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13

May

Hey Guys,

Here is the second shirt I did. It was inspired by this video created by Itsblitzzz on youtube. I really love her shirt reconstruction video’s. I was just going trough all her video’s and there are many I haven’t seen left, so who knows. I still have some shirts XD

Anyway, I started cutting in the front of this shirt, and it did not look like the way I wanted it to. The fabric wasn’t really right so I had a lot of trouble with that. In the end I decided to continue cutting it and seeing what happened. Since I removed the collar anyway, i’d wear it in the back. Also, I hated hated the print on this shirt, so I was extra happy to cut it up. In the end I removed the tag and wore it inside out!

The front of the shirt was too boring though, so I gave a second try to the front that was used in the video, and it came out alright. I don’t think this will be my favorite top, but I had fun trying. Also, it didn’t matter if it wouldn’t work, since I didn’t like the shirt to begin with XD

-Nika

Edit: the link appears to be missing. I’ll try to get it fixed. In the mean time, just look for itsblitzzz on youtube.

18

Apr

Hi everybody,
I still had this old outfit picture.The picture isn’t really flattering, but this is one of my favorite outfits.As you can see it consists from a long black pencil skirt (that has lacing in the back) and my purple underbust corset. I decided to combine it with my purple and black tights. I also wore a black top over my long-sleeve shirt because I dislike wearing a corset with a boring black top.  Anyway, that was one of my outfits!
-Nika
ps. I need to try and get pictures from the front. I’m not as wide as in this picture!

Hi everybody,

I still had this old outfit picture.
The picture isn’t really flattering, but this is one of my favorite outfits.
As you can see it consists from a long black pencil skirt (that has lacing in the back) and my purple underbust corset. I decided to combine it with my purple and black tights. I also wore a black top over my long-sleeve shirt because I dislike wearing a corset with a boring black top.

Anyway, that was one of my outfits!

-Nika

ps. I need to try and get pictures from the front. I’m not as wide as in this picture!

17

Apr

Hi guys,

So I want to show you my first t-shirt project.
I’ve loved this shirt ever since I got it in NYC 4 years ago. I’ve worn it quite often in the beginning. After a while the collar started to get a little tight and the seam of one of the sleeves started to unravel.
Since I loved this shirt so much I couldn’t make myself throw it away, and I’m glad I didn’t.

The tutorial I used for this I first found on pintrest. You can find it here

Nice thing about this tutorial that it requires little sewing, and no extra material.
I didn’t follow it completely, since I didn’t want to cut of the bottom of my shirt since I’m quite tall. Instead I used the extra fabric around the collar to make the string, which is why it looks like it came from many pieces. I’m actually considering buying a ribbon for it.

Anyway, it was super simple. It took less then 2 hours, which includes hand sewing and watching tv at the same time. I absolutely love the result since I get to wear one of my favorite shirts again :D

Hope you find some inspiration from it.

-Nika

16

Apr

Hi guys,

Sorry for not updating more often. Life got in the way.
I just want to show you guys a sneak preview of what I’ve been doing today.
It was a lot of fun, and I’m really happy with the results!

I’ll tell about them individually, since I’d also like to credit the people who made the tutorial.
You can expect some more of these somewhere in the near future. As  you can see I still have some shirts left, and Bir has promised me to help me with the tutorial I posted a while back! Yay!

Expect more soon!

-Nika 

11

Jan

Last shopping of the year. Next to the earlier named essentials I got this top, which I just love because of the lace, a white black striped skirt that will come in next week and an amathyst ring I bought with a gift certificate. I also ordered some piercing stuff :) So excited with my new stuff! Scared of what this year will bring XD  -Nika

Last shopping of the year. Next to the earlier named essentials I got this top, which I just love because of the lace, a white black striped skirt that will come in next week and an amathyst ring I bought with a gift certificate. I also ordered some piercing stuff :) So excited with my new stuff! Scared of what this year will bring XD -Nika

07

Jan

The days before the challenge

How am I gonna survive this? 365 days without buying clothes, jewelry and shoes. Why have I said yes to the challenge Nika sent me on facebook? How can I be up to date with the trends this year with what I have in my the closet and my jewelry? 
These are some questions that I’m question myself all the time, why did I said yes!? 

Luckily I have 5 days to buy the last things before the challenge starts. So what am I going to buy? At first I’m going to buy some ballerinas (I really really need them because my are discoloured when I tried washing them last year), ofcourse I need some skin-coloured tights (I don’t have them, only black), socks and some underwear. But also a new skirt and a blazer (both in bright colors because the most thing I have in my closet are black, grey or brownish and wear those colours in the spring and summer hmm… I have my doubts about it). Anyways I want some colour in my closet before the challenge begins. 

So what am I going to do this week before or after school? I now one thing except going home: SHOPPING :)

-Bir

The Challenge

Free fashion challenge is a challenge to not buy any clothing, belts, shoes, etc. for an entire year.
This way they want to inspire you to use what you already have, to be creative and maybe discover your own style.

We will be starting this challenge on Friday January the 13th, and want to invite you to join. Contributions to this blog regarding reusing and making outfits with what you already have are very welcome.

Hope you’ll enjoy. 

-Nika