Dorm Food

yahoo answers, (potatoes, salad, rice, pasta, poached salmon?)
college admissions (soup, burritos, frozen dinners)
associated content (nachos, quesedillas, pizza, peanut butter fudge, apple crumble!)
how to girl -youtube- (alot of recipies she does are dorm-friendly)


get: cheeses, bagels, crackers, granola, granola bars, rice cakes, pudding, yogurts, soups, noodles, fruit, drinks, powdered drinks (like lemonade or "Kool-Aid"), frozen dinners, pretty much anything canned, a water-filter-jug-thing, bagels, jam, cream cheese, peanut butter, fruit, lunch meats etc, popcorn, cous-cous, animal crackers,

USE MICROWAVE-SAFE BOWLS/PLATES!!!

Rooms Rooms Rooms!

So I've been thinking about spaces recently, and how to make them special and unique...
This is to be the "home base" post for room decoration links and inspiration links...

Egg Carton Fairy Lights

Fabric-covered thumb tacks

"modern" paper ornaments

New Amsterdam

Am I the only one who was really fond of this show? It was on during the writer's strike a while back and so there are only 8 episodes of it, but then it was canceled... why do they remove shows like this but keep the terribly stupid ones? *biased* anyways, the full thing is still available legally on hulu so enjoy it. <3

hulu.com/new-amsterdam

Threadbanger Love

I love Threadbanger, and I wanted to make a note of some of my favourite episodes.

How to make spats

How to make a Cycling Cap

How to Make a Hat Mold

How to Make a Duchess Cloak

How to Make a Dress Out Of an Old Sweatshirt

How to Make a Tuxedo Bib

How to Make a Cape with Meg

How to Make a Steampunk Outfit

RHLS How to make Boy Shorts (Includes a dance break)

DIY Terrariums

How to Make a Shirred Summer Dress

How To Embellish a Summer Tank Top


How to Make a Stipple Tee

Contact Paper Screen Print

How to Crochet a Neckline

How to Make a Brimmed Beanie

How to Make a Scoodie

How to Make a Pillbox Hat

How to Make a Striped "Rockstar" Shirt

DC Street Fashion Pandahead

Andrew Hanson DIY Tshirts

How to Make a Hoodie from Old T-Shirts

How to Dye Jeans with Coffee

How to Stencil

RHLS How to Make a Space Helmet Hoodie

ann wood - Blog Archive - my place

ann wood - Blog Archive - my place

I love ann wood's house it looks so dreamy

(her image, not mine)

Newly Found Photos of the Beatles, Rolling Stones | Newsweek Entertainment | Newsweek.com

Newly Found Photos of the Beatles, Rolling Stones | Newsweek Entertainment | Newsweek.com
these are quite interesting!

Life in Technicolor II

I love the use of puppets in this video,especially the fact that they include the techies. Coldplay has an interesting style for theis "Viva La Vida" period in their careers, one of a tired bohemian military. Not to mention that the music has a wonderful feel to it.

Tavi and the meaning of fashion

style rookie: damnit jim i'm a meerkat

Leave it to Tavi to remind us what fashion is really meant to be about. :)

pearls and black velvet

In the same strand as the last video post, The Chanel Paris-Moscou Pre-Fall 2009: Focus on Accessories video (isn't that a mouthful!) is quite beautiful, calm, an eclectic. I love the use of pearls with the faces, although they are entirely impractical it adds a wonderful artistic element. Maybe I'll make a headband with strands of different sized fake pearls on it out of something soft and dark? I don't know...

Horses and Advice

First of all, I have recently stumbled upon this post in Design Sponge about Ann Wood's project of creating 100 horses. It also includes a how-to, which I suggest you check out. Ann's own blog is here.

Secondly, I also stumbled into Nubby's post of 10 valuable lessons she learned one year out of design school. [via Galadarling] I love how she makes a point of noticing that it's experience, not money, which will establish your career.

Diane Von Furstenberg + Francois-Marie Banier

I love this ad.



It's so inspirational and beautiful.
for more info go here.

The Professor's Daughter

I know that I am not done adding links to my previous posts for future reference materials, but I figure that now is as good a time as any to start actually writing something of any sort here.

I recently borrowed the Professor's Daughter from the library and highly recommend it. It includes many things which I enjoy including, but not limited to Victorian England, action, romance, and fantasical characters. It is also quite well drawn and the pictures compliment the words beautifully. It is a quick read, yet one which can still be thoroughly enjoyed multiple times (as opposed to those books which you read once and then simply sit on your bookshelf gathering dust.)

