Loose tooth

Im so excited for my new handbag. I mentioned it here, and today it arrived. I had it delivered to work, I was looking forward to it all morning, but it didn't so I thought after luch they will call me about the delivery time. I was so surprised when I came back from a delicious lunch and this was waiting on my chair <3 I cant wait to wear my new handbag all the time, I will cuddle with it and sleep with it and :D haha share my joy, have a look :) 

Style inspiration: Madame de Rosa

all pictures taken from Madame De Rosa blog

Witches and Black cats

Today was such a beautiful day. We had nothing to do at work, but we had a lot of fun :D also, we finished early, so I finally got a chance to visit the sweetest little shop - Black Cat. As today is the Walpurgis night, they had yummy bloody snacks, witch hats and special discount for everyone arriving on broomsticks...I told the owner I arrived in a hell machine (my lovely car) :D 

I went there with a plan of exactly what I wanted, also with a limited budget (they dont have the option to pay card until next week) which is fortunate, otherwise I'd spend all my money! :) 

So here, I got this awesome skeleton hand necklace, you can get your own here...

Black cat sticker fit like a glove over my steering wheel logo :D easy tuning...

I know where to spend all my money from now on :) 

Dress up...

 I bought these last week when we visited the Salvador Dali exhibition I wrote about. I absolutely love all of these pieces. Mostly the jacket, I really wanted one like that, it will go perfectly with all my clothes... :) The crossed sweater was on a huge discount (I got it for not even 20% the original price) And I absolutely love the skirt. It's from H&M and I love it. 

 last Wednesday work outfit, pictures taken on my tablet before I went to work. Jacket F&F, sweater New Yorker, leggings unknown shop. I wore simple black tee under the sweater and black sneakers with it...

Another work outfit, skirt H&M, black simple tee, sheer swimsuit cover-up (yes, this is beach clothes not a cardigan :D ), F&F shoes 

I finally got more into taking outfit pictures. It's really simple with tablet, leave it in the stand and just capture. The quality is not too good, but the front camera seems a little cheap :/ Oh well, I will take these pictures on some days, Not every day, I don't have time for that ... :)

Dance machine

I made this vest as a part of my friend's dance costume for the dance group she is in -  The Lady's cruel dance machine :D :D :D I sewed the vest and the lining which almost caused my sewing machine to die :( also all the studding and epaulettes. I really love them and I plan to buy some cheap leather jacket for spring and add crazy epaulettes (how awesome is that word :D :D :D ) ...

Jewellery making

In the last couple of days I made some new jewellery. I wanted to make something for my secondary school ball in March, so I picked up some black faceted beads and other stuff I didn't use for some time. I got kinda carried away, and instead of making something to go with my LBD I made these...

I call this necklace The Black Dahlia. It's made with two metal cutouts glued together to form the ornament, dahlia cabochon, teardrop beads and two types of chain. I need to get some blouse to wear it with :) it's for sale if anyone is interested :)

I was recently looking at a lot of gothic inspired jewellery and kinda wanted to make my own choker. I had this lacy ribbon at home and all I needed to buy were those clasps to put the ends in. I'm thinking about adding dainty silver chain to hang the same way as it does on the necklace above.

I really like this necklace, although it was a bitch to put together, opening all those jump rings, eye pins, closing it all :) I love the color of these red faceted glass beads. If I get my hands on some nice red clutch, this may be the one I'll wear to the ball.

These components were originally meant to be earrings, but as I had them spread on the table I thought a bracelet could look nice. I have some more of these so I can make them into earrings and have a set :) 

I absolutely love this necklace. Those flowers are metal cutouts. They have a tiny hole in the middle, perfect to screw in a spike (leftovers from my spiky clutches) I'm really thinking to wear this one to the Ball, because it's edgy and spiky, but still quite simple, so it would go great with LBD. 

All of these are available for sale, I still have material for all :) 

Spikes

I used the leftover spikes from my spiked clutches to make a headband for myself. I made it with a strip of fake leather, hair tie and those spikes. easy peasy, if you want to toughen up your outfit, feel like a statue of Liberty or as a quick gift :) I made this (to match my party outfit) with gold spikes, now I'm torn whether to make another one in silver or to keep those silver studs for something else :) Definitely need more of them!!!

Screwed!

This beauty is my newest creation. I made two of these clutches for my sister and her friend :) I was really looking forward to making it for more than a month, I was just waiting for those spikes to arrive as I ordered them from China on ebay... I also took pictures of the studding process ... The sewing I suppose you can figure out on your own ;)

First I cut out the leatherette piece for the body of the bag, than I drew a frame on it with seam allowances and a smaller frame with marked stud positions just to make it perfectly centered. Also it worked out quite nicely, as the frame was split exactly into 1,5 cm pieces - stud positions means i didn't have to do any math to even them out :) 

I made all holes with this hole punch thingy :) and you can see the first screw in there...

I always pushed more screws through, because if I was working one by one, all the flipping would probably make me flip :D also, because I added glue on every screw to make sure they stay on, as the spikes would be enclosed in the lining and if any of them falls off I'd have to take it all apart...

 One is with silver and one with gold spikes, as they wished. The lining they wanted black, but when I saw this hot pink cotton I couldn't resist and my sister said she loves it so I'm happy I went with my feeling. There is also a small pink pocket for ID and money :) 

I'm just sad I didn't order more of those spikes because I really need to stud everything I own :) too bad I have to wait for another month ...

