A Little Bit of Effort Goes a Long Way

October 25, 2021Michelle Rusk

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Happy Halloween and Day of the Dead all rolled into one!

This is an early Chelle Summer dress- I didn’t buy the fabric because it “coordinates” with either holiday, but because I loved the colors.

Thanks to @tinygrocerabq for the

Prepping for this weekend’s @psvintagemarket. The bag was made from a needlepoint from last week’s @americanfamiliesestatesales and the pink was a tablecloth from @thunderbirdestatesales. #chellesummerstyle

#vintageinspired #vintageneedl

What the return to winter pool really means. Read more at this week’s blog- www.chellesummer.com.

@nmswmidtown #tab #chellesummer #chellesummerstyle #routine #swim #swimme

The Monday blues courtesy of...vintage stick figure people fabric I found at @americanfamiliesestatesales. Just enough for one dress and two bags. Stick figures deserve love, too! Find the dress and both handbags- plus more new handbags- in the bouti

I learned early on that if I was going to write, I would have to fit it into my life, that life most likely would not hand me big chunks of time for it. In the early morning hours of most days, I might write a page or two or three. If I don’t f

After Greg and I returned from our summer trip to the East Coast where we discovered the eastern modernist mecca of New Canaan, I went to the end of an estate sale where I found three pre-1990 Architectural Digests. I typically pick up magazines beca

Fall color. #tbt to 2019

Vintage coat and Chelle Summer handbag.

#vintagestyle #fallcolor #vintageinspired #chellesummer #chellesummerstyle #boutique #boutiqueshopping #boutiquestyle #mystyle #fallingleaves #colorblock #fallstyle #vintageclothes #h

Happy happy birthday to my sister @karenthelinn ! I see now I missed the boat- I should have recreated her skirted bathing suit for her birthday this year. I don’t think any gift I give her could measure up to that. hee hee hee

#childhood #nos

Often the person who was not quite included in any circle, I have come to realize it’s because to accomplish what I’m here to do, I’ve had to create my own circles or even cut my piece of a circle. If I had always been included, the

Shopping in garages at estate sales has turned into Chelle Summer Barbie purse handle shopping. #chellesummerstyle

#barbie #barbiestyle #mystyle #estatesale #vintagefinds #vintagestyle #palmspringsstyle #vintsgeinspired #chellesummer #boutique #bout

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