To read an excerpt of the book please follow this link.
To order it off amazon please go here.

historical clothing patterns/books/tutorials

• Ladies' garment cutting made easy
• panel skirt (1953)
  
• slip dress patterns
• halter strapless long line brassiere (patent 1957)
• historical trade literature-the smithsonian
• how to make a petticoat (fluffer style)
• Regency pattern links - Costumer's manifesto
• costume history links- costumer's manifesto
• 1700s, a how-to
• 1910s tea gown instructions
• 1940s sewing pattern drafts
• 1600s polish mounted artillery patterns
• 1922 Art in Dress (book) (alt site for pictures)
  
• 1919 Dressmaking Made Easy (book)
• Godey's lady's book contents
• Godey's lady's book patterns
• (1912) Thornton's international system of ladies' garment cutting
  
• a series of online historical books
• (early 1900s) systems of garment cutting
• (c. 1905) white blouse with insets
• custom elizabethan corset pattern generator
• "poet" shirt tutorial
  
• early 1900s sewing patterns
• patternthings
• many historic patterns - tudorlinks
• easy italian chemise
• 1898- cutter's practical guide
• 1860-1915 patterns
  
• 1800s la Couturiere Parisienne
• 1900s la Couturiere Parisienne
• 
  

Steampunkthings

• homemade sun jar
• articulated wing framework
  
• how to make a pair of Angel wings
• basic wire mechanisms
• easy and cheap steampunk projects you can do at home
• Light bulb mini-bouquet
• card models (includes airship models)
• "simple" animatronics
• homemade goggles1
• goggles2
• mecha-monocle
• Magnetic Wind-Up Key
• The Transmuted Victorian Engineer's Journal
• Steampunk Chicken-Walker Mech
  
• Steampunk Magazine (Includes interviews, tales, tutorials and other goodness)
• 
  

Bag patterns/tutorials

• change purse
• simple kids backpack (martha)
• bicyclist's lunch bag (evil mad scientist laboritories)
• hobobag tutorial
• little shopping bag tutorial
• rectangles bag with cutout handle
• reversible shoulder bag tutorial /pattern
• messenger bag with gusset tutorial
• quilted wallet tutorial
• one hour bag tutorial
• fold-away tote
• pillowcase bag (martha)
• lindie bag
• wandering sack
• think pink Japanese cherry blossom inspired bag tutorial
• shoulder bag tutorial
• cosmetic bag tutorial
• hip mama "diaper" bag
• jordy bag tutorial
• singlet style shopping bag
• straight sided triangular cosmetic bag
• valori wells grocery tote
• zippered lined pouch tutorial
• little boxy pouch tutorial
• the weekender
• 
  

Pants, Leggings, Tights, etc. tutorials/patterns

• Doo.Ri style Beaded Tights
• Diamante cutout leggings
• Studded, chain, jean shorts
• Harem Pants tutorial
• Wrap pants tutorial
• Thai Fisherman Pants
  
• Lounging Pajamas, Pakistani Style
• leggings
• lounge pants
• Chudidar ( Indian Leggings)
• Salwar (Indian Easy Fit Pants)
• Christiam Lacroix inspired ombre tights
• 
  

Hair Accessories Tutotials

• Headband 1
• Reversible Headbands
  
• Angry Chicken Barrettes
  
• Flower Crown
• 
  

Modern Dress Patterns And Tutorials

• Dragon Dress (Tutorial)
• Sara Berman Style Dress
• Infinity Dress
• Hooded Tunic Dress from a Sweatshirt
• Paper Dresses
  
• "Oriental" wrap dress
• Babydoll Dress
• simple stretch tank dress
• Outaspop's Sweater recon dresses (not english)
• Flutter Skirt Dress - Weekend Designer
• Ruched Empire waisted dress - Weekend Designer
• Italian Chemise
• 
  

Hats tutorials etc

• I love this hat
• felt hat from craft store felt
• "Cisco" (knit)
• Millinery in miniature
• "Hex Hats" (as in hexagon)
  
• gilded lace crowns
• 1957 - Making a basic sailor frame
  
• 1957 - covering the basic sailor frame
• 1957 - pillbox pattern
• 1957 - sailor pattern and its many variations
• Belle Beret (Knit)
• Ysolda Urchin Hat (also contains more knit patterns)
• The Magic Hat (Make)
  
• Checkpoint Charlie Hat
• The Eddie Cap
• 
  

Somewhat Random Accessory Tutorials / patterns

• Retro-Ascot Neck Tie
• RFC Goggles drawings
  
• Knee-high spats (Cut out and Keep)
• Hermes Key Ring
• Waist Cincher / Belt
• gloves!
• 
  

