The Design Diaries

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Ethical Shopping Guide

If you’re looking for mindful, ethical and sustainable gifts for your loved ones this Holiday Season, you’ve come to the right place!

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Fashion Friday

Dominique is using her knack for crocheting to shed light on the importance of art therapy. Conversations with Dominique will leave you feeling inspired and empowered to breathe a little deeper and love a little more.

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Sustainable Holiday Shopping Tips

As we head into the holiday season, I have 3 tips for how you can shop mindfully for your holiday gifts! Let's spread love to our community, our planet and people who need it the most this holiday season.

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Black Widow Top

Spiders teach us that no matter how many times we have to rebuild in life, we always have the opportunity to make something beautiful.

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My Wedding Dress

Making my own wedding dress was such a wonderful and unique experience. I am so thrilled to be able to share details about my making process and bridal experience.

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The Halo Dress

The Halo Dress is a stunning and unique dress that is built on a ring with an ornate beaded waist belt and long mermaid-style skirt. The body contouring silhouette hugs in all the right places, and the skirt opens up into a beautiful lace.

This dress is for the siren soul who wants to have a fashion-forward making experience.

Halo is completely customizable to fit your body and style.

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KTLA Unscripted

Look, Ma! I’m on the news!

It was so much fun to be interviewed by Olivia Bortoli for KTLA Unscripted!

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Seashell Gown in Malibu

In this collaboration with LA Native Beauty, Model Paulina Breanne, and Crista Ekstrand, I am showcasing not only my new Seashell beaded crochet gown but also my hair styling artistry.

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Luna Collection E-Book

Luna Collection Pattern E-Book! 100+ ways to make a Luna Dress that fits your body and style!

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Cozy Cardigan Tutorial

Watch the Video tutorial and make yourself this cozy cardigan to fit your body and style!

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Crochet Spider Web Pattern

For the Spiders who build their beautiful hand-woven webs suspended in the sky, only to have them knocked down time and time again.

For the Spiders who will rebuild their homes, their lives, time and time again making beauty from nothing as magical webs flow from their hands.

May we all always rebuild and reinvent our beautiful selves when life knocks us down.

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The Bowie Bag

The Bowie Bag is a puppy carrier bag that is comfy and safe for pets who like to cuddle or be carried while you are on the move! Get ready for a cuteness overload as your fur baby enjoys the comfort of a handmade carrier bag!

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Muud Project Bags

Muud makes the most beautiful leather project bags bespoke for knitting and crochet storage. They believe that functionality and aesthetic are equally important for the creative process and each bag is carefully crafted to cater to the needs of fiber artists.

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The Luna Dress

I originally designed The Luna Dress to wear for my first runway at New York Fashion Week! The long stunning lace created the elegant and bold look I was after. I am so excited to finally be able to share the pattern for this design!

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Yarns on the Runway!

I have discovered some new favorite yarn to work with as I made this collection and I am here to tell you all about the fibers that rocked the runway!

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Flora Sweater

It was a scary time for all of us but the wildflowers gave me hope. They showed me that life always finds a way and even in a hostile world, things as innocent and delicate as flowers still thrived.

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