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07

Jul

Quitters and sinners

Hey everyone,

sorry it has been so long since the last update.
A lot as happened.

First of all, Bir quit the challenge. Why? Well, because she simply couldn’t resist.
So after 5 months of not buying clothes, she cracked under the pressure. I’m actually pretty surprised she lasted this long XD

Second of all, in 6 days it will be 6 months since we started the challenge! So that means I’m almost halfway :D

Third, I ended up buying 2 items of clothing. We did receive a wildcard which we could use to buy 1 item. Well, I ended up buying 2 bikini bottoms, since I really needed them. Together they were only €5,- so I count them as 1 item. 
When starting the challenge I thought I wouldn’t need a new bathing suit since I wouldn’t have a pool/beach holiday.

Well, I was wrong. Bir asked me last Monday to come with her to Mallorca. We’re leaving Wednesday. 

So no new updates until after I come back. See you then.

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.

28

Apr

Hi guys,
Yesterday evening Bir, some other friends and I went to a make up workshop. Afterwards our pictures were taken. This is one of my favorite pictures in which you can see my outfit. I was wearing my black corset, black simple H&M skirt and red leggings.
Hope you like it!
-Nika 

(make up and pictures at studio Dronten)

Hi guys,

Yesterday evening Bir, some other friends and I went to a make up workshop. Afterwards our pictures were taken. 
This is one of my favorite pictures in which you can see my outfit. I was wearing my black corset, black simple H&M skirt and red leggings.

Hope you like it!

-Nika 

(make up and pictures at studio Dronten)

19

Apr

Hi people,

Sorry for another crappy mirror picture. Just want to show everyone what I’m wearing today. 
Purple shirt and tights, black and white skirt with a black belt. 
That belt used te be my mother’s from when it was fashion for the first time. 
I don’t think I’ve looked this normal/sophisticated ever… It’s funny :P 

-Nika

Hi people,

Sorry for another crappy mirror picture. Just want to show everyone what I’m wearing today.
Purple shirt and tights, black and white skirt with a black belt.
That belt used te be my mother’s from when it was fashion for the first time.
I don’t think I’ve looked this normal/sophisticated ever… It’s funny :P

-Nika

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 

17

Feb

Hello Everyone,
If you look up you can see my second assignment, the no shopping contract.Those are pretty much the reason why I’m not shopping. Besides those I’m also trying to become really environmental friendly, so not wasting is a big part of that.Assignment #3Find a buddy and ask him/her to help you to  fulfill your personal challenge
Well, this part won’t be really necessary since Bir is my buddy and I’m hers!
So my mom isn’t really helping me either. She has a habit of leaving old stuff she doesn’t wear anymore in my room thinking I can have it. Of course I can’t accept it.. Anyway, when I checked this morning I actually quite liked what she left…So the perfect solution to this is a trade! I went looking trough my closet and found something I could give her back in return. (Even though she doesn’t know it yet XD)
Hope you all have a great day!
-Nika 

Hello Everyone,

If you look up you can see my second assignment, the no shopping contract.
Those are pretty much the reason why I’m not shopping. Besides those I’m also trying to become really environmental friendly, so not wasting is a big part of that.

Assignment #3
Find a buddy and ask him/her to help you to fulfill your personal challenge

Well, this part won’t be really necessary since Bir is my buddy and I’m hers!

So my mom isn’t really helping me either. She has a habit of leaving old stuff she doesn’t wear anymore in my room thinking I can have it. Of course I can’t accept it.. Anyway, when I checked this morning I actually quite liked what she left…
So the perfect solution to this is a trade! I went looking trough my closet and found something I could give her back in return. (Even though she doesn’t know it yet XD)

Hope you all have a great day!

-Nika 

15

Feb

Since I was wearing one of my favorite outfits, I thought I could show you :) This is also an attempt to keep updating the blog XD

Anyway, I love how the blue and the black have such a big contrast. Yes I like wearing black, but I love combining it with bright colours! 
This outfit also has some good memories, because the first time I wore it was to my first Faun (favorite band) concert. I didn’t have the black longsleeve under it and combined it with a skirt though. 

Funny how you can associate clothes with special moments :)

Have a good night Tumblr

-Nika

P.s. Don’t forget you can follow us with Bloglovin!

Since I was wearing one of my favorite outfits, I thought I could show you :) This is also an attempt to keep updating the blog XD

Anyway, I love how the blue and the black have such a big contrast. Yes I like wearing black, but I love combining it with bright colours!
This outfit also has some good memories, because the first time I wore it was to my first Faun (favorite band) concert. I didn’t have the black longsleeve under it and combined it with a skirt though.

Funny how you can associate clothes with special moments :)

Have a good night Tumblr

-Nika

P.s. Don’t forget you can follow us with Bloglovin!

14

Feb

Hey Tumblr!

Bir is right, I should do the assigments soon. 
In the mean time, here is my outfit for valentines day XD
It says: I only have eyes for.. .. Vous

Next to being kinda romantic, I had to wear it since we were going to the muppets movie XD

I promise to update soon!

-Nika

Hey Tumblr!

Bir is right, I should do the assigments soon.
In the mean time, here is my outfit for valentines day XD
It says: I only have eyes for.. .. Vous

Next to being kinda romantic, I had to wear it since we were going to the muppets movie XD

I promise to update soon!

-Nika