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Chloe Findlay-Harder — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:55:42 +0000

In the meantime – I just have to brag about my talented mom, Noreen – who’s just published a new book!

The book’s topic? Accessories!

Well, actually – it’s belts, and I’m trying to figure out if I can ask Santa Claus for one of the belts for Christmas

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creating my own bird jewelry

Chloe Findlay-Harder — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:37:15 +0000

I shared some of my favorite picks with you all when I was trying to track down a particular bird necklace. I still haven’t found the perfect one, but I did find a charm with two birds sitting on a branch on it. It’s got a little empty nest between them – they look forlorn somehow.

I decided to take matters into my own hands and glued three little robin’s egg blue beads into the nest. I attached a plain silver curb chain to the ends. I’m quite pleased with how it turned out!

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creating my own bird jewelry

design your own jewelery from Bijou Designer

Chloe Findlay-Harder — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 02:46:13 +0000

I just spent way to much time designing jewelery online with Bijou Designer. It’s a company based in Switzerland, which allows you to design necklaces & bracelets online, using their software. It’s almost like Polyvore, but for jewelery.

Here’s what I came up with:

The software takes a few minutes to learn, but it’s tons of fun!

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design your own jewelery from Bijou Designer

are you a Painfully Hip DIY?

Chloe Findlay-Harder — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 01:00:09 +0000

Now this is my kind of contest

Painfully Hip & DoesThisLookStupid have teamed up to create “the Most Painfully Hip DIY” contest.

They’re looking to find the most talented closet designers out there – so get busy & put together an entry!

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are you a Painfully Hip DIY?

want to design your own bag?

Chloe Findlay-Harder — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 02:50:16 +0000

Have you ever wanted to try your hand at designing your own accessories but don’t have the tools or know-how?

Anna William makes designing your own handbag easy enough for everyone

They give you a choice of several different styles of purse:

This is the Andover handbag.

The Nantucket

And the very cute small Hampton bag.

It’s fun to go & play around with the selections – see what you can come up with

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shoe hacks – solutions for “sandal slapping”

Chloe Findlay-Harder — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 02:48:23 +0000

What happens if you find a very cute pair of sandals, like these yummy silver ones by Siegerson Morrison:

But don’t like the “slap, slap, slap” noise that sometimes happen when you walk on hard surfaces?

Try taking a length of pretty ribbon (check out your local craft store – most stores have amazing selections of ribbon) about a yard long. Put on your pretty, but noisy sandals, and run the ribbon underneath your shoe, in the instep. It should fit snuggly against the heel. Make sure both ends of the ribbon are even and then wrap them around your ankle, like you would wear an espadrille!

The trick for making this work is to make sure the ribbon isn’t touching the ground (it can wear or break) and use a ribbon that isn’t likely to slip when tied.

Presto! Pretty sandals with no “slap, slap, slap”

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shoe hacks – solutions for “sandal slapping”

ideas for vintage jewelry

Chloe Findlay-Harder — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 05:33:27 +0000

Joshua, one of b5’s newest bloggers just posted a fantastic idea for re-working vintage jewelry. I think everyone has some old piece of jewelry lurking around somewhere that needs a facelift

Go check it out here!

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ideas for vintage jewelry

free online pattern for very cute purses

Chloe Findlay-Harder — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:05:12 +0000

“Threads” magazine is offering a free online pattern for three different purses. You can find the link here.

Pleated Pouch Bag

Clutch Bag

and a Drawstring Bag.

I think the drawstring bag would be a great bridal accessories in fabric to match the dress

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free online pattern for very cute purses

do-it-yourself shoe makeovers

Chloe Findlay-Harder — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 18:01:14 +0000

I was asked to be a friend’s maid of honor last summer – she had given me the color she wanted me to wear, but had otherwise given me free rein to choose my own accessories.

Which was fine….

Except that she was getting married in the middle of a famer’s field, at least a half-mile walk out.

In knee-high grass.

In August.

I needed a comfortable pair of shoes, that looked feminine, matched my deep rust colored dress, covered my toes, wouldn’t sink into the soft field and would stay on securely.

After walking around several shoes stores with a blank look on my face – I had a brainstorm!

I found a cute pair of white, eyelet fabric espadrilles. They’re comfortable, won’t fall off & looked feminine.

But… they’re white. I’m not the bride, and besides – we’re in a field!

I still liked them, so I bought them, took them home & contemplated… I’m a fiber artist, speciallizing in making art quilts, and I end up painting quite a bit of my own fabric. I looked at my paint containers, and then at the color of my dress & came up with this:

Voila – the acrylic fabric paint worked beautifully! Unfortunately, the ribbon that came with the shoes was sadly lacking.

Plain white 3/4″ matte ribbon – not that inspiring…

I found some much more interesting pink-shading-to-orange striped ribbon and threaded it through…

Shoes that fit my criteria, fit me, and looked very cute… even if you couldn’t see them in the grass

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do-it-yourself shoe makeovers

Choose Leather – January 3rd

admin — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 13:53:06 +0000

Sometimes a chain simply doesn’t work with certain pendants. You might get a lot more mileage if you string your favorite charm onto a piece of lether or suede.

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Choose Leather – January 3rd