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Wednesday, 28 November 2012

Hump-day stylin'

So its Wednesday and not much is happening but I thought I'd share a pic of a new top that I just adore. The awesome thing is that it was so cheap from a random little store and it's in one of my favourite colours - mint green. (Although I actually call it ocean green because the oceans where I live are often this colour.)

I apologise in advance for the average photography, unfortunately I don't really have anyone around to snap pics of me when I'm looking stylish. I also don't own a full length mirror to show you the whole outfit, so I will tell you.

I wore it with jeans, brown brogues and a beautiful antique locket that my amazing friend gave me. Since summer is on my doorstep, I can't wait to pull out some cute shorts to style it with!

Hope you're all having a good Wednesday!

Cassandra :-D

Friday, 18 May 2012

DIY lace and ribbon shoelaces

Winter is knocking on our door which means scarves, gloves, coats, hats and most importantly boots! I happened to walk into a shoe store the other day and I found these on sale for $27.

I wanted to make them a bit more exciting so I thought I would make some lace shoelaces.

You will need ribbon (in the colour of your choice), lace (in the colour of your choice), matching thread and a needle (or sewing machine). I used 10mm wide ribbon which was perfect for these shoes.

I cut the ribbon to the length I wanted and cut the lace to 10cm longer than the ribbon. The lace was cut to 2cm wide.

Since the holes in the shoe were quite small I decided to thread the ribbon first and then hand sew the lace onto the ribbon, leaving a lace bow.

I started to sew the lace about 5cm from the base of the lace, leaving enough room to loosen the laces. I had to figure out the hard way that I needed to leave room at the top.

As you can see, my first attempt was lopsided.

I did a few folds at the start of the laces to give it more texture and then I continued to sew the lace straight against the ribbon.

This is the end result.

Voila! Simple but funky! I also wore these shoes in my photo shoot here.

Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Dress-ups In The Forest

Dress-ups In The Forest

I went down south to my home town of Busselton over the weekend and while the grandparents were happy to spend time with the baby, I took advantage of my spare time by spending it creatively.

(Audrey Rose Photography)

One of my best friends, Mallory, behind Audrey Rose Photography is building up her photography portfolio, so we drove out to the tuart forest to play dress ups and get some shots. And I must say, as much as I like doing this sort of thing, I still get really shy and self-conscious and almost talked myself out of sharing these photos with you, but here they are :)