Diamond Zipper Pouches via See Kate Sew

I stumbled across this tutorial and free pattern for these cute diamond zipper pouches from See Kate Sew awhile ago. With my love for all things gems I knew that I had to make a couple.

Thrifted: Shirts, Purses, and Plaid Fabric

Nothing is better than spending a morning with a good friend sifting through isles of used clothing until your hands feel like they are covered in dust and smell like moth balls.

What I'm Making: Patch Pocket Shorts

I have been thinking of ways to expand things on my blog away from just DIY tutorials. I make so many more things than what I post in tutorials, many late at night or during non-optimal photo taking time. Or things that are so easy you don't need a tutorial. I am always inspired to make things I see in photos that I find around the internet, and not necessarily in tutorials. So I've decided to add a new section called "What I'm Making", in hopes that the photos I post will inspire you! So here it goes!

This summer I realized that I needed more shorts, well... more fashionable shorts. And jean shorts have never been more fashionable, especially cutoffs.

DIY: Fabric Flower Bud Earrings

I'll tell you something a lot of people probably don't know or even notice about me. I don't have my ears pierced. I also don't have plans to get them pierced any time soon. This is the place where you stare at the screen and go What! How can someone who makes jewelery not even wear one of the most essential pieces? I don't really know. Well for one thing the whole word 'pierced', like with a needle, doesn't really sit well with me. I've survived this long without pierced ears, why change that.

One thing I do know is that not having pierced ears does not stop me from making a whole load of earrings. Mainly to sell, but also for my sister and mother. So now that it's pretty much summer (Yay sunshine, finally), the flowers are starting to bloom. Here I've made some cute earrings inspired by flower buds.