thread, buttons, trim.... this particular example is a very heavy metal trim. i used some...

we had a great trip to the catskills a few weeks ago. aside from a bear encounter (no joke) the highlight was a visit to a thrift store in r...

a brand new wayne dress with sequins, bought at yard sale for $15! sadly, I am really bad at eyeballing sizes, so the dress now belongs to l...

the reflection of our plexi kitchen shelves against the hallway door, late on a summer afternoon. yellow makes me so happy.

i have never been into florals, or even prints for that matter. but this 1940's shirt with its patriotic red-white-blue pattern is fanta...

a leather sample book was being thrown out at work, so I brought it home. inspired by allison's leather bangles, i came up with this var...

my colleague jen qian brought this home-made rainbow cake to work, the perfect way to brighten up a gloomy friday. can't wait to try thi...

a favorite flea market find of my favorite animal. the pose says it all: cats have it figured out.

inspired by a picture of nancy cunard - early 20th century heiress, activist & provocateur - who, it seems, never wore less than a dozen...

totally random but kinda cool: a tie from the british museum with a woven pattern of the rosetta stone. i will wear this with a navy button ...

i know the brooch trend was hot a few years ago, but i'm still very much into it. especially when we're talking about a cluster of l...

ok, cards on the table: i am a cat person, one hundred percent. so this brass victorian cat-themed charm brooch is pure gold to me.... ...