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Kimono Style Bag
by sperobene

Clever bag and lovely details.

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Dentelle & Vichy
by mixtlii

She designed this dress herself! Fabulous!

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Ruche
by nettevivante

Altered Burda jacket becomes cutest jacket EVER.

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Colour me in
by imogens

Wool tweed and silk organza in a stunning color combo using a vintage pattern.  Just a gorgeous dress!

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This short film may very well make its due rounds through the blogosphere.  It’s beautiful and inspiring!  See the process of linen from seed to product.  Makes me love it even more!  (video is in French and Italian with subtitles)

(found via lena)

In my tag surfing I came across this great quilting option, concentric circles.  I considerd using it for Quilt #5, but I wasn’t sure I had enough time and I didn’t want to quilt over the embroidery, so I opted to go linear.  I still want to try this on a future quilt, though.  (Photo by To Ithaca, but I cropped it to fit here)

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Vintage in Detail: Arrowhead Tacks

Used for reinforcing corners, buttonholes, pleats/vents, and for embellishment. (from BurdaStyle)

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Yarn bowls!  How clever and cute is that?!  (by Darielle’s Clay Art on Etsy)

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$10 created this simple, modern above-the-bed decoration with branches from the craft store and fence staples. (from Apartment Therapy)

I have the worst time trying to decide what to put above the bed.  I’m always concerned about it falling down on me in the middle of the night, especially if an earthquake hits, so shelves and pictures are out of the question.  A wall of curtains is a pretty option, but they’re big dust catchers.  I’m considering squares of pretty, starched fabric or wallpaper samples and white molding tacked around them to hold them up, or the minimalistic branch approach.

Eventually, I’d love my bedroom to look like a posh hotel room :)

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I’m leaving for the fabric store in about one hour to go buy sticky foam to make these fantastic DIY shoe insoles. (by Grosgrain)

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Happy weekend, everybody!

This is winging its way to me as I type.  I am very excited.  I got a $15 B&N gift card for Christmas and have been hanging on to it all month trying to decide the best way to spend it.  While perusing their website the other night, I found the book marked down from $26.95 to $15.31.  Woohoo!  SOLD!

In other news, we moved AGAIN.  From our one bedroom apartment into a two bedroom apartment in the same complex.  We finally have our own washer and dryer and I’ve been doing laundry every single night for the past week!  No more trudging outside to the other side of building, no more running out of quarters at inopportune times, no more pulling other people’s unmentionables out of the dryer to put my own in!  It’s been heavenly.