Creating New From Old

I love to renew the old by breathing new life into it. I do it with my legwarmers, with my pendants and with the cards I make for family and friends. It is so satisfying to transform something.
This treasury is full of re-purposed vintage goodies. Enjoy!

New From Old Etsy Treasury

New Dress A Day Get's a Book Deal!

My favorite blog, NewDressADay.com just got a book deal, congratulations Marisa!

She is amazing and (nearly) everyday she posts a piece of not quite right clothing she has quickly retailored into something amazing. It is well worth checking out. You'll spend an hour clicking through archives and wondering why you haven't been revamping your own (or your grandma's) wardrobe!

Check out her blog, you won't be disappointed!
http://www.newdressaday.com/

Broken Relationships Museum

Museum Of Broken Relationships

I was just introduced to this museum in Croatia. It's a collection of meaningful objects from, you guessed it, broken relationship. Old teddys and teddy bears, letters, linens and even a false limb! It's an interesting idea. Each object is accompanied by it's story, the idea being you can let go of the object, and well everyone likes to do a little socially acceptable snooping into someone else's life!

I love the book "Found" by Davy Rothbart, this is like found's cousin; "Purged". There is also an online musuem of emails, text messages and photos people couldn't bare to delete but could not long obsess over. You can save your document and put in on "lock" for 3months to a year so it's not lost but is inaccessible.