by VioletLeBeaux | Jun 30, 2011 | Outfit Of The Day
My last pair of white stockings died this month so most of my outfits have been much darker to accomodate. Must remember to go looking for a place to buy more white and cream ones so I can go back to normal!
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Dress: Made by me Cardigan: Present from my Mum (I think it’s from Myer?) Shoes: Present from the awesome Cat at The Khromazone Bow- Junk store
Nice and casual for lunch out. I love these shoes so much, they are one of the most comfortable pairs I own, so nice for walking in!
This next one was my “taking James’ computer to the repair shop” outfit XD I’m sure the repair people totally cared what I was wearing haha!
Bow: Present from Louise Jacket: Ice (many years ago) Dress: Paige Flynn Shoes: Spendless
I so love that jacket but argh it’s got so many stupid hook closures it’s such a pain to wear! Every time I get one done up I manage to undo several below it so I get frustrated and avoid it even though it’s one of my favorites >_<
This one was for dinner with Celina from Fables in Fashion and her partner.
Shirt: SES Cream Dress: Paige Flynn Tartan Dress: Can’t remember, some skanky store with obnoxious clubbing music that was way too loud. Feather headband: Diva
This pink and gold make up is part of my effort to branch out a bit and not be so scared of golds/browns/metallics XD I quite liked the result.
The hair here was a bit of an experiment too, not exactly how I planned it but I would probably give it another try.
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by VioletLeBeaux | Jun 30, 2011 | Tutorial, Violet Vision Videos
A video compilation we put together from a One Day in Paradise event held at Illamasqua.
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by VioletLeBeaux | Jun 29, 2011 | Craft, Other-Tutorials, Tutorial
Remember all of those little felt dessert kits I did ages ago? Well after a lot of thought I finally found a use for them 😀
Meet my new strawberry parfait tape measure cover 😀
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So what you need:
- Old felt dessert project… or you know the pieces of felt they are made up with 😉
- Cheap plastic retractable measuring tape
- Decorations like bows, diamantes etc
- Glue gun or needle and thread
First take apart all of the felt pieces.
The three main parts are the pink top, cream sides and brown crinkly bottom…
Start with the pink top. It is felt with some stuffing inside to keep the shape.
The pink top needs to be on the side without the button to retract the tape otherwise you’ll never be able to push it through all of the toppings XD
Hot glue around the edges 3/4 of the way around.
Poke some stuffing in…
And glue the rest of the way. Done.
Now the sides, cut strips of the cream tall enough to cover the edges of pink and still fold down underneath.
Wrap it all the way around the edge and glue in place. Make sure that you leave the hole that the measuring tape comes out of clear! Trim around the outsides so there is only a few mm of overhang.
Fold it around the bottom and glue in place.
Now the crinkly bottom part! As it was the crinkly bottom part didn’t quite fit my tape measure so I cut the thread that ran around the edge and redid it so it was loose enough to fit.
You can see below how it should fit without the other pieces in the way.
Put a tiny bit of glue on the button which retracts the tape so it sticks to the felt. This is so you can easily press it after the felt is in place, just be careful not to glue it so it’s permanently pressed!
Glue/stitch on all of the strawberries and yummy parts on top and you’re finished! I decorated with a few diamantes and a bow as well.
Quick, easy and functional too 😀 Now my at home measuring tape is as cute as the bear one I keep in my purse!
Problem is that looking at this now is making me huuuuungry XD
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