DIY old dupatta's into jackets

I had a lot of old and dupatta's lying around my place, so thought of reutilizing it. I knew, since they were unused my mum wouldn't allow to cut it and make something out of it, but I can definitely change its wrapping style.
I was trying to make a top kind of thing but it looked more appropriate as jackets. It's pretty easy as you can check from my pics below and the best part is, you just have to open few knots and safety pin to use it as your regular dupatta. Multipurpose clothes you see..! :D

P.S. some failed attempts in making a proper video, but hope you can understand the steps if not my voice :(

1. take both the ends and attach it to the centre of your dress with the help of a safety pin.
2. Tie a double knot around your arms.
3. Take the extra sides of the dupatta and tie a knot on the backside.
4. Your jacket is done☺
   

Note: for the other wrapping styles a knot has been tied around the neck taking the two ends together or around one of your arms, (pretty much evident from the pictures though).

SECRET PHOTO FRAME

Hey everyone! Someone rightly said, “A new day comes with a new creativity”. And I think this saying completely applies for me. Honestly, I made this frame in the second half of July. So it’s been some time already. Blame it on my laziness or the hectic schedule I am following these days. I have got a lot of pending post to write now. Ah! Starting with the best one.

It was my bestie’s birthday and I was clueless about her gift. I knew she liked chocolates moreover she has been pestering me for handmade chocolates since quite some time. So thought of gifting her that. But just a packet of chocolates, I don’t think that was enough. I was scrolling through our school photos and you know what, school memories have the power of making you feel nostalgic. Still we all love looking back to those happy school daysJ I looked around my house to find some scraps that my maid would anyway have thrown in few days time. And a little thought gave me this idea of a not so typical photo frame.

As the name suggests, yes! It is a secret one. No one will ever be able to find your pretty secrets inside that box. Everyone thinks it’s just a normal photo frame. That’s how it looks. Doesn’t it? I made it specially for her because I know, she always has a tough time keeping her chocolates away from her siblings. (all those who have younger siblings will know what I am talking about :P). So this was an ideal gift for her. It’s easy to make and serves as an awesome gift. In this birthday season if are brainstorming about your besties birthday gift, try this out. I am sure she’ll love it too.

This is made out of complete scrap, as we say creating wealth out of waste. All you need :

·         A box (any size you want)

·         A hanging hook

·         Permanent glue

·         Cello tape (transparent)

·         3-4 newspapers

·         Transparent Cellophane paper

·         2 flower shaped bows(you can alternatively make them if you don’t have or use any other decoration you like in place of that)

·         Plastic gift wrap paper

·         A printed photo obviously.     

Know how

·         Take a empty box cover it with wraping paper, as you would normally cover a gift. Just be careful with the opening side of the box and cover it accordingly.

·         Attach a cellophane paper on one front side securing it with cello tapes.

·         Fix a hanging hook on the back side of it with some permanent glue.

·         Fold the newspapers tightly to form a long thick rod like form and secure them with cello tape or glue. Wrap silver plastic gift wrapping paper around it and cover it fully. (I have used the back side of a biscuit packet :P, typically reusing all the waste material I found in my place).

·         Adjust the size of these of rods according to the size of your box. You can clip off the ends to give it an even shape.

·         Place this rod on the four edges in the front side of your box on top of the cellophane paper. Fix it as shown in the image below with the help of cello tapes. (remember, to keep one side up and the other side down while fixing).

·         Decorate it with flower shaped bows on the two opposite edges. And insert a pretty photo of yours. And don’t forget to keep something secret inside the box. (as for me, I have kept handmade chocolates inside it)J

(I am still undecided which photo to insert in it)

heart shaped photo frame collage with thermocol

It was Valentine’s Day and I was just getting bored. It was an unofficial holiday for us. Even at work, everyone wanted to leave early and there I was, enjoying my own company and wondering, what to start with? We had a recent family get together and I was just turning through the photos when  an idea of creating a photo collage struck me. I thought of gifting it to my little prince charming- my nephew, it was his first valentine’s day on this small planet and I wanted to make it special for him as well. (Although I know he won’t even understand what’s going on :P). finally I had something to do. So even if you have some extra pics and want something funky out of that, you can try this out, its simple yet too cute…

All you need is:

·         Thermocol  plate

·         Few newspapers

·         Cellotapes- both transparent and red colored ones

·         a silver colored plastic paper

·         cellophane paper

·         knife, scissors and some glue

Method:

1.    What better than heart shape to start with on that day? cut a heart shape out of a big newspaper.(fold the newspaper into half, cut out the shape, something like this).

2.    place it on the thermocol sheet, trace the shape and cut it out with the help of a knife.

3.    Start by placing all the photos on the heart shape and adjust them in the form of a collage.

4.    Start Rolling the newspaper tightly from one end. When it is fully rolled secure it with a transparent cellotape. Next cut the paper roll from both its side such that you are left just the thick part. Wrap the thick part with red cellotape and join it from end to end (by placing one inside the other roll).

