current style icon

 "icon" may be an exaggeration.

{ok it's definitely an exaggeration, but it's the word i choose to use.}

i love chuck from pushing daisies, and i love emma from glee, but honestly, as much as i admire their clothes and whole "look", it's just not me. and it probably will never be me. so choosing them as my personal style icons would be silly and impractical. 

you probably saw inception this summer {and if you didn't- you need to immediately find your bootlegging-downloading friend {cause we all have one} and get a copy to watch. tonight.} but am i the only one drooling over ellen page's wardrobe? 

seriously?

i'm in love with the simple, dressed-down almost vintageness {it's a word} of it all. 

and the scarves. 

i think it comes down to the scarves. i'm obsessed with them. i wear them all the time and i was so excited to them in the movies. {really. i leaned over and squealed in husband's ear. much to his displeasure}

she may just be an absolutely adorable person in general.

ok no. she definitely is. 

{although i must confess at this point that i still haven't seen juno. *cringe* i know! i know! it's in my que}

it's all fine and well to aspire to be audery hepburn, but that's just not really me. i'll take someone with a little more down-to-earthy-ness thankyouverymuch.

all images via we heart it

craft therapy

my number one way to relieve stress. {also my number one way to have fun}

nothing fancy, just a couple small projects i've done this week.

somewhat out of character, hubby let me snap this photo of him in the new shirt i made him.

{i felt that as masters student in english, he really needed this}

 i used a plain shirt from target. he loves the really soft ones.

i also made a few trinkets for me. like earrings. since my hair is so short i realized that i need more post earrings. 

{large fabric covered buttons with green string, and wooden discs painted red with geometric doodles}

{large and small fabric covered buttons} 

the orange circles are a little wonky, but still pretty cool.

i make shirts

i make lots of shirts. usually for me, sometimes for friends, but husband has amassed quite a collection over the years. these are some of my favorites:

 {andrew bird}

{amos lee poster image}

{the black keys}

{a favorite new yorker cartoon}

{the shins. the oldest one of the bunch. i also dyed this shirt}

while the other shirts are all stenciled, this one is reverse appliqued. it was an experiment and i love how it turned out. definitely husband's favorite shirt.

 i don't know how it always happens, but i think he gets the best ones. good thing he always appreciates them!

making my own dress...

i kept myself busy yesterday making this:

a dress! a spring dress! inspired by all those dresses at target with knit tops, wide elastic waist bands and cotton skirts. {with my own twist, of course} i can't bring myself to buy one when it seems so easy to make

as per usual, i used the trial and error method. fool proof! almost :) 

{i hate using patterns}

 i used an xl gray tshirt i got from a thrift store for the top. although it's not actually a dress. i went to sew the top and bottom together and decided i kinda like them separate.

cause now i can change the top if i want.

and i'm lazy.

i also decided to leave the edges of the tank raw, so after it's washed it'll curl up a little. and now that it's posted, i see that this is really just a photo of my right boob, but what the heck- it is my blog!

i love it! i love the waist-band material, and best of all, it's really comfy.

i've been working on a couple other things too, but not nearly as cool. i'll show them off later. and...

i've got something great planned for tomorrow, so make sure to come check it out!