'Clutching' on tight

One of the greatest accessories a girl can have is her purse. It holds a wide variety of precious and not so precious items. I for one would be utterly lost if anything happened to mine. For bags tend to be a woman's style prize and storage unit all in one.

And so today I decided to try my hand at making some tiny canvas clutches, with crochet and pearl detailing. These little bags zip up at the top and measure approximately 8in across by 6in high. They are perfect for stashing your camera and cash for a night out, or storing makeup, markers, and any other item you haven't found the perfect case for.

The beauty of clutches and pouch purses is that they are tiny enough to throw in a bag during the day filled with necessities, and large enough to hold their own on a night out and about.

This quick post is just a sneak peak of the new addition to my line, and they will all be available on etsy this coming week!

(check out my shop at www.wildspringrose.etsy.com)

And thanks to IFB (find them at heartifb.com) whose weekly roundup post inspired me to try my hand at designing my own lovely micro-bags!

The Front Bottoms :: music to live to.

For the past few years my life can be generally charted by the music that I listen to. There's music to laugh to, music to drive to, music to cry to, and music to dance to. Then there's music that you can live to. Those songs, or albums, or artists, that if your life had a soundtrack they would make the list.

One of these artists is the Front Bottoms. Their two boys from Jersey who make amazing, honest music. I first about these guys when my friends opened a show for them in Philly. All I knew was that their photo on the facebook even was sick, and they had a weird name. When I heard them, I knew I'd found a band that would be with me for a while.

Recently, (as in only a few days ago) the Front Bottoms' second album "Talon of the Hawk" was released. I've had it streaming constantly. It's energetic. It's both happy and angry and the same time. It's emotional. It's passionate. It's something everyone should listen to.

I'm so excited to be seeing them play a hometown show at Maxwell's in hoboken, New Jersey on the 31st.

so do yourself a favor and press play. If you don't like it that's fine, and if you love it, well that's just amazing.

April's outfits

I AM THE [GIRL] YOUR MOTHER WANTED YOU TO MEET
old navy cardigan :: forever 21 top :: DIY gap jeans :: tights :: socks :: Steve Madden combat boots :: vintage Louie Vuitton bracelet

AND SO I LIVE, WITH WHITEWASHED WALLS AND MIRRORED HALLS
H&M cardigan :: forever 21 dress :: DIY belt :: keys

I AM A SIXTIES BABE, THROUGH AND THROUGH
forever 21 top :: forever 21 skirt :: black tights :: Steve Madden combat boots

KISS ME TWICE, AND YOU CAN STAY THE NIGHT
old navy cardigan :: Versace top :: Levi's :: vintage jewelry 

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Post festival :: MGMT at Penn State's Movin' On

I drove three hours (a total of 6 round trip) up to Penn State and back just to see MGMT perform live at the Moving On festival. Packed into a tiny VW bug with three other people and a Rage Against the Machine CD it was nothing short of an adventure.







The day was beautiful and (most of) the bands that played were good. When the sun set and the crowd swarmed forward and MGMT took the stage it was a moment of psychedelic sound magic. My only complaint was that they didn't play kids. I understand that they do not play the song because of its surge in popularity in the mainstream-- the opposite of everything that MGMT has stood for. However, this was my second seeing MGMT live and as much, my second time not hearing kids live....and that's a little disappointing. Electric feel however, was amazing!

Weekly Inspiration :: "URBANART"

I searched the tag "urbanart" on instagram a little while ago and these are the 5 images that really jumped out to me. I am not an urban artist, fail miserably at even the simplest of spray painting, however I love cities and the street art/ urban art that exists within them. It blows my mind by what some people can accomplish with a simple can of spray paint.



Get inspired!

A Study in Color

Color is everywhere. The perfect color combinations exist in, where else, everyday life. Posted below are 5 sets of color combos, inspired by pictures from my instagram.



Color is necessary in all almost all forms of art. Get inspired!

What is Creativity.

"What is creativity?" is a question I've been asking myself a lot lately. Is it being different, is it always having a fresh new idea? Is it creating things by hand, or is it simply following the random ideas that pop into ones head?

My answer is 'I don't know.'

I do know, however that I have been feeling an acute lack of whatever exactly creativity is in my life and I'd like to get it back. I have to get it back, after all my degree and passing my design classes depends upon it. But this pressure to be creative seems to only drive it further from my grasp.

Why?

That's another question that I am simply unsure of the answer.

So I went to the bookstore. I figured of course I could find the answer there. Well I can't. No books seem to have the right answer, I think because the answer to creativity, and imagination, and beauty and passion and finding what we love is within us. Deep down within us. That spark of light that would ignite within us as children and then somewhere along the years faded and dimmed and dulled and got hidden away by the cobwebs of life. So I guess the answer to my own creativity must be written, and in the meantime I must push and pull myself towards it, and not get stuck in a rut.