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…
Tagged By season: fashion
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…
Makeover Monday: How to Loop Beads
My Grandmother recently gave me a fun box of some of her costume jewelry. There were a couple of things which were in need of a little extra TLC. These beads for instance were part…
Makeover Monday: Smile Necklaces
There might be a better name for these necklaces, but I think they end up looking like mouths and smiles, which I rather like. This is another easy jewelry tutorial. Before I left for Baltimore…
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…
Makeover Monday: Beaded Chain Ring
This is a bit of a cheat of a Makeover Monday post as all materials here are new. But I feel fine about it because A) I like breaking rules, even if they are ones…
Book Review: The Earring Style Book by Stephanie Wells
There are heaps of wonderful and delightful blogs out there with lots of fun tutorials. While I, of course, am one of the millions who enjoy checking out all the creative ideas, I still find…
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…
Makeover Monday: Adding Color to Rhinestones
As I alluded to last Monday, we are back to the season of fashion. I want to use these next three months of Mondays as a chance to re-vamp fashion accessories. Starting today with the simple…
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…
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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.