HOMAHGAH! I NEED THESE NEEDLEPOINT HORSE LOAFERS!

Jesus. In the immortal words of Lil Kim, "Puffy, hold me down, baby!"

($147, By Paige, ByPaige.com)

HOLD ME, SOMEONE. ANYONE. I love a horse like I love a cat, and I ALSO love needlepoint, and it's all happening at once, and I'm really overwhelmed. This is like finding a four-leaf clover and rubbing it and a genie pops out and gives you three wishes so you wish for world peace, no more disease, no more tacky sublimated shirts, and finally the genie goes "you've asked for very excellent things, so you get a bonus wish!" And you wish for the most perfect pair of shoes in the world, and he snaps his blue fingers and these needlepoint horse shoes appear. They're by By Paige, and they're hand-stitched!!! Miracles? I believes in them.

($147, By Paige, ByPaige.com)

Not one but TWO foxes? Huh-dorable.

($147, By Paige, ByPaige.com)

Looove a red lobster.

LOOOve a blue crab.

Renegade Craft Fair: Back With a Vengeance (And Lots of Cute Stuff!)

For a while today at the Renegade Craft Fair I started to think I might not even buy anything. T-shirts, yeah; jewelry, uh-huh; tote bags, mhmmm. But once I broke the seal, as it were, it was smooth consumerist sailing. I mean, smooth support-the-independent-artist sailing. And it certainly feels good to do that. My haul:


I couldn't stop myself from buying this Survive Design tote, in a vibrant hot pink with green straps and a fun flowers-and-robots design. Great, sturdy construction + a pocket inside + kinda underpriced for the quality at $30 = love. I used this to stash all my purchases as I made my way around the fair.



I was so psyched to run into my friend Julie, the proprietress of Bow & Arrow. She designs and prints beautiful letterpress cards, of which I bought several to have on hand and which are also sold in Anthropologie (major score!).



Yeah, I kinda went a little card crazy. I also got a fabulous card for someone's wedding (who *might* read this blog, not sure) from Sycamore Street Press. Really funny (and beautiful) stuff.



I laughed my ass off in the Blue Barnhouse booth. So many hilarious cards. I went with the one above, which set me back $5. Pretty sure the recipient will enjoy.



They were sharing space with Power and Light Press. Tamron, I think you should get this for Rory.





Also really funny: Mean Cards. I know this has nothing to do with fashion, by the way. Get used to it!



I also couldn't resist the sweet smells and cute painted-cardboard packaging of the soaps from Biggs & Featherbelle. Major deals at the fair -- I got six soaps for $20 instead of $4.49 each. That's like two free soaps! I win!


Finally, I knew I would have to get a new mousepad from My Favorite Mirror since mine looks like someone ground the contents of an ashtray into it with a spatula. I thought about some of the squirrel ones, but decided to go with something a little scarier (not that squirrels aren't, in real life, TERRIFYING).




Oh, and I also got some cuters magnets (a carrot and a bunch of asparagus) but I managed not to pick up a card from them so oh well. Wait, I found a bookmark in my wallet! The cute magnets are from My Zoetrope.

The Renegade Craft Fair continues in McCarren Park tomorrow, and it was a lovely, sunny, breezy, not-too-hot (a.k.a. PERFECT) day. I recommend giving yourself a couple of hours and getting a thing of watermelon (or an ice cream cone) if you get weary.

Take Craft Classes At Anthropologie!

Lotsa folks, like the Budget Fashionista and Decor8, are reporting that soon you'll be able to take craft classes at select Anthropologie stores. Topics include reinvention workshops, where you can learn to get more mileage out of your existing wardrobes (AKA -- shopping your closet.) Past seminars have included hair accessories, reinventing plush toys (kitschy fun!), and refashioning and revamping last year's gloves, hats, and tops. Apparently you have to check with your local Anthropologie store for classes -- a quick sweep of the onlinetubes reveals little in the way of schedules.

Anyone signed up for one or taken one yet?

Friday Night Linky Dinks!

Yep. Still couched. And now, a whole bunch of links that have about as much in common as spaghetti and kitty litter.

+ American Apparel takes one step closer toward absolute corruption as they reintroduce Hypercolor shirts. Why God, why? Brightest Young Things reports.

+ Nylon previews the next designer to team up with Target for their Go International collection: Richard Chai. Pretty fall solid separates in purples and blues.

+ MOTHER! Dress up like Little Edie Beale in jewelry inspired by Grey Gardens.
This is the best thing to wear for today, you understand.

+ Makeupandbeautyblog takes a look like Chanel's Fall 2008 gold-flecked metallics in princessy fairy shades. Love the Fantastic Plum lipstick.

+ Beauty Anonymous experiments with mascaras with magical battery-powered wands that whirl, twirl, and could possibly blind you. I'm afraid. (Via Beauty Blogging Junkie)

+ For the Love of Beauty explores India via Lancome's forthcoming India-inspired Fall 2008 collection.

+ I can't wait for Ashley Paige: Bikini or Bust, and after watching about 10 hours of television today and seeing this commercial about 14 times, I'm practically an expert.

+ Crafty ladies: Roman Sock knows how to make meerkats that are so cute you could just break down and cry.