September 4th, 2009 by jennifer

bumblesea style crush: luxenoir’s DIY sharpie chanel tshirt

bumblesea style crush: luxenoir DIY sharpie chanel logo shirt

bumblesea style crush: luxenoir DIY sharpie chanel logo shirt

bumblesea style crush: luxenoir DIY fashion sharpie coco chanel logo tshirt

bumblesea style crush: luxenoir DIY fashion sharpie coco chanel logo tshirt

best DIY find ever: luxenoir’s DIY sharpie chanel logo shirt – with holes eating up the fabric on bottom of the tshirt. perfect. this girl is cute as hell too.

unfortunately, from experience, I know that sharpie on fabric gets messy and smudges everywhere after you wash it. and I’m not sure about my willingness to sport the chanel logo. but it’s inspiring enough to make me break out my black water based acrylic paints and play with some of my old clothes. this is how bumblesea started, after all. though I’ll never sell handmade shirts again, there’s no reason why I can’t make a few of my own.

more chanel hilarity: veronica from say hello to fashion made a quickie DIY tote that says “I really (don’t) need a CC bag!”

September 3rd, 2009 by jennifer

olivia bee and a lace tote by cottonblue

cottonblue lace and linen tote and olivia bee photography

cottonblue lace and linen tote and olivia bee photography

I took a few days to figure out what I’d like to start focusing on with the bumblesea blog. my decision: more fashion designers, accessories, fashion photography, and DIY projects of course. in keeping with my new theme here are two of my favorite flickr photos! a girly and simple lace and linen tote by cottonblue, aka wan, a japanese fabric addict. and a photograph entitled “away” by the very talented and very young olivia bee.