Leather jacket skirt

Skirt made from an 80´s leather jacket??

DIY Burberry Resort 2012 beaded tribal heels

A Pair And A Spare made herself a pair of the Burberry Resort 2012 beaded tribal heels. Very quick and simple DIY project! I found some better images of the shoes to help you see the model more clear. Enjoy!

Thunderbird

When you don´t find the perfect shirt, you can always make one yourself with textile markers / crayons or fabric paints. I love this thunderbird print on his denim shirt!! Also note that shorter necklaces can be worn as head jewelry (use pins to keep in place).



Photos via Isquisofrenia.

Crystal clear - Eliana Masgalos for VOOO

In case you have not noticed yet crystal and animal tooth necklaces are the bomb right now. It all goes with the new wave hippie mystique thing going on. These are by Eliana Masgalos for VOOO. Available at Fashion Food. Eliana is also a very good example on how jewelry is photographed well for sales (Etsy sellers take notes!). I love her drawings and inspiration notebooks on the background which highlights the item and just makes it step out from the rest. I wish her design career all the best as I´m a loyal follower of her style blog THIS IS STYLE SKETCHBOOK and I think she is one the people to follow now.

Shoe inspiration - Zack Lo

Zack Lo makes some amazing statement heels. After browsing through his collection, I´m feeling I need to find my glue gun, feathers, fringes and bags of studs. And if I can sourse some vintage lace and fur trimmings from the fleamarkets. They are something, huh?

Plastic

This is how you make a dress using plastic! OutsaPop approved!

Ona & Victoria by Wee Khim for Style Singapore August 2011
Via Fashion Gone Rogue.

DIY - scarf vest tutorial

Tutorial on how to make your large scarf into a vest at Studs and Pearls.

DIY - branch hanger

Finally I found a tutorial for making your own branch hangers! I´ve been looking for one ever since I saw these. Remember that you can always paint them (example white, black or red) to match them with your decor.

Photo via MaizeHutton. Also check out their other crafting tutorials!

Book branch

Wet plates

I have a huge appreciation for people who cherish their styles authenticity and artists who are dedicated to reviving old fashioned and nearly extinct techniques. Daniel Carrillo is the one of those artists. A photographer and printmaker from Seattle, Daniel has taken over 100 portraits using a mid 19th century photographic process called the wet collodion method or wet plate process which required the photographic material to be coated, sensitized, exposed and developed within the span of about fifteen minutes. The process is complex, incorporating several steps and requiring the subject to be completely still for a long time due to an extremely slow exposure. The outcome, however, is hauntingly beautiful.






Check out Daniel Carrillo´s blog for more of his pictures and this video that follows the fascinating process from beginning to end!

dan carrillo: wet plates from Patrick Richardson Wright on Vimeo.

Via Honestly.. WTF?

Secondhand poetry bombing by Agustina Woodgate

Agustina Woodgate has found a clever way to make the thrift store shopping experience even more rewarding by sneakily stitching "Poetry Tags" onto clothing for shoppers to later discover. I love this type of secondhand meets artistry type of projects!

Claire-Anne O'Brien giant knit stools

UK-based textile designer Claire-Anne O'Brien loves playing with the textural elements of knitting stitches. The oversized knitting "threads" are fabric tubes filled with stuffing and then braided/crocheted/weawed/knitted to look like the real thing.

Wanna try this the trashion way? Use old pantyhose as tubes.

Remade by Bitching and Junkfood

Remade is one of Bitching and Junkfood's in-house labels. I´ve posted about their stuff before many times as it is too cool to pass by but easily DIYable if you´re short on cash. Go do it already!!

Bombshell

One of the great innovations in online DIY/craft forums is that you can download (and therefore save!) and print the pattern pieces out from home. Easy and fast! But also share your own sewing patterns, tutorials and projects with others.

You can find the downloadable (and printable) pattern and sewing instructions for this dress over at BurdaStyle. Available in sizes 44-52.

