The Pineneedle Collective

Friday, 20 April 2012

Super Tricky Skirt Shorts

Have a look at the above picture. What you're probably thinking is "Oh! That's a quite lovely mustard skirt."

FUNNY, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT TOO!

Oh, wait.

It wasn't until I went to try on my new "skirt" at home, that I discovered this funny thing.

They're actually weirdo giant pants, deceiving me with their skirty like appearance! Ahh, the joys of charity stores. (However, they were only $1. So I'm not too upset.)

So now I have one of two options, and I need your help for this one.

Whatever you guys decide, I will (probably) do!

So, should I make these pants into a skirt (see top picture), or bubble-hem high-waisted short-shorts (see below)?

YOU DECIDE. I relinquish to you, reader, the power to determine the fate of this garment of clothing! How exciting!

I love you all,

Annika xxx

Bringing back the hand-painted tights! I was actually commissioned to paint these for a burlesque Tim Burton show happening this weekend, for a Queen of Hearts Costume. I took these photos "to show" the person who asked me to paint them, to make sure they were alright. I may have gotten a little carried away though... and taken a whole bunch of outfit photos with them as well. But, I managed not to rip them... so no harm done! (Unless they read my blog. Let's hope they don't read my blog.)

Wearing:

Shirt - Vintage

Skirt - Wholesaledress

Tights - DIY'd (originally vintage sheers)

Bag - c/o Oasap

Boots - Rubi Shoes

Necklace - Stolen from boyfriend

Cameo Brooch - Ebay

Here's a little DIY...

How to make "Queen of Hearts" tights

What you will need:

Sheer white tights
Black fabric/acrylic paint
(*Important: The paint must be fairly thick, ie not runny*)
A stencil
A pair of legs to paint on
A paintbrush

What you do:

Making your stencil:
Get a long length of cardboard and fold it in half. Draw half-lovehearts on the folded edge of one side of the cardboard, larger at the top and getting smaller gradually as you go down.

Like this:

Cut these out and unfold the cardboard. You should now have a nice stencil with some pretty love hearts.

Use these stencils for painting your tights. Follow instructions on how to do this here.

Don't forget to let them dry for a loooooong time on your legs! Wear them around for a few hours. I'm serious!!

Love,

Annika xxx

Wednesday, 18 April 2012

Sneak peek of my next DIY and a future outfit post...

Just finished painting these babies!
As seen on my new blog banner...
Stay tuned for an outfit post and DIY.

Tights - DIY

Skirt - Wholesale-dress

Shoes - Rubi Shoes

xxx

Cheap stuff!!! Coupon Codes!

Cheap stuff! I bring you all a knowledgeable little list of coupon and discount codes for you to use on online stores. Because I've just hit 500 followers which is absolutely incredible, and I can't thank you all enough! I love you guys! So here's some coupon codes that you can use on various online stores to get some cheap stuff as some thanks!

Mochi Beaucoup

Just whack AVPNMB20 in at the checkout and get 20% off

Wholesale Dress

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My Name Necklace

for 8% a pretty necklace with your name on it, use "pineneed" at the checkout

Sheinside
20% when you enter "Annika20" at the checkout

It's far too bizarre to do a post without photos, so here's a pretty photo of a nebula.