We're fated to pretend

Thank you all for your lovely comments on my lipstick a couple of posts ago! I used to wear bright red lipstick all the time, and then stopped for some reason, so I think I'll start wearing it often again. Can I just talk about how much I love suspender shorts???? I don't know why I haven't gotten a pair earlier than now. These gorgeous ones were sent to me from oasap. I think I'm going to attach suspenders to some shorts or skirts I already own. I reaaaaally like them. Wearing: Blouse - c/o Oasap Sweater - Big Bargains (??) some dress store on George St Shorts - c/o Oasap Tights - Not sure, they're years old... Shoes - Vintage Hat - c/o Wholesale Bag - c/o Oasap Necklace - Wholesale I'd also like to announce that I have some buttons linking my blog now, if anyone feels like sharing the Pineneedle! This little dog wouldn't leave us alone when we (Luciano and myself) were taking these photos. It was so darn cute, even though it constantly tried to rip holes in my tights (it didn't know. It was just excited and liked jumping). Anyway, this dog must have really liked us, because when cars and other people went past it decided it was our guard dog, running in front of us and barking and growling madly at whoever was apparently threatening us. I was sad though because I didn't know where it had come from and it didn't have an address on it's collar. Hope you got home safe, little guy! I hope you're all having a beautiful day. xxx Annika

Take my hand if you know where I'm going

Hello! Just a quick outfit post today. I am loving this new blouse oasap kindly sent me. The white/black contrasting collar and cuffs are rad. I just got some mustard suspender shorts and a mint blouse from oasap in the post this morning in fact, and am really really excited to show them to you, because they're kind of amazing!!! So I have managed to get through all the emails you guys have been sending me now... I think...(and thanks so much for all your kind words!) but if I've missed you, please send me another email and let me know! I'm also thinking of setting up an FAQ page (especially for questions regarding sewing and wholesale-dress), so if there are any other questions you'd like me to answer and put on there, let me know now! Wearing: Blouse - c/o Oasap Belt - Vintage Skirt (actually a dress) - DIY Socks - c/o Sock Dreams Hat - c/o Wholesaledress Shoes - Wholesaledress Bag - c/o OASAP Hope you're all having a lovely Tuesday! xxx Annika

Polka dots and some DIY tights

Wearing: Dress - c/o Oasap Tights - DIY on Vintage sheers Shoes - Rubi Shoes Bag - Vintage Belt - Vintage Hat - c/o Wholesaledress Well... I told you all I'd have a procrastination product to show you when I was done studying. I made these tights one night when I was absolutely sick of calorimetry (I now know I can rule being a Calorimetrist out of What Kind of Scientist I want to be, in any case. Oh my god it is boring). Anyway, they are a bit lopsided, but I decided I kind of liked that. What do you think of them? xxx Annika

Hello again! & Giveaway results and another giveaway!

Well folk, I'm back! Unfortunately, you won't be able to congratulate me on finishing my exams just yet, because due to me being sick, I wasn't able to do a couple of them. Which I am more than a little annoyed about - I was planning on having a carefree sewing-and-blogging-filled month! And now I have to wait 2 whole weeks until I can do them. Still, I don't have to study anymore (I have done far too much of that lately), so I am back, and you can expect to see some more posts here again! First things first - here's an outfit post with a pretty floral skirt I made: I was trying to make my skirt look all cool and swooshy in these photos. I think I kind of failed. I posted the best attempts though, haha. Wearing: Blouse - Wholesaledress Skirt - I made it! Belt - Vintage Bag - c/o Wholesaledress Hat - c/o Wholesaledress Tights - c/o Oasap Shoes - Dr Martens And of course! The winner of the OASAP giveaway.... Miss "Naama A", I really hope you enjoy your gift voucher and pastel slip! I will be in contact with you very shortly. If you were disappointed about not winning the giveaway... OASAP is running yet another giveaway! All you need is an account to enter! Enter here. What's been happening guys? Can't wait to catch up with you all! And if you've sent me an email in the last week or so... I'm really sorry if I haven't replied. I'm going to get on top of all that today! xx Annika

Bye bye for a little while...

Hey guys! Just letting you know that this will be my last post for the next 2 weeks, as I have my end-of-semester exams coming up and figured it might be nice not to fail Uni :) So if you turn up here looking for some new posts, that's where I am! I haven't abandoned you guys! If you see me around here, please tell me to go away and study. I'm sure I'll be busting to share heaps of procrastination-creations with you all by the end of this two weeks! I will still be responding to emails, if you want to get in contact with me (annikavictoria@gmail.com) And don't forget to enter my giveaway that ends on the 21st. See you guys in 2 weeks!  And thanks again for being completely awesome. I'll leave you with a photo of what I did to my hair last night (if you follow my Pinterest, you would have seen that I was having serious hair envy, and I had a couple of tubs of blue and lilac hair dye lying around so this was inevitably going to happen...) (There's a bit of nude back for you there, leaving my blog on a totally scandalous note!) Bye bye for now! xxx Annika

Autumn Leaves and Creepers

I took these photos way back when it was still autumn, but realised I had never posted them! So, it is "autumn" themed, but really, that doesn't make sense at all because it's not autumn anywhere in the world. Ah well. These leafy tights from Wholesale-dress and awesome comfy (and warm!) sweater from OASAP are helping me to slowly accept the COLLLLD! Also, I'm still refusing to wear pants, even as the temperature drops. The way to avoid pants all winter will be to wear skirts and multiple tights, and shorts and tights when the weather is really cold. I've managed to grow out of all my high waisted shorts from last winter (yay for putting on 10kgs in 3 months!...) so I got some new ones from Wholesale-dress, and am really pleased with them; they fit much better than my now too-small version of these same shorts (in dark blue) from wholesale-dress that I wore all last year. Wearing: Sweater - c/o OASAP Shorts - c/o Wholesale-dress Hat - c/o Wholesale-dress Bag - c/o Wholesale-dress Tights - c/o Wholesale-dress Shoes - c/o OASAP (Ok, yes, I'm wearing all freebies from sponsors. Hey, I'm poor at the moment and this is my only source of new clothes, don't judge me!) Hope you're all having a lovely sunny autumny (or winter! or summer! or heck, spring, why not?) day, wherever you are! Oh and before I go, I just created a facebook page for the Pineneedle Collective! Go ahead and like it (if you like me :D) https://www.facebook.com/PineneedleCollective xxx Annika