DIY TARDIS skirt and Calgary Comic Expo

May the 4th be with you! :D Happy Star wars day

a good start? nah not really...

                                So last week I told you that I'm going to Calgary Comic and entertainment expo and I sure did go.. Unfortunately I got there too late and couldn't meet Matt Smith nor Karen Gillan :( sob sob.
But while I sob spontaneously I got to see a Tardis what! :D

Well obviously it wasn't a real thing but it was cool enough. I met so many lovely Doctor Who fans around the country. And I did went alone :3 never the less I thought it was the best day I ever spent alone.. lol

Here are some pictures from the event.

Here is how I made my Tardis inspired skirt :)

 

So first I took about 1.5m of Tardis blue fabric and marked about 3inchs at one side 

These  marked down for the pleats of my skirt. 

I pinched in the pleats and sew them down. Measured it around the waist and cut the extra bits out.

The I cut off two rectangles from a scrap white fabric to make the little windows of the Tardis 

Glued them using fabric glue -_- too lazy and time consuming to sew? may be lol

Then after it till it dry I cut off a long strip of blue fabric and folded in to get nicely edged tapes for to form the windows. Also glued them in like the lazy bat I am xD

And that's pretty much it you lot 

I thought it was simple enough that I could wear it casually.. lol oh boy.. I was so wrong amount of people who gave me the weird eye was bloody too much .. but WHO cares right? ;) I'd wear it often anyways. 

Hope you all are enjoying the weekend...If not enjoyed..

Have fun..be creative 

-Janani ♥

DIY - Earring holder (Starring The Doctor(s))

Helloooo :)

                Hope everyone is doing fantastic. Oh I have been busy with work and school.. Yes yes I know I always give excuses. -_-


Before I forget! I'm finally meeting MATT SMITH AND KAREN GILLIAN (11th Doctor and Amy Pond) and at Calgary Comic Expo this weekend! :D

I'm so freaking excited. Finally a Whovian moment to remember!


How many of you have had little bowls full of earrings? and you just dig through it to find the other one of those tiny pair, it's like a never ending dig isn't it? like you are digging a tunnel to China.. ha

What a catastrophe!

 Here I found a beautiful way to arrange your earrings and also to display them very nice and neat!

With this I think I'm more organized. lol

I used some things I gathered from a Dollar store.

So the things you'll be needing,                       

- A Canvas/Frame                               
- Duct tape
- Plastic Cross stitch cavas

easy enough? 

We don't need the Canvas just need the frame..

In that picture I just took it out! And also you can use just a picture frame.


Next you just have to cut around the Plastic Cross stitch canvas for it to fit the frame and glue it down. 

The I just used my duct tape to wrap around the frame so it'll have a nice touch.

aaaaannnddd my duct tape ran out... 

lol then but I found a spare pink one... wasn't that bad was it?

And done :)

Hope you enjoyed my post with The Doctors! lol 

Love ♥

7 Spring/Summer outfits from 4 versatile pieces

Hello bees,


                                 Today's post isn't about some DIY project.
           Spring has finally arrive and we are looking to renew our wardrobes. It's been so long since I posted a style post. So here we go,

I have chosen 4 versatile pieces that every girl should already own. These are Just some basic pieces that I wear in regular bases. I'm sure you don't even have to dig deep in your clothing pile to find these items,

What did I use?

- Basic long sleeve tshirt (American Eagle)

- Leopard print black jeggings  (H&M)

- Sleeveless blouse with a collar

- Lace circle skirt ( Jessica Simpson)

Additionally I had few accessories to make the out fits more put together.

It's simple as counting 1 to 7 :)

Here are my 7 outfits I put together using the 4 pieces above.

(sorry I couldn't get the full length pictures. A timer can't full fill every expect of mine :P)




































Now that's a week worth outfits. Who said you need to have thousand clothing items to look stylish?

Enjoy.♥

-Janani 

DIY T Shirt Update

Greetings to diy junkies and happy new year :)

Hope everybody's new year will be full of happiness,

Starting off with the new diy post, let's admit t shirts are the most comfortable things in the whole wide world next to sweat pants, so here's how to update a boring t shirt to a brand new one screaming your personality.

so we'll be needing,

-  T shirt transfer  ( I got mine from Target)

-  T shirts (Duh) 

-  Pair of scissors 

-  Inkjet printer 

- An Iron 

- Make sure you pre wash your t shirts, most fabrics tend to shrink after washing them 

- I decided to kill two birds from one stone and set up both of my designs in one page,

Yes! I am a Whovian ;) 

- Make sure you flip your image if you are using letters, I used Picmonkey to edit my pictures 

- Cut around the design you printed and carefully place it stright where you want it to be,

- Iron over the paper and make sure you give it a good heat press, if you lack heat the transfer might be stuck to the paper not the fabric and tend to peel off afterwards 

- On the white t shirt I decided to cut carefully around the letters so it won't leave a trail of ugly glue residue

-  Also I heat pressed it a little low to get the rustic vintage look.

