Capsule Wardrobe NUMBER 1 - Part 1 of 4

I recently moved to a new place with a MUCH BIGGER room. It's so big that I now have 2 tables, 1 for doing uni work and 1 for making crafts. The latter is also where my sewing machine sits. Despite gaining a personal wardrobe and a chest of drawers, I still have difficulty storing all my clothes properly. I can try to fold, stack and squeeze all my clothes into my chest of drawers, but I will most likely end up only wearing the clothes stacked right on top. 


I am utterly sick and tired of buying clothes that I only wear once in a long while and wearing the same 20% of my wardrobe. So... things have to change. 

Capsule Wardrobe NUMBER ONE (5 tops + 5 bottoms)

So... introducing... my very first capsule wardrobe, which consists of 5 tops, 5 bottoms and 3 outerwear (not included in the picture above) that I selected from current wardrobe. I will create a new set of capsule wardrobe once I have had 30 outfits from this set. I don't go out every day, so I find the time frame (e.g., 1 month) for a capsule wardrobe irrelevant to me. 


So, here it is, everyone! My first part of my first ever Capsule Wardrobe...

ONE: Bottom: Fox Grey Pants; Top: I heart Paris Tee; Outerwear: Thrifted Navy Blazer Accessory: DIY scarf

TWO: Bottom: Navy Military Pinafore; Top: All the girls' names Tee; Shoes: Doc Martens Wannabe
THREE: Bottom: Navy Military Pinafore (with straps removed); Top: Plaid shirt with ruffle detail; Shoes: Doc Martens Wannabe

FOUR: Bottom: Grey shorts with woollen texture; Top: Plaid shirt with ruffle detail; Outerwear: Thrifted Blue Navy Blazer; Shoes: Doc Martens Wannabe; Bag: Black Satchel from Kmart $9
FIVE: Bottom: Grey shorts with woollen texture; Top: Plaid shirt with ruffle detail + I heart Paris Tee; Shoes: Grey sneakers with knee-high socks and black tights

SIX: Bottom: Navy Military Pinafore (with straps removed); Top: I heart Paris Tee; Outerwear: Bleached denim jacket; Shoes: Doc Martens Wannabe
SEVEN: Bottom: Black leggings with zip detail; Top: All the girls' names Tee; Outerwear: Khaki Boy's jacket; Shoes: Doc Martens Wannabe


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My favourite outfit so far is ... FOUR! I just love the preppy look that a plaid shirt and a blazer give!

DIY INSPIRATION: Give your old gloves a brand new look

All images of gloves from ASOS.com

FO: (Not just) another hat

So... I knitted another hat as a present for my friend's 21st birthday! I made it using the pattern from here. As usual, I followed the pattern for the first half of it and ditched the pattern after that. Moreover, the pattern didn't really give specific instructions for decreasing the stitches, so I simply did whatever I thought would look good. Also, instead of using the brick-stitch all the way to the top, I used only the pink yarn for the top bit so that it would give better contrast when I add the white pom pom. But I feel that the pom pom I made is just a little too small. 

The hat

Cute fabric label

I also added a cute fabric label to the inside of the hat. I bought a whole bunch of these in various sizes and designs off Etsy. I'm really excited about adding these labels to all my future handmade stuff! :)

Work in progress...

Some things that I will do differently if I were to knit the same hat in the future:
- Make a bigger pom pom
- Use needles that are one size smaller when knitting the ribbed edge at the beginning (I can't believe I totally forgot about that... :S)
- Use variegated yarn for the contrasting yarn.... I imagine that the effect would be rather awesome...


All right, that's all for now! I'm off to take a short nap because my medicine is making me really tired. Yes... I've been sick for a week... and I really hope that I will be better soon. T_T

Spot the difference: ASOS Panda Beanie

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Hey everyone! I'm sorry for disappearing without a trace. I was busy with moving for the past week and right now I'm sick! :(


I promise that I will be back with more DIY posts and FO posts soon! But meanwhile, here's a little something that my friend told me about - Panda Beanie by ASOS! It simply reminded me of the one I made a while ago... 