Fashion/StreetStyle Blogs

• Bleach Black
• Gala Darling
• Ivy Frozen
• Easy Fashion - Paris Street Style
• Johanna Ost's Live Journal
• Childhood Flames
• Fifi Lapin
• Style Bubble
• Free People Blog
• Park & Cube
• Style Clicker
• Still In Berlin
• Le Blog De Betty
• The Sartorialist
  
• Panda Head Magazine
• Karla's Closet
  
• Thumbelina
• Spencer Tweedy
• Tavi - Style Rookie
  
• Wear Palettes
• 
  

Softies tutorials and patterns

• glove to chipmunk
• teeny tiny knitted toys
• Japanese quilted apple tut
• crochet baby octopus
• Kwoozy Rabbit pattern
• Companion Cube
• 8 foot tall giant squid
• circus elephant
• Kermit the Frog
• mini doll pattern
• 
  

Shirt Patterns and Tutorials

• Gothic Lolita Shirts
• Hoodie Tutorial 1 (alt site)
  
• Hoodie Tutorial 2
• Hoodie Tutorial 3
  
• Tshirt to Ruffly Cardigan
• Retro "Peasant Blouse"
• Moto Jacket Tutorial
• 
  

Papercraft

• Cannon crafts
• Cannon - Calendars
• Free Papertoys from "The Toymaker"
• Cute Japanese Animals
• Marshall Alexander
• Paper Forest
• Papercraft -World
• Howl's Moving Castle papercraft
• Transformers
• Transformers 2
• A Variety of Japanese Things (sidebar has more options)
  
• Paul Shih (Scroll Down)
• Speakerdog
• Japanese Dollhouses
  
• Papercraft Paradise
• Ghettoblaster
• Mini Koinobori
• Cassette Tape
• Guitars
• Other Mother box (from Coraline)
• 
  

Printing methods

• freezer-paper t-shirt tutorial
• Recycled food packaging
• woodcut printed t-shirt -video
  
• 
  

TShirt Inspirations

• 3 Ninjas
• Allow Me To Explain through Interpretive Dance
• A Key For Everything
• Karnasky Horse
• 
  

Skirt Patterns - Modern

• Craftster - "Fun wrap skirts"
• Kingdom of Style - Tulip hem
• Kingdom of Style - Cocoon Hem
• Kingdom of Style - Bubble hem
• Harry Potter Skirt
• Yoked Skirt
  
• Skirt from men's button-down
• Stylebubble - pickup skirt tutorial
  
• Lolita Skirt Tutorial
• Altered Cloth Skirts
  
• Fitzpatterns Dana Wrap Skirt
• Poor Dolly Lolita skirt
• Skirt Pattern Calculator
• Punky Petticoat
• 
  

Bookbinding Techniques

• Photojojo - make your own Photo Journals and Notebooks
• Make a mini Saddle-stitched Booklet
• Japanese Bindery Technique
• Make your own moleskine-like notebook
  
• Instructibles - How to bind a book
• Five and a half - from prints to journals
• Cut out and Keep- Paperback book
• another perfect binding version
• Etsy - weekly planner
• Soft Cover Wrap -Around Notebook (alt site)
• Pocket Full o' Lists
• Mini Books
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Paper Pop-ups

• Robert Sabuda : Popups to make
• Craftzine Blog- Pop Up Card Tutorials
• Lotus Card Tutorial
• Tablecards
• Happy Mother's Day
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Embroidery Patterns

Embroidery Patterns

• Doe C Doe Spring Samplers
• Flikr of vintage cross stitch
• Doe C Doe birds Sampler
• Doe C Doe xmas sampler
• SSPSmix.pdf
• CraftPudding: house free embroidery pattern
• HomeIsWhereTheControllerIs.gif
• rebelscumcrossstitch.jpg
• skull_printable.gif
• Mermaid Coloring Pages - 5
• Mermaid Coloring Pages - 6
• Alice in Wonderland
• Greenaway_11_lady_sitting.jpg
• College Humor, 1927
• Andrea Zuill’s Blog » Free Patterns
• rabbit-queen-1-pattern.jpg
• lil-mermaid-web.jpg
• 1blueship004.jpg (image)
• 1floralframe003d.jpg (image)
• chicksandbunnies1.jpg (image)
• circusembroidery.pdf (application/pdf Object)
• BirdOnABranch
• Encyclopedia of Needlework, by Thérèse de Dillmont - Home, Preface, Table of contents, Chapters I - 16
• Designs & Illustrations by Florence Caulfield to Print & Use - Victoria and Albert Museum (2)
• Doodle Stitching 06 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!