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DIY Pin Up Girl Photo Shoot Tutorial | How to Do a Pin Up Style Shoot at Home 1

It seems crazy to me but nearly everyday my very first post EVER is in my top 5 most read posts. Apparently I'm not the only one who loves old pin-ups and vintage style fashion and photography. :) So, since that post is INCREDIBLY old and outdated now (gasp! More than 3 years later?!?!) I tho[...]
DIY "Rosie the Riveter" Poster | "We Can Do It" Photo Editing Tutorial 0

This is a tut to show you how I edited up the picture I took of my friend Lexi (tutorial as seen in this post) into a DIY "Rosie the Riveter" Poster | "We Can Do It" Photo Editing Tutorial. I used Picmonkey.com for all the editing and highly recommend signing up for their membership option to [...]
DIY "Rosie the Riveter" Photo Shoot | "We Can Do It!" Poster 0

I love my friends. I love that they are always willing to let me mess with them and take their pictures. Lexi was my model for this tutorial. Isn't she awesome? She makes a fantastic model. And I love her. Anyway, I've been wanting to show you guys how to do a DIY "Rosie the Riveter" Pho[...]
Crazy Cheap Multi-Wrap Dress|BIY (buy-it-yourself) Wrap Dress 0

I have recieved TONS of hits and comments and emails regarding my multi-wrap dress from this post and so when I saw this CRAZY CHEAP Multi-Wrap Dress on sale at Target.com I had to tell you all about it. Especially for my friends out there who are more BIY'ers (buy-it-yourself-ers) than DIY'ers (he[...]
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DIY Pin Up Girl Photo Shoot Tutorial | How to Do a Pin Up Style Shoot at Home 1

It seems crazy to me but nearly everyday my very first post EVER is in my top 5 most read posts. Apparently I'm not the only one who loves old pin-ups and vintage style fashion and photography. :) So, since that post is INCREDIBLY old and outdated now (gasp! More than 3 years later?!?!) I tho[...]
Mirror Mirror On the Wall: DIY Sunburst Mirror 0

You wouldn’t know it by looking at my house, but I actually dislike mirrors. I mean, I think they’re pretty and great for bouncing light around a space but I don’t like seeing myself at every turn. My mom always told me growing up that if you want to feel good about yourself then only look in th[...]
DIY Angry Birds Game 0

Wow. Its been a while. I've been completely out of it the past couple of months. BUT summer is here and the big boy is home with me until September. Of course this means I have to find ways to entertain the big boy (and little boy) every day for the next 3 months. Yikes. But, I'm not too worri[...]
Bracelet Mania!!!: DIY Leather Wrap Bracelets 0

Apparently I'm late on this trend. Leather wrap bracelets are EVERYWHERE lately and its about time I sat down and made a few. Or 10. These things are selling for anywhere from $10-$200 and come in a huge variety of colors and styles. Truthfully, I'm not usually a bracelet kind of girl, I find th[...]
Easy-to-Sew Infinity Dress: DIY Wrap Dress Tutorial 0

I've been DROOLING over the amazing wrap dresses that have been floating around in catalogs, high end stores, and the internet. These thing are FANTASTIC and gorgeous and amazing because of all the different ways you can wear them. Seriously, if you have one of these dresses, you might never hav[...]
DIY Flower Shoe Clips 0

I made a bunch of singed flower petals (go to this tutorial to learn how) a while ago that I was meaning to make into flowers for different things. I never got around to assembling them into anything until I found them lying haphazardly in one of my craft bins the other day. I love bright red popp[...]
Long Skirt to Dress Refashion 0

I have been crafting like crazy lately, and my house shows it. There are fabrics, beads, dyes, and odds and ends EVERYWHERE. I LOVE IT. It means I've done something. It also means I have one RIDICULOUSLY huge mess to clean up. Every once in a while I'll hit a huge surge of creative juices[...]
DIY Faux Taxidermy | Wire Deer Head Pinterest Project 0

Finally! I'm back to post my Pinterest challenge project! I was away for a funeral for a while and had to get back to regular life and catch up and of course it took me much longer than I wanted it too. Anyway... So I'm totally into this faux taxidermy trend. I kind of love it and hope it[...]
How to Paint and Antique Cabinets 0

A friend of mine tried to update her honey-oak cabinets with a dark espresso gel stain. No bueno. I have never worked with gel stain before but from what I've researched it seems like a fickle medium. Anyway, I'm not sure if it was the way my friends applied the stain or if it was the type of[...]