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Carnival of Modern Home Dwelling Day Three: Fashion

Published by Sarah Bray on May 17, 2008 in Carnival of Modern Home Dwelling. 2 Comments

Today’s sponsor is one who runs a website that I find EXTRAORDINARILY helpful. Laura from Organizing Junkie runs this incredible resource, and you absolutely must go there and get inspired to get your stuff in order.

I love all of her tips, tricks, and suggestions. Be sure to check out our other amazing sponsors, too.

Today we’re talking fashion. I have to admit, I’m starting to feel like I’m getting behind on my fashion sense. Yesterday I was out looking for sunglasses, and they were all so huge. I did not want to go out of there looking like a giant fly, so I just didn’t get any. I guess wrinkles due to squinting aren’t exactly cool either. Sigh. The following posts come from much more informed sources than I.

The things we must do to be beautiful. The money we must spend. But artist Jessica Gonacha has put together an article on how to make your own hand/body cream that will save you some money AND ensure that you’re using the best stuff for your body.

 

 

 

Ever wonder what kind of bathing suit you should get this season? Erin Quinn, writer for sheknows.com, has written an article on finding the perfect suit for your body type.

 

 

 

 

Craft or Fashion? This is one of those posts that could go either way. These adorable DIY Hermes Kelly bags can be crafted out of paper or more durable materials. Love ‘em! (And the patterns are free, so that doesn’t hurt!)

 

 

 

 

Need a floppy hat for summer? Anna from MarmaDaisy has a sweet tutorial that might be up your alley. I love the idea of using newspaper to draw your patterns out on.

 

 

 

 

Alana from Alana Lillie Designs crafts these beautiful photo necklaces that I just NEED to have. One for each of my children. I know Mother’s Day has already passed, but there’s always my birthday…or, ummm…Memorial Day. You get gifts on Memorial Day, right?

 

 

 

Kelleigh from Homemaker’s Haven has an excellent post on growing older gracefully. As you get older, do you plan on going “bo-toxic” or “no-toxic”?

 

 

 

 

Callie Micks‘ California-based company makes adorable, premium-quality kitchen aprons, such as the “Julia” pictured at left. The materials are extremely high quality, and the company pays its talented sewers a living wage, rather than utilizing cheap labor. Kudos to them!

 

 

Sam from Healthy Savings has found this solid perfume by Pacifica that is healthy for your skin, smells great, and costs a mere $8.95 (gotta love a bargain like that!).

 

 

 

 

Morgan from Running with Heels has put together a list of wardrobe essentials for your next warm weekend getaway. I love that pink ruched top!

 

 

 

 

Such fabulous entries today. It is always so hard to choose a winner! Yet we must. And the well-deserved winner is…Jessica Gonacha for her DIY hand/body cream! Thanks Jessica! Please send me an email (sarahjoy AT todayshomemaker DOT com) with your address so that I can send your prize package.

Be sure to stop by tomorrow to get a glimpse of our next category…food. My FAVORITE!

Friday Favorites

Published by Sarah Bray on April 11, 2008 in Favorite Things. 1 Comment

I finally have a little time to get back to my beloved good-stuff-hunting today. Whew! This week has been an absolute whirlwind! Must sleep this weekend. Here are a few of my favorite things this week:

  • Garbage Pickers by Amanda at Every Little Thing. Amanda finds some of the cutest stuff on her thrifting expeditions. It’s inspiring me to do a little hunting myself…should I get a moment to myself!
  • Inspiration ezine: Issue 3 by Erin at Design for Mankind. I’m a bit late posting this, but I had to nonetheless. I love Erin’s ezine, and I can’t believe she’s published the third one already. This is an incredible ode to all things inspiring.
  • Recycled Catalog Notebooks by Marichelle at Heart Handmade. I’ve really been enjoy Marichelle’s spotlights on terrific etsy sellers, and now she does DIY projects, too? Good stuff. I love the idea of using gorgeous catalog pages for little idea books.
  • Fun DIY Project by Jennifer at Welcome Home. I love Jen’s sense of style and her knack for finding good stuff, like Martha’s make-your-own-chalkboard-paint tutorial. And don’t you just love that little bird?
  • Paper Teaser by Susan at heysusy. Okay kill me, but honestly, a lot of designs I see all over the place are just that…all over the place. There are pros and cons to “design for the masses.” Susan’s original designs are trendy without being same old, same old. I so look forward to seeing the final products. And her paper is “really” eco-friendly to boot!
  • Fashion Friday: Frocks! by Victoria at sfgirlbybay. These dresses are absolutely scrumptious! There is not one that I do not adore! Now could somebody please come up with sources for similar items? Please???
  • Oh Money, My Story by Marisa at Creative Thursday. Marisa shares her very inspirational story in a podcast about how she dealt with money when she first started her venture into become a self-supporting artist.

    • Have a good weekend everyone!

Friday Favorites

Published by Sarah Bray on March 28, 2008 in Favorite Things. 2 Comments

Oh yes, the Friday Favorites. Silly me, I’d forgotten all about them! Well, not really. You see, I’ve been developing a different system for collecting all of my favorite stuff because I’m now using a browser that does not support StumbleUpon. Bother. But I do have to admit…I’m not wasting half as much time now! So here we go…the week’s best according to moi.

  • Alltop - Are you getting tired about hearing of this awesome site yet? Because I’m not. Guy Kawa…ummm…Kawasaki (not that hard Sarah…geez) is a genius. And he’s also guest-editing over at sk*rt (another site that is tres fabulique1), which makes him permanently cool for being the first guy to do that. Go Guy.
  • Polyvore - I haven’t figured out the name of this site yet. Is it for people who eat polyester? Hmm. Anyway, this site is a very cool social network for fashion geeks. It kind of smells like flickr. You can put together entire ensembles snipped from different online stores and, get this, you can actually order by clicking on any of the items in your clothing montage. Or so I’ve heard. I have to admit I haven’t actually tried it, but I have been admiring other people’s creations all over the place.
  • Piper and Paisley - Stop my heart, these hats are CUTE. Cute cute cute. I want ten, please. One for each day of the week, and then a few for emergencies.
  • Bucket Boffing - I can see this being the perfect party game (For kids, of course. I’m much too sophisticated.) It reminds me of the old American Gladiator shows for some reason. Two people stand on buckets opposite each other while holding big pool noodles (what else do you call those things?). They proceed in batting each other over the head and around the legs and wherever else. The last one standing wins.
  • Pingg - I guess this is the week of the Web 2.0 applications. Here is one that I’m pretty excited about because of how annoying Evite insists on being. Instead of flashy ugliness, pingg offers stylish modern-inity2. I haven’t actually sent any invitations with it yet, so let me know what you think. [via How About Orange]
  • Lines & Shapes - Next completed website launch, I am going to get a subscription to this wonderful indie publication. It is collaborative artistic beauty. Worth every penny, I have no doubt.
  • See Kai Run - The most adorable baby shoes in the entire world. [via Design Mom]
  • Sausage and Capsicum Linguine - I’ve already forgotten what capsicum is, but this looks so yummy. No thanks to Jen for making me crave even more pasta.

That’s it for the week, everyone. Enjoy a lovely, lingering weekend!

  1. Yes, just made up that term. Remember, you heard it here first, folks. [↩]
  2. I’m having so much fun making up words today! [↩]