A little inspiration.

Here's a few awesome DIY/fashion/awesome websites that I get some of my inspiration from!

1) Threadbangers - This site has easy videos, a sweet blog, helpful forums and everything is so cool and interesting. It was definitely my catalyst for joining (if still slowly) the DIY movement.
2) Adventures in Dressmaking- This blog is...ADORABLE. Suzannah (is it weird that I call her by her first name...?) comes up with awesome ways to replicate expensive tees, tanks, dresses, skirts and more. This summer I will be definitely trying out some of her tutorials. So amazing.
3)Ravelry- Ravelry's a knitting website that's a worldwide community of knitters (ok, crocheters too!). It brings together patterns from all over and it shows what happened when other people tried the same patterns. It's search filters make it really easy to find the pattern you want and is really my go-to when I start knitting. If you're a knitter (where my stitches at?!) then you will love this site and if you've never picked up a pair of needles, go to your local craft store, pick up a pair, and find an easy pattern on Ravelry to try. I honestly can't rave enough.
4) Alisa Burke's Blog- Alisa Burke has a cool combination of tutorials, inspirational photos, daily musings and more that provide a good amount of inspiration. My favorites from her include a refashioned vest and a cute petticoat. Her style is fun, colorful, and a little bit messy which I totally love.

That's about it for now. What are your DIY inspirational go-to sites?

-Katie

tuesday

Tuesday...counting tonight, it's only 2 days away. (2 DAYS!!) That'll be my first day of school.....September 1st - the first day of my junior year of high school education. This probably sounds pretty nerdy, but the new school year means way more to me than new pencils and clothes. (Although BOTH are really great...:D) It feels like a time to be drawing fresh inspiration, fresh influences, a fresh outlook. I look forward to September the way we look forward to the Ball Drop in Times Square on New Year's...

I feel it every year and know when it's time to search the internet, my music collection, magazines, and old photos for some unique things to ignite the fire of the upcoming year.  I love to just sit and think about what the school year could possibly bring! That's definitely one of my favorite kinds of day-dreams...The Future.

(Here are some of my inspirations for the upcoming school year...Top Left: One of the closest things I have to a baby, my FufiFilm s1000 digital camera. Top Right: Fashion-blogger Rumi Neely of fashiontoast.com. Bottom Left: September Vogue....they call it the fasion Bible after all...)

What are YOUR school year inspirations?