But here are some of the differences that I have noted...


1. The ASOS Panda Beanie is made using chunky yarn, while mine is made using DK yarn
2. The ASOS Panda Beanie is longer, while mine is ... rounder
3. The ASOS Panda Beanie is grey, while mine is white
4. The ASOS Panda Beanie doesn't have the curly smile, while mine do
5. The ASOS model is Caucasian..., while I am Asian =_=


HAHAHA. All right, that's all for now! For people who knit and would like to make your own unique knitted Panda hat, my pattern for the Panda hat can be found on my blog here and on Ravelry here. See you all again real soon! :)

DIY: Flowers in your hair (Part 1)

DIY INSPIRATION: Flowers in your hair by gwenstella

Hello my lovely readers! :) I've been in a really good mood lately because the weather has been really great over here in Sydney. The winter chills are slowly fading away, and spring is finally in the air! But I guess the majority of you who are reading this is on the other side of the globe, where summer is turning into fall. Well, that's all right, because this DIY project is perfect for spring AND fall! ^_^

So, without further ado, here's the how-to:


Materials:
1 x hair comb
Several mini flowers (You can get these flowers from most craft shops. They sell them in a bunch!)


Steps:

1. Gather your materials

2. Begin from one of the ends of the hair comb. Get one flower and wrap the wire stalk around the bottom of the comb.

3. The back will look like this as you continue to wrap more flowers around the bottom.

4. Continue with more flowers.

5. Continue until the bottom of the comb is completely covered with flowers! :)

So there you go, a simple way to add flowers/floral accents to your everyday outfits. I have ONE SINGLE STALK left from this project, so I'll be writing another post on another way to put flowers in your hair! Stay tuned!

DIY INSPIRATION: Dolce & Gabbana's Crochet Bag with Gold Charms

DIY INSPIRATION: Dolce & Gabbana's Crochet Bag with Gold Charms by gwenstella

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I saw a picture of this Dolce & Gabbana bag on my Tumblr dashboard a while ago and I have never been able to get it out of my head. I want it so badly, I will make one myself. But that's only AFTER I have made a hat for my friend's very belated birthday present and a cowl for another friend who is going away to Germany for a study exchange. On an additional note, I am moving out of my current place this month and I will be busy with packing. I will probably sound crazy for saying this, but I like it when I get busy. :)

Oh, and I made the collage above (i.e. the first picture) using my Polyvore account. I'm beginning to enjoy using Polyvore to make collages to document my DIY ideas. I guess that's the next best thing since I don't have a good program like Photoshop. Also, that saves me the hassle of linking all the sources to the pictures (because all the sources are listed at the side of the page when you view the collage on Polyvore). 

I hope I will be able start making/ finish this bag by the end of the year! All right, that's all for now. I have to prepare my uni classes for tomorrow now! x

It's golden

I had dinner with some friends on Saturday. It was to celebrate her 21st birthday... which occurred a month ago!  I said that I would knit a hat for her, but I have not even casted it on! I told her, "either I'm a very bad friend, or I'm a lazy arse." Hopefully, I'll start the hat very very soon! >_<

Anyway, this is what I wore to the dinner. I think the weather is turning warmer. I didn't even have to wear a coat. :) The baggy sweater that I wore is 2 sizes too big, but I like the oversized look. I feel like I can wear it over almost anything and everything. I was actually wearing it over a dress in these pictures! Also, you probably can't see it from the photos, but it's a sweater with gold, glittery fibres. I had to edit these photos because the lighting of the original photos were awful. >_<

Top (Oversized golden sweater): $10, random shop in Sydney
Bottom (Beige floral dress): Valleygirl
Tights (Grey knitted tights): Sportsgirl
Shoes (Doc Martens Wannabe): Rubi shoes


And here are just some photos from the day. 

Polaroid

Mars Bars Cheese Cake

The streets at night

That's all for now! Hope you all had a great weekend. I'm all ready to start my second week of uni tomorrow! I've got a couple of DIY posts coming up, so stay tuned! :)