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Posts tagged with 'thrifting'

  • Thinking Outside the Donation Box: The Linens Department

    POSTED BY TRICIA ROYAL, DECEMBER 07 2007 10:00 AM | PERMALINK

    This post here is the first of a small installment called "Thinking Outside the Donation Box", where I'll give you a small smattering of unusual but creative reuse ideas for that which you find at your local thrift!

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    Make a point to peruse the linens and housewares section of your own local secondhand shop! It's literally a gold mine when it comes to materials you can utilize in the making of your own completely original clothing.

    Straight off the top o' my head are some craft ideas for you to use...

  • A Year of Wearing DIY

    POSTED BY MORGAN, DECEMBER 03 2007 10:15 AM | PERMALINK

    Anna Sui is one of my very favorite mainstream designers, and I once read an interview with her (in Venus Magazine) where she mentioned that for an ENTIRE YEAR in high school she made all of her own clothes. I remember this every once in a while when I find myself looking wistfully from my closet to my sewing pile, and as the time comes to make those New Year's resolutions, her DIY-ness really got me thinking...could I possibly commit to rocking a DIY wardrobe for a whole year - making from...