DIY Tutorial - GOLD MAXI SKIRT!

Hi! This post was meant to be published yesterday but I feel asleep before I could do so. Anyways Gemma from fashionvent.wordpress.com has been very kind and has prepared a lovely DIY tutorial for DIY Tuesday (well now Wednesday). Thanks Gemma! (Be sure to give her blog a visit!)

DIY Gold Maxi Skirt

It only cost me €6.95 ($10.60) and took an hour to make and the finished result looks really 

professional.

Here's what you'll need:

Jackie Kennedy Inspiration- Help Get this dress OFF! {DIY Fashion- TROUBLE Dress in a day!}

The Adventure of trouble!

Here's the story; last minute decision to go on holidays- giving me only a couple hours to finish this dress {because when I start something I must finish!}. 

Basically due to my lack of time...

DIY denim shirt & lace

Hi Sofia!I wanted to thank you for your interest in this DIY. I hope to hear from you again when my next DIY project follows! These are the steps for my DIY. 


The basics for this DIY you'll need:- enough lace fabric (must withstand heat)- scissors (preferably fabric scissors)- Iron on fabric tape ( I bought mine at IKEA)- Iron- denim shirtExtra, if you want to cut the sleeves off of your denim shirt and make it more of a 'racer' back you'll need:- sewing machine will first begin with cutting the sleeves off because the sleeves were too big, If you want to keep your sleeves you can just skip these steps!
1.) Take your favorite no sleeve button up and use this as your guide for the denim shirt. Make sure that the shoulders of the shirts are aligned.
2.) Add an inch to your guide line and cut the sleeves off using the fabric scissors. To make sure that both armholes are equal to each other, you can check by folding the denim shirt in half.
3.) If you still find your shirt a bit boxy, you can cut the back of the denim shirt more like a 'racer back'.
4.) Fold the added inch to the guide line and iron this flat so you can easily sew this later on.
5.) Sew the rest of the armholes using a sewing machine or if you're born with a lot of patience you can just hand sew it.Now you'll have something like this.. Tadaaa!


Having fun already? Now comes the fun and easy part!

Blog Feature- Single Crochet Stitch Tutorial

Leona Sutton (found on instagram)  has been wonderfully kind and offered to show me how to crochet with this easy to follow tutorial  with step-by-step picture. Thank you so much Leona!

Crochet is dead simple to pick up and a lot easier than knitting as you can easily correct your mistakes.  One of the most important things to remember when starting out is to keep tension on the wool - not too tight or too loose!

Stage One:

Make a loop knot with the wool, making sure you have a tail.  Pull the loop through the hook and wrap the wool around the hook.

Stage Two:

DIY- Ruffle Throw Pillow Cover

You will need two different fabrics of your choice for this project – one for the case itself, and one for the ruffles. I chose grey chiffon and taffeta. I bought 1 yard of the chiffon (used for the case) and 1 yard of the taffeta (used for the ruffles). My pillow was approximately 12”x24” and there was plenty of fabric left over.

Sewing Floral 60s: UPDATE Part #2

As promised I will show my creation of the space gown which is currently incomplete, the gown is to have futuristic features, although due to time I was unable to finish. But here are my sketches to show my ideas. Before I show you them, here are some dresses that inspired me:

My sketches of possible ideas (even though they aren't good)

 Idea 1:

New Etsy Items!

I have been so busy with assignments, it's not even funny, that I was unable to post anything. Although I finally made somethings to sell in my Etsy store (http://www.etsy.com/shop/lovalafashion?ref=seller_info, visit now, anyone who likes anything, I will give you a discount of free shipping!) Anyway I have been very unsuccessful in selling anything, I have ordered some materials to make new products but they haven't arrived yet, however when they do I will post it! Back to the things I made- Here is a close look:

Purple Canvas Striped Bow

The Purple Canvas Striped bow is made from canvas material with a purple satin ribbon middle. A bobby pin has been attached at the back to be clipped to the hair. 

The is size is approximately 3.5" by 2.5"

Only $2.50

Funky Cliprings

DIY- Lace Pocket Shorts

Hi guys this is Alyssa from Sincerely, Truly Scrumptious! I have been wanting to do this DIY for some time now and finally did it tonight. I'm not joking it took less then 30 minutes to do. Its super easy and adds a little touch of personality to some boring Forever 21 shorts. Here is how to do it.

I hope you guys like these shorts as much as I do. They are completely customizable and can easily be done with fabric or different colored lace.

Contact me:

Blog: sincerelytrulyscrumptious.com

Etsy: etsy.com/shop/MadeWithLoveByAlyssa

Facebook: facebook.com/SincerelyTrulyScrumptious

Instagram: alyssamayedwards

Twitter: @AlyssaMEdwards

DIY Stud Phone Case

Ayelet Birman (from instagram!) has this wonderful and simplistic DIY tutorial she is sharing with us today. It demonstrated how to create a stylish studded phone case. Thank you Ayelet!

All you need is:
- an iphone case (or any other cell phone)
- superglue/all purpose adhesive
- pliers
- studs


step 1:

DIY Tutorial- Studs Bra

Vanina Ramacci from italy (found on instagram) has as  best as she can write up how she managed to create this lady Gaga  style DIY.

