'Instant' Mac App

This nifty little app is a bit like Instagram for the iPhone but focusing more on the Polaroid aspect of it.  Here are some photos that came out of it for me so far.  The price is kind of hefty right now - $6.99, but it has some pretty nice results that you can use with any photograph on your computer.  And honestly I'm just upset I can't have Instagram so this is the next best thing.

Brooches

What can I say?  They're pretty.  You can stick them anywhere you want, a n y w h e r e.  Maybe not conventionally, but I do anyways.  

Shirts, boots, pants, scarves, jackets.

They look great on any item of clothing.

Some sketches of brooches I made today.

It tends to be hard to find interesting brooches that don't look tacky.  Especially when you go into antique shops and they have layers upon layers of costume jewelry - it can be a nightmare digging through the overly gaudy to find ones that make a stand alone statement (think borderline ugly yet somehow the beauty and uniqueness ultimately shines through).

These are some of my favorite brooches that I own.

I think its best to use them as a stand alone piece.  If you start piling on too much other jewelry with them you will start to look a little messy and bogged down by accessories.  I'd say it would be good to pair some simple earrings with a large/obnoxious brooch.  But hey, if you can make more work then go for it.

Brooch on a scarf.

Brooch on boots.