CLASSIC COACH "WILLIS" BAG

I get a lot of inspiration from Blair of Atlantic-Pacific and let me tell you why. She is so versatile. She can throw on a pair of jeans, a boucle jacket, leopard heels and be totally casual.

Or step it up, mixing bold colors with horizontal striped pants, or a mint green dress with a Chanel-esque blazer. Notice with every look, she's carrying a British Tan classic Coach "Willis" bag , which I've been looking for at Unique for a while.

Coach has been sought after for their quality and unique craftsmanship. So it's no wonder why the demand for this Coach "Willis" bag was so high that they had to reissue this style. It retails for $298.

Coach was founded in 1941

Guess what? Ya girl just scored this classic Coach "Willis" bag at Unique for only $19.99! With a little cleaning, it'll look brandy new.

Rain Rain Go Away...

Hold up! Stop! Wait a minute! Stay, so I can wear my new rain boots. My girl Blair from Atlantic-Pacific sported these red and green rain boots from Hunter. Check out Rachel from Pink Peonies in her hot pink rain boots, too cute!

Now, these boots retail for $140 and $225 for the leather lined rain boots. You already know they done messed up now. Who done messed up you ask? BJ's Wholesale. They had these Sporto look-a-likes for only $12.00. Here I am, doing my bulk grocery shopping, and I came across these babies . Schwat!!!

I would advise that you wear knee-high socks, because my calves were sweating something awful!!!!

GRAPHIC PRINTS

I was in my favorite store Target  looking at the graphic prints retailing for $12.99 and as much as I like the trend, I said to myself "I can make that!"

Shout out to Adiel at itsbecauseithinktoomuch for the tutorial.  I purchased this sweatshirt from Walmart 2 for $9.00. I used a ruler to find the center and laid out each letter on the grid to ensure uniformity.

Initially, I followed the grid, but went by eyesight for the second and third row.

TA DAAA!

I made this for my daughter because her last name is French; Foushee (pronounced Foo-shay).

It's also the title of French Montana's latest CD...Haaaannnn!

REVAMP

I'm all about recycle/reuse/reduce, although my waste maintenance service puts my recyclables in the same place as the regular garbage. (I think I'm gonna report him) Anyway, being a Do-It-Yourselfer, I love to see what other DIYers do and I came across Erica from p.s.- I made this. She has so many clever ideas like this one.

I was in my favorite store, Target, this weekend and saw this similar lamp for $40. The online price is $54.

Erica, you done messed up now! You go girl!

Left...Left...Left, Right, Left.

I love the military look. A pair of camouflage jeans with either heels or a pair of Timb's. It makes me feel like Destiny's Child singing Survivor on the beach. (I'll be playing the role of Kelly Rowland). "You know I'm not gonna dis you on the internet, cuz my mama taught me better than that"!

The Kardashian Kollection has this jacket and these camouflage jeans available.

Add to it a little leather or faux leather and you're right on trend. This jacket is from Zara retailing for around $99.

You already know, they done messed up now, because I purchased this jacket from Walmart for only $26.88.

I purchased these Decree camouflage jeans at Unique for $6.99 and wore it to work with these stilettos.

*in my Major Payne voice* They....Done...Messed Up Now!

DIY YSL

To-MAY-toe or To-MAH-toe! Yves Saint Laurent or Saint Laurent! Why did they drop the "Yves"? The reason, they say, was to make it more streamline.  I prefer Yves Saint Laurent and I want to be a part of the iconic brand. I present to you, the infamous YSL logo t-shirt.

Bow-wizzle

Turn up, Bron Bron!

In honor of YSL and DIY, I thought I would combine my two loves. I went online, printed the logo, cut it out and glued it to a cardboard box top. I used a straight edge and made my own stencil.

I went to A.C. Moore again and purchased plain t-shirts, 3 for $10.00. I already had fabric paint from a previous DIY project.

I used the ruler to mark the center, put cardboard inside the shirt to prevent the paint soaking through and used a styrofoam plate for the paint.

I used thumb tacks to secure the stencil and the cut-out cardboard pieces that define the lines in the "Y" and the "S".

Voila!

Let the shirt dry for 24 hours and wash before wearing.

COMME DES GARCONS

Did you ever see those cute striped t-shirts with a red heart and eyes? That's the logo from Comme des Garçon from Japanese creator Rei Kawakubo.

$200

I wanted to replicate the look, so I went to A.C. Moore and purchased 3 pieces of felt in red, black, and white.

I penciled out a heart on the red felt and cut it out.

I cut out the whites of the eye and two little black dots to complete the look and glued on the eyes.



And here's my finished product.

Not too shabby huh?