Posted on February 28, 2009 by recovergirl
I like this asymetrical cardigan look. I have some time today to go thrift shopping. I’m going to try to find a grandfatherly cardigan and see if I can just sew the button side over the other side and trim off the excess. Stay tuned.
Speaking of altering a sweater – look at what Style Rookie [...]
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Posted on February 23, 2009 by recovergirl
In episode 4 of Project Runway Canada Season 2 we are introduced to Julia Grieve of Preloved. I stumbled upon the Preloved site years ago while surfing the web for inspiration. I am glad to be reminded of Julia and her work. Inspirational!
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Posted on February 23, 2009 by recovergirl
I was missing Project Runway so I went and visited Blogging Project Runway to see if season 6 was going to start any time soon. Season 6 was taped and the top 3 finalists did show in this years New York Fashion Week but there was no news about when the show was going to [...]
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Posted on February 16, 2009 by recovergirl
I’m always looking for more ways to eat vegetarian. In general, my go-to vegetarian sandwich is an avocado sandwich. Now I have another option — a pickle sandwich. It started because I saw this post over on Design Sponge. The post includes a recipe for how to make homemade pickles. For the time being I [...]
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Posted on February 14, 2009 by recovergirl
Something in the most recent Cookie Magazine reminded me of this thing I used to do with Alex before he started Kindergarten. When he would ask me if he could do something like watch TV or play Nintendo I would say yes but only if he wrote a word on the chalk board first. I [...]
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Posted on February 9, 2009 by recovergirl
dance. touch. stolen glances. how romantic. <sigh> happy valentine’s day!
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