Vintage Knitting Patterns

Thanks to the awesome Vixen Vintage I discovered the amazingness that is 

the V&A collection of 1940's Patterns To Knit.

All these Patterns and more available FREE to download here.

I love the Turbans and the last Cardigan pattern. I am still working my way through the Cannot Fail To Please jumper, but I'm getting there, almost done with the back and so am getting itchy feet, looking around for my next project!! 

Hope you all are having a lovely week so far!!

Favourite D-I-Y's

Sunday is a good day for making things. 

I tend to have Sundays as my chill day and always end up digging out some craft or other, today its knitting:)

But I thought I would share some of my favourite D-I-Y tutorials that are gracing the cyber space at the moment. 

This Bracelet- I love how simple this jewellery is and how cool it looks. Would love to try this with other tools. . . .can you imagine spanners hanging off a necklace??

This Kitten Bag is just adorable. Nuff said.

This garland- Is perfect for spring, which is just around the corner!! The sun is out today here in London so I am feeling decidedly spring like:)

This Scarf- I LOVE stars, bit of a constellation Geek too, so this scarf is awesome. I have been meaning to play with fabric printing for a while now and this looks like it shall be first on my list:)

Hope the rest of you lovelies are having a nice Sunday too, I'm off to have some food now as I'm starving and there is a smell of fry-up in the air:)

D-I-Y Studded shoes

So in the western world we are pretty spoilt for shops that sell things for ridiculous prices (Primark-I am talking about you). Now I am not going to go into the pros and cons of buying from these establishments from a ethical or ecological point of view today. I ,as much as the next girl , do love a bargain, and as my budget is quite low for clothes and shoes, I do have the odd splurge, spend 30 pounds and come home with 20 odd things:) 

The thing that I find I do quite a lot is try and customise the things I do buy and make them a bit more unique. Clothes this is quite easy, but when I was looking through my shoe box the other day I realised that I had about 4 pairs of ballet shoes and they all were pretty boring. This would not do. So I came up with this project, and thought I would share it with you all for Pink Sunshine's first ever
D-I-Y:)

So for this easy D-I-Y you will need:

*Some Ballet pumps, the softer the material the easier it will be to put studs in them.

*Some of your chosen studs. I got mine off Ebay, there is quite a large choice so you can play around with different shapes if you want.

*Some flat nose pliers  I used my jewellery ones but I'm sure most people have some similar larger ones in their tool box:) 

1. So With your lovely studs (I got the pyramid ones) roughly lay out your design on your ballet pump.
Have a play round and when you get them how you want you are ready to start studding:)

2. I always start with the centre stud as I find its easier to get them straight then. Push the stud through the material of the shoe and then using your pliers bend the points under the inside of the shoe, making sure all sharp points are fully flat to the shoe. Then you wont get stabbed wearing them:)

3.Once you've done that carry on with the rest of the studs until you are happy with your design. I found that I had to bend the points slightly to get the studs to sit next to each other when I was pushing them through, but if you take your time you can make sure they all lay straight:)

Ta Da!

And there you have it:) A fast easy D-I-Y for your shoes.

I have to admit that I may become a little addicted to studding things, I cant seem to stop. . . . . .

Happy Sunday everyone:)

Make sure you check out the Shop this weekend to get 15% off all jewellery!