Tutu.

A while back I found a DIY article on Rookie on how to make a tutu. It didn't look that complicated and I've been itching to do a DIY project for a while. So I decided to give it a bash (LOL, how English of me next thing you know I'll be starting posts with top of the morning to you). 

So here's a simplifed version of how you do it and me being the organised person that I am - I didn't take any "during"/"process" photos so your imagination is important here. But I did capture some photos of me prancing around it, selfies etc. Usual tutu behaviour. 

Stuff to make tutu:

• roughly 9m of 140cm wide tulle, depending on the amount of poof you want in your tutu. I opted for a harder sort of tulle almost like net. 

• a piece of fabric about 13cm wide and the length of your waist, this acts as "skirt".

• piece of ribbon - a little longer than your waist. 

• scissors

• measuring tape

• sewing pins

• needle and thread

The method was simply laying out the fabric on a flat surface. Then cutting even strips of the fabric and then folding each strip of fabric in half and looping it and tying it around your ribbon. I then hand sewed a piece of white fabric underneath the tutu which acted as a skirt. Please do check out the full article up on Rookie for more detailed explanations and methods.

I hope this inspired some of you to release your creative side. Trust me, it isn't that hard - if I can do it, you can (me who can barely sew a button, don't tell my mom that). I haven't really had a chance to frolic in it yet, waiting on that perfect summer's day. I really did enjoy making my tutu and have definitely caught the DIY-bug so I will be trying out more DIY things as I come across them on Pintrest. Stay stylish, lovelies! 

Colour me crazy

I've been wanting to blog about my chalkboard for a while and today I finally got some coloured chalk so my board won't look all that boring in the photos. A bit weird I know. Anyway I got the idea of a chalkboard after seeing my exchange student's chalkboard wall in her room. It's pretty simple to make your own chalkboard (as my mom did for me).

All you need is:

• chalkboard paint (you can get this from a hardware store)
• paintbrush
• board to paint on (we used an old frame)

How to do it is pretty self explanatory, you paint the special chalkboard paint onto the board et voila you have a chalkboard. 

Please just see how much coloured chalk I have.

Now that I have coloured chalk I can..

Draw a spaz looking flower

Draw a green heart 

What picture is ever complete without a smiley face?

Draw an outline of my hand.

Release my inner-designer.

The possibilities are endless. Stay stylish!