Ways to style a handkerchief from the latest Bazaar:

Make it a bib necklace by adding oodles of shiny objects!

Wear a beaded fringe necklace over one to add more color, texture, pop!
My only history with handkerchiefs: When I was in 8th grade, Seventeen did a spread featuring them.  Of course, to be super chic, I wore [...]

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I scored this beautiful Italian bag by Ripani for $25 on clearance at TJMaxx.  The tag said “as is” & I couldn’t find the problem.  When I checked out the cashier pointed out that there is a slash on the backside of the bag.  You can see it in the second photo & the last photo is [...]

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I staged a little photo shoot inspired by the Avon ring below.  It was the mystery ring from my first order & it is way too cool.  I got it on demo so it’s not actually out for a couple weeks.  (If you leave a comment & say you’re interested, I will update with the link once it’s [...]

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My first Avon order came in.  It’s just my stuff this first time, but hopefully that will change
I got Moisture Therapy hand cream, Vanilla Frosting bubble bath and a mystery ring that you will see in a later post.  FYI: It’s fab!

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Unless you’ve been living under a very unfashionable rock you will know that “tough” has been a sartorial touchstone for a while now.  Anything with studs, grommets, leather, chains, even zippers are at the core of the look.  I personally love the tough look – give me a pair of ripped jeans, harness boots & [...]

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I’ve been on a headband embellishing kick.  There will be two more headband tutorials rolled out over the next couple weeks.  Anyway, instructions for this red feathered one below:
Gather supplies: headband, feather, glue gun & sticks.  The headband came in a pack of several at Walmart & the other bits can be found at Joanns [...]

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This is the jacket I went back to Goodwill for.  It’s from Target & I already have it in the burnt red color.  I’ve seen it a couple times at my local Goodwill & have resisted.  Contrary to what a lot of people do, I try not to own multiples.  I get bored of the shape & [...]

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I was in TJMaxx a while back & they had just taken more markdowns on all the purses.  I had 4 or 5 in my cart but while waiting in line I convinced myself to put them back.  I only ended up spending $50 that day instead of the $200 that I had at first.  [...]

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After having a bit of a hard time trying to pick an outfit that “goes” with the new gold leafed shoes, I decided to treat them as if they were just “gold shoes”.  Metallics match EVERYthing, right?  Especially if you add the same color in other accessories.

DIY gold leaf shoes, Seven jeans,  Kohl’s tee & [...]

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Here’s another fairly easy way to embellish some old shoes that you’re bored of.  Gold leaf!  I worked with this stuff when I was doing decorative & faux painting.  It’s a little counter intuitive.  You need to let the “glue” dry before you press the leaf on.
Anyway, this is what the shoes turned out looking [...]

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