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Friday, December 7, 2012

floral fridays

I've become quite addicted to making coffee filter roses. These are made using a combination of techniques from Craftberry Bush and Martha Stewart.

I wasn't thrilled with how the roses from Craftberry turned out. They didn't look like roses to me but I loved the swirly center.

So I ended up using the Craftberry method only for the center. I didn't follow Martha's directions exactly either. First I used regular coffee filters instead of the cones. I cut a continuous string of petals instead of individual petals so putting it together would be easier.

I'm really happy with the way these turned out! The would be great for a wedding center piece and decorations. They look really good with the sandblasted manzanita branches too!

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Thursday, December 6, 2012

leather sleeves

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I bought this coat from zara last year and wore a tons, just never got around to photographing it. Originally I wanted the black one, but it sold out so quickly so I settled for the old man checker and now I'm glad I did.

These boots were an impulse buy from zara too last year, and again I had wished they were black, but again I'm kinda glad they're a dark "oxblood" like red. Who knew it would be "the color" of the season. I am wise beyond my years.

[wearing zara coat, h&m skirt, topshop sweater, zara boots]

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

cropped

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My first and only cropped sweater. This could lead to my other sweaters meeting a pair of scissors in the near future.
[wearing h&m sweater, zara skirt, bakers heels, kate spade bag]

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

thanksgiving orange

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There's something about Thanksgiving and fall in general that sparks the need to wear orange in me. This dress was last seen here as pretty much a skirt. I've only worn it as an actual maxi dress in summer once, it seems to lend itself better to posing as a high waist skirt.