Fashion Friday: DIY denim cut-offs

I DIY'd my denim cut-off shorts this morning. I can't do short shorts. I just do not have the legs for them. My short stumpy wide legs are a family trait from my Dad's side. I fear that Little Miss L will inherit my short stumpy legs. Early indications are that she already has.

I ran my sharp material scissors along the cut edge of the shorts to give them a bit of a kick start, although I need to wash them to get that full on frayed edge effect.

Shorts: Op shop jeans diy'd into cut-off shorts
Top: See by Chloe

What are your plans for the weekend? Little Miss L and I are off to the Rocklea markets in the morning with Mum. So looking forward to getting some fresh fruit and vegies, buying some herbs for my new herb garden, and eating a bacon and egg muffin. Mr B is golfing it up this weekend for work so us girls will have to fend for ourselves!

C xo

Its Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas...

It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas! I am so excited... Our first Christmas as parents. I know that Little Miss L won't remember this Christmas, but Mr B and I surely will. I can't wait.

Santa has arrived at our local Westfield. Is it wrong to make Little Miss L sit on his lap for a photo? I'm not sure how she's going to go with it, as we discovered over the weekend that she is absolutely terrified of our garden gnome. And Santa kind of looks like a bigger version of the garden gnome... red pointy hat, white beard, round tummy, etc... Hmmmm...

Anyway, I've been talking about setting up the tree for a while now, but I can't bring myself to put it up before December. Mr B was suggesting that we don't put it up at all this year as we're going to be away for the week over Christmas. Ummm, I think not Mr B! We have to have the tree up every year! He then proclaimed that I will need to be in charge of putting the tree up and down. Fine. Whatever (you'll cave and help me).

I've also been looking for some cute diy tree ornaments and decorations... My Mum's tree has a great selection of diy decorations - some that she made and some that my brother and sisters and myself made at primary school. I just love it and I want my tree to be exactly the same.  I found this pic on Pinterest that I love.

But I've never felted wool before and you know, time and the lack of it, that's a big factor also... And then I stumbled across this cute website: Lark and I found this cute as a button garland... Its so sweet and I want it so so bad!

But we're on a budget so I might just have to whip up a few of these instead... I have all the materials already!

Have you ever made any Christmas decorations?

C xo

Pearls and Chains

Despite me trying to find ways to better store my mass of jewellery, I am always on the look out for cool necklaces. I love this pearl and chain one from Seed Heritage. So chunky but pretty at the same time. I wonder how easy (or hard?) it would be to DIY (seeing as I am on the shopping ban - I can't buy anything new to wear but I can make things for myself!!!).

I found this DIY pearl and chain bracelet on stripes and sequins that is similar to the pearl and chain necklace. Another thing to add to my crafty DIY to-do list!

Do you have a list as long as your arm of things you'd like to DIY? I do. And I am also a big culprit of starting a project and abandoning it half way through. So then I have lots of half done projects lying around the house. Must stop that.

C xo

Storage Ideas

I have been searching for ways to display the mess of earrings, brooches, necklaces and bracelets that I own... I don't have a lot of space and so I've been looking for ideas that are space saving and pretty. This is such a pretty and practical way of displaying earrings. I need to visit a few vintage shops to buy an ornate frame.

via Pinterest

And I love this idea too with the pretty hooks and the frames and the small mirror! Its like a little jewellery shop on your wall.

via Pinterest 

Now I just need to find the time to do this DIY jewellery storage...

How do you store your jewels?

C xo