Pleather cuff bracelet What you need to make a cuff Here is yet another dead easy DIY project. I have said that I am loving the whole tribal thing going on at the moment. Really, really loving it a lot. Might be because I’m from Africa. This DIY cuff will work...
How to make a collar You might be ready to wear a collar by now. I always take sooo long to warm to trends. And then discover that actually they are not that bad and promptly OD on them. I cant stop making tie dye scarves. My justification is that I ride a scooter and...
How to make a glass bead necklace A friend of mine is a Swedish tour guide and he often takes visitors to the Ngwenya Glass blowing factory in Swaziland. He brought back some beautiful glass beads for me a few months back. Hand made glass beads and black netting I...
Cut outs in a T-Shirt You need a T-shirt and a pair of scissors The idea of slashing and shredding T-shirts is not new. Some of them look a complete mess, which is probably the point. Edgy style bunnies could work that look with a grunge style leather and distressed...
How to revamp a sweater Sweater before Whenever I take time out to wander through the haberdasheries and craft shops, I keep finding more and more things to use in recycling and upcycling projects. I showed how to add a pair of matching beaded lace appliques to a...
How to make fabric bracelets Greenie in February issue of Glamour magazine I mentioned a week or two ago that Greenie was featured in Glamour magazine. I’ve been in Scotland for weeks. We left before the magazine came out and I haven’t seen...
Tips for dying clothing The T-shirts before they were dyed I went a bit mad a few weekends back. First I did some bleach dying and then I moved on to fabric dye. Summer 2012 is going to be a riot of crazy prints so I decided to jump in early and up-cycle a couple of...
An evolution has gone on with jeans. Where to take in the leg of your trousers Way back when, you got jeans. More or less the same style jeans, made by a handful of manufacturers. Since then a whole bunch of designers and celebrities have jumped on the jeans bandwagon...
How to bleach a T-shirt for tie dye effect I have talked about bleaching and dying in this blog before. I don’t often dye myself, but rather get our local laundry service to do it, as it’s a really, really messy business. That’s not all. Dying...
How to make the easiest scarf ever I am in Scotland right now and will be until March. It’s cold. The Scots are saying it’s been a warm winter so far. For me it’s still freezing cold. I brought a bunch of accessories that I normally wear....
