All wrapped up

My friend told me on Friday that my outfits give off a kind of polished homeless vibe. I nearly kissed her because I've decided it's going to be my look for the year. And I really enjoy wrapping stuff around my waist.

PS: Mariel is currently sans camera cord, which is why she hasn't posted in ages.

shirt--DIY,  skirt--Diesel, shoes--F21, zip up--Levi's.

Monochromatic

Found these photos that never made it to the blog. In any case, I never tire of an all white ensemble. Its surprising how much impact something so simple can have.

What are some of your fail-proof ensembles?

Hey you

Thrifted shorts and below are detail shots of the back of the shirt (will show more pictures later) and my new project dealing with crochet+zipup.

My take on Adeline

Mariel showed me this girl's blog: Adeline Rapon. Well, as it is now my newest favorite blog, I have taken it upon myself to personally stalk her like crazy. Adeline (yes I am on first name basis) posted this sweater yesterday.

I really really liked this whole bow-on-the-back-of-a-sweater deal she was doing. I also realized I had just finished my homework and I had late opening the next day. So I set out to make my version of her bow-on-the-back-of-a-sweater. Only I'm using a tank top because I don't have a big white sweater and I'm using blue and white striped fabric for the bow.

It's still too cold to wear it outside on its own and considering all the big stuff is in the back, I am just going to have to save it for later.

PS I spent 30 minutes during my free period looking for a fabric store and once I did I went in and they didn't even have lace. So I bought chiffon to make something (you'll see later!!) THAT WAS 13 DOLLARS PER YARD. I do not know if this is a good price or not but it seemed ridiculously overpriced. But I wouldn't know.

PPS I just realized I did bows two posts ago...I was debating between one huge heart or a bow. Huh. I might just go and make myself a heart-shirt.

I'm really missing Mariel's camera

You know that post Mariel did about her studded sweater? Well, I made a studded shirt while she made her sweater. Kind of a sisterly bonding time during Christmas Break. We both agreed we're a little over studding and we need to watch how much we do but this shirt I studded kind of looked like a dentist's smock so I needed to do something with it. I cut it to a few inches below my belly button so it's a crop top and I put circle studs around the sleeves.

And just so this isn't too redundant, I'm posting pictures of two new pieces of jewelry, both only 5$ from Cost Plus World Market. It's actually my favorite place for rings/earrings/necklaces/little nicknacks that don't mean much.

Hardships of modifying a t-shirt

I finished the shirt on Monday actually but haven't posted it because I have this funny feeling inside that it's not completely finished but I don't want to do that classic mistake where you think it needs more and once you put more it just looks trashy and horrible.

So I gave myself a few options. I quickly finished braiding up the entire dress to sew onto the shirt and tried to figure out what to do with it. Here are my thoughts:

1. do i continue with the original plan: sew the braids on the bottom seam and the armholes

2. or do i just do the armholes. or just do the bottom seam

3. sew vertical braids all around

4. or do the hem where i cut upwards toward the side seam, kind of like a half circle

HELP give me advice because i don't want to ruin my hard work

Going back in time

I bought this shirt at House of Vintage on Hawthorne and 33rd. It's this really big warehouse full of racks and racks of clothes. You can find anything. I found a typewriter and almost died but then I only had two dollars so I bought this shirt instead.

It used to have a really small collar and a red sleeve on the left and a blue sleeve on the right. The shirt in general was kind of tight but once I cut it, it fit a lot better. This was also my first shirt I have ever cut and I'm quite proud of it.

This is my mom's coat from Saint James. I used to not like it that much because I thought it was boring. But it really isn't. It cuts off at a perfect length and the stiff shoulders don't bother me at all. I think I'm going to have a look around through my mom's closet tomorrow....

My creative juices are outta control

i found this shirt during a household-closet-clean-out. it's my brother Henri's and for some reason he had quite a collection of Hard Rock shirt. i decided to try and make one of these cool, so i picked this one because it looked old.

so to fix the large sleeve problem, i lifted up the sleeves to the shoulder hemline and sewed two buttons to hold the fabric in place.
i also cropped it a few inches under my belly button and because it's not hemmed, it's already starting to roll up a bit and go out, kind of like in a bell shape. very nice

plus, you shouldn't let these strips of fabric go to waste. i made this headband out of the bottom of another shirt i cut....