December 1 Inspiration — Chelle Summer

December 1 Inspiration

December 1, 2020Michelle Rusk

Finding peace and inspiration during the holidays this year...and Florence's vintage dress. All in this week's video. December has arrived.

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One of my favorites from nearly the beginning of Chelle Summer- March 2016. I was still making bucket bags, the item that started it all. #tbt

The bucket bag was made from Trina Turk Schumacher fabric and the hat I bought from Trina Turk. The dress

Dreaming of Paris handbag- I found this fabric early in Chelle Summer, when I was making rope tote bags, and quickly sold all of the ones that I made with it. I found a piece of the fabric the other day and I was able to create a new handbag with the

A few weeks ago at an estate sale, I stumbled on the floors and backdrop from the 1970s Barbie townhouse. I never had any sort of “prefab” houses for my Barbies as I was encouraged to build a house for them in the basement. I decided it m

Thank you @psvintagemarket for a great day! It was worth driving through that snowstorm yesterday to see a whole lot of Chelle Summer items go to new homes for new adventures- including whiskeyryn who now has the vintage Candyland placemat I made fro

Heading to Palm Springs for tomorrow’s @psvintagemarket with this fun needlework bag- signed and dated, too. See the backside at www.chellesummer.com. #vintagestyle

#chellesummer #chellesummerstyle #boutique #boutiqestyle #boutiqueshopping #vi

How can it be that today my younger sister Denise would have turned 50?! I knew packed away I had a photo of us with our Barbies at our Zurawski grandparents house (taken by Grandpa Zurawski), but I was disappointed to see Denise’s head down (a

For #tbt, a trip back to summer 2022 in Amboy, CA, one of my favorite places to visit and take a further trip in time back to the 1950s/60s and Route 66’s heyday.

Chelle Summer Santa Monica dress was made with fabric I found in the LA garment

I had a reminder last week that I’d gotten too focused on running from the outside in rather than inside out. Read more at www.chellesummer.com.

Photo- December 2021, Manhattan Beach, CA

#chellesummer #chellesummerstyle #run #runnergirl #manh

May April showers bring us May flowers! In the meantime, I created these handbags from a bolt of 1980s ripstop fabric I found at @americanfamiliesestatesales. I also made Tutti a raincoat from it (as well as making her umbrella from a vintage umbrell

Totally 80s. Insoired by yesterday’s Esprit outfit. Made from 1980s pillowcases and covered with clear vinyl for extra coolness. Find them at www.chellesummer.com and at next Sunday’s @psvintagemarket. #80sgirl

#chellesummer #chellesumme

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