Thankfully stumbled upon Elf, an online store (located in Bali) that beautifully showcases and sells their collection of high quality hand made leather shoes and hand bags. I love their simplistic yet unique style!

Denim Transformation Series:

Summer heat = needing more shorts! I have tons of old jeans so I’m turning them into cutoffs…with a twist!
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Here is another pair of shorts in my denim transformation series. I turned a pair of outdated JCrew Matchstick jeans into bleach dip dyed shorts.

Ok here we go...I have bleach in my possession! Let's be honest, I'm frightened of it. I once had a whole load of laundry ruined from the remnants of it while using a shared washing machine. GAH!

In the first bucket, I mixed half water, half bleach. How full you want to fill it is up to you. (You'd better believe I'm wearing gloves, I don't want that stuff to touch me.) I hung the shorts by their beltloops with my handy heavy duty design ruler. Suspended by the top of the bucket, I dipped the bottom of the shorts into the bleach and sat there waiting/watching like a little kid.
Ok bleach, do you thing!
I patiently waited a little over an hour and took them out and immediately put them in a bucket of half vinegar, half water. This acts as a stop bath. Bleach, you will not eat through my clothes.

After 20 minutes, I took the shorts out of the vinegar solution and rinsed them in water...then on the the washing machine! I washed them a few times to try to get out the bleach smell. After all the hype about hating bleach, I'm now a little more comfortable with it. Plans are in the works for the next bleach project!

Denim Transformation Series:

Summer heat = needing more shorts! I have tons of old jeans so I’m turning them into cutoffs…with a creative twist, making each pair unique!—————————————————————————————————————

To make this pair of denim cutoffs unique, I made 2 floral stencils out of a heavy card stock paper and I then painted a gold pattern on the bottom of the shorts. For added detail I added large multi-toned metal studs by the pockets.

Surrounded by beauty.  Adventure at OARDC - Wooster, OH

illustration of the bf and I

DESIGN CRUSH: Izziyana Suhaimi Embroidered Art

Illustrated embroidered art by Izziyana Suhaimi. Love the bright pops of color with textural detail

DIY’ing…spikes on everything. somebody stop me!

AC DESIGN at Crafty Mart

my handmade jewelry line, AC | Design, at Crafty Mart downtown Akron, OH

Starting to give the backyard a refreshing update! So far it’s involved ninja kicking an old fence down, ripping out spiky weeds…and of course painting whatever i can get my hands on. I’m adding pops of color by spray painting clay pots.

Prints by Kari Herer photography. Her still life series mixes sketches and flowers

Peanutbutter cookie goodness! WANT! Made these awhile ago…craving now!

NEW handmade designs for Summer! Check out the AC | Design jewelry line.

illustrations by Bianca Green

Exclusive and official Cake Party for 2! We graffitied the top of this cake together. Presh.

Space Lotus shoot by Planet Blue. Featuring bright detailed patterns by Chelsea Flower, Mara Hoffman and Antik Batik

Cinnamon Roll Cake. Soooo good...obsessed. Recipe from The Girl Who Ate Everything

My spring must haves: lace up boots and bright denim. Boots by Sam Edelman

Awesomeness! Faux leather feather earrings by Love Sexton

My Sams. Aren’t they gorge?

Check these out in my shop!