A real quick outfit post today. This morning I went thrifting at my favourite secret Op Shop and picked up a ridiculous amount of good things. I will show them all off to you in just a while, but as I am trying to study maths (hooray!) today, that will have to wait for a few days.
This is a lovely striped & circle skirted dress and belt that I bought today, for $4 and 50c respectively!
I'm also wearing:
Bag - OASAP
Hat - wholesale-dress
Bowtie - (really badly done) DIY
Thigh-highs - purchased in Osaka
Shoes - wholesale-dress
This bag from oasap.com has made so many appearances on this blog... it just seems to go with everything! And I could think of no better bag to go with my new black & white stripey dress.
Hope you're all having a stunning day!
xxx Annika
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Wednesday 7 March 2012
I've Earned (These) Stripes
Tuesday 6 March 2012
Giveaway from Mochi Beaucoup: The Cutest Belt Ever!! // CLOSED
Get excited everyone. Because I have a giveaway for you all!!! I'm so excited to give these two amazing items away to ONE of my fabulous blog followers from my brand new sponsor, Mochi Beaucoup!
Firstly is this - what I'm sure is actually the cutest belt ever:
And secondly, this sweet detachable crochet collar:
"ANNIKA, YOU MEAN I CAN WIN THIS?!" Why yes, you can! And it's pretty easy. (And come on, so worth it! All you have to do is click a few buttons, and you can make these PHYSICALLY APPEAR IN YOUR MAILBOX FOR FREE. You've got to love the internet!)
Here's what you must do:
2) Follow the Pineneedle Collective via Google Friend Connect
3) Register yourself on MochiBeaucoup.com (click here) so they know where to send your prize! 4) Leave a comment below with a link to your favourite item on Mochibeacoup.com 5) Leave your email address so that I can contact you if you win!
Extra entries!
1) Follow Mochi Beaucoup on twitter (post your twitter name in the comments so I can verify this entry)
2) Follow Mochi Beaucoup on blogspot via Google Friend Connect
3) Follow the Pineneedle Collective on tumblr (and post your tumblr name in your comment so I can verify this)
4) Pin a Mochi Beaucoup item on Pinterest (and post a link to your pin in the comments below)
Just let me know in the comments section below which ones you have done!
You could have up to 5 entries, which makes your chances of winning this look pretty sweet! (Just don't forget to let me know what you did in the comments below! And make sure you've "Liked" Mochi Beaucoup's facebook page, left your email address, and followed my blog... your entry will become invalid if you do not!)
This competition is an international one, so anyone can enter!
This competition closes in 21 days (the 27th of March).
If for some reason you don't feel like entering (I would also ask, WHY!), then you should still check out mochibeaucoup.com. They're really well priced, plus if you Like them on FB you get free shipping! OH, and if you enter the code AVPNMB20 then you get 20% off your first purchase!
They have some of the cutest stuff. These are my favourites: I am so excited about this!! I hope you are as well!
Love,
Annika xxx
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Sunday 4 March 2012
DIY Velvet Circle Skirt Tutorial
FIND THE UPDATED TUTORIAL HERE.
You want to make yourself a velvet circle skirt?? Well read right on! Firstly, here's two formula's you need to have down to make a circle skirt (they'll make sense in a second, I promise):
Got it? Good! Here's what you do:
1. Cutout your large circle from your fabric. I get to cheat because I have a table which is perfectly round. If you don't have a round table though, this is how to measure your circle:
What size should my circle be?
2. You also need to cutout your waist circle (smaller circle) from the centre of the larger circle.
For this, it's good to use a pattern:
And then place it onto the centre of your larger circle, pin, and cutout.
To get the radius of this smaller circle, you need to divide your waist measurement by 2 x pi.
For example, here is what my measurements look like for my waist (27 in) and desired skirt length of 16 in.
3. Now you need hem the outside circle! Circle hems are a little tricky. You do end up with a little bit of ruffling, like this:
But it's hardly noticeable, and this is the easiest way to hem your skirt.
To hem, you just need to go along the entire outer edge, folding up about half an inch as you go along, lifting the presser foot and readjusting as you go.
4. Waistband
(I accidentally stopped taking photos of the black velvet skirt here, so I'll continue here with photos from another circle skirt that I made.)
Cut your waistband to about 5 in x your waist measurement + 5 in (ie. my waistband was 5 in by 32 in).
Attach to the inner circle of your skirt on the FRONT of the skirt (pin first to ensure the correct placement!) Sew along the entire length of the inner circle, so that that waistband is attached!
5. Zipper/button insertion. If the velvet you used had enough stretch, and you can fit it on without too much difficulty, you can totally skip this step, sew together your waistband, cut off the excess waistband and you're done! If the fabric doesn't have much stretch though, you will need to insert buttons/a zipper following the instructions below.
Now you will have a bit of overlap on the waistband. Where this overlap occurs, draw a line vertically downwards either the length of your zip (if you will be inserting a zipper), or the length you desire if you want to add buttons (you'll know when you've got the right length when you can fit it on over your hips!)
Follow instructions on how to insert a zipper here, or if you're inserting buttons, fold back both sides down the cut, hem, and insert buttons following tutorial here.
Hooray! Now you've made a circle skirt (and I hope I didn't make it seem too complicated, it's really one of the easiest skirts to make!) Check out another circle skirt tutorial here (youtube!) for some inspiration/help!
Have a gorgeous day!
xxx Annika
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DIY Swan Sweater Tutorial
Saturday 3 March 2012
DIY Swan Sweater & Velvet Skirt!
Hello! This post today has three purposes. The first is to show you this DIY Swan Sweater! The second is to show off this velvet circle skirt I made yesterday! And the third is to show off these gorgeous ballerina tights c/o Oasap!
Wearing:
Sweater - DIY (& vintage)
Skirt - I made it!
Shoes - yesstyle.com (here)
Blouse - Vintage
Belt - Vintage
Hat - here
Bag - Vintage
A swan sweater, a velvet circle skirt and ballerina tights. Three things that I've desperately wanted/had my eye on for ages - and now mine! So I threw them all together in an outfit. Hooray!
Keep an eye out for the full DIY for both the Swan Sweater and the Circle skirt in the next couple of days!
Much love!
xxx Annika
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Friday 2 March 2012
DIY Heart Sweater
I’m basically going through half of my clothes and DIY updating them. This stripey sweater was looking very lonely and unloved, sitting at the back of my closet – so I added this red fabric heart to the front, and now it can be worn many more times – it’s almost a brand new piece! That’s what I love about DIYing your clothes: you can update your whole wardrobe just by adding a few quirky details to pieces here and there.
Wearing:
Sweater - DIY
Skirt - Vintage
Belt - Vintage
Shoes - Rubi Shoes
Socks - Vintage
How I did it:
1. Choose your sweater and fabric for your heart
2. Draw HALF a love heart on your fabric with a pen.
3. Then pin the fabric together in half and cutout (this will ensure the heart is symmetrical!)
4. Wearing your sweater (but nothing else underneath, or you will attach pins to everything!), pin the heart where you think it should go. Carefully take your sweater off, and then lay flat and properly pin the heart to the sweater.
5. Using a close zigzag stitch, go all the way around your heart in a similar colour thread (or black thread, if you want it to stand out), and you're done! Make sure you're not sewing through both the front and back of the sweater when you do this as well!
I went over my heart a few times to make sure it was well attached. Alternatively if you don't have a sewing machine, hand stitches also look quite effective (and should work just as well, if you have a bit more patience! But be wary: if your heart fabric easily frays, you will need to go around the outside quite a few times!)
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