Instagram DIY Day

I have had a monstrously unproductive week, and I can barely believe it's Friday already! A week has passed since I last had to work and I have nothing to show for it. I'm suffering from a major case of lazy-guilt. I get a case of the guilts at least once every couple of days and over time I've found that the best way to overcome it is to make something. It doesn't matter what you make as long as at the end of your creative burst you have something to show for the time you spent. 

Time spent creating is never time wasted.

So today after waking up (at about 10am... :S ) I got to DIYing before I even changed out of my pyjamas.

 I bought these boots a few weeks ago, they were $2. They were decent boots for that price but a bit boring, so I decided to spice them up with some gold spray paint.

As you can imagine this was pretty easy, they took me about 30mins to finish. I used masking tape and newspaper to cover the main part of the boot-which I didn't want painted. Then I took it outside and went nuts with the gold acrylic spraypaint.



I really like the result, can't wait for the weather to cool down so that I can wear them!

Oh, and I Instagrammed the before and after shots. I use my Instagram account to share photos of my outfits, DIYs, friends and my cat. You can follow me using the link below :)


 

Op Shop Finds

 

 

Spent all day Monday op shopping in Bendigo and had a couple of great finds. My favourite is this vintage Conan the Barbarian tee which has an awesome print and was $10 from a junk shop. Then I bought a long floral skirt for $2 that I'll shorten and add funky buttons to. Last but not least I got this great pair of Wittner leather heels for $4. I thought they'd fit but they're a tiny bit too small, I'm devastated, I'll have to sell them.

Six months ago if something at an op shop was pretty I'd buy it; even if it didn't fit, didn't look great on or wasn't something that realistically I'd ever wear. Now my room is so full of clothes that I've had to start using the floor and any other exposed surfaces to store clothes that I've probably never worn. My room looks like a grave yard for vintage clothes. I've got to start getting rid of them! I'm thinking I need to do a market somewhere in Melbourne and just get rid of everything cheapy cheap. I'm too disorganised to use etsy or eBay.

Lusting over Free People

 

 

 

I've only discovered the Free People website recently, but I've found that it's like porn for fashion enthusiasts. Here are some dresses that I'm dying for. They almost look DIYable but I know anything I attempted would never ever come out looking this absolutely delicious. Unfortunately I don't have the cash to buy any of the above beauties so I might have to give it a go.

PS I'm doing this blog post from my new Microsoft Surface and absolutely loving it! Such an awesome and easy machine to use.

Taco Clutch

A while ago I spotted this novelty clutch at Dangerfield and fell in love with its quirkiness. I wasn't willing to fork out $30 for it, and set out to make it myself with a few pieces of felt and a zipper. The total thing cost me $8 to make and wasn't all that difficult. 

I simply cut an oval from the brownish felt, traced it onto the green and cut a rippled oval for the lettuce, sewed some red tomato circles to the lettuce and sewed the zip onto the lettuce as well. Once the green was in the shape of a clutch I used double sided sticky-tape to attach the taco felt piece and there you go, one completed taco clutch.

 

And there it is. The Dangerfield version is obviously a lot neater than mine, but I still love the result and can't wait to use it while I'm out just casually. 


Why not give it a go?

Game of Thrones Fashion Inspiration

I am in LOVE with the Game of Thrones, as much for the fashion as for the epic storyline. The costume designers really do go out of their way to create original and fantastic designs. 

These are my two favourite dress designs from the series and I'm pretty excited to have a go at DIYing something like them.

I have bought 2m of sheer black fabric and I'm hoping to create a dress in the same style as these two dresses in the sheer fabric with a black, bodycon strapless underneath. In my mind this is a stunning dress but who knows what will come out the other end.


I'm also planning to make a belt, kind of like the ones we see here, with the large metal clasps, but I want to make the rest out of neon perspex.


I'll post on the outcomes soon.

