Summer is almost over. Okay, okay, it is basically over. But we are still having hot days here, so one last shorts DIY before we are in full fall mode is no big deal, right?…
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Craft Round Up: Fashion
Instead of a craft round up of DIY projects worth trying out this season, I thought I would do a feature on bloggers I find consistently make creative fashionable clothes and accessories. Take a peak…
Guest Blogger: Where Motherhood and Fashion Collide
I’m so happy to have one of our favorite bloggers, Sara from Our Yuppie Life and Ladytroupe Sweets, guest write for our fashion theme. Sara’s blog is filled with beautiful moments with her adorable girls,…
Q&A Sunday: Mixing Patterns
Last week, Jess asked me for tips about mixing patterns, and so I’ve been thinking all week about what makes a look succeed or fail when multiple prints are at play. In fact, I’ve been…
Q&A Sunday: Favorite Trends
Question from Jess: What are your favorite fashion trends right now? Answer: This question is tricky for me, because I don’t really know what is trendy. Sure, some of the magazines I read have those feature…
Happy Halloween!
Since this season is about getting in touch with our inner fashionista, I thought I would go all out and share a Halloween inspired outfit. Let’s just say I found this photo shoot to be…
Q&A Sunday: Denim Skirts & Work
Question from Jess: Are jean skirts and dresses acceptable to wear to work? I’ve also seen a lot of cute outfits with skirts and the chambray shirt, what do you think about that in a business…
Q&A Sunday: Wearing sheer to work
As Jess mentioned last week, we are starting a brand new series here at Sweet Athena called “Q&A Sundays” in which we will be answering each other’s questions through weekly posts. Because we’re in the…
New series ahead: Q&A
For as long as Linz and I have been friends we have been hatching plans, schemes and ideas with one another. High school assignments together would more often feel like an excuse to spend the…
Makeover Monday: Mad Men Brooch
Watching Mad Men serves two purposes for me, it has the entertainment factor, but I also tend to swoon over the fashion. While I would love to dive into making more than one dress inspired…
Back in style: Our new/old theme
It’s been two years since Jess and I announced our blog format of adopting a theme to guide our posts for three months at a time. Since then, we have delved in to areas such…
Makeover Monday: Heart Tights
I saw this adorable tutorial from See Kate Sew about making polka tights from black puff paint. I used her advice to make these trail of heart tights. To make these tights I put them on backwards…
Fall & Fashion: What We Learned
Three months ago, Jess and I set out on a mission to investigate one theme each season here at Sweet Athena. We brainstormed a million and five ideas and settled on “fashion,” a little intimidated…
A Makeover Story, Part Two
Ta da!!! (Cue jazz hands.) Right: shirt, Concept USA; tie, Penguin. After a whirlwind day in the city, we present to you Stephen’s “after” photos. He’s quite dapper, right? As we mentioned in “A Makeover…
A Makeover Story, Part One
Jess’ brother Stephen, pre-makeover Have you ever been really excited by something and you are not sure why? That is pretty much how I feel about dressing my little brother up in clothes. Ever since…
Sweet Athena Interviews Fashion Designer Lisa Silveira
Here at Sweet Athena we are pretty excited about the change in our blog format to “themed” seasons. One of the great benefits of this transition is that Lindsey and I are hoping to really…
Dress of the Month
One of the coolest parts of working on this Fall Fashion Season here at Sweet Athena is that it has coincided with one of the BEST fashion experiences of my life. When I say best,…
Petal Power
For our last installment on ways to jazz up your apparel, we’re looking at how Jess and I brought a little flower power to some basic tees. For guidance, we turned to this tutorial from…
Bling, Bling
Today’s shirt reconstruction is all about adding a little bling to your shirt. I tried out a tutorial from Still Dottie about re-ceating a beaded shirt from J-Crew. This project was one that was easy…
When We Dyed
To continue with our theme of reporting on the T-Shirt Reconstruction/Craft Party, I want to share with you a few thoughts on our two fabric dying experiments: one intentional…and one big accident. Let’s start with…
jess + linz
Friends since middle school, we continue to inspire each other to be creative in our big, adult lives. Each season we take on a new theme to guide our crafting, cooking, and creating. We're up for trying anything, and things are bound to get messy. But that's just the way we like it.