I’m excited to have been selected as one of the featured bloggers in Independent Fashion Bloggers’ Links a la Mode this week – below, find an awesome selection of posts from a number of bloggers, and be sure to pay them a visit for a little style inspo.
DIY Days of Summer
Edited by: Jess of Fresh Jess
The bloggers are taking it to the crafts these days! What better way to get your wardrobe ready for summer than breathing new life into what you’ve got? This week’s Links a la Mode is chock full of quick & easy DIY projects for everything from crystallized shoes and Miu Miu-inspired clutches to top buns and accessories laced with neon. If getting crafty’s not on your to-do list this week, don’t fret. We’ve also got thoughtful posts on personal style, dressing for summer events, supporting local designers and blogger besties. These posts are getting better and better every week and it was hard to choose just 20 of them. Keep ‘em coming!
LINKS À LA MODE: THE IFB WEEKLY ROUND UP: MAY 24TH
- Aspiring New Moms: Summer in the Office
- Barefoot Duchess: The Top Bun & How to DIY
- Bon Vivant and a Budget: How to Host a Clothing Swap
- Chic Cheat: Oh Miu Miu Stars
- Fashion After Breakfast: DIY Pastel Collar Necklace
- Fashion Love Affairs: 6 Free Ways to End Your Fashion Rut
- Fashion, Well Done: Personal Style – A 5-Year Retrospective
- FashStash: Support Local: Saloni Rathor
- Finely Made: DIY: Lizzie Fortunato Scale Bracelet
- Flounces and Slashes: DIY Swarovski Crystallized Shoes
- I Have a Degree in This: Why You Should Take My Fashion Degree Seriously
- My Confidence and Me: Introducing…(Melissa/For Fi Love, Me)
- My Style Snapshot: Let It Be
- Sea and Swank: What to Wear: Weddings
- Stars For Streetlights: DIY: How to Make a Scarf Shirt
- Style Over Sense: DIY Doorknob Hanger
- The Average Girl’s Guide: Vent Sesh: Consumption
- The Style Safari: Thurs-DIY: Tropical Floral Tee
- Tobruck Ave: BEfriends
- Under the Cottonwood: Trends: Graphic and Bold Prints
SPONSOR:
Spring Sale at Shopbop: Magda Berliner, Weitzman, Rachel Roy, Badgley Mischka, Raquel Allegra, Garde Paris, Rebecca Taylor,Oliver Theyskens & Sonia Rykiel

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Ahhh! Congratulations!
This is so exciting. You definitely deserve it. You’re so consistent with your posts, and you always have something really useful to say.
That was such a great post, too. The blue dress was absolutely stunning _ but it’d probably steal the show! What bride can show up that baby? And I want a mountain fiesta! You’re right – that dress was just the perfect touch of little mountain yodler girl and sophisticated chic. Great choices.
Thanks for such a cool blog, and also for your comments. It seriously makes me so happy to hear from you!
-Gabrielle
Thank you! You are right that the blue dress would probably steal the show from the bride … so freakin cute.
I’m so happy your happy. Bet you didn’t know I followed your blog. Well yours is the only BLOG I read. Again, Congrats. Bigger things on the horizon. If your ever down this way and need a step-in photographer, give me a call. We’ve got fountains and historic buildings….well you know……
Thanks Chuck! If I ever need a photog down that way, you’ll be the first person I call.
lots of great links! thanks!
thank you!
ooo congrats! I love ifb:)
thanks! i love ifb too.
Congrats on being selected! That’s super exciting!!!

Allison
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