The five minute dress

I bought a lovely tiger print scarf a few weekends back that I have neglected to blog about. It was gorgeous, but as I don't use scarves and I've been crushing on scoop neck dresses for a while now I thought I'd try making one out of my lovely scarf. 

It was simple enough, I cut a piece of black fabric the same size as the scarf, sewed two top corners together and then half way up the two sides. Put a belt around it and this is what you get. I am super happy with the result! It really flattered my figure and was so damn easy to make!

I am also wearing the necklace which I made (featured in the last post) and a belt I made. You can't really see it but I'll post about it soon as it as ah-ma-zing.

Honestly WTF DIY necklace

I was really inspired by this DIY post on Honestly WTF that I decided to give it a go myself. I wandered down to the local $2 shop and looked around for things that I could make do with. Unfortunately I didn't end up with neon cord or brass hoops, but in the end some leather cord and large (cheap) gold rings ended up doing a half decent job. I also made it smaller by using less circles because I'm not a fan of huge necklaces. It only ended up similar in concept to the one on HonestlyWTF but I'm 100% happy with the outcome.

Here is the final product:

And here's what I started with:

You can find the tutorial HERE.

I have actually been DIYing a lot recently. I have also made another necklace, a dress and a sweet-arse belt. All of which I will post about soon in an all over DIYed outfit post. COMING SOON!

Fill four bags for $30

This Easter I went back to the country to see my family and we ended up at a gorgeous little market. At the market there was a church clothing sale and it was SO good! Clothes just everywhere! And none of them were more modern than the 90s. As usual, I bought up a storm. Just couldn't control myself. I ended up filling four plastic bags and paying $30 for the lot. My boyfriend was frowning as he knows I'm broke, but when I told him that I would have paid that for one item of clothing let along all of them he was a little less disgusted.

Just as I was posting this I realised that I have forgotten to take photos of the two greatest finds of the lot: a vintage striking red blazer with gorgeous gold buttons and an eighties parker jacket with an insane cut and a cute print, both of which I am going to wear over jeans and dresses all the time this winter!

I'll post pictures soon so look out for it, definitely worth it!

Sass and Bide Wishlist and DIY Inspiration

A few posts ago I mentioned that Sass and Bide are my over all favourite fashion design brand. This is why:

Check out this dress, I'm making one. I NEED IT, IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL!

Sass and Bide do cuts so well, they just get fabric!

God I wanted (and still want) this dress so bad! I looked everywhere but the big sizes sold out quickly!

THOSE SHORTS!

Anyone could totally DIY that skirt!

And their colour palette is always perfect, like immaculate perfect.

I think I might try DIYing this with scrap fabric.

Another item to DIY for.

And this! So many ideas spring to mind. I think I'll cut the sleeves off a long vintage shirt and add some sheer panels to the bottom and wear it around like there's no tomorrow.

And yet another way to add panels to simple clothes to make them stand out as statement pieces.

Did I mention the amazing colour palettes?

Or the accessories that glam up an entire outfit?

I am so definitely going to use wide decorative trim to add a massive pop to a boring jacket (even though this is anything but)

Buy some paint and paint patches on loose wide leg pants.

Gah! This skirt is INCREDIBLE! I think I'll copy the look by creative a belt that I can wear over any skirt that has a long sheer tail at the back.

This can be created so easily with this right fabric and a little sewing.

Duct tape patterns on a shirt and then go nuts with spray paint, anyone?

This is odd but I love it. I think it would look so chic over a pair of skinny jeans or a pencil skirt. And it's so easy to DIY too.

And last but not least, this dress! Perhaps not this one in particular but just the shape! The idea of a straight maxi dress and cutting it at the front so that it has a long rectangular tail. I love it! From the back it's a normal long dress but from the front it's a style masterpiece. I am going to start buying straight dresses with nice prints at op shops and cutting them like this!

So many DIY ideas here! And it's all just so good, every season! And timeless too!

Sass and Bide love forever.