Stick on Nail Decals

So, today I went into Priceline and managed to find these cute stick on nail decals that were glittery and had a great pattern on sale so I decided to buy them and give them a try.

So first I took everything out of the packet then read the instructions

After this I cleaned/filed my natural nails to shape

As per the instructions I put on the decals and used the file to file them down to size onto my nails, and  poof like magic, I have gorgeous nails.

I also had left of nail stickers in case any fall off/get damaged. They seem quite sturdy, but I will edit this post after a few days to say how they went.

So for these nail stickers, they were very easy to apply and look good so far so I give them a 5/5.

Here's a picture of my outfit that I wore today when I found these lovely nail stickers.

Making Pinup Alice in Wonderland: Finding the dress and altering it to perfection

So, a while back I managed to swap a few pieces of clothing for a dress my lovely and talented friend Jessie made, her Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/QueenieTheCutieCostumes .

And I thought it would be perfect for a pinup Alice in Wonderland, so I had to start the task of altering the dress to make it perfect for how I wanted my style of Alice to look.

This is the original dress on the maker of it.

So, first of all I unstitched the skirt and bodice as its was quite a bit too big. i decided to alter the bodice neckline to suit more of a pinup look first.

I cut a sweet heart neckline and fitted it to my body. This is how it looked when I cut it.

After this, I focused on the skirt, I decided to make the skirt a gathered skirt instead of a pleated skirt, as I am not skilled enough to do pleats well. I also took about 5 inches of off the skirt as I am only 5.0'

I then attached the gathered skirt to the bodice and added the zip again. After this I also added the hemming the bottom of the skirt, and used the Biased Binding Jessie had made on the top of the bodice.

Once this was done, I obviously put it on my dress form to get a picture of the finished product (oh also a picture of it on me with a petticoat and without :) 

I will be making my own pattern for the apron and making another write up about when that's made and when the whole outfit is together :)

Making Tinkerbell

So, a while ago, I decided I would make a Tinkerbell dress for Fashion Fever Networking Event - Freaky Friday competition.

So, I decided on my fabric and the style of the dress I was going for.

Fabric choices were this textured fabric for the front, and a sports stretch green that matched for the lining.

I used this picture as inspiration, I wanted the leafy bottom but like the skirt, but I wanted the bodice to have a love heart neckline.

Once I got my fabrics I started making a pattern using the top from Simplicity pattern 4015 and I used the pattern for the 4th July costume on there.

So I cut out the dress fabric and the lining fabric, after this I altered the pattern to the size and shape I wanted it, I did this by holding it on myself and marking with pins where I wanted it cut to

After this I obviously attached the sides of the back as the zip would be going down the middle and cut them to shape

Once I had the bodice ready, I got my amazing friend Queenie the Cutie (facebook: https://www.facebook.com/QueenieTheCutieCostumes), to help me make a leaf pattern for my skirt.

Once this was done, all the leaf parts were sewn together, then the underskirt of the lining fabric was made. I used a circle skirt pattern for this and made it a bit shorter so it wasn't longer then the leaves

Once this was done, Miss Queenie helped me by putting it together as I had to get more stuff for the competition.

We placed the leaves on the underskirt and then sewed the bodice into this and then used biased binding on the bodice to finish off the dress. Below I have posted a picture of the dress on my body form and also how it looked on me (well from behind as I didn't get any good front on ones)

In the end, I won a wildcard prize for my costume and I have added some pictures below of how I looked with my full zombie body paint by the amazing Mel (https://www.facebook.com/melorchard.artist) and my red lenses to finish off the look. I used my natural hair plus a hair bun to recreate Tinkerbells hair.

I hope this helps out anyone thinking of doing a Tinkerbell costume in the future :) 

Miss Tink

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