Camel shoes

So back in the day, companies like Marlboro and Camel cigarettes offered prizes to their customers who smoked a certain amount of their product. Marlboro famously offered branded cowboy boots (obviously) and embroidered denim jackets. Camel did some of the same including the desert boot style shoes that I found recently. Kinda neat in my opinion.

Craft brew babe

Punk as you know what....check out the new post.

Facebook fan giveaway!

Starting today I am doing a giveaway from my new online vintage store! This will go from today until next Friday morning. Basically everyone who fans the new Facebook page for the store will be entered into a raffle to win something DIY or vintage! Guys and gals alike are eligible! You can have your name entered more than once if you recommend the page to your friends and they become fans as well! Send me a message via the Repurposed Remade fan page with the names of the friends of yours who have fanned in case I don't catch it. If you ask me your odds seem pretty good to win....go!

p.s.

I am doing a dip dyed denim jacket as well! I ran out of bleach today so it's not quite done yet, but I will have it posted by thursday, scouts honor.

DIY denim or DEATH

Ok, I must admit I am pretty stoked about these two things...DIY studded denim. The vest I did quite a while ago, and it's just too cool to leave sitting sad and alone in my closet. I found the denim vest at American Vintage in Fullerton, CA and brought it home and bleach washed it to get it to a soft lighter blue denim. Then I basically just started shoving pyramid studs in it. It was super frustrating for me to find studs the first time around, by the way, so don't even try to find them in your local craft stores (the only thing they sell is those silly iron on "studs"). The best place to go it to Studs & Spikes. They have a huge selection at wholesale prices. Anyways, here's the vest, modeled by the always lovely Rachel Clisby.

What you'll need: 

• old denim of any sort (leather if you're feelin' crafty)
• four prong studs of your choice
• patience!

This next one is basically just an assortment of ridiculous studs thrown onto a rad bomber style denim coat i found. If you decide to make your own studded jacket, I would suggest getting a stud tool from the website mentioned above. It's not necessary, I studded these without one, but it would have been nice to have. The prongs on the backs of the studs start to hurt after the first ten or so.

They are both available for purchase on my online store. Check them out, happy bidding!

My apologies

So I know my posts have been few and far between as of late so I'm working hard to change that! Tomorrow I am hoping to get a few posts out since I have the day off after class in the morning. You can expect a DIY dip dye denim jacket post (which will be up for grabs after!) and HOPEFULLY at least a little mini beer blog post. I'm sorry beer fans! October will be a big month for the blog though, I'm having a beer swap party at my house and then visiting the amazing Stone Brewery in Escondido, CA for my birthday! So at least there's something to look forward to.

Shopping time!

Alright guys! My shop is up and running just in time for Back to school...sort of. Well there is a ton of new neat stuff up and even more to be posted later today as soon as the lovely Lindsey from Portland comes over to be a hanger for all of the lovely vintage clothes I will have for sale. Right now I have an assortment of handmade, vintage handbags, denim, and shoes available for purchase. You can keep your eye out for jewelry, dresses, cardigans, etc, that will be posted later today and maybe even more tomorrow! Everything starts bidding at 99 cents so you don't really need to be a big spender either. Here's a little preview! GO HERE

Go get em while they're hot~