We’re slowly getting the new place decorated, which is good after living here six months! Mostly we need to get the furniture together; our living room is looking great except that we have, you know, a zebra print scoop chair and a blue recliner in here. ANYWAYS, one of the problems I’ve had is decorating…
Category Archives: Craving…D.I.Y.
Tutorial: 2 t-shirts to a dress
When I posted last weekend’s outfit yesterday, I had a few inquiries about my dress. I thought I’d whip up a tutorial, so that you could make one of your very own if you wanted! To start with, you need two men’s (i.e. non fitted) t-shirts. Any kind will do – like I said, I…
Making an Inspiration Board
No, not one with Polyvore or Picasa – those are for wimps! We’re talking a real, get your hands dirty (or at least, covered in rubber cement), paper-and-scissors inspiration board. Oh yeah. This is great for two reasons: 1: If you’re a compulsive magazine hoarder like me, this gives you a chance to give them…
Rave: Truly Victorian Patterns
The service from Truly Victorian patterns is amazing! I ordered TV 110 last weekend and shortly after ordering sent a message to Heather asking if she thought the underbust corselet patterns would work for what I want to use it for (mostly back support *glares at boobs*) and if she thought it’d work, if I…
Your Wardrobe Unlock’d
So. I’ve been looking into making my own corsets, decided to just go ahead and do it – as I’m not finding modern bras very helpful to my back and certainly can’t afford to buy several corsets (I’m still planning on buying from Damsel in This Dress, which I meant to do a week or…
Stencilling Tutorial
You’ll need an x-acto knife, freezer paper (you can purchase it at most grocery stores or butcher shops I think – it’s like normal paper on one side and has wax on the other), a piece of cardboard to put inside the shirt, fabric paint or screenprinting paint, and a brush (you can use the…
Daily Outfit 1/1/2009
What I wore to bring in the New Year… The pencil skirt is from Target.com, $14.99 on clearance and about $20 with shipping, it arrived the 30th. Although I was really confused because it came in an Amazon.com box with a Target sticker on the side – I didn’t see the sticker and was like…
Petticoat/Circle Skirt Tutorial
Since I wrote it up for Craftster, I thought I’d post it here too This is a tutorial to make a petticoat (also called a crinoline) like I posted yesterday – one that can be worn as a skirt, as well as being worn under other items to give them poof and body. So I…
Swap item and a fascinator!
I was going to do a daily outfit post, but uh, around the middle of the day I started feeling icky and pretty much just spent most of today in a tank top and my underwear hahaha. So! I am going to post about what I did for my PRD swap partner, as her package…
The Joys of Vintage Sewing Machines
When I started this blog, I meant to post a lot more DIY. I had tutorials in mind and everything. Unfortunately, since starting my new job (which, as you may recall, happened around the same time as the beginning of this blog), I really haven’t had a lot of time for DIYing. It makes the…
