by Greenie | Mar 14, 2013 | Dresses for less |
Fashion mags, a plastic folder of cuttings, screen savers and pics OK, am going to have to admit defeat and take a short break from this blog. It’s not that I want to. But we have sold our house and everything has to go into storage for a few weeks until we can...
by Greenie | Mar 7, 2013 | Dresses for less, Jewellery |
How to make your own stud earrings using beads Bead stud earrings Much as I love, love, love dangly earrings, they are hugely impractical when driving a scooter. Each time I take my helmet off, I fear ripping my earrings from my ear lobes. Riding a scooter is a choice...
by Greenie | Feb 28, 2013 | Dresses for less, Tops |
Upcycle a shirt by sewing beads to the collar OK, I’m a bit late on this bandwagon. There are already a gazillion gorgeous DIY shirt collars out there. If you type DIY collars into your search bar, plenty images come up. But, I like embellished collars and...
by Greenie | Feb 21, 2013 | Dresses for less, Jewellery |
Make this easy coin ring from a metal button Signet ring The main focus of this blog is not about me and what I wear. This blog is but about how to reduce, reuse and recycle. I’m as susceptible to wanting to have the newest, best-est and latest as the next...
by Greenie | Feb 14, 2013 | Dresses for less, Tops |
How to make a cut out T Shirt you can wear with a bra Finished cut out top My daughter makes these amazing tops with all sorts of embellishments and cut outs. See her stuff – here. I’ve also seen other cut outs such as – this one – on the...
by Greenie | Feb 7, 2013 | Accessories, Dresses for less |
Make a handbag charm from a dog tag Dog tag handbag charm Last week’s blog post was a bit of a departure from my usual focus. The point of this blog has always been to make, or remake clothes rather than buying. I often visit on-line fashion web-sites for...
by Greenie | Jan 31, 2013 | Dresses for less |
ASOS deliveries in South Africa When doing a post on collar tips, see – here – and – here, I used a pair bought from ASOS while staying in Scotland. I saw that ASOS have free world-wide deliveries but had yet to order from them back home in...
by Greenie | Jan 24, 2013 | Dresses for less, Tops |
Instructions to sew a panel to a T shirt Panelled T-Shirt I wear a lot of T-Shirts. If you go to the Greenie Galleries at the top of this page you will find plenty T-Shirt makeovers. Tees are just so comfortable and easy to launder. What’s not to like? This...
by Greenie | Jan 17, 2013 | Dresses for less, Jewellery |
How to make earrings from a strip of lace Black lace earrings It seems to be that every time I start a new blog post, the opening words are along the lines of . . . . . . . this is easy to make. That’s because DIY fashion really is so dead easy. I’m...
by Greenie | Jan 10, 2013 | Dresses for less, Tops |
Sew contrast colour fabric pockets to a top Contrast colour pockets I have to be honest, I don’t particularly lust after designer labels. It’s not that I wouldn’t have them. Who doesn’t love everything that Isabel Marant makes? But...
