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:

Winner- Golden Sequined Bow!

a Rafflecopter giveaway The Gold and Black sequined Bow from 'Bows for Adoption' Giveaway has ended! And the Winner for the giveaway is Simon Alexandra (as shown above)

Feature- Hold Your Horses

I’m sure every girl can agree that seeing someone else wearing the same outfit as you is a worst nightmare come true and with mass produced products and brands being sold in popular stores, it isn’t an uncommon situation to be stuck in. We all know that the awkward “Hey, nice dress…” comment is really just a cover up for the underlying feeling of frustration and the secret promise you make to yourself that you will never wear that dress again.

This is what sparked a small fire within 18 year old Australian student, Lima Rose, who felt that she and every other woman should be able to wear quality clothing that no one else in the world owned. With her newfound feeling that she had to make a difference, backed by years of knowledge about the clothing industry, came the arrival of her own fashion label Hold Your Horses.  Together with her mother, they share over 40 years’ experience designing, pattern-making and sewing exclusive garments for high end designers, manufacturers and private clientele. Their aim is simple: to create top quality, one-off or limited edition garments at affordable prices. 

Founded in mid-April 2012 as a Facebook store, their fan base has rapidly grown to around 1,200 likers from all around the world – and it is still growing. HYH then opened their online Storenvy store in June, creating a market largely in the U.S.A. and Europe. In the future, they hope to stock garments in local stores or in a small store of their own.

Their amazing creations range from dresses, to vintage recreated shorts, to onesies, with prices for their products being anywhere between $4AUD and

Feature- MS.Chic

An introduction to MS. Chic

The founder, passionated in fashion and addicted to perfumes, with the technical skills and dreaming to estiblish a business about fashion, MS. Chic was founded in late 2011. Chic is a French word, means stylish or smart, is an element of fashion, it is also the element for MS. Chic, design and produce accessories making women become stylish. Although MS. Chic's hisory isn't long but have already had several sales channels in various cities, including Hong Kong, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Singapore and London, and an online store for the rest of the world.

Product concept 

Since MS.Chic believed perfume fragrance says a lot about one’s mood and personality. MS. Chic want to make you an unique design of accessories with perfume miniature, which can truly represent the unique YOU and

Nominated for- The Liebster Award!!!

Thank you to Jeni from twoshadesoflovely  for this coolie award!!! I really appreciate this Jeni, She is truly lovely, Thank you! Check her out here.

What is this Liebster Award?
"The Liebster award is given to upcoming bloggers who have less than 200 followers. The meaning: Liebster is German and means sweetest, kindest, nicest, dearest, beloved, lovely, kind, pleasant, valued, cute, endearing and welcome."- Adrian (Adrian Loves Owls)

The Rules:
- Each person must post 11 things about themselves.
- Answer the questions that the tagger set for you PLUS create 11 questions for the people you've tagged to answer.
- Choose 11 people and link them in your post.
- Go to their page and tell them.
*No tag backs!*

                                                         11 Things About Me

1. I love old shows from the 60s like Bewitched, I dream of Jeannie, Get Smart, Here's Lucy, That girl, Green Acres, (70s Brady Bunch), the list could go on...

Lovalafashion Featured- Tailor Made: Meet Some Lovely Bloggers!

Tailor Made: Meet Some Lovely Bloggers!: I decided for the month of July to offer free sponsor spots! During the process I have gotten to meet some amazing bloggers and today I am ...

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

5 Winter Essentials!

My name is Talia Kaur and I am a fashion columnist at a local newspaper. I am also studying a Bachelor of Arts in Communications (Journalism) and a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies (France) at the University of Technology, Sydney. I am passionate about the fashion industry and am working towards becoming a fashion journalist or a freelance fashion writer in the magazine industry.

Fashion column:

5 winter essentials!

1. Knitted jumpers

Meet winter’s most popular fashion piece. There’s nothing more comfortable than a cozy knitted jumper and it’s become an absolute must-have this cold season. The great thing about them is that they come in so many different styles and colours – from light pastel preppy ones to dark patterned drapey ones – so it’s impossible not to find a perfect option for you. A soft cotton or wool jumper will look great with almost everything so don’t be afraid to let your imagination run wild this season and team them up with different textures, fabrics and patters. You could pair a pastel blue knitted jumper with some floral trousers for a feminine look. If you feel like going for something with a bit more edge, team a leather skirt with a bright knit and add a thin belt at the waist – it’s right on trend yet so comfortable.

2. Faux-fur coats

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

Maive

AN INTRODUCTION TO MAIVE

The founder, four Prasetiya Mulya Business School students whose passion in business and fashion, hit upon the Maive’s name in 2011 when it was established. They took the name of Maive from an Irish word meaning “captivating woman”- quite unaware that the means of captivating is also taken into a book stated that women should embrace her glory, rather than fear her femininity.

The founder stated in this emansipation era, women should embrace her equality and professionalism at work at the same time groom her appearance. But, difficulties in finding suitable office wear for young professional women was a problem.

“It is our philosophy that women should look attractive not only in casual occasion but also in daily office routine.”

Maive’s vision is to provide the greatest one stop online solution dedicated to

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. 

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! 

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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)

DIY bow shirt

Paige Cleary from instagram has made an amazing bow shirt, which looks really fashionable and fantastic. She has allowed me to featured her DIY on here to share with everyone. 

Materials :

Tshirt (anything but a v-neck)

Scissors

Needle

Thread

Optional:

Thick tipped Fabric markers

Bedazzler

Steps:

Fancy Stud Shoes

Ecitah from instagram has allowed me to feature her DIY stud shoes, in this tutorial she has suggest two ways to proceed this DIY. To read both method press read more below. 

First thing first, there are two ways to go about this. You can either:

A.) Get studs that you can just glue on. You can get studs at any craft/bead store. In that case, you need glue, a marker, a tweezer and studs. If you pick this way, the only thing you need to do is:

1. Mark the places you want studded. Just put dots wherever you want to place the studs.
2. Glue the dots, one at a time.
3. Use the tweezer to place the stud on the material.