- To get away from the boring-ness I cut few straps and stretched it in the back.

For the Whovian representation (hahaha) I cut out the sleeves and made them bows ;) (tutorial here)

because bow ties are cool!

Enjoy! 

Dresslink.com - Review

Hey loves :)

Wish you all a happy prosperous new year!

I know it's new years eve but I'm bring you a fashion website review! woot! yes.. I know I've never really done this.. I found dresslink.com few weeks ago and I saw they have super cheap stuff. It's a Asian online shopping website based in China. 

No I'm not associated with them nor they paid me to do this review..

I wanted it to give it a go and order few items.. FEW I said ..hehe I ordered three main clothing pieces and a pair of black lace tights tights.

Shipping wasn't that bad. I put my order on 9th Dec ,they shipped it our 11th I think and I got it today which is 31st Dec.

All together my order was like CAD $18.43 + 5.68 for shipping I got like 20% discount for Christmas time! YAY I love Discounts!

lol anyways  I'm super impressed with the stuff I received. 
It's pretty good quality and materials are very reasonable for the price you pay!
I got another order coming along I put on the 27th Dec. This order I got stuff for my mom and sis :) 

So I will give the information of the item, just click the title to go to the actual item on the website and compare the stock photo to what I actually got..

Long sleeve chiffon blouse

price : US$ 5.49
color : white and black
Size : One size (free size)
Material : Chiffon + ribbed cotton 

My rating : 5/5
Stock Photo:

My mom seriously is in love with this blouse. It's exactly like the picture. And the materials are the same. It's comfy to be on!

long sleeve blouse decoration with kitten wearing Leopard print glasses


price : US$ 4.76
color : white
Size : One size (free size)
Material : Cotton blend  

My rating : 5/5

Stock Photo:

I'm pretty sure my sis will love it :D she haven't seen this yet! Material is super soft but a bit thin. Only disadvantage was that it wasn't baggy like the picture. But I think she will love to layer it and wear it on summer since its so super soft! :)

Tunic bolero fitted Jacket


price : US$ 6.49
color : Khaki
Size : One size (free size)
Material : Polyester cotton  

My rating : 4/5

I'm giving this one 4/5 because the structure wasn't that great. But hey, I can't ask much more for six dollars..lol :) 

I don't say it's a good idea to shop here always but If you are college student like my self looking good fashion pieces for cheap you can give it a go. Customer service is super duper friendly and you have a pretty big range of things you can choose from. 
I recommend this online shop for anybody who wanna give it a go :)

Have a great day and enjoy your New year!♥ 

DIY - Tights/leggings/jeggings refashion

Merry Christmas :)

Hope yall had a wonderful Christmas!!

Today I'm bringing my lovely readers a refashion/upcycling project and It's going to be a really straight forward project ^^

Well, enough babbling, lets get started shall we?

You'll Need:

- Old pair of tights,leggings or jeggings!
- Scrap piece of fabric
- Need and threat or fabric glue
- pair of scissors 


I found an old pair of tights that had a ugly hole in the knee area.. I loved the color so, I thought it would be awesome for this project..

- Lay the tights inside out. Mark about 4'' lines starting from up-top wherever you want! 
like this,

- Cut slits along the line.. Make sure it doesn't go through the other side of the tights. We want just one layer of slits! 

- Take your scrap piece of fabric and cut off about 2.5'' x 1'' strips.

- Take a strip between two strips and fold the strip and sew or use fabric glue to make a bow shape!  

- You should end up with something like this after all of your bows are made :)

There you go :) easy peasy right? now you have cute bow tights to rock on with your booties or heels! 

DIY Feather Clutch

Heeellooooowwww :3

Yes yes I know I haven't been here for a while, well sorry :| 

I've been working on few sketches and doing some art work..yup!

So, I came across another easy DIY for my lovely readers :) 

Inspiration.. 

Mine....

what you will be needing,

1. A simple pencil case

2. Feathers 

3. Ribbon

4. Glue (Fabric glue/ superglue/ glue gun etc.)

6. Embellishments

Be careful and be patient when you paste on the feathers to your pencil case. Trust me if you won't, adding these feathers will be a pain in the butt! 

This is how mine turned out.... 

added two lines of ribbon and added little pearls and golden bead flowers to embellish.

Have Fun!!!

super easy DIY Peplum top

Trust me this is the easiest way x) no cutting no sewing...

quick tip: for the choice of the dress/top I recommend something made of a bit heavy fabric mine was a stretchy Rayon.. cotton and knit will work great :) 

And you'll get :)

Fashion sketches =]

Ahem... May I share some of my designing with you?

Few of my sketches I drew for last few months :)

Enjoy..

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED by Janani Uthsara Mitchel Senarathne. Editing, reproducing and re-using the Design for any purposes or otherwise, without permission of designer strictly prohibited.