Jewelry

Jewelry just makes life beautiful. I actually have a goal to wear more. And make more. Here are some of my sources of inspiration (since I don't have $200 to throw down on a necklace).

Miriam Haskell

Tarina Tarantino

Betsey Johnson

Vera Wang

J.Crew

(many now unavailable)

Stockings

Stockings are the best part of Christmas! This year, my very first Christmas, Grandma made me a stocking to match the one Mommy had when she grew up. But next year, mommy is going to make NEW stockings for our new family. So I am sharing some of our inspiration. It wouldn't be fair to show these only a few weeks before Christmas...who has time for a DIY project then? Now you have all year to implement these ideas if you want to make your own stockings.

Crate & Barrel

Sundance

Garnet Hill

Martha Stewart

Hable Construction

From Flickr

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Marni Spring 09

Ah! Fresh fashion. I love this. Marni is one of my favorite lines to turn to for inspiration, with all those modern patterns and happy colors. All runway images from Vogue's website, style.com.

Vintage Scarves

Thank you xtinalamb for your fabulous "Old Printstuffs"set on flickr. These are some of the coolest printed textiles I've ever seen!

Beautiful Bird Illustrations

These images are incredible! I borrowed them from this weeks blog post on the fantastic blog Bibliodyssey. The illustrations are from A History of the Birds of New Zealan', 1888 by Sir Walter Lawry Buller.

DIY: Snowflakes

Is your Christmas tree looking a little brown, but you're not ready to deck your halls in cupids and frilly hearts? Here is an idea to fill the festivity gap between Christmas and Valentines: snowflakes! First, a couple of decorating ideas from Martha Stewart. The top idea is my favorite: using fabric stiffener on old doilies and hanging them like snowflakes. Paper snowflakes do have that kindergarten classroom look.

If you don't happen to have a dozen vintage crocheted doilies hanging around, and you don't want to make a mess, check out this amazing site, "Make-a-Flake," virtual snowflakes! Cut it out, preview it, and save it! And when you make a flake you want to keep, there's the option to print it out. There is a gallery of flakes people have made. The bottom image is a snowflake I made using the site. Try it!