belly dancing stores have the most fantastic baubles…i love these headpieces with a mellow, unassuming tee, to avoid looking too dungeons & dragons. peep my DIY chain version, here! images via flyingskirts

i’ve been running “local natives” on thrice-daily repeat for a few weeks…i’m sure i’ll crash, burn and put this album out to pasture soon, but in the interim, it’s been fun. enjoy.  thanks for the tip BS

i can’t get enough of pyrite, lately…glamourous, but yet so organic as well… my DIY pyrite bracelet (pictured), here! rings (clockwise from top left), rettore at barneys, zulasurfing at etsy, nektar de stagni at marissa collection, zulasurfing at artfire

jeffrey campbell alexa wedges (thanks LF stores- i wear the hell outta these), stylestalker dress (thanks rachel!- miss you!) i love weekends, but i lost my iphone in a cab, so you get kinda creative if you can’t call your friends (read: no phone, no game)…slept till ten, crafted a spinich + feta frittata, broke [...]

continuing my obsession with all things patriotic, i’ve just finished an all-out paint pen attack on my favorite element denim shorts! i’ll be guest blogging all week, with my friends at element eden, so peep here for all the DIY details x valerie

top photo; vintage amethyst ring, BONADRAG “onward tusk ring” (thanks heather!), BLEACHBLACK branch ring bottom photo; BLEACHBLACK branch ring, slinky ring from LF STORES (thanks Alex) chain bracelet/ ring from AMERICAN ARCHIVE VINTAGE (thanks C + R), available at BONADRAG also! DIY recycled jewelry branch

dress by stylestalker (thanks rach!), boots vintage DIY start with some old square-heel boots (the 90s were kind to this trend–thrift stores are teeming with these chunky boots- mine were $7.80)…stuff them with newspapers, and spray with paint.  repeat for 2nd coat.  let dry.  practice drawing the swallows, by looking at the miu miu inspiration [...]

handmade custom crochet bellbottoms by jane oh for onceovertwice, vintage jewelry, DIY feather headpiece by me, as featured in the element spring10 campaign

\m/ 10 sec. Pantyhose long sleeve shirt DIY. 1. Cut out the middle of the hose. This is where your neck will go. Pull your head through and don’t cut the feet out, this is where your hands will go. Try and find a more sheer, textured hose for best results. Not really practical, but [...]

you know you want em…the prada chandelier heels i’m thinking this project is fairly do-able…? start with: clear stripper heels, ikea chandelier, screw eyes, scissors, plyers, wire cutters, small drill or phillips screwdriver (if needed). images via style, scribblescrap