Safety pin necklaces and studded bleched flannels

Styling secondhand knitwear

Weapon of choice

I always love to look at pictures of my mom in the 70´s. In one of the pictures she is hanging out at the beach in her selfmade crocheted bikini. She looked (and still does!) gorgeous. Crocheted bikinis and swimsuits are a hippie classic and they look amazing also worn with jeans and shorts off-beach. Etsy has a variety of styles and colors to choose from.

Or you can DIY one yourself. I cannot crochet or knit at all so my weapon of choice would be to cut the pieces from crocheted table cloths, like in the top picture. Sew a fabric underneath from skincolored underwear slip so it will not be so see through and use 2-3 old narrow leather belts as attachements. Remember to put elastis bands at each end of the belts to make the piece more fitted. Crocheted pieces should always be very tight when you make or buy them as the tend to stretch a bit.



Top photo:
Regina Feoktistov by David Roemer
Marie Claire Spain July 2011
via thefashionspot

Etsy crocheted bikinis and swimsuits:
FromKharkovWithLove
MyCrochetTreasures
DirtyLush
NataEl
Vikni

Kallion puistokirppis huomenna Helsingissä!

Kaikille avoin kirppis To 28.7 klo 14-20 Torkkelinmäellä Pengerpuistossa ja lähiympäristössä. Lastenkirppis läheisessä Torkkelinpuistossa, Torkkelinkujalla (Torstai, koska kesäviikonloput ovat ähkytäynnä tapahtumia ja isot peruskirpparit, esim.Hietsu, Valtsu, ovat avoinna silloin). Tule mukaan myymään, ostamaan, tapaamaan naapureita tai muuten vain nauttimaan. Myyntipaikka ei maksa mitään eikä vaadi ennakkoilmoittautumista. Eli pöytä tai filtti parhaaksi katsomallesi paikalle, turhat tavarat vintistä, kaverit ja kakarat mukaan!! Torkkelinpuistossa lelut, lastenkirjat ja -vaatteet, sekä muut lastentarvikkeet kiertoon. Talot voivat järjestää kirppareita myös pihoillaan mikäli haluavat. UUTTA!: Kierrätyskeskus päivystää paikan päällä koko tapahtuma-ajan. Heille voi tuoda kamaa muuten vaan ja myös jättää myymättömät kamat heille, kuitenkin ENNEN kello kahdeksaa.

Lisätietoja Kallion puistokirppis FB-ryhmästä.

Flea market and general outdoor fun, thu 28.7., 14-20 at Pengerpuisto and vicinity on Torkkelinmäki. Children's fleamarket at nearby Torkkelinpuisto. Come to sell, buy, meet your neighbours and/or just to have a great time! No fees or reservations required for sellers. Just take your own table or blanket and choose a spot of your liking. At nearby Torkkelinpuisto, a children's fleamarket: recycle toys, kids clothes and children's books. Remember to bring your friends and family, gramma and the kids -the more the merrier. Street musicians are warmly welcome too.

Lähde: Indiedays blogi

Peace in chains

Chain can be used to write things on clothing. Or draw symbols. Sew on by hand.

Have a nice day!

I recently cut up two pairs of leather pants to shorts. Now I have the legs still left and unused. I´m sure they would serve me well if I made them to a leather shopping tote. The smiley stamp will be a different story. My leather is so soft that regular leather carving or tooling mathods propably will not work. I´m sure the only way is to stamp or press it on, but where do I get a smiley stamp that size.. Anywayz.



Big styling trends at the moment:

• 90´s platform shoes
• fringed clothes and accessories
• shiffon shirts
• fedora hats
• natural crystal necklaces
• navajo / native american prints
• fringes secondhand band tees
• caftans and ponchos
• head jewelry

Look these up at Etsy, Nasty Gal vintage and Spanish Moss Vintage.

Bad

All you need is a handfull of studs, a piece of fabric, safety pins and a snappy slogan.