Nine fab sites for the budget fashionista

Steals and deals, inspiration from stylish girls in the "real world" and style icons, and a little DIY fashion inspiration in the mix. Here are nine of my favorite sites for how to be a style maven on the cheap.

1. Weardrobe
Real people share what they are really wearing. Create a profile and upload your own pics of your daily style. (Or just read it in your pajama pants like I do.)

2. Threadbanger
Network for recycling, re-fashioning, and up-cycling anything and everything with simple sewing tools and techniques. Online webisodes, forum, blog, and contests.

3. Adored Austin
Indiana Adams in Austin, TX shares her wardrobe adventures, designer inspiration, thrift store and online shopping with her readers. I do adore her.

4. Lucky Style Spotter
Lucky magazine’s site for readers to share their looks. Lucky also picks their faves and gives expert advice.

5. Painfully Hip
Fashion forward finds for the weak of wallet.

6. What I Wore
Jessica Shroeder shares her excursions in thrift store shopping, sewing her own clothes, styling them up, and posts pictures of her fabulous outfits most every day.

7. The Look 4 Less
Using celebrity style inspiration to find the designer look for less cash.

8. The Budget Babe
How to be fabulous without a fortune. Enough said.

9. Frugal Fashionista
Celebrity looks on the cheap, sales tips, and the latest trends, a go-to source for style savvy gals on a budget.


And that's my top nine. Want to help me make it a top ten? Share your fave fashion sites.

I'm in an Etsy Treasury

Check out my Miss Scarlet shoe clips on this Etsy treasury! Thanks babypool!

It's Fall Y'all

This weekend, Oct. 9-11, is the Georgia Etsy Street Team’s fall sale! (Search “all items” for GAetsyteam or Itsfallyall). Visit my shop and get 15% off and free shipping this weekend.

Among the over one million handmade artisans who call Etsy home are some 300 here in Georgia, creating wonderful products with their Southern charm. Get some great deals and support Georgia artists at the same time.

P.S. The lovely fall sale graphic was painted by Rebecca Salcedo (smellyrhinostudio) and layered by Maria Allen (Kartu Graphics)

DIY - Fall garland

How to make a gorgeous, inexpensive, festive fall garland...

Supplies -
Silk leaves, paper leaf doilies, twine, scissors, hole punch
(I found my leaves at discount stores in the holiday section)
Directions -
Cut 6 feet of twine. Sort leaves and lay them out in the order you want them strung on your twine. Punch holes through silk and paper leaves. String on the twine, and hang. Easy peasy.

Thrifting fall decor

Fall is my favorite season, but it hasn't felt much like fall around Atlanta until now. Summer here lasts until October. But now there is a nip in the air and every time I go to the grocery store I have to stop myself from buying a cart full of pumpkins and cinnamon brooms. I'm a girl on a budget, so I look for ways to do some funky, cute fall decor cheap, cheap, cheap.
A little bit goes a long way, I think, so I'm putting a few touches here and there. A basket full of mini pumpkins from Trader Joe's (a bag of 4 for $2.50), cinnamon scented pinecones from Big Lots (a huge bag for less than $5), and my adorable little owl dish, a sweet garage sale find ($4).

I'm putting pinecones all over the house, and they smell delish. I put them in my new 50's style green ceramic planter, a thrift store find for $2 - the others in my collection I paid much more for at antique stores. Mmmmm....cinnamon-y.

The art of organizing

I love an organization project, but I have a couple of spots that I can never seem to get right. Containers don't fit, junk doesn't find the right home, clutter collects, and it just isn't pretty. The bookshelf in my bedroom (right) has perplexed me. I did a little redo this weekend, got a new basket, brought in some books, and carried the general theme from the living room shelf (on the left). As you can see, I like to organize books by color...which I realize makes me every librarian's nightmare. I can live with that.

Shoe Clip Giveaway Winner!

Congratulations to the winner of the very first shoe clip giveaway! The goods go to Heidi (click here for her blog)!

Here are the fabulous pink rosettes that she wins. Super cute with flats or heels. Check out my Etsy shop for more of my shoe clips.

Keep your eyes open for another giveaway soon....