pretty dresses in the laundry

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May 17

DIY Sleeves

It’s that time of year all around the world when it’s either too hot for winter clothes or too cold for summer. That’s why this DIY tutorial is so handy, because it allows you to carry last seasons clothes over to next or dig out this season’s early without sweating or freezing to death. I bring to you, stocking sleeves, inspired by MilkChicUK.

f you use footless tights, just skip step number two. You can experiment with any colours. I just used this pair of stockings as they had ladders and holes in them and were due to be thrown out. This is the perfect tutorial to make your old, holey stockings last longer.

To put your sleeves on, just put both arms in the legs of the stockings. This should mean that the crotch of the stockings just above your shoulder blades.

You can wear your sleeves under dresses or t-shirts in place of a long-sleeve shirt. Or if you wear it like I have, under a singlet, you can create a baseball style t-shirt.

I used the band of stocking I cut of the stop of the stockings into a scrunchie hair tie, which made my old stockings go even further!

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May 14

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May 10

Inside us there is a word we cannot pronounce and that is who we are

I felt like I had been a bit of a bad blogger this week, so today I decided to do some flatlays, incorporating my birthday goodies. They’re probably not my most beautiful flatlays, but I think the things in them make them perfect.

I’m too tired to write a proper post, so I’m off to bed. I hope you all have a nice weekend!

P.S. You can find a sneak peak of my next outfit post here.

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May 09

She is so lost in her sadness she has no idea how visible it is

1 (Take Me Back Black - HelloMolly), 2 (Bellami Black - HelloMolly), 3 (Zara Dress Black - Show Pony Fashion), 4 (Bait Dress - Cupcake Fashion), 5 (Lowvy Black Dress - Cupcake Fashion), 6 (Retro Lapel Neck Black Dress - ROMWE), 7 (Black Fake Leather Strap Dress - ROMWE), 8 (Cara Smock Pinafore Dress With Pocket Detail - Boohoo), 9 (Mandy Neon Heart Swing Dress - Boohoo), 10 (Snake Leather-look Dress - Topshop), 11 (Talulah Love Tones Dress - The Iconic)

I know it’s the oldest trick in the book, but a little black dress really is essential. Here are some of my LBD loves from all around the web.

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May 06

Love never dies a natural death.

1 (Market HQ), 2 (Market HQ), 3 (Dragonberry), 4 (Boohoo), 5 (Verge Girl), 6 (ASOS),7 (ASOS), 8 (Dahlia)

9 (ASOS), 10 (ASOS), 11 (ASOS), 12 (Dragonberry)

13 (Market HQ), 14 (Market HQ), 15 (Everland Clothing), 16 (General Pants), 17 (Verge Girl), 18 (General Pants), 19 (General Pants), 20 (Universal Store), 21 (ROMWE), 22 (Universal Store)

I don’t know if it’s just me being unobservant, but the shops here in Australia and online, just don’t seem to be stocking any Winter clothes. All they seem to sell are Summer clothes, which are amazing might I add, but just plain impractical. They’re so tempting, but I’m forcing myself to say now and focus on restocking my Winter wardrobe now that it is getting cooler. I scoured high and low, but these are my WInter favourites from around the web.

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Apr 30

She can paint a pretty picture but this story has a twist. The paintbrush is a razor and the canvas is her wrist.

It’s starting to become a bit of tradition to do themed flatlays on a Tuesday. I’m starting to lose the plot with them though, they’re becoming more and more extravagant each week. Because of the abundance of flowers floating around the house and florals hanging in my wardrobe, I thought a floral theme would be fitting.

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Apr 25

I’m full of wounds but still on my feet

Here are just a couple of photos of a flatlay I created prior to going crazy with my picnic themed photo shoot. They kind of got forgotten amongst my other flatlays, but I still like how they turned out and figured that they were worth sharing.

I hope all of you in Australia and New Zealand had a lovely ANZAC day today!

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Apr 24

In the end, it wasn’t death that surprised her but the stubbornness of life

Fashion Photographer: Andrea Jankovic

Fashion bloggers:

Casper and Pearl:

Hopscotch:

Everland Clothing:

Fashion Photographer: Julia Trotti

Models:

Food Instagram:

I will admit, I am quite fussy about who I follow on Instagram, yet I’m always searching around for new accounts to follow, because lets face it, I’m addicted. I went through my following list today and pinpointed my favourite Instagrams, ranging from those owned by models, to photographers, to designers and online stores, to bloggers and did up some little collages of who I recommend.

I hope it’s a handy little list for those of you new to Instagram and those of you forever searching for new accounts to follow.

P.S. an Instagram you all must follow is @prettydressesinthelaundry, I’ve heard it’s great!

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Apr 23

You don’t need water to feel like you’re drowning, do you?

Okay, so I may or may not have gone a tad overboard with today’s flatlays. It just seemed to escalate from one pretty tea cup matching the dress to a full blown picnic/high tea themed photo shoot, probably entirely irrelevant, but hey, it was fun. It kind of makes me mourn the warmth and entirely jealous of everyone in the northern hemisphere who are only just pulling out their crop tops from the mothballs, while I put mine away. It meant that I got to play with lollies and strawberries and pretty makeup, clothes and accessories though, so it wasn’t all bad.

P.S. I popped some new things up on my blog’s Facebook to sell, so make sure you check that out.

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