no reason at all

A big hello to all my new followers! So glad to have you along for the ride!

Do you ever feel like getting dressed up for no reason? I do. All the time. 

So yesterday I wore blue silk and pearls to make dinner and run errands. 

1950s, anyone?

Clothes: thrifted, top from Loft, necklace by Favoring Brave on Etsy

I'm strongly considering making a tutorial for this necklace, so keep your eyes peeled.

peace&love,

Jill

wonderful wednesday link up party!

Hello friends! I am so excited to be co-hosting the Wonderful Wednesday Link Party this week! Follow the hosts, hook us up with your link and make new friends!

peace&love,

Jill

Welcome to Wonderful Wednesday. This link party is here to aid you in finding not only new awesome blogging friends but followers as well. Share the love, follow the rules, and meet new people!This link-party can be found here every Wednesday.

1- FOLLOW YOUR HOSTS VIA GOOGLE FRIEND CONNECT

(the first links in link-up, marked host!)

2-LINK UP USING YOUR BLOGS URL

(please do not use a specific post)

3-FOLLOW OTHER BLOGGERS & COMMENT

(meet new people, make new friends)

4-GRAB THE BUTTON, ADD IT TO YOUR BLOG

(share the linky love, and button up below)

5-SHARE THE WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY NEWS

(tweet, facebook,  instagram & etc about link party)

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HOSTING
(email at contact.little.petrie@gmail.com)

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peter pan collar necklace *tutorial*

Alright, so you saw the teaser yesterday, now it's time for the real thing. You wanna get one of these on your neck? Two options: hop over to my store here and pick one up or make it yourself!

Here's what you need:

• length of chain that fits close around your neck
• beads of your choice, preferably something with some weight so the necklace hangs right
• clasp
• tiger tail beading wire
• pliers
• wire cutters
• crimp beads

Star out by cutting and laying out your length of chain and adding a clasp to the end. 

Next, lay out your beads. I used ceramic beads in 10 and 12mm sizes and I used the bronze 3mm spacers in between each bead. You want your strung beads to be about 1.5x as long as your chain.

Next grab yourself some tiger tail a cut a piece about twice as long as your chain.

See the rest of the tutorial after the jump!

just like peter pan

I have been seeing collars everywhere lately and so I decided to embrace it and make my own so that, voila, any thing can have a cute collar. This is my classic blank slate dress so it was a natural choice to show off the handiwork. 

And guess what? I'm going to show you how to make it right here on my blog tomorrow! 

Be sure to check back!

peace&love,

Jill

mecca discovered

Do you ever discover the most amazing place that you just can't stop talking about? Well I just discovered the Half of Half Store, also called Name Brand Clothing Store or NBC for short, which is my new fashion mecca {Seriously! Click the link to see if there's one near you!}. They have new, imperfect items from all your major brands shipped in weekly, usually at 75% off retail, and then the older stuff goes on sale. Like a dollar a piece sale.

And I kind of went crazy.

But it was only $18 worth of crazy, so that makes it okay right?

A lot of the pieces do need minor repairs or stain removal and two pieces are slated for dyeing, but seriously. A dollar a piece. You pretty much can't go wrong. Thrift stores are even more expensive than that!

So in my outfit today I'm showing off two of my new pieces: this great grey bag and my pink and navy shirt with an enormous pocket. I spent all day on Saturday running errands and finding incredible deals at a garage sale, but more on that later.

Enjoy your holiday weekend!

peace&love,

Jill

homebody

I have been holed up at home a lot lately, feverishly making any and everything I know how to make in preparation for fall craft-fair-palooza i.e. about 5 juried shows in 7 weeks. Therefore I am typically keeping my outfits comfy and casual, but I feel like I need to look decent in order to keep my imagination alive. Enter the all jersey ensemble: all criteria met. 

Have a creative day!

peace&love,

Jill

ms. jill

Clothes: all thrifted, necklace: Favoring Brave

It's so interesting to be in this new role as teacher to young students. They enliven me, they continuously surprise me, but most of all they inspire me with what they are asking to know and understand. But it's still a little foreign to be in a position like this, even if it's just the fact that I have a bunch of sweet little girls calling me Ms. Jill. 

It's also interesting to try and figure out what to wear to teach. I know that I'm going to be teaching some movement and I want them to be able to see my motions and be comfortable, but I also want to be myself. This is one of those outfits that seemed to do that pretty well.

And since I'm teaching acting I'm working on being dramatic...

... and graceful for musical theater....

And whaddya think of my new necklace? It hits my Etsy later today so be on the lookout for it!

peace&love,

Jill