Aashni + Co Wedding Show

The Aashni + Co store recently hosted a Asian Bridal show at The Dorchester, which is a luxury Hotel in London's Mayfair.

I really wanted to go, but I didn't in the end, mainly because I'm not getting married anytime soon, and also because I don't really have anyone to go with that shares my love for Asian designers.

There were a range of designers there, and the following are some of my favourite pieces from some of the designers.

Tarun Tahiliani is my favourite brand, the pieces are so luxurious, and is probably why I became so obsessed with Indian designers and fashion. Some of the pieces are so ethereal and traditional yet so contemporary. 

Varun Bahl is another designer that blends the vintage with the contemporary. Some of his pieces seem very dark and romantic.

Sabyasachi is another favourite of mine, especially the bridal collections. The textiles and colours are so bold and some pieces are very vintage-esque. 

This blog post is very pointless, but I just wanted to share some gorgeous pictures and lust after the clothes. This actually took a lot longer than expected to write up, as I got distracted when searching for my favourite pieces. (obviously, none of these pictures are mine)

I've chosen some quite heavy designs as my favourites as I was talking about the Bridal show, and so I thought I would choose images in keeping with the theme.

Impromptu kindle case

I'm not gonna lie, I'm a book nerd. I love reading books, and have recently gotten into it again. I never liked the idea of using kindles and other e readers, and I was one of those people that liked paper books, as it felt a bit more real. 

However commuting to work every day in a train, and lugging The Game of Throne books with me, got a little annoying. The books are so heavy, and teamed up with the other crap I have in my bag, means that my bag gets a tad heavy to lug around on the tubes and trains all day! 

So I asked for a Kindle, and I got a Kindle! 

I previously made a macbook sleeve, so decided to make a kindle sleeve too. I've seen these kind of styles on Etsy, and it was a pretty simple design, so I got to work! 

As I'm too poor cheap I usually try to upscale, or I'll just keep an eye out for cheap material. 

The lime green material, was an impulse buy top for £2, bought in the sale.

The geometric fabric, was just some scraps I had left over. I got this fabric for free when I went to Southall a while ago. And the ghota (ribbon) was purchased when we went to Upton Park a while ago.

I love the colours and think they go really well together, in between the two fabrics I also placed some quilted material just to give the kindle some protection.

This was a little difficult, and I did have to get some help from my mum, mainly because at the time I made this, my sewing machine was out of action, and so I had to use my mums industrial sewing machine.

I love the colours for the sleeve, and this definitely brightens my commute to and from work!

DIY necklace hanger Pt 2

I have a lot of statement necklaces, and a while ago, you will remember that I started hanging them on an old door hanger. However I had too many necklaces for it, and they were way too heavy.

So instead I got inspiration from Pinterest, and made a necklace hanger thing? The only thing I had to buy was the chipboard from wilkinsons which was £2, everything else I already had from previous projects.

I was pretty happy with the finished product, now I just need to get someone to hang it on the wall for me!