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!

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.