Craftin' it up!: Making my Defqon top ♪

Hi guys! So Defqon was last week...

I spent a lot of time prior to dq looking for the perfect top!

I couldn't find any that I liked (and matched my orange shorts) so I decided to grab some material and sew one up myself.... Oh and the complications that came with it...

(I really need to get those hk bows off my wall)

It's crinkled because of the boning.

Come along with me and watch the process of making my top!

I decided to go with a sheer navy blue material with gold flower detailing

*sew me*

I absolutely fell in love with the material when I saw it at the shops! (I must have fallen in love with it before too... because I already had a metre of the material at home....)

All pinned up!

I had to hand sew the near-impossible bits.... Was a bit too violent and broke my needle.

 Pinned up for the zipper

gooooooo! 

Zipped it up and ehhh... uneven... Typical Arsy mistake.

And here comes the awkward chest shots...

I put it on and there were a few loose bits!

 Super irritating :(

:(

Sewed up...

Yayyy!

Perfect! And ready for dq!

Super surprised it went pretty well! There were no wardrobe malfunctions at all :p

Byyye!

Craftin' it up!: A vomit of HK bows on my wall

One Wednesday afternoon with all the things completed off my checklist, I was sitting at my desk daydreaming of wall decals. I thought of my wall at home and how I've been meaning, for so long to decorate the damn walls. My cat montage I had created before to jazz' up my walls had fallen apart in less than thirty minutes.... And now it's incredibly plain with my lonely little dream catcher and Pucca prancing above my bedhead. 

I opened up my browser and googled away, opening a new tab with each new search, I found myself wanting to splat Hello Kitty on my wall. I had absolutely fallen in love with the feline well over six months ago when I had won one of the typical toys at Capital (Inserts pic of one of our first pics together). 

I googled for the perfect image and printed it out.

Then I decided I wanted more!!! I googled a bow and made multiples in many different shades...

Printed and all cut out, I was super excited!

 My sister had dropped by and commented that I was too bothered. I ignored her and proceeded on slipping each lil treat into a sleeve

 Ke ke ke ke

 All laminated and ready to snip away!

 *snip snip

All giddy, I was excited to go home that afternoon, especially with the beautiful weather, I couldn't be happier!

 Got to my room and looked at my boring wall. Tsk lil Pucca.

 Replaced with HK

 And laying out my bows!

 All ready to stick up!

And taadaa, what a vomit of HK bows look like.

I woke up this morning and looked up, to such a pretty sight.

Bye!

Craftin' it up!: The Simplest Looking Top That Took 3+ Hours to Make! Yay!

So I'm 3/4 through my break and I have NOT touched my sewing machine. 

It's been just sitting there.. collecting dust.... 

So I decided to make use of my fabric and make my very first top!

Well, just like the title says.... It actually took 4 hours but I made like 10+ mistakes?....... :(

Snipping and pinning in progress....

 Labeling each section! It's like a jigsaw

I sewed the pieces on the wrong way OVER 10 TIMES

So I ended up with two left pieces (I don't think you know what I mean)

Okay so I finally got it in order and the last piece to sew was the middle bit! Yer yer!

Oh and I can't forget a little break to noms

Finished piece................................. LOOK HOW SIMPLE IT LOOKS. IT TOOK ME 3+ HOURS. COME ON.

Hi hi hi hi hi!

And the mess I made in the process -_-

Happy arsy is happy but incredibly tired.

... I would have taken better pictures but did I tell ya'll I left my camera batt + charger at my mate's house in Melb? Yeah I'm silly.
I hate my phone camera. HORRIBLE.

Craftin' it up!: I like making cards

I made two mini cards just for fun for my boyfriend.

 I sealed it shut with my saliva HAW HAW HAW :3

 Peek-a-boo

 *blushes*

 Appoool

Oooh! another card.

 What a plain cover :(

 Eeek, gazing up to the night sky under an old oak tree seeing such a sight.

:3

Davey likes.

Craftin' it up!: I ♥ My Sewing Machine

Sewing Machines are amazing.

1.

Altered a $5 dress and turned it into a lovely skirt.

It wouldn't zip past my waist since it was too small :(

 Perfect fit and super comfy!

2.

A long sleeved striped $12 shirt I bought a long time ago but have never worn

I forgot to take a picture before I seamed the sides :(

Really comfy material but I need to buy elastic and fix up the band!

Craftin' it up!: My progress into mastering the art of crocheting

I think in the past month and a half I've gone through a lot of craft phases..........

One moment knitting, next felt plushies, then crocheting and now a bit of jewellery.

I began crocheting a few weeks ago and I'm having a lot of fun with it! It's my favourite out of all the crafts I've learnt so far.

 Here is a timeline of my pieces starting from when I first began. I only started buying the yarn I wanted to use recently... So the yarn I'm using in the first few pics are scraps from my knitting days (hehe... days)

Before I got into crocheting, I watched videos and videos and after being fed up I gave up.

But the little crocheting needles were calling me to come and have a go again so I did...

24th December 2011

Here is my first ever crocheted piece! I used scrap yarn that I had kept from year 6 hehe.

I was so excited with the outcome! It was meant to be a circle... I don't know why it turned into a semi circle.

The little piece on the left was a mistake I had made :(

3rd January 2012

My second crocheted piece. I don't know what I was crocheting this time. I just wanted it to become a circle but instead it turned into a scoop of rainbow icecream. I really like it though.

The yarn I used was really hard to handle since it kept knotting up... I had to buy yarn quick!

6th January 2012

I made a trip to Spotlight and purchased a cream shade of acrylic yarn. Again, I didn't know what I was going for and it ended up turning into a mushroom!

7th January 2012

At first I was just knitting a ball and decided to add some pieces to make it into a bunny! The ears were a bit complicated to make :(. And the eyes aren't in properly since I hadn't secured the inside... Which I can't secure as I've already closed up the opening.

8th January 2012

Two little dumpings... I made these two little guys starting off with a magic ring. The turned out so big! I hink I'll turn them into mushrooms.. Or little onigiri snacks.

9th January 2012

 

I went to Big W and purchased brown/greyish yarn. 

I decided to make a mushroom ornament for my boyfriend's car.

 10th January 2012

I went to Vinnies looking for some cheap yarn... I found red yarn for $1! Yay! Sooo cheap.

So I decided to make a mushroom.

The second image is the first and second attempt at making the perfect bottom spool for my mushroom. I ended up sleeping at 4am.

What's with me and mushrooms? I don't know.

I'm still have quite a bit to go before I can say that I'm good at crocheting.

It's really challenging since 80% of the items I crochet, I have no idea what I'm doing....