Marianne: Bomb.

If you follow me on Twitter, you might have seen my frantic posts about washing my white jeans on hot water, when they have always been washed on cold, and never dried. I was sure they were ruined. Turns out? Not so much.

I was going for light and airy neutrals here but also I work in a meat locker, so I grabbed my favorite scarf. Not loving it all in retrospect but you can't win them all. Or even most.

Can anyone come babysit for about 5 minutes every morning while I take photos? Thanks in advance.

Oh yeah, new bracelet. This one fully inspired by AB Chao's neutral and neon roundup. Yup.

jeans: Ralph Lauren (similar here)

tee: LOFT (similar here)

cardigan: Old Navy (similar here)

scarf: Echo (similar here)

bracelet: handmade inspired by Honestly, WTF's awesome tutorial

Marianne: Unoriginal (but cute!)

Pssst...some great new stuff listed in the shop! Frye, Marc Jacobs, anthropologie, and more!

I haven't forgotten! More on that bracelet.

So, like half of the internet, when I saw this DIY on Honestly, WTF, I pretty much lost my cool. I wanted wanted WANTED to make this like yesterday. So I grabbed some brass hex nuts and some butcher's twine and set about making a little one for Adrien and I. I considered these the prototypes:

Pretty cool, right?
But I wanted more. Way more hex nuts, less twine, and a different color pairing. So I picked up some great slate grey waxed twine and a ton more hex nuts and set to work. I had to use 9 strands total because the twine was much thinner, but I love the color and that it doesn't fray. I made one for Adrien, too (duh). I think I ended up using about 30 hex nuts. I could have gone with even more.
I am pretty much a huge fan. I am just tying it on right now but I'm thinking about getting a real closure for it. This bracelet cost under $5.00 to make and it gets comments like you wouldn't believe. Now I'm daydreaming about making a graduated necklace version. Swoon.