i heart duke

Sooo... my first official project finished during R is for aRt!

I'll tell you a horrible, embarrassing secret: this is my fifth blog. Count it! 5TH! (Makes me cringe just thinking about the wasted space out there in the internet ...)

Anyways.. here was my in-spi-ray-cion:

This beautiful sweater is sold at my favorite store - Anthropologie. Seriously, if that store was my closet I would never go shopping again. But there's just one problem. $118.00 is the problem.

Even if I were filthy, stinking rich I would never spend $118.00 on a cardigan! However, the inspiration Anthropologie provides is still worth the obsessing :)

Here's the Lindsey version -

grey cardigan: $16.50 from Nordstrom rack

embroidery floss: $6.00 from my 2nd favorite store (Michaels)

buttons: about $6.00 once i pick them out

8 hours of work while watching reruns of Ace of Cakes and Miss Universe: Priceless

(hahaha. i couldn't resist)

I bought an embroidery book to learn some basic stitches like the 'paris stitch' and the 'fishbone.' Embroidery is becoming a lost art. If you happen to have something embroidered its most likely been decorated with a machine in a factory. I have 5 rules for living and one of them is that experiences come before money. Spending time on my own clothing brings my mind closer to the details so that I can appreciate what I put on my body.