Live Simple

My room is a mess. Total chaos. For me it's organised chaos though, I may have to step over things and wade through my clothes, but I still know exactly where to find everything. However it doesn't look good when I have people over, so today I decided to turn up the music and get sorting through the masses of clothes to see what I could get rid of. Turns out I was more successful in getting a workout through dancing then actually tidying up, and to add to the clean-up fail I ended up cutting up old clothes into 'new' clothes and didn't get rid of anything at all..

Left and Right: Old tee turned into tank top
Right: High-waisted shorts made from old jeans

If you want to give the top a go; 

1. Grab an old tshirt or buy one from your local thrift shop
2. Try it on, while wearing it use a marker and mark up where you would like the neck line to drop to, and where you would like the tassels to reach up to (I did mine just above the belly button)
3. Use another singlet to mark up a neck line so you have a perfect half circle not a lopsided disaster where you have to re-cut and re-cut till you get it right (by the time you get it right it will be a bit indecent to wear)
4. You can also use the singlet to mark where you would like to cut off the sleeves, or you can just follow the existing sleeve line
5. Cut off the bottom hem
6. Cut in your tassels, they don't have to be in a perfect line, messy looks cool with this design
7. Tie a little knot at the end of each tassel, add beads before if you wish
8. Voilà! You have a new tank top!

So while it was a fairly unproductive clean-up mission, I'm still pretty stoked with the outcome! Next weekend I might try cleaning again (I mean painting the shorts like a galaxy).

Galaxies Away

Through boredom and lack of interest in completing a due assignment, I decided to paint something. I bought out my acrylic paints and some paper and sat and stared at it for a while, hoping by some miraculous event a stroke of genius would arise and I'd create a Van Gogh master piece within seconds. For about an hour my mind seemingly struggled like a small child trying to reach candy off the top shelf, but to no avail did my mind reach that epiphany I was hoping for. In a frustrated fashion I began to paint my nails with the acrylic paint, first a layer of black that mirrored my mood. Next thing you know, I've painted an entire set of mini galaxies on my nails; a masterpiece in itself! Well, not really, but it looked pretty cool anyway.

How to paint Galaxy Nails:

1. Undercoat with black, let it dry
2. Using your finger or a sponge, dab on a streak of white
3. Before white dries, dab on blue and a little bit of red, mixing a little together to make purple and leaving some areas straight blue. don't leave white showing, its just an undercoat to brighten colours.
4. After colours are dry, take an old toothbrush and flick on white paint for a starry effect
5. When dry, you can add on glitter if desired

It only lasted me a day, it might be worth a shot putting a clear varnish over the paint if you want it to last longer.