The Wardrobe Code Helps You Reclaim Your Personal Style

I learned last night, that if you dress with confidence, it can bring you power. This is an important mantra that Nicole Longstreath of The Wardrobe Code, lives and works by.

My friend Steph Calvert held a blog party at her home and invited Nicole and another person to speak, which I will share more about in tomorrow's post.

It was a night of fun food, chat, and homemade soda, along with the best damn deviled eggs from chickens she owns. The pun never ends.

Back to the subject I was talking about. Nicole likes to call herself a wardrobe strategist. She works with people like you and I, and not necessarily the people that shop high end designer fashions at department stores. Nicole believes that you can built a complete wardrobe with items in your closet and items from thrift stores. She helps you can reclaim your personal style and make it affordable. The reason she primarily shops from thrift stores, is that you can repurpose never worn, to barely worn items. Thus making it not only good for the environment, but also being able to shop many styles and not just one collection from one season at a regular clothes store. Nicole helps you shop quality items, so you end up with a curated collection of items you can easily choose from everyday. She offers 3 different and affordable services to help you reclaim your style. I encourage you to contact her and check out her website.

I Wouldn' t Call Myself Lucky, But...

Melissa Contreras of Axelhoney is one of my all time favorite indie designers. If any of you remember the adorable sculpted Berrs from a few years ago, that's what drew me straight to her. She is an accomplished painter, illustrator, sculptor, ceramicist, and now silver smith. And guess what, I won a double headed snake necklace of hers! Yup, that's right! It was a giveaway on the OC Weekly Column of Steph Calvert's Gettin' Made that she did on Melissa's fine work a couple weeks ago.
But you should see her paintings these days. They are magical. Head on over to her shop and see for yourself. Melissa of Axelhoney, don't forget this girl! She'll be around.

The OC Handmade Brigade Craft Show

I love to shop and I love talking about other peoples stuff. On Saturday I went to the OC Handmade Brigade Craft Fair. That in itself is truly exciting for to have Indie Craft shows in our county is new and exciting; and oh what a showing it was. And I did a little shopping.

I currently have this project going on in my toilet room. You see, it’s empty. When you sit there and forget a magazine you look at nothing. So after 6 years I started to think of how to spruce it up and make it something to look at if the magazine is forgotten. Here’s where my indie art friends come in. So yesterday, Steph Calvert of Hearts and Laserbeams sold us a very funny and suitable bathroom print that my husband chose. I believe this will be the only one of a “going to the bathroom” theme in the bathroom but we love it and we love Steph! Oh I also got a keychain that says “Suck It”! Hee Hee.

As for the rest of the bathroom that will come in another blog post. I will complete this post with the remainder of my fun finds at the Handmade Brigade show

I’ve been sewing lately and I really wanted to have a nice wrist pin cushion by the very talented Polly Danger (love her name). This one is especially cool because the pin cushion part is a pin and comes off and you can pin it to your self if you don’t want it on your wrist for instance. Love the colors.

Knitting is another distraction for me and frustration ensues when following a pattern and thinking I’m somewhere when I’m actually somewhere else on the page. So to save me, I finally purchased some pattern magnets but these are the coolest designed ribbon ones by Slipped Stitch Studios and come in 3 sizes in a pack for only $8. They can also be used for marking recipe books and as bookmarks. I know I will keep them in use constantly!

Aren’t roses lovely? Pretty Paris has an abundance of them in the form of earrings, rings, hair pins, necklaces, you name it. I purchased a pair of earrings for a possible gift. I have to figure out first though if the recipient has pierced ears. Darn. I may have to keep them for myself.

So next is Renegade Craft LA July 11-12. I need to save up my pennies and get more prints….and whatever else.