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DIY Neckline Detail

DIY Neckline Detail

I’m so excited to show you all the inspiring work from Kate. She uses lots of free patterns to make her gorgeous clothes, but they are heavily altered and tastefully embellished. I really love her fabric choices.
I was particularly taken with the shirt shown above. There are several corsage-style shirts out there right now at [...]

Lizzie Fortunato

Lizzie Fortunato

I’ve gone fabric necklace crazy! These necklaces by Lizzie Fortunato are so gorgeous and have equally beautiful names. The one on the top right is called “The Secret Hero of These Poems Necklace”. Isn’t that fantastic? The bottom three are from the (much) cheaper eight-piece collection that will be sold at Urban Outfitters in July, [...]

Becky Hogg

Becky Hogg

I’m loving the portfolio site of Becky Hogg. She studied at the Royal School of Needlework and has embroidered David Beckham’s shoes, among other things.
Check it out here.

Phillip Waterman

Phillip Waterman

I’ve been working on some projects (plural!) and I’ll be posting them over the next couple days. But for now, I leave you with this gorgeous photo by Philip Waterman.
It makes me so happy.

Tolix Chairs. Voilà!

Tolix Chairs. Voilà!

Maybe it’s because I just read Molly Wizenberg’s book in which she fondly recalls memories of Paris as a child, but I have been loving the A chair by Tolix lately. It’s like bringing a Parisian bistro home.
They’re sold at Design Within Reach here and, with for slightly cheaper at Pottery Barn here. I would [...]

Photographer: Trine Thorsen

Photographer: Trine Thorsen

Norwegian photographer Trine Thorsen’s portfolio is absolutely stunning. Each photo makes me think, well, I want to go to there.
The other day I bought a little record cabinet (for Ryan’s thinned out, but still huge, record collection) and the woman who was selling it had a fantastic vintage metal locker as well. We passed [...]

The Sincerest Form of Flattery

The Sincerest Form of Flattery

This photo is from anthropologie, seen here. I absolutely love the feel of this photo - the feel of worn-down vintage mixed with clean and modern. Mmm. But these items are just a wee bit out of my budget. So I decided to track down some (much) cheaper alternatives to create a similar look. (No [...]

Puff vs. Pouf

I’m so thrilled to see that someone has knitted themselves some poufs! The DWR Flocks Poufs have been taunting me for too long now. Thankfully, the clever creators over at Pickle have posted a tutorial in English (it’s a Norwegian blog).
Now I just need to learn how to knit….
anyone want to knit me one, or [...]

Milk & Sugar

Milk & Sugar

1.Striped mini duffel, AE
2.Calm Seas skirt, Anthro
3.Sailing stripes button dress, Ruche
4.TOMS striped slip-ons, UO
5.Sailor striped heels, Anthro
6.Striped shirt with belt, Topshop
7.Seersucker clutch, ebags
8.Seersucker belt, Vivre
Seersucker comes from the Persian words “shir o shakar” meaning “milk and sugar”. The term apparently refers to the alternating milky-smooth and bumpy, sugar-like stripes of the fabric (thanks, wikipedia!). I [...]

Blank Canvas Pendant

Little wooden cross stitch pendants by Karyn at Make Something.
Fantastic idea. Hopefully she’ll sell the blanks!

About

Britt McMaster is addicted to cucumbers. She and her husband, Ryan, live and work in a tiny apartment in downtown Vancouver, BC. Both Ryan and Britt love to write lists of all their ideas on action sheets, and they have pages and pages. They write especially quickly after they've each had a dry cappuccino or two. Most of those fanciful ideas will stay on paper, but Cucumbersome is Britt's platform to try some out.
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