Requirements
-old bra
-Studs
-pliers
Note: There is no need for the scissors

Blog Feature: DIY Anthro Inspired Necklace

Khadija is an artist, crafter, DIY lover and textile designer (the list goes on... I also found her on instagram), she has a wonderful blog and has allowed, me to feature one of her DIY tutorials. I hope you enjoy as I surely have :)

(http://creativemind-zeshuregi.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/diy-anthro-inspired-necklace.html)

I have done another easy & fun version of Anthro's necklace..
Its making is not something like any mathematics formula :) its as easy as 1,2,3..yep..Lets see.. 

An easy way to make something stylishhhhhh...

 Isn't it..

Would you like to pay $248 ? or $2 is Ok..?

~ PROCESS ~

you will need to have..
Crystal brooches
Chain
Chain Bracelet
wire & pliers

Blog Feature: Galaxy Print DIY

Thuy Duyen from http://imrely.blogspot.com.au, has provided us with this wonderful and exciting tutorial on how to bring the galaxy out within your clothes  :) Enjoy!


Hello! It's been a while since I've done something constructive... I have been so busy (the positives of being a senior - hello mid year exams!). Anyway today while browsing online, I had a very, very strong desire to buy myself a pair of galaxy printed leggings, however, the design I wanted was out of stock. Sad times. So I laid in bed thinking about how soon I could get my hands on something galaxy printed, that I could actually pull off.. Have you noticed some galaxy prints cover the whole garment? I don't really like that look, I think it would be hard to wear with other clothes... because it would look really busy with all the colours everywhere! so.. long story short, if I could do a galaxy print on my nails, i could do it on my clothes.. and do it to my liking! Luckily, I'm a crafty girl, so I had some fabric paint stashed away... but only in black, white, blue and teal.. so I decided to use some acrylic paint! that stuff never washes out, I would know. 

Vintage Wanna Bee: HOW TO: MAKE YOUR OWN BLOG BUTTON WITH CODE/TEXT BOX

So I was having a lot of trouble making myself a blog button until I was linked onto this site by a fellow blogger, and this has dramatically helped me! I want to thank Nichelle :) (Here is a link below for you to make one too)

Vintage Wanna Bee: HOW TO: MAKE YOUR OWN BLOG BUTTON WITH CODE/TEXT BOX

Making A Fabric Flower Brooch

Sometimes we just don’t know what to do with fabric remnants. Here’s an idea : make a flower brooch! Dinny (found on instagram and don't forget to visit her blog) has created a lovely brooch and has been so kind to share how to produce one just like hers. (Thanks Dinny! :)) 

Requirements :

fabric - enough to cut 12 pieces of  2 ½ inch squares
matching thread
needle
scissors
button - for the centre
brooch back
a small piece of felt to create a backing for the flower
fabric glue (optional)

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Blog Feature- Flower Power Fascinator

For the perfect spring/summer statement fascinator: full of colour and completely fabulous! Vanessa from Instagram has created this beautiful fascinator and has designed instructions for everyone to try out and have fun! 

What you need:

·        - Fascinator Base

·        - 2 Hair lever clips

·        - 2 Big Fake Flowers

·        - 3 Fabric Flowers

·        - 2 Bunches of wired fake flowers

·        - 6 Wired Fabric leaves

·        - Gold spray paint    

·        - Hot glue gun

DIY EMBELLISHED CLUTCH

Kasturi S. // Amped+Dangerous, also found below, has written up a great tutorial of a DIY embellished clutch! 

www.ampeddandangerous.blogspot.com

www.facebook.com/ampeddangerous 

www.ampeddangerous.bigcartel.com

www.twitter.com/kasturishan

www.pinterest.com/kasturishan

1. Gather your scraps and start stripping your material in different widths. If you're slightly OCD, work with just all being the same width, but I love the look when they are all different sizes and textures.

Peace, love and nail art!

Cassie Joseph from instagram has emailed me the instructions on how to produce fabulous nail art just like hers.

step 1: remove any excess nail polish and paint a clear base on your nails, this well help them last longer. Then paint your nails white.

DIY Shorts In A Matter Of Hours

All thanks to Charlie from instagram for this wonderful tutorial! (To find Charlie on facebook and/or instagram keeping reading below.


The sun has finally started to make a presence in the past couple of weeks; the high street is stocking the top summer trends, so surely its time for a wardrobe spring clean? I think not! Why should you pay £10 or more of your hard earned cash on a new pair of shorts when the answer is lying right there in your old jeans that you’ve just put in a bin back. Dig them back out and see how within the hour they can be transformed into shorts that are as good a new.

Vintage Nail Art

Onchaya from instagram has offered to share her Vintage Flower nails with us, she has written out instructions with picture. Thank you Aim! 

Colors used : 3 different tones of the same colour doing flowers and being the base and green for doing the leaves.Both acrylic and nail polish can be use.

Step1 : Put a base coat. Wait until it's dry. Then apply the middle tone of color which will be the second coat for the base. (reference picture above)

Printing on fabric!

Thank you to Rustic Cottage Interiors, I found how to print pictures on fabric! It is so easy and fun :)  (http://rusticcottageinteriors.blogspot.com.au/2011/06/printing-on-fabric-photo-tutorial.html) While printing I found that my ink jet printer wouldn't accept the fabric and kept saying paper jam, so I tried our other print (which isn't ink jet) and it worked as well. However I am unsure if the print might rub off when washed, I am yet to experiment. If you would like a print request, please comment below! Available in my Etsy shop soon.

Bewitched 1960s Print 

Equipment:

- material (any of your choose, I chose canvas)

- spray adhesive

- 1 printer paper

- scissors 

- an ink jet printer (however I didn't use one)