June 2009
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Zine
Vibe magazine is shutting down. I remember when they were a huge full size magazine on crappy newspaper quality paper and their 20 questions at the end of every issue. Now they’re gone. As a bookworm/literary nerd/craftshionista I’ve always wanted to do a zine. In the summer of 2001 I discovered the indie press and fell in love. As my senior year project I did a half size zine of...
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Fascinating!
I’ve been trying to stay in the creative groove. Today at work I had a vision for an afrikan inspired headpiece to wear with a skirt I had planned to make. The skirt ended up being too small (I’ll probably give it away) but the headpiece came out nice considering I had never done it before. I used african wax fabric, denim scraps and tulle. Sewed it together with jewelry wire and...
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Motivation
I’ve found a few websites that are as inspiring as they are creative. LeCoil on Tumblr A beautifully arranged natural hair lookbook. Stunning pics, minimal text and wonderful links. Fly Girls on Typepad Another visually pleasing blog full of colorful clothing and creative artwork. I just found these sites today and I am smitten! Check em out :) I’m getting a new laptop next week so...