The bagmaker

So, I dedicated all of today to create the bag I was talking about. I was really looking forward to it, because I didn't sew anything for a looong time, and also I wanted to try something new :) Also I took the time to take pictures of all the steps to maybe inspire some of you to try as well :) nothing difficult about it....

First I cut out all my base pieces, 1x from leatherette, 1x from lining fabric. 

 Next I used fusible lining to keep the lining fabric in shape

Next I had to figure out how to change needles in my machine :) not really difficult. Maybe I wouldn't even need a denim needle, I just wanted to make sure it goes through all the layers without breaking... 

 Time to start sewing! I bought extra thick thread used in shoemaking to make sure it doesn't break while sewing. I sewed the lining first and the outer shell next, always doing the base (circle) first, and then sewing the side seam. I'm not sure that's how it's supposed to be done, but well :) it worked ;)

 Next I wanted to add the silver things (what the hell are they called in English? :D ) so I had to find the  hammer and make the holes first. I was looking for a hole punch in store, but turns out it can only be ordered online and that takes too long :) so I bought a little device that helps you make the hole by punching it with hammer :D ... Some of the holes weren't punched through so I had to cut them by hand. The next step was to attach those silver thingies, again with hammer and that little magic device :) 

The first one was simple :) by the time I did the 9th one (there are 10 alltogether) my hands were hurting terribly and I realized one of my silver pieces were missing... I was happy for that little break and set to find it, when I couldn't I had to go to shop to source some more :) I did found them, so luckily I could finish :) but they were in bag of 1é, so now I have 9 more left and think about making another bag already :D 

I tried to capture the detail of my shoulder strap, it's zigzag  stitched on both sides, nice how it worked out that the stitching looks like chevron,and the middle part looks quilted :) I like that.... 

I made little loops with snap hooks that are sewn between the lining and shell. This wasn't really necessary, but I wanted to make a second strap with some chain, so the snap hooks will allow me to change it :) The strap itself is finished with D-rings to make it look really clean and a bit less homemade :)

The drawstring is made the same way as the strap, just thinner. I wanted to make the ends tasseled, but then I wasn't sure about it and decided to just knot them. And the slider is also made by me, I have copied that from a bag I saw in H&M on Monday :D 

This post is unusually long, but I hope at least I made it a bit clear for you to see how I worked, and maybe some will be inspired to try the same :D If so, send me a link... 

It's really the most rewarding feeling to try and do something new or something you may think may be over your skill level and it turns out so great that you really love it and feel proud. Didn't happen to me a long time and now I'm really satisfied with myself, grinning like a freak and I'm ready to wear my pwetty bag until it falls apart! Although there are some crooked stitches and little mistakes, I love it !!!!

Quest for a bag

Recently I gave up looking for the perfect black bag, I could never find the one I would really love. So I came up with the idea to make my own... I bought fake leather, some hardware, lining fabric (the grey scribbled one) and heavy duty thread and I'm ready to do it! In the next few days, I'll be sharing the progress I'm making with it and my adventures with bag hardware because thats all new to me :D 

Also, I may have bought too much of that fake leather, I could probably make full jacket out of it (idea for spring) so I will be using the leftovers for some accesories and maybe pouches and stuff :) They also had a pretty perforated leatherette som if this project works out, I may get into making more bags :D 

Loot

I did a little shopping today, and here is what I got :)

pwetty skirt from H&M, I love those eyes... 

skeleton gloves and huge shield ring :) 

 Mickey Mouse leggings I picked up for my sister :) 

Bracelets

Some more pictures saved from my camera memory card...

New macrame bracelet from thicker dark brown cord, I love those pendants :) 

A bit more delicate pairing, not usual for me :) Rose quartz,Crystal and Avanturine bracelets (btw, I already have a complete collection of chakra bracelets :D ) and feather pendant with Jade bead... 

I have finished the rest of my astrological sign bracelets during last week, some are already sold :) I love those colors together, but you can already see a camera malfunction...

Stocking up pt. 2

Another portion of my creations prepared for upcoming flea market. Those simple rings and earrings are my favorite, they are easy sellers  because they look so pretty and are inexpensive :) And I like to wear them myself (the lady in craft store was really shocked, she knows my style and never would guess me to wear them :D )

Stocking up

As I mentioned before, I am going to a flea market next week. Yesterday I went to stock up on some components and also picked up some waxed cord and astrological sign pendants. I already used one here for my personal bracelet. Yesterday I bought all of them, but as i wanted to match the colors to those that are assigned with each sign, I was only able to finish these few. On Monday I will pick up some more colors in another shop ;) 

All of the bracelets are for sale on my facebook page

I really love this Pisces bracelet, it's a beautiful turquoise color, I wish it was my sign :) 

Simple

In the last post I mentioned a flea market coming up. Yesterday I took out my pliers and jewellery supplies and got creating. I have some stuff unfinished, need to buy some more things to finish a few pieces etc... These are some finished simple charm earrings, they are the best sellers on every flea, because they are quite cheap, easy to match to any outfit and you can make a great variety. And also they are a good stash buster :) All of these pendants are leftovers from other projects, except for the motorbikes, those i bought to make earrings, because I have a piercing (belly but worn in ear) with the exact same bike :) 

Today I'm going to get some supplies, especially some wax cords for bracelets, and I will share more :)