DIY macbook sleeve

I've been looking for a cute laptop sleeve for a while now. I bought one from eBay to tide me over until I found a better one, but I couldn't really find anything that was cute and affordable. 

So I decided to make my own one. I originally wanted to make a back one, but I couldn't find any black material that would be suitable, so that has been put on hold until I can get the material. But it's basically going to be all black with pompoms, I'm so excited to make it, but I guess thats for another blog post.

My mum has a bag full of clothes that she was giving away today, so I came across one of her floral salwar kameez suits, and I decided to take it as I like to save fabrics for sewing projects etc. 

I decided to make a laptop sleev out of the floral material, as I already had a cream fleece material for the inside, and so this worked out a lot cheaper, all I had to pay for was the zipper. As the zipper was longer, it went around the sleeve, and as I am just a beginner, I had to get some help. 

I do still need to work on my measurements, as the sleeve was a little too snug, and I would have liked it to be a little roomier. However, I am planning on making more for my etsy store, so I'm sure I will get better!

Diy necklace hanger

I have a ton of necklaces. I love accessorising, but my wrists are too small for bangles and bracelets, and my poor fingers are too chubby for rings so statement necklaces are the only way I can really accessorise. 

I love statement necklaces, but feel that a lot of the ones on the high street, are not only mass produced, but also very expensive. I’m a brown girl, so I'm a cheap bargain hunting haggler at heart, so no way am I spending £15+ on a statement necklace!

Due to this reason, and also my love of statement necklaces, I started selling statement necklaces online. I try to sell necklaces that I would wear, for prices that I would buy.

I usually only buy about 3 in total of each design, and keep one for myself and sell the others!

As a result my collection of necklaces is ever growing, and I don’t really have any place to store them as they are so big and chunky.

I used to just hang them from my door knob, but that looked kind of messy.

I had an old door hanger, that was more pretty than it was practical, so I decided to hang it on my wall and hang my necklaces from there instead!

I still feel that there could be a better way to store my necklaces, but the door hanger come necklace hanger is a nice short term fix until I think of something better.