Hello!! My name is Zoe Deluge from Grand Theft Thrift. I’ve been a longtime fan of Drifter & the Gypsy, so I was very excited when Micaela asked me to be the new DIY Hair contributor!

Coincidentally, I graduated from hair school when I was 17 (and failed). Regardless, I am always trying to change up my hairstyles! I’m really inspired by a lot of Japanese styles, so I’m going to try to incorporate that into some of my posts! I hope you all enjoy!

This first look is a more simple look. I call it, “The Babydoll Elf” (hehe). It’s a good way to change up your look real quick and works with most hairstyles and lengths that are past about 9 inches. It even works with my straight bangs!

Anyways, if you want a more youthful looking hairdo for your springtime looks, I think this will work for you! And it takes about less than 2 mins!

Step 1: Part your hair where you want your bangs to separate.

Step 2: If you have straight bangs like me, take some hair from behind, brush it forward, and comb it through your bangs. Make sure it’s even! And make sure it’s a thick section!

Step 3: Separate the front portion of your hair in front of your ear and put the remainder behind your ear so that your ear sticks out.

Step 4: Pull your bang section gently to make a side swept bang. Make sure that your other eyebrow is covered or is partially covered.

Step 5: Tuck the section behind your ear.

Step 6: Bobby pin the section behind your ear (so you don’t see the bobby pin). Make sure to pin upwards. Gently adjust your bang swoop to how loose, messy, tight, big, or small you want it.

Step 7: Hairspray to hold.

Step 8: Annnd you’re done! I hope that was easy and you liked my tutorial! Now you are ready to wear your white vintage babydoll dress haha;)

Stop by the first Thursday of next month for my second hair tutorial!

Zoe (DIY Hair Contributor)

click here for more diy hair!

photos by scott laytart

The Conservatory of Flowers is one of my favorite places in the whole world. Every time I go there, I leave wondering why I don’t visit more frequently. It’s unfortunately located in the outskirts of San Francisco, so I don’t often get around to this neck of the woods. However, last Thursday, my mom and I took a little trip to this part of town when I visited wire sculptor Thomas Hill‘s studio for a school project. Of course I had to take a quick stop by the Conservatory of Flowers for some outfit pictures!

blue lapel blouse c/o sheinside, vintage skirt c/o the bedlamite club, shoes are vintage

When I started putting this outfit together it actually started with the dress and how it made me think of something you’d wear if you were to escape to a sweet little cottage in New England. Then I added the cardigan sweater and the little hat with flowers and all of a sudden I was transported back in time to one particular summer spent at my grandmother’s in Vermont where I spent days cutting out pictures from catalogs and magazines and gluing pictures all over notebook covers, shoe boxes, and my Dad’s vintage suitcase (he was NOT pleased with my craftiness!)

What crafts projects are you into? – Rodellee (Imaginary Outfits contributor)

(all links to the clothing can be found here)

imaginary outfits is a weekly column curated by rodellee. for more imaginary outfits click on over here!

Here’s this month’s Career Day, featuring Jo Walker, editor of Frankie Magazine. I discovered Frankie when I first got into blogging a few years ago. Although based in Australia, they recently started selling Frankie in the US, which makes me very, very happy.

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Hi there, I’m Jo Walker – editor at Frankie Magazine in Australia. If you’ve not heard of us before, you can see a bit of what we do on our website, frankie.com.au, but my main job is overseeing the publication itself, and we publish six issues a year. A big cheer for everyone who sent through questions. I’ve tried to answer them as best I can – hopefully you’ll find the answers a bit inspiring, or at least entertaining!

What did you study in university-if you went-that helped you the most/is currently helpful to you in your career?

I started (and dropped out of) a few different degrees before ending up with a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in English Lit, and then a Postgrad Diploma in Journalism. Most of the stuff I use day-to-day comes from postgrad. Feature writing, of course, and – even though I didn’t enjoy it as much at the time – news writing are really important. Oddly, though, when I’m writing a story, I think back to things from high school. My history teacher was a bit of a slavedriver at making us write essays really fast, which has been helpful. And also, when I was prepping for senior exams, my dad gave me a good piece of advice: RTQ. Which stands for ‘read the question’! It’s a useful thing to keep in mind when writing stories: is each sentence I write addressing the main point of the story? Is it answering the question? Whether that question is ‘who is this musician and why do I care?’, or ‘what is this product and what do I need to know about it?’, or ‘why did this historical thing happen and what does it mean today?’ RTQ!

In life we are often told to pick our battles, SO: at what point do you concede/put aside/toss a vision or a piece you and your team have worked on? When do you keep fighting?
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At the beginning of the month, I mentioned I was trying to be healthier with my eating. I’m not saying I wasn’t a healthy eater before (I completely cut out refined grains, processed foods, etc. from my diet 3 years ago), but I’m trying to be more moderate… more balanced.

I have a tendency to wait until I’m COMPLETELY starving, then eat a whole bunch and end up overeating. Lately, I’ve been trying to eat more frequent, smaller meals. I’m pleased to say that 1 month down and it’s going quite well! I’ve started photographing every meal I eat to serve as a food diary and I’ve realized I tend to gravitate toward sweet foods (fruits, honey, cinnamon, etc), especially for breakfast. With that being said, I’ve made it a point to try to incorporate vegetables in my meals as well. For instance, I’ll make myself a spinach salad or veggie soup for lunch instead of a PB&J. Or I’ll put kale and arugula in my breakfast oatmeal or something.

Speaking of oatmeal, I’ve discovered the beauty of this humble breakfast food. I’ve never liked oatmeal much on its own (bland), but if you treat it like a blank canvas, you can doctor it up with some amazing things. I could go on and on about oatmeal, but I’ll save that for another day

I tend to eat a lot of wheat (only whole wheat though, not the refined/enriched white stuff!), so I’ve been divvying up the wheat intake by eating such grains as oatmeal, flaxseed bread, barley, corn tortillas, etc. There are so many other options out there once you investigate! And lastly, I’ve started sprinkling chia seeds and flaxseeds on my oatmeal, cereal, yogurt, etc. for more fiber.

I hope this post has inspired you to get out there and be healthy! Have you changed anything in your diet recently to be healthier?

I occasionally post my food on Instagram, so if you want to keep up with my meals on a daily basis, follow me @drifterandthegypsy.

Maybe you won’t believe me, but I don’t like jewelry. Well, I do admire it, especially when I look at some handmade beauties, but it still doesn’t make me feel like wearing some. Of course a few times, I’ve bought earrings or a necklace, but I never wear them, isn’t it funny? So you can call me a minimalist, yes!

How about you? Do you like/wear jewelry? Are you a collector or minimalist? - Asia (This or That contributor)

this or that is a weekly column brought to you every monday by asia pietrzyk.  to view the archives, click here. and view my response to this question in the comments section of this post!

Oh hey! Two outfit posts in one week! What has this world come to?

This is kind of a different look for me, (and oh hey, I’m wearing heels!) but it’s fun to dress in different styles sometimes. It makes you feel like you’re playing the role of a character in a movie or something. I love this outfit because it reminds me of this outfit and this outfit, both of which I adore.

As a side note, how AWESOME are these shoes? I found them at Crossroads a few weeks ago and it was just one of those things when you know you have to have something; although realistically, I don’t know how long I could last in these heels. Fortunately though, I wore this outfit on a quick outing to Utrecht to pick up some art supplies and walking was minimal.

blouse is from urban outfitters, jeans are vintage (from kennedy holmes etsy), shoes are jeffrey campbell (from crossroads), belt is vintage, and watch is timex