A Stripey Skirt from a Vintage Dress

Whoever is leaving all these amazing dresses in my thrift stores - I can't thank you enough! This one I made into a high-waisted skirt, because the top part had a whole boob-tube thing going on - which I do not do. I also made this blouse all nice with some DIY - all I did was sew two lengths of black ribbon underneath each collar bit, but it has totally transformed the top. Who knew that I would get bored of peter pan collars? Well, this is a neat way to revitalise them. Wearing: Skirt - Vintage & DIY Blouse - Wholesaledress & DIY Tights - c/o Oasap Belt - Vintage Hat - Wholesaledress Shoes - Yesstyle Hope you're all feelin' fine and dandy! xxx Annika

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

Queen of Hearts Tights

Ahoy there! 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

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 o5crljy8lm9 at the checkout for some $$$ off your order (until the end of April) 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. (source: howtogeek) Thank you all for your amazing and continued support of my blog! Annika xxx

Just a sweet vintage skirt

The purpose of this post today is to show off this sweet white linen pleated skirt I thrifted last week. This skirt makes me feel like a 1920s tennis star. Much like this lovely lady: (Source: The Painted Woman) Wearing (me, not the 1920s lady... although I do wonder): Skirt - Vintage Blouse - Vintage Bag - c/o Oasap Shoes - Wholesaledress Socks - Vintage Collar doo-dad - DIY Cameo Brooch - Ebay Hat - Wholesaledress Belt - Vintage Have a beautiful day, all! Love, Annika xxx