About

Hi, I’m Cathy.

Maker, refashioner and lifelong noticer of small, beautiful things. I started Trinkets in Bloom to share what I was making. Now it’s about sharing ideas you can take and make your own.

Cathy holding a coffee mug, wearing a leather jacket and statement rings
coffee + too many rings, always

Dear reader,

For years, Trinkets in Bloom was where I shared what I was making. More than a thousand DIYs, experiments, refashions and ideas.

Then I burned out. I stopped posting, and eventually, I stopped making too.

When the website was hacked, I took the whole thing down. I thought that might be the end of TIB.

But I kept missing it. Not just the projects, but the curiosity, the experimenting, and the simple pleasure of making something just because I wanted to.

So I’m starting again.

This version of TIB is less about showing you what to make and more about sharing ideas that might spark something of your own. Things to try, notice, wear, rethink or make in whatever way feels like you.

xo, Cathy

What I believe

  1. Trust your own taste

    You don’t need permission, a trend, or perfect instructions. Take the idea, change it, and make it yours.

  2. Notice the good stuff

    Creativity starts with paying attention. A color combination, an old necklace, a great outfit, something you almost walked past.

  3. Don’t save it for someday

    Wear the necklace. Cut the fabric. Paint the chair. Start the project. An ordinary Tuesday is reason enough.

A pink strapless ruffle top made from a T-shirt
one of my old favorites
White flip-flops embellished with pearls, worn on a lawn
my most-pinned project, ever

A few favorites from TIB 1.0

A little look back at ten years of making, experimenting, refashioning and occasionally putting pearls on everything.

Will you join me?

Let’s notice more, make more, and find our way back to living creatively.