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A Few of The Cloud Life's shirts. Photo from thecloudlifeonline.com.

Broke's the New Black: Living “The Cloud Life”

Aiming to live the high life, Allonte Singfield is undoubtedly shooting for the stars with his new clothing line, The Cloud Life.  Based on the ambitious motto “We Living Successful,” Singfield started his line less than a year ago.  In this Q&A, he shares his inspirations and hopes for TCL. 1) When did you start your company The Cloud Life and how did it all begin? The company has been in the making for a little under a year now.

By Amanda Larson | February 1, 2012
One of my favorite DIY creations from A Beautiful Mess: song-lyric wall art. Photo taken from the A Beautiful Mess blog.

Piece of Craft: "A Beautiful Mess" of a Blog

 My latest blog obsession comes to you in the form of A Beautiful Mess, although the blog is anything but a mess.  If a mess is something that is this wonderful, than I want everything to be a mess.  But in all seriousness, I’m awarding an extraordinary amount of credit to Elsie Larson, designer, boutique owner, and blogger, for sharing all her style, DIY, photography, food, décor and beauty tips with the online world. Elsie doesn’t just do this blog by herself.  It has become such a production that she has help from Emma Chapman (the recipe editor), Rachel Denbow (the décor editor), Katie Shelton (beauty contributor), Kinsey Mhire (DIY contributor), and Amanda Keith (another DIY contributor).  All of these individuals come together to make one awesome blog. A Beautiful Mess features so many great projects, from baking masterpieces such as home-made peanut butter cups to various must-try hair styles to DIY canvas photo transfer projects.

By Faith Breisblatt | January 30, 2012
Picture of Sparky in the window at the DPC on ASU's downtown campus in Phoenix. Photo by Brendan Capria.

Turf Talk: Whatcha Talkin’ 'Bout Utah?

He wasn’t only wearing a neon wind-jacket and a grin, but also a faded Sun Devil hat. Wade Houy’s grin, ear-to-ear, resembled the sweat-stained Sparky emblem on his head — the Phoenix resident could not help but to laugh. I guess cougars weren’t as ferocious as people thought; he had the giddy school-girl laugh to prove it. But what really had Houy going was when he heard that cougars are demeaning.

By Brendan Capria | January 30, 2012
Marbled nail. Photo from heynicenails.com.

Broke's the New Black: Endless Possibilities, Only 10 Fingers

With the infinite possibilities for creative manicure ideas, it’s a shame we only have 10 fingers.  One of the blogs I follow religiously, chalkboardnails.com, happens to be all about our 10 digits.  In a never-ending effort to save money, I do my own nails.  I, and I’m sure many college girls, can’t justify spending $20 or more on a manicure that only lasts a few days.  Since I admire exciting nails, why not spice up the average polish job? Chalkboardnails is continuously updated with beautiful manicure projects and detailed DIY steps, making it super easy to try yourself.

By Amanda Larson | January 27, 2012
A flask made by Faith Breisblatt using words from the novel The Scarlet Letter.

Piece of Craft: The College Student’s Necessity

As a legal, of-age college student, I think that there is one thing that is necessary to have that can actually be a fun DIY project: a flask.  It is small, portable, and can make weekend excursions super cheap, if you catch my drift.  You can buy a flask from various vendors, including online websites such as CKBProducts or a particular store if you prefer.  They come in a range of sizes and prices, but can be found at a pretty reasonable cost if you look in the right places. My favorite thing to do with this craft is to cover the entire flask with decoupage designs.  To decoupage, you use Mod Podge glue and various types of paper.  As I have stated in previous posts, you just glue your piece of paper down and then coat it with the Mod Podge to give it a glazed sort of feel.  I think using this method makes it very easy to customize your flask with whatever you want on them. After I first made a flask for myself, I began to get requests from my friends for flasks as well.  They always would ask me to include something that they particularly.

By Faith Breisblatt | January 26, 2012
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