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Stars for Streetlights
starsforstreetlights.blogspot.com
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I sleep with a loaded Nikon, I collect cameras from all eras. My wardrobe's made of stitches and superglue. I majored in English but craft books are my poetry.
#16390 in All , #130 in Crafts

3 No-Sew Scarf Shirts

I love summer barbecues, summer nights, and summer adventures, but I HATE summer clothes. (Jean shorts in particular are so restrictive to me and no matter what I wear I become a sweaty mess.) While ...

1 day ago 1 person likes this

Project 365: Week 21 + Links a la Mode

This post is part of my Project 365 where I am taking one photo every day for a year. Click here to see all of my photos in the series-- and if you want to join, feel free to do so anytime! :) (All p...

4 days ago

DIY High-Low Skirt

A recent post over on The Fashion Spot-- how to make a high-low skirt from a thrift store maxi skirt. (I love that it is also called "The Mullet Skirt!" Hahaha.) ;) Ive also got a guest post ...

6 days ago

DIY Clay Teardrop Bead Statement Necklace

When I was a little kid, I loved to make things with clay. I mean loved. My favorite things to make were tiny clay animals-- complete zoo sets for homemade dioramas, colonies of penguins, paddlings o...

22 may 12

Instax Post: Graduation Sunday

Dont get me wrong, I love, love, love my Polaroid cameras, but the film is so expensive and the cameras are a little bulky so that I cant take photos on a whim whenever I want. I usually save my Pola...

21 may 12

Project 365: Week 20

This post is part of my Project 365 where I am taking one photo every day for a year. Click here to see all of my photos in the series-- and if you want to join, feel free to do so anytime! :) (All p...

18 may 12 1 person likes this

15 Ways to Wear Summer Scarves

This little graphic is something Ive been working on this week at work. It was so fun to make up some of these scarf knots-- and I still cant believe this is my job sometimes. I can already tell that...

17 may 12 1 person likes this

How to Make a Fendi-Inspired Flower Dress

*This is another project from a couple summers ago where I never posted the entire tutorial on my blog.When I was in high school and middle school, I sometimes thought to myself that I was born in th...

14 may 12

Holga Post: A Poetic Barn

Some Holga photos from the rolls I developed from this post. These photos are of a barn in Greencastle, Indiana-- where I went to college. As someone who grew up in a farming community with sheep and...

13 may 12

Project 365: Week 19

This post is part of my Project 365 where I am taking one photo every day for a year. Click here to see all of my photos in the series-- and if you want to join, feel free to do so anytime! :) (All p...

11 may 12

How to Make a Lamp from Vintage Cameras

You know those people that have obscene collections of lifelike dolls or stuffed animals that they cling to and hoard because they think they have personalities or something? Yeah, I am that way with...

08 may 12 1 person likes this

Supermoon

I was so excited all day to take pictures of the Supermoon tonight-- Ive been a space dork for as long as I can remember-- from Space Camp and beyond. :) (And this is my astronaut cousin.) While I lo...

06 may 12

Project 365: Week 18, BABY KITTENS!

This post is part of my Project 365 where I am taking one photo every day for a year. Click here to see all of my photos in the series-- and if you want to join, feel free to do so anytime! :) (All p...

05 may 12

DIY Miu Miu-Inspired Glitter Sunglasses

While I love fashion, I am not the type of fashion-lover that sits on Style.com during Fashion Week waiting for new pictures and videos to pop up. Sure, Ive watched some runway shows streamed to my c...

01 may 12

Around the Web Lately...

Ive been a bit of a slacker about sharing some of the things Ive been working on outside of this blog for a while-- these are some projects Im quite proud of and happy to share. ;) First up: "The...

30 apr 12 2 people like this

Project 365: Week 17

This post is part of my Project 365 where I am taking one photo every day for a year. Click here to see all of my photos in the series-- and if you want to join, feel free to do so anytime! :) (All p...

27 apr 12

Holga Post: Spring Flowers

Some of the other photos on my roll when I got my film developed at Walmart. This specific photo is from last spring when all the magnolia flowers fell from the tree. :) The more I stare at these pho...

25 apr 12

DIY Braided Scarf Statement Necklace

Whenever I go to thrift stores, one of the first spots I always look is in the scarf section. In part because vintage scarf prints are so fun and colorful-- and in part you can never go wrong with a ...

23 apr 12

Project 365: Week 16

This post is part of my Project 365 where I am taking one photo every day for a year. Click here to see all of my photos in the series-- and if you want to join, feel free to do so anytime! :) (All p...

20 apr 12

10 Tips for Thrifting (How to Find Vintage Treasure)

I remember the first time I walked into a thrift store with the intention of finding a dream dress or the perfect purse. I was in high school and Id been thinking about going thrifting all day becaus...

19 apr 12 2 people like this

Postcard Post: Vintage New York City Postcards

Postcard post-- similar to a "Polaroid Post" but with postcards. ;) I bought these postcards in a little shop called Wildwood in Greencastle, IN the semester after I got back from NYC. I used...

18 apr 12

DIY Bib Necklace

When I was on my little vacation trip to the east coast, my pretty little friend Adele bought this amazing bib necklace at a little shop in Princeton. You know when you see something on a person and ...

16 apr 12

Project 365: Week 15

This post is part of my Project 365 where I am taking one photo every day for a year. Click here to see all of my photos in the series-- and if you want to join, feel free to do so anytime! :) (All p...

14 apr 12

7 Tips for Holga Cameras + Where to Get 120 Film Developed

The day that I bought my little Holga camera is just one of those days that you remember perfectly, for no particular reason. I was living in New York at the time, working as an intern for CBS Sunday...

11 apr 12

DIY Flower Halo

One of my favorite things about having curly hair is the fact that I can wear many different things in my hair and it just looks like stuff is kind of growing there. Feathers, flower headbands, anyth...

09 apr 12 1 person likes this

Project 365: Week 14, Princeton (Again) and Boston

This post is part of my Project 365 where I am taking one photo every day for a year. Click here to see all of my photos in the series-- and if you want to join, feel free to do so anytime! :) (All p...

08 apr 12

DIY: T-Shirt Flower Dress

Technically this isnt a new DIY since this dress was one of the first things that I ever posted on this little blog when my Nikon and I were just getting to know each other, (;)) but I never put up t...

05 apr 12 2 people like this

Project 365: Week 13 (NYC + Princeton!)

This post is part of my Project 365 where I am taking one photo every day for a year. Click here to see all of my photos in the series-- and if you want to join, feel free to do so anytime! :) (All p...

31 mar 12

DIY: How to Make a Vinyl Record Notebook

I love finding crafty projects using vinyl records-- from making a vinyl record purse or vinyl record bowls, I think those round slabs of plastic are incredibly fun to bend, mold, shape, and cut. Abo...

26 mar 12 1 person likes this

Project 365: Week 12

This post is part of my Project 365 where I am taking one photo every day for a year. Click here to see all of my photos in the series-- and if you want to join, feel free to do so anytime! :)*A bit ...

24 mar 12

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