CAPITA toque / VANS sunnies / LIFETIME flannel / BLACK ORCHID denim / GO JANE boots / DIY WRAPPED necklaces
I think something needs to be done with my hair. Thankfully fall means I can wear all the toques I want. These snake boots arrived yesterday and I couldn't be happier with them.
I've been doing a lot of DIY lately. This skirt is one of the most recent things I've done. It was a lot more labor intensive then I had originally planned. Did you know bleaching doesn't always turn the fabric white? Sometimes, it goes pink. This skirt was originally a blueish grey. After sitting in a bleach bath for what turned out to be a whole afternoon, it was pink. Make sense? Not to me but now I know. Lesson learned. Unless it's denim, be wary. My plan was to bleach it white, then dip dye to this red. Being pink, I mixed up my batch of dye on the stove, stuck the whole skirt into the bath and then took a hanger and left half the skirt in the bath for the remaining 18mins. Well, my fade didn't turn out. SO I then had to put the lighter side of the skirt BACK into a bleach bath to get a more prominent fade. One week and bottle of bleach later I have (more-or-less) what I was hoping for!
OTHER NEW THINGS...
1. I got a new bike. I couldn't be happier. Buh-bye bus pass.
2. I made myself a black maxi skirt I can actually walk in.
3. I got the other side of my nose pierced.
4. I shamelessly read White Girl Problems by Babe Walker. Hilarious. Say what you want.
5. I found a whole chicken in my freezer and roasted it with the fire alarm only going on off twice. AND it was still edible. And delicious I might add.
6. I can't get enough of this site. And this one too.
I made these chain bracelet/rings the other day. I've seen them a few times here and there and thought I should give my jewelry making skills (which is very little) a go. I'm super happy with them and I'm definitely planning on making more, and more jewelry in general! I also have quite a few graphic tees that I need to cut up/bleach/sew/rip/cheese grate/whatever. I've been slacking hardcore. I have so many things exciting things and projects I'm planning on doing this year. One of them being a metalsmithing class which I cannot stop thinking about...I just need to find one. 2012 is going to be good.
xo
Just finished painting my old Vans. I've been wanting galaxy shoes for so long now, so I thought why not just make myself some. I used watered down acrylic paint. Easy as that. What do you think? What should I paint on my next pair of shoes?
