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I had a lot of piercings in my younger years (took them all out) but gauging was never anything I wanted to do. The thought of not being able to wear normal earrings upset me. I was always envious of the girls wearing the intricately carved earrings though. This solves the issue beautifully!

Here is just a sampling and most come in a variety of colors.

So is this a look you’d ever go for? I’m beyond the age of worrying about looking like a poseur with fake gauged ears. This style just tickles my fancy to no end!

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F21 finds

Lara — Tue, 24 May 2011 21:29:28 +0000

put a bird on it! $8.80

colorblock bangle $9.80

bow ring in a bunch of colors $1.50

cutout top – $13.80

sweater knit skirt – $22.80

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etsy finds

Lara — Sat, 07 May 2011 18:58:01 +0000

After a week of kitten, we’re back to our regularly scheduled programming.

I cleaned up the bookmarks on my laptop and found a bunch of random things from etsy and figured they were worth a share:

Homako – These would be an easy diy with felt scraps, some sort of backing and felt glue.

Silvia66 – I know it’s getting hot but this is also an easy diy. I mean, it’s chunky un-knitted yarn!

AudraJean – I really want a harness to dress up a boring tank this summer.$89

Debbie Carlos – giant poster prints done on architectural printers. I’ve used them before and the finish and large format is so much fun! $50

Kiva Ford – the teeniest hand blown glass pieces!

High Street Vintage – affordable little prints from vintage sources

and a shout out to the lovely Katie of Mitu Vintage who takes great care in finding beautiful vintage goods- washing, repairing and researching ! Follow her fun personal blog, twitter and check out her etsy shop!

Who’s your favorite etsy seller? Do you have a shop of your own?

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bold finds at F21

Lara — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:13:54 +0000

Some cheap fixes to get you ready for hot weather:

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earrings

Lara — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 23:42:11 +0000

I used to wear a big pair of silver hoops every day. They were kinda my trademark but for some reason I haven’t worn earrings in forever. I’ve simplified so much in my life that when I get ready in the morning I’ve become so utilitarian that I don’t think of accessorizing until the weekend. Now, every time I try to wear earrings (from a pretty massive collection), my ears get irritated. I would put up with it for these:

Eddie Borgo – 2″ long – $350

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unrequited

Lara — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 02:36:28 +0000

So, I was checking out Julia Chesky’s holiday window displays on her blog Modelizing and saw this amazing red necklace in a Bergdorf Goodman window.

Stunning right?

Like so many other things, it reminds me of the movie The Cell and I’m completely smitten with it. Anyhow, I tweeted Julia and asked her if she knew who made it. She didn’t but told me to tweet @Bergdorfs. I think we’ve hit a dead end.

The rest of the necklaces in the pic are MCL.

I’ve scoured the interwebs for Kentshire pieces and have found nothing. So, if anyone has any idea, I’d love to learn more about this amazing piece of jewelry.

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cheap jewelry fix

Lara — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:51:39 +0000

With all of my disposable cash going to x-mas shopping right now, I decided to give myself a little treat with some junk jewelry. I LOVE trashy jewelry. It’s my weakness. Well, that and shoes.

Here are 3 necklaces I got from Charlotte Russe last week:

How cute is this? $6.50

I’m taking those beads off – $8.50

This will probably tarnish terribly. I’ll spray paint it later – $12.50

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Fantasy Christmas Wishlist

Lara — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 22:03:38 +0000

In the spirit of the Neiman Marcus The Christmas Book, where little luxuries and outrageous things like houseboats and $15,000 edible gingerbread playhouses are showcased, I will share with you my ultimate wish list for Christmas, where nothing is practical (well, maybe a little) and everything is fun!

Frozen Charlotte doll (Antique solid body doll, can be found on eBay. Don’t ask. I just want one.)
James Ward Designs plates
Insulated picnic basket
Cow butter dish

All expense paid trip to Puerto Rico
All expense paid trip to Austria
A stay at the Swedish Treehotel
A stay in an underwater hotel (The bf wants to add a stay at an ice hotel but this is MY wish list sir!)

Hispar 3-buckle field boots
Antik Batik necklace (so I don’t have to make it myself)
adjustable dress form in small
Giant blown up print of Andrea Galvani’s work
Mini Cooper

Okay… here’s a few more practical things:

sewing machince case
Mini fountain pen and refils from JetPens
military style pistol belt
domed cake stand
terrarium
retractable measuring tape

yup. that dog right there.

Now for things I can’t picture:

a miracle cure for M.S. for my mom
debt and the bf’s student loan to be paid off
tattoo removal for 2 tattoos and laser hair removal for pretty much my entire body
the time and money to go to auto mechanic school – I’m not even joking
a spare room in our apartment so we can have a workshop/sewing/craft area

What’s on your fantasy wish list?

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+ & –

Lara — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:45:15 +0000

Entangled by Kate MacDowell – check out her site for more amazing porcelain pieces! (via)

Huge list of jewelry diy ideas.
The wedding is over, I’m unpacked, finally well-fed and well-rested! Happy cat!

Velvet pumpkins!!!

I want to make this lil chippy munk!! (via)

This post about hobbies you kid yourself into thinking you’re going to take on cracked me up. I love crafts (despise scrapbooking though) and I have bought the basics for just about every craft hobby out there. Sewing, painting, drawing, cupcakery, knitting, embroidery, silk screening, sticker making, jewelry making, decoupage, you name it. Sometimes you have to be honest with yourself though, and narrow it down to a few things you really love to do and clean out the rest. I just packed up a grocery bag of my knitting supplies to give away. All I ever managed to complete were scarves. I simply don’t have the time or desire to ever knit again, when I have plenty of scarves already and can buy one for $10.

The US is overworked.

I’ve been having an ongoing debate with the bf about rape scenes in movies. I simply cannot watch them. I get a physical reaction – disgust, rage, an angry trembling in my core. We watched The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo recently. I can handle violence in movies but the rape scene was one of the most brutal I’ve seen. But she got revenge!! I don’t care. I have been feeling for a long time that these revenge flicks are just an excuse to have the rape scene. Rich Juzwiak just wrote this. He’s feeling my skepticism as well.

I Spit On Your Grave, in both its 1978 and 2010 incarnations, is a horror film with a deceptively simple premise: a woman named Jennifer Hills retreats to a house in the middle of nowhere all by herself, is sniffed out and raped by locals and then exacts murderous revenge on them. I say that it’s deceptively simple, because what sounds cut and dry has been the fodder for 32 years of debate — is the film merely an excuse to depict a prolonged and brutal group rape sequence with tit-for-tat redemption thrown in to obscure the exploitation, or is it a feminist statement of the enduring strength of woman?

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