123: dungeon litas

I was going through our big bag of studs & spikes & found a bunch of screw-on spikes. I decided to add a couple of them to my litas to spice them up a little bit.



Since the Jeffrey Campbell Litas were inspired by Charles Anastase dungeon boots, I thought the spikes would be a cute addition.


I wasn't willing to put any holes into the leather of my litas quite yet, but they screwed in perfectly into the grommeted shoelace holes without putting any damage to the actual shoes! They make for a great temporary DIY & I could make them look even more dungeon-like if I switched to some dirty white laces :)

Jeffrey Campbell Litas

Maybe later though, I still love lita as she is.

xoxo

122: may the 4th be with you

We have been going nutso trying to produce MAXIMUM product for the clothing show. We're hoping that we'll have TONS to sell that weekend & any leftovers will go on our website.


Today I worked on some leather accessories (see the bow hairband & the bow necklace?) & some studded & destroyed denim cutoffs with a bit of an ombre dip-bleached look!

I also finished up a few more pairs of leather scalloped shorts & have been cutting skull cut-out tees assembly-line style! Craziness. Sorry for the major lack of outfit posts & stuff! We've been keeping busy with business, but will be keeping you in the loop on what we're doing as we go :)

xoxo

121: giveaway - the clothing show tickets (CLOSED)

It's super-official now! We're gonna be exhibiting at the clothing show in less than a month from now! We just received our promo package of posters & flyers! Check it out:


L&B will be at BOOTH 167! Right across from the runway :)
The show is an amazing place to discover local designers & find awesome vintage pieces too. We'll be taking a ton of new pieces that we've been working on that are not listed on our website yet & we'll be clearing out some stock too!

and check out who got on the poster!

photo on the flyer is from our shoot with Carrie Jade (with the lovely models Rachel, Yana & Aleks & makeup&hair by Katie Pike)

SO LET'S CELEBRATE! Who wants to come to the show for free? We've got one pair of tickets to giveaway & we want to give them to one of our readers! Check out the full details below:

THE PRIZE:
♥ a PAIR of tickets to the Toronto Clothing Show!

MANDATORY ENTRY:
♥ go to theclothingshow.com to learn more about the show
♥ comment ONCE in this post telling us what YOU would do at the Clothing Show! Shop for vintage or local designer? Visit a particular booth? Check out the runway? Blog about it?
♥ & make sure to leave your email address (so we can contact you if you win)

DETAILS:
♥ open to contestants IN ONTARIO ONLY! we will ship anywhere in the province :)
♥ entries will be accepted until 11:59PM EST on Monday May 9, 2011
♥ the winner will be selected using a random number generator and contacted on May 10th via email.
♥ prize is not redeemable for cash value and cannot be returned or exchanged for store credit.

GOOD LUCK!

xoxo

120: paint it black

Lately, I've been really obsessed with a blog called design*sponge & I've been watching home decorating shows like crazy. The combination of the two & the fact that it's finally feeling like spring outside has made me into this insanely motivated home-project-doer. I've been spraypainting everything in sight & staple gunning and hammering a LOT lately. It's ridiculous really. I've continued with making more DIY jewelry display frames & just made one with framed glass instead of chicken wire so it can act as a white board :)

and most recently, I helped out my mom! She had been thinking about getting a new chandelier in her dining room, but I decided to just revamp her 27 year old one for her, haha.



With my dad's help in dismantling & unwiring the light, I just spraypainted the frame & all the metal findings in an 'oil rubbed bronze' colour. I ran out of spraypaint, but had meant to paint the "candles" the same colour. oops. later days, I suppose.

Because of my DIY frenzy, I'm looking like a total wreck. I've got my arms covered in spots of black and purple spraypaint & accidentally sprayed my arm today like this:

and I also accidentally slashed all of my fingers open on my left hand while handling a sheet of glass. yikes.

What kind of spring projects are you up to? I'm gonna be planting the outdoor veggie garden pretty soon & can't wait for that!

xoxo

119: syl's handwriting

my friend ♥elycia did this handwriting game, so I thought I'd give it a go too! I always think it's interesting to see into the little things that you usually don't see from behind a blog. Like hearing bloggers voices or seeing what their writing is like? I think it's pretty personal. yep :)

here are the questions:
1. your name and blog name
2. your url
3. write "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"
4. your favourite quote
5. your favourite song: right now and all time
6. your favorite artists
7. something you say a lot
8. who you tag


I'd probably answer a LOT of those questions differently if you asked me on a different day, but oh well. & it's kinda messy, but I'm not gonna go & write a good copy or anything. I'm KEEPIN IT REAL~ hah.

much love,