fashion

The tumblr-er I would most like to be friends with.

Anna Marie is a makeup artist who blogs about her face of the day and food adventures with friend Aziz Ansari. I dig her style.

Click the photo above for her blog or check out her portfolio here: amtendler.com/

Beauty Through Bamboo from Turnstyle Video on Vimeo.

Beautiful, well made, responsible bags.

Heart studs and fox pendant

Really beautiful, simple wooden jewelry. There are also tonnes of wooden birds if you are a bird jewelry lover—I only wish there was a fish to go with ‘Fischer’.

Here is her etsy shop, and here is her website.

Olive and Purple

Handmade vegan shoes on Etsy. Another item for my shopping list.

I ordered some patterns, bought The Sewing Bible and tomorrow am going to scour the city in search of fabric, thread, zippers and buttons. Any successes will be posted here with some how-to’s. My current knowledge is only what I learned in home ec class in high school.

Some items on my to make list:

  • a wristlet to hold my phone, monies, lipstick when I go dancing
  • a clutch in the style of the Hobo Effe (only it probably won’t be leather or $120)
  • a chiffon maxi skirt (sans pattern)
  • cotton dresses (patterns 6968 and 2305)

Wish me luck!

P.S. Is this Leather Carry-All really worth $45? I highly doubt it, so I will test my theory that I can find the leather, cut and sew it all in under 2 hours for cheap. A lot of their stuff is over priced but three seams and a zipper just seems like they are laughing at us.