Treasure Hunt #1

Thrifting, looking through hand-me-down bags and walking around flea markets are part of my favourite activities. It's like going on a treasure hunt. I'm going to start making inspiration boards with amazing bargains I've found and hopefully enkindle your desire to go second-hand rather than always get new (and often poor quality!!!) items.

DIY Sandals From Scratch!

Woohoo! I am so excited because I have finally been able to take the time to make sandals. I'd like to thank Jose who drove me around everywhere to find a rubber mat (go figure, I thought I'd be able to find rubber mats anywhere).

I'll post a guide to make them yourself once I tweak the pattern!

Ps. For all the crafty girls out there: Handmade Ryan Gosling . Hilarious and yet, probably the best boyfriend a craft oriented girl can ever picture. Thank you to Mini Eco on which I found a link to this tumblr blog. Her blog is beautiful btw.

Cheers!

Open House Tea Party + Mother's Day Shopping

Anne, the lovely lady behind Dot & Lil, hosted a open house shopping event and tea party yesterday in her studio. She had an adorable little setup, complete with cupcakes, fresh lemonade, sablés cookies and most importantly an array of scrumptious body products up for grabs! Here are a few highlights.

These soaps are part of Dot & Lil's custom order products for events such as weddings.

And last but not least, Anne!
Don't forget to check out all her other products here.
Happy Mother's day everyone, catch ya later!

No one puts iridescence in the garbage

The reason I kept these hand-me-downs in the first place was because my eye was attracted to the iridescence of the rectangular pieces of these earrings. I've never worn them though. The blue of the plastic beads is off and really, the dangly chains didn't do it for me this time.

So I converted them to stud earrings! Notice also how the originals are already missing their ear hooks. I used them for the embroidery thread earrings. Double attack on reusing, woohoo!

Stay snazzy, friends.
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Package From Japan

The anticipation leading up to clicking "Confirm order" the wait to receive the package, THE OPENING OF THE PACKAGE! Oh, the joys of online shopping. I decided to have my own Hello Kitty fake glasses, just because I can. The deco pieces were bought at Danika 58's Etsy shop. Friendly service and speedy shipping!

Did you know that they have a Japan Decodenist Association?! Apparently you can become a certified professional decoden artist. Amazing, that country blows me mind.