arts and crafts

DIY Berlin Style

Posted 1 year 17 weeks ago by Joann Hong

I am a believer in the idea that wealth can stunt personal creativity. When you can buy it all, what’s the need to invent anything? When I was a kid my mother forbade me from playing with makeup. But I wanted to so badly that I chopped up the insides of my color pencils to a fine dust and turned them into eyeshadow and blush. I’m still, and will always be, a fan of DIY.

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DIY - Silk Flower Brooch

Posted 1 year ago by Andrea Dickson

Filed Under: DIY

There's a company in my area that makes silk flower brooches that are sold at Nordstrom for $60 a pop. I occasionally see these silk flower brooches at Nordstrom and feel like, well, screaming.

Why? Because I know that each brooch costs less than $5 to make.

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Pursenalized

Posted 1 year ago by Andrea Dickson

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Like many Wise Bread bloggers, I love Target for a number of reasons. I love their sales racks, where you can find perfectly good wool skirts for $4.99. I adore that they carry clothing sizes that fit women like me, women who could be featured in a remake of Sir Mix-a-lot's "Baby Got Back". Target has brought style to the masses, and for that, they will always be a favorite of mine.

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