5.    Place this on the rim of your heart shape and secure it with transparent cellotapes.

6.    Finally cover it with a cellophane paper and put a bow on the back side of it. Your photo collage is readyJ 

D.I.Y PHONE COVER WITH NAIL PAINT

One of the major gifts that I haven't used since a long time are nail paints. I hardly get time to apply nail paints and even if I do, I simply can't wait long enough to let them dry. These lovely paints were getting stacked on my self from long and eventually getting dried. Also mobile covers are something which doesn't last long for me, not even the fanciest ones. so this time I thought of  putting my designing skills at work and made a pattern with just two bright colors. (they were the only ones that wasn't dried  :P) it's really easy to make. you can create your own patterns and designs. Thus giving a brand new look to your old mobile cases.

Try to use contrasting shades. I personally choose red and peach. but you can use any color you like.

If you're feeling these vibes too, go ahead with a very simple D.I.Y. that is immense use as well...

start with drawing your favorite pattern and filling in your favorite colors.

My Paperdress look for t2 spotlight

This is going to be a very special post. Something that gave me the confidence to face new things, to take up new challenges, and most importantly to listen to my heart. 

Designers Inn- that little game gave me new dreams. I faintly remember since my very childhood, this was one game that I have always loved playing. Like any other child, I too had little dreams that were far from reality. And each time I won this game, I felt to be step closer to my final goal of being a fashion designer. I still feel if I wouldn't have been an economist or wouldn't have racked my brains with science  (that's still the punishment in Indian societies for scoring well ;P), I would have definitely been a fashion designer having my own fashion house. Ah! Well that was just childhood days I feel, may be my inherent love for crafts has been driving me all this while. Who knows? 

Very recently, after all this years when I had nearly forgotten this dream and had moved ahead, life had a new but pleasant challenge for me. We had a t2 fashion show in our college. Honestly, am not a person who loves participating in such fashion shows. Neither am I into modeling, (although a thousand people have suggested me so). Don’t know why but I never liked it.
It so happened that now my friends were very excited to participate in this fashion show and I just thought, if not now than never. After all, we were in college, the best period in one's life, and I didn’t want to grow old not having tried something that was suggested by so many of them. So finally, I thought of giving it a try. Since t2 was one of the most famous Indian daily newspaper, so we thought the theme "papers" would go well with the event. 
What more, we all racked our brains day and night for weeks to make the best possible dress. We all were aspiring microbiologists and economists. A topic like fashion designing was unheard off. This was totally a new experience. Our only resource to learn things was none other than Google. (We were all Google students that time :P). Surfed internet, watched videos, scanned through magazines, blogs, and what not, all in search of ideas. The worst part was we never knew if a particular idea would work until we have started working on it. It was very time consuming and required passionate dedication. My house would be filled with newspapers everywhere. After weeks on slogging and hard work comes the day. We came up with our unique paper dress, stunning everyone around. That moment was really special. The fashion show turned out to be good, but the designing part was the best. I felt like an actual designer for the first time, designing a dress and being my own model. The only difference was that we had used staplers and cellotapes instead of needle and thread. We were all decked up that day trying hard to show fake confidence. (we were actually praying to keep our dresses in place and avoid any mishaps on stage. That time I really thanked god, for putting me into a girl’s college). Someone has rightly said “fake it, till you make it”. We all looked confident on stage and everything went as planned. The audience was seeing a different and a much creative version of ours, they had never imagined before. The show went on well and we came with flying colors- much confident and creative than before. Loved it!!

Since this a crafts blog I’ll try to explain each step of how I made my dress, and some paper jewellery to complement my look. I never thought I would be writing this so took just few photos in between the steps, but don’t worry once you have the idea it’s very easy to make. If you any queries you can refer to my contact page. Happy creating..

Fold the newspapers in the form of a cone, use 1 full newspaper for the long cones and half a newspaper for the small ones. Take a long rope and start stapling the long and short cones alternatively on it. This would look something like this

Next take an old belt and cover it completely with the newspapers.

For the top, I have folded magazine papers in cylindrical shapes and stapled it on an old top vertically.

That was easy isn’t it??

For the earrings: I have covered an old square shaped earring with the help of some cellotape and then attached small cone at the base of it

For the tiara: I have cut out card papers and rolled partially over a normal hair band.

this was my complete look;

a glimpse of t2 spotlight

t2 spot light

a glimpse of the event

got this cute mug by P.C. chandra's for yet another fashion show called goldenlites diva.

P.C. CHANDRA GOLDENLITES DIVA

p.s.- spare my selfie skills please:))

D.I.Y. MOBILE COVER WITH CLOTH

Bored with old mobile cover?? Try this out. Sometimes I think, I become a lot more creative when I am lazy. I was using a simple diary type mobile cover which was honestly boring so thought of trying my hands out in making it a little creative and it turned out well. All I had at my hands reach was some spare piece of brightly colored cloth, some super glue, and that boring cover. This is what I created out of it, and it was so unique. Its pretty simple to create it, just stick the cloth properly to the rim of your cover with some super glue. You can even border it with a little lace, if it is at your disposal and add a small bow as described in the pictures below. You can pick your favorite piece of cloth in accordance with your mobile size and try it out. So if you like it, DO IT YOURSELF and don’t forget to upload pics of your creation here..so be creative and keep creating!;)

the small bow