I had a Hermione moment when I looked back at these photos. Is that what my hair looks like from behind? Needless to say, I’ve booked myself in for a haircut this week!
Well, stop looking at the hair and look at the lapels. Aren’t they sexy?
I got the idea when I walked past a Tree of Life store. There were some really bright lapels on a khaki shirt, but I didn’t want to pay the price tag so I dreamed up a DIY.
Tree of Life have an amazing jewellery range, so when I decided against the shirt, I found some really bright woven bracelets (that were on sale!). I had this dark denim chambray shirt hanging in the closet that, while not khaki, would work in my budget, so I picked up the bracelets. $4 later and I was ready to get sewing. I still had 4 hours of work left…
The DIY itself is simple. Get a matching cotton thread and sew it on. I just hand stitched carefully around the border, making sure the orange thread only showed in the orange weave.
Because the bracelets were woven I couldn’t remove the ties on the end, so I just folded them back and secured them with some more thread underneath the bracelet. At least I won’t have to worry about it unravelling!
I love it because the bracelets provide a pop of colour to the shirt, I got to choose the colours myself, and it only took about half an hour to make.
Photos are courtesy of Mother, because I actually wanted to be in the photos for once.
I’ve been working on my photography lately and am starting a course soon, but I used one particular technique in these photos that I picked up from a Craftsy course I have been watching.
Zoom in and step back. That’s how you get the blurred background. Neat, hey?
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