s t y l e . f i l e s : r e n e g a d e

there were soooo many amazingly stylish people at renegade this past weekend. and if i didn't have to be representin' wanderlustings, i could have chased them all down.

did i mention, i am very shy when it comes to asking people if i can take a photo of them. lydia was so funny because she would see someone and say: can my friend take a picture of your outfit - thank god for lydia! i need to get over that for sure.

thank you to all of the lovely people who let me take their pics - they were all so stylish!

evelyn, in the first pic, actually had a shark jaw as her necklace - insane!! i loved it!

and kristen was sportin' the tights with sandals. i wish i would have gotten a better pic of her platform sandals - they were adorable.

thanks everyone!

r e n e g a d e . w e e k e n d

as if you didn't know, i nearly had a coronary trying to balance my day job and preparing for renegade - but i did & i made it - lucky for me i had the help of my wonderful boothmate, lydia of pierogi picnic, my honey bunny, andrew, my pops, we'll call him dad ;) and my sister, calli. and so, with their help, i managed to make it through the weekend with very few hiccups and a heaping full of success!

looking back on the weekend now, i sure wish i would have taken more pictures. but our booth was always packed full of great people. these pictures were taken right before the show began on saturday morning. and even before we opened we had people stopping by - it was wonderful!

lydia and i decided from the get-go that we wanted to design our booth so it would feel like a little shoppe or a boutique that you could walk right into and feel welcomed. i really think we achieved that. we kept the inside totally clear and tried to stick to putting chests and benches around the outside of the space so people could easily browse. boy am i sure glad we did that because not only did it look fabulous but we seriously needed the extra space for visitors - the booth was almost never empty and always packed.

in the second picture {and third}, that wooden display is something my dad and i designed and put together. we actually had a few requests to purchase them at the fair so we might start selling them online. the wood we salvaged from friends and neighbors; it was basically just from scrap crates. the knobs were a great find because they look pretty like the ones that anthropologie has but for way less of a price tag at the wonderful hobby lobby.

that last picture is of the craft party project lydia and i did with the help of the wonderful andrew :) it was actually part of a martha stewart diy that was super easy. it's just made from some old newspaper and some thread. oh, that martha!

and how about those sweet little petticoats that lydia makes out of vintage slips and pretty ruffles?! they were so fun and lovely! it was so nice to have her there - i never in a million years would have imagined such a wonderful marriage of our personalities and our brands. it was so much fun bouncing ideas off of each other, hosting crafting parties and browsing the fair with her! i can't wait until next time!

thanks to everyone that came and stopped by our booth to say hello!!

g e m o l o g y / / j e w e l r y . d i a r i e s

you may or may not have noticed that i am obsessed with rocks. my dad and i used to collect and classify them when i was little - i know, nerd alert! to this day, i still love them. i am so psyched that people wear them all the time now too!

so in preparations for renegade this weekend, i decided to learn how to solder them - my rock collection that is - so i could turn them into lovely, wearable pieces. this was intense even for me, mainly because i am very clumsy and working with tiny items and a huge scalding rod doesn't really sound like the best situation. lucky for me, i have a fire department lieutenant as a father, who oddly enough, loves testing out fire and hot things...weird.

i was so grateful for his help - even though he nearly maimed me at least a dozen times while wielding the iron. but once we go the hang of it, it turned out to be so much fun! the solder brought out the beautiful color of each stone and engulfed them in this gorgeous mercury-looking case. i am so excited to finish them tonight.

what do you think??