Random Ikea Lamp Hack – Home Sweet Home

by | Jun 11, 2014 | Craft, Home Sweet Home Tutorials, Storage/Utility-Tutorials, Tutorial

Random project… We had an Ikea lamp which was broken and an Ikea tea light lantern which was also a bit broken. So I combined them into one monster lantern…

Before:
The second lamp didn’t work and this one wasn’t getting power properly.
I removed the top of the lamp and glued the lantern in place. I also strengthened the inside so it could withstand the extra weight.
I also added some flowers into the stand because… I don’t know, its me. >_>
With no power supply any more I debated between tea lights or LED fairy lights. The LED won out because they required less cleaning of wax.
So there you go, waste nothing! It looks a little like it’s leading the way to Narnia XD

How To Make A Basic Draped Shirt With No Sewing

by | Jun 9, 2014 | Clothing-Tutorials, Craft, Tutorial

So I’ve been a little bit obsessed with making wrap shirts lately. It’s such a fun thing to experiment with especially because there is pretty much no sewing involved!

This one has cute bow shapes on the sleeves.

All you need for this is a large square amount of fabric, some scissors and a little ribbon.

Take your piece of fabric and fold it in half. Cut a neck hole along the fold.

From this point on I put it on my mannequin to hold while I was working so I could see the shape.
Round out the neck hold so it’s more flattering.
Along the shoulder area cut 2 horizontal lines.
Pinch the fabric in between the cuts together into a bow and tie the ribbon around the middle.
Now make a cut on each side around the wait area.
Now take the corners of the fabric which are at the back and poke them through the waist holes.
And tie them in a knot.
Done!
So when it’s laid out flat, this is what it looks like:
And then on it looks like this:
Tight at the back and the draped and pretty at the front!
How fun was that!? No sewing effort required and you could do so many things like this by draping and tying the fabric in different ways!

Queen Victoria Night Markets – Melbourne Snapshots

by | Jun 7, 2014 | Life

This week I made microwave fudge and it was AWESOME.

We went to the Queen Vic Night Markets because it was so fun last year.
This year there were way too many people though so it was very uncomfortable. A lot of Melbourne events are really getting far too big to be fun anymore 🙁
This is the face of a very unimpressed James who paid $10 for terrible sangria that seemed like it must be good because EVERYBODY had one, let that be a lesson to you kids.
This was apparently a silent disco. It may have been the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen in my life.
I was craving okonomiyaki so I made a bee line to the Japanese stand at the back of the markets.
For the money it was pretty terrible :/
The night was saved by delicious Pierogi though! These guys are always so awesome! Also I love his shirt.
YUM.
James got a meatball sub from The Meatball Co which was really good too!
All in all I don’t think I’m going to go back next year, it’s too crowded and the prices are pretty terrible these days for what you actually get. That said, next year when I’m craving Pierogi I’ll probably change my tune haha!

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