See the rest of the shoot at her post, HERE or to see other collaborations with The Style Saver, click HERE
Monday, March 2, 2015
I've Always Loved Graffiti
One of my favorite quote of my granny's is "I love that art that kids draw on trains". She was referring to graffiti. And that's just beautiful. The following photos are from a shoot I did with Elizabeth of the Style Saver. Neither of us were feeling very motivated to shoot that day, until we found this epic alley. It was pure magic in this alley.
Fest' Fash'
This is the first fashion shoot I did with Elizabeth Manuntag of TheStyleSaver. Her blog is awesome and gives you practical tips for looking amazing on a budget. Check out the rest of the post on her blog here.
I've worked with Elizabeth a lot since this shoot, which we did late last summer. I will try to add the rest shortly and they can all be found here.
I've worked with Elizabeth a lot since this shoot, which we did late last summer. I will try to add the rest shortly and they can all be found here.
xoxo, Bits.
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Make Your Own Nature Tapestry!
SUPPLIES:
For this project, all you need is a couple common camping supplies, and a bunch of random stuff you find in nature. I went on a hike to gather supplies, it's basically a crafting workout when you mix exercise in. Bring on the bikinis!- Nails, or spikes
- String (I used rainbow hemp that my awesome friend brought)
- Random materials from nature- Bark, moss, marking tape (that I found on the ground), sticks, etc.
- Two strong sticks that are around the same length, but longer than the finished width of your tapestry.
DIRECTIONS:
1. Create a rectangle in the ground the size you want your finished tapestry to be.
2. Put an even number of nails along the top and the bottom.
3. Starting at the top left edge, wrap the string around the nail a couple times, and then down to the mirrored nail at the bottom, and up to the second nail, all the way to the last nail. Wrap around the last nail a couple times to stabilize.
4. Weave the two strong sticks into the string, one at the top of the tapestry, and one at the bottom. Over the first string, under the second, over the third, etc.
5. Fill out all the strings with the random materials you found on your hike. Make sure you are weaving your materials in on opposite strings. If your first item started on top of the first string, then your second item must under the first string, and then your third has to start on top again, and repeat.
6. When it's all filled in and you're satisfied with how it looks, take the two ends of your string that you wrapped around the nails, and tie them around the top strong stick.
7. Tie a hanger string to the top strong stick.
8. Carefully slide all the strings off of the nails.
9. Adjust the strings until it all fills out naturally, and voila! You're very own super personalized and unique memoir, nature wall hanging tapestry!
Any cool camping crafts you've tried and loved? I'm all about painting rocks and Joel loves finding the perfect stick and carving it and embellishing it until it's perfect. I'm also thinking I wanna master a nature wind chime before the summer is over!
Hope you try this out, and hey, if random nature isn't your thing, feel free to use fabric or yarn or wool roving instead. Weaving is one of those crafts that make people really impressed, it's a good trick ;)
XO_BITS
PS
This is BITS' 100th post! Thanks for reading along and keeping me inspired! Can't wait to see where the next 100 posts take me!
PS
This is BITS' 100th post! Thanks for reading along and keeping me inspired! Can't wait to see where the next 100 posts take me!
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