Bust Craftacular this weekend!

This Saturday the 14th, I'll be sharing a table at the Bust Magazine Craftacular craft fair! I'll be selling some fun, colorful bracelets; bright leather pouches and clutches; and some super cool hand-dyed scarves and shirts! Come by to say hi! There will be a ton of other independent artists and vendors there, so there will be lots to look at! 

Please forward this on to anyone who might be interested in shopping, supporting small businesses, or getting gifts for the women in their lives!

PS, did I mention this is also a FOOD fair? There's something for everyone!

Saturday April 14th

82 Mercer Street

(between Broome and Spring)
11am - 7pm

Shibori circle scarves

I'm working on some great new items for the shop! Keep an eye out for silk and wool shibori circle scarves, and some cute new pouches!



I'm also working with Raymond to design a leather color-blocked backpack for him for spring.

Glitter shoes DIY

First I bought these last year on super duper sale:



But I never wore them because that leather flower on the side isn't really my style. So I took it off:



And then realized there's a bunch of holes left in the leather because of the thread that held the flower. So I decided that the only thing to do was to fill those holes with glitter.

First I taped up all the parts that I didn't want glittery, including the heel tap:



Then I scuffed up the to-be-glittered part with sandpaper.



Then I mixed about half ModPodge and half glitter from Michaels in the cut off end of a water bottle and painted it on.



Here they are half dried:



I ended up painting on three coats to get the glitter as opaque as I wanted, but the difference between one coat and three is actually minimal.

I let them dry some more and applied some Angelus Acrylic Finisher and voila!





They're pretty cool! I bought the glitter while at home in Memphis so I didn't compare the colors, and in the future I might get a color more similar to the base color. But I kind of like the spectator look these have now, and I'm happy with how they turned out! Not all of the thread holes are hidden, but I think the glitter distracts.

Shibori part one!

A scarf and a t-shirt started out like this:



and one got dyed lime green:



then I started to unwrap it:



and then it was this!



I ended up not dyeing the t-shirt that day because I discovered that the black thread left black lines on the silk of the scarf.



It ended up looking kind of cool and veiny, so I don't feel too bad about the scarf, but I did take the shirt apart and re-tie it with some white thread.

The scarf is willow pattern (yanagi shibori), although mine always turns out so white because I tie it so tight.

I did some more great stuff this weekend at home in Memphis, and will post pics as soon as my sister sends them to me!