spring inspiration

Since last week I got the hang of spring trends I guess. Because this post is also a spring post. Bright colours, loose hairstyles and a lot of flowers. Here some inspirational pictures for you.

Spring is.... loose hairstyles with a cute twist. Like a bow or a little flower.

 Spring is...painting your nails in cute pastel colours with a touch of gold ot glitter.

Spring is... more flowers in your wardrobe. And more cute sewing projects like dresses and skirts.

I realy want to sew a cute skirt with this pattern.

Here is a typical spring pattern. A flower printed jumpsuit.

Spring is...being more healthy than before.

Go on a bike ride and enjoy the sunshine. I LOVE the flowers in that basket. It gives you a spring feeling every minute you're on your bike. 

green salad

Eating healthy starts with healthy recepies. Here is one.

Spring is...flowers in your house

When I think about spring the first thing that pops into my mind is tulips! I love their bright colours and their beautiful green leaves.

The smell of the hyacinth is also a must have in your house every spring again.

Spring is...new wallpaper unto your wall.

For this spring I would love to have a bright floral wall.

pip studio wall paper

I really love the wallpapers of Pip studio. Their new collection is a must see!

I hope you like this post as much as I loved making it. Share and comment.See you all soon!

Xx Lydia

DIY leather skirt

Here I'll show you how to sew a leather skirt. You can also use this tutorial for any other fabric. Because my leather fabric has little flowers in it I made an other layer under the leather one. Otherwise you could see my underwear:-s 

You will need:

• Leather fabric 80 cm
• Normal black fabric 80 cm
• piece of elasitc, waist size
• sewing machine

Tutorial

Measure your waist, and de lengthe you want your skirt to be. Then cut a square from your folded fabric. Your square has to be length of your skirt and waist/2. Now you have 2 squares with the exact same size. Did you succeed?  I hope you did, let's move on to the next step.

Sew the side seams from top to bottom (red lines in this image). And than finish this part by sewing the under seam. (green line in this image) If you did the right thing you have a black little skirt now.

Now you do the same with your leather fabric. So you get 2 seperate skirts.
this is where you'll need your elastic band.
Step 1: Cut a piece of fabric which has the lenght of your waist and the height of your elastic + 1 cm x 2.
Step 2: Fold your elastic in this fabric.
Step 3: Sew the blue line in this image.

Now sew this elastic/ fabric band unto your 2 skirts. Take a look at the foto below, as you can see now you have 1 skirt. I didn't seem the leather fabric below. Becaus it already was pretty much finished.

I find it very hard to explain how to sew a skirt or anything else. Because for me every step is easy and I know what to do without a pattern or instruction. But I hope you understand what I did in this tutorial :-)

If you have any questions left please feel free to ask them. I'm ready to help you out.

~Lydia~

spring 2015 trends

I know it's still winter but isn't it time to start looking forward and see what spring will bring us this year? I realy love watching trends and especially summer and spring trends. So here a few trends we will see this spring in your wardrobe.

Trend 1: Denim

Trend 2: Gingham

Trend 3: floral prints

Trend 4: animal prints

Trend 5: jumpsuit/ overall

I'm looking forward to spring I hope you are too. Let me know what your favorite trend is. I'm looking forward to wear jumpsuits again.

Xx Lydia

skater dress

>> English below<<

Het is al een tijdje geleden dat ik jullie mijn naai projecten liet zien. Maar ik heb niet stil gezeten. Hier is een jurkje dat ik pas maakte. Het jurkje is gemakkelijk te combineren en in het voorjaar ook leuk met een gebloemd stofje of een lichtere kleur. Vergelijkbaar patroon hier

It has been a wile since I showed you guys some of my sewing projects. But here is a new project I made last month. And I love to wear it! It is easy to combine with so many clothes. And this spring you can make the same dress but with a more floral print or a brighter color. Similar pattern here

Ik ben heel benieuwd naar jullie reacties!

Looking forward to some comments of you!

Xx Lydia

DIY magnetic board

>>English below<<

Al tijden had ik een saai magneetbord op mijn kamer staan. Ik had er wel allemaal plannen mee maar ik heb er nooit echt wat mee gedaan. Tot afgelopen maand. Ik kwam een oude lijst tegen en op eens wist ik het. Met een likje witte verf is het helemaal af. Kijk snel verder voor de beschrijving.

For ages I had a boring magnetic board in my room. Its ugly for so many reasons. I intended to do something nice with it but I never actually did it. Until last month. I found an old frame and suddenly I knew what to do with it. Only a bit of white paint and gone is my ugly magnetic board. Take a look at the pictures, I hope they will inspire you!

Met een lijm pistool plak je nu magneetjes op bijvoorbeeld een fotolijstje.
With your glue gun secure magnets on a fotoframe for a personal touch.

Comment, share, pin!!!

Xx Lydia