Dress Up

Pictures by: Jelmer Steenhuis

I just found this webshop where you can find amazing dresses for a good price. I started off way to enthusiastic, with 5 dresses in my shopping bag. Since I didn't know if the shop delivered quality clothing, I decided to start with ordering just one dress and see if it was to my liking before ordering more.

To my surprise the package was delivered faster than I expected! So what did I get­? I ordered a silver dress that's perfect to wear to my holiday evening party´s! I Didn't find the right shoes yet or any other accessories to complement the dress, but I couldn't wait to tell you about this webshop and show you the dress. So here it is!

The fabric of the dress is of a fine quality for the price you pay. The model of the dress is very flattering, so in those aspects the dress isn't disappointing at all. I was hoping this dress looked more goddess-like, instead of this bombshell look. The dress is very feminine and sexy, but with my figure the effect of the dress is a bit too much for what I had in mind. I could've known beforehand how it looked on me with my blond hair and full figure. I fell prey to wishful thinking. I hope that by adding the right shoes and wearing natural lipstick, the bombshell effect will be toned down.

So, what do you think of this look so far? If you would wear this dress will it have the same effect?

Dress: vlabellondon // Buy here

Soccer Lashes

Pictures by: Jelmer Steenhuis

I guess it's time to also join in the soccer madness. I don't like the crazy orange sickness going around, but of course I´m happy for my country that we won so far. Too contribute a little to next game, I bought something subtle. Guess what!? soccer lashes! When I saw these I just had to buy them. What do you think about the soccer madness?

Lashes: Essence // Buy at

Tip: Buy extra lashfix from a good brand for the lashes to stick on longer. Think about: eylure or everlash

Thousand Ways Scarf

A few weeks ago I posted a minimalistic outfit, where I used a scarf as a jacket/shawl.

I wrote: ''The scarf is one of the pieces I can´t go without. It´s convenient in a lot of ways, that I will show you later.'' As promised I will show you what you can do with it!

It might sound crazy but this piece of rectangular fabric is one of the favorites in my wardrobe. I don't leave my house without it. When I'm not wearing it as a scarf or shawl, I have it with me in my bag. Maybe it has something to do with my background. You may not see it, because I'm a natural blond, but my grandmother comes from Indonesia. My mother taught me how to wear a sarong when I was a child. From that point on I found several ways on my own to wear such a piece of fabric. Nowadays I use a more modern fabric in a modern way.

The scarf is perfect for unpredictable weather. When it gets colder it's handy to hide in the shawl. When my shirt, dress, pants or skirt are ruined by, for example, food (I'm a messy eater) or something else, this scarf is useful to replace the dirty or ruined clothes. When you go on vacation and your baggage is late (let's hope not) you always have your scarf with you that you can wear in a lot of ways. It also is a perfect piece to take with you to a festival. When you are a bit creative you will be astonished by all the options this scarf offers. You don't need much more to take with you as far as clothing. Just some simple basic things.

This scarf comes from Perfectly Basics and is made of micro modal. This fabric makes it drape perfectly around you. This scarf is out of stock, but I can recommend to buy something similar or a piece of quality fabric at a fabric store, to make your own scarf from.

Be careful with choosing the fabric. Make sure it has several requirements like; it's stretchy, a bit heavy, so it can drape beautifully around you and very important the fabric has to be opaque. The size of this one is 200cm by 100cm. I'm 168cm and for me this is the perfect size.

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Here I show you my most used and favorite ways of wearing and using the scarf.

In my video I'll show you some how to's.

Which one is your favorite?

Scarf: Perfectly Basics // Website here

You can find my older post with this scarf here and here.

Flower Vases

For spring it looked like it was all about shoes, while keeping the rest simple. We saw a lot of statement shoes, to build your look around. For me as a shoe lover these are the good times, because there will be a lot of beautiful statement shoe variants for sale. I wanted to create something myself to make my shoes eye catchers. The transparent fashion is still present. There are a lot of flower patterns or themes in the new fashion for summer, so, time to get my Jenny Ellens out of the closet and mix them with some flowers!

I wanted to design something with flowers that you can use on different shoes. I´m not too fond of ankle cuffs, like the metal ones that were in fashion for some time, but I felt ancle cuffs were the best option for this idea.

I already figured how I want to wear them. I will make a post, of how I did that, when I have found the right outfit. The way of wearing it like this, on the Jenny Ellens, is my favorite. It lets me think of a transparent vase full of flowers. I just love it!

The most fun part of these flower ankle cuffs is that they are very easy to make.

Things you need:

– I used high quality imitation flowers that I bought in a garden centre.

– PVC

– A4 paper

– Scissors

– Square ruler

– Pins

– Push buttons

– A tool for fixing push buttons onto a fabric

– Green floral wire

– Needle and transparent jewelry wire

– Pieces of leather or something similar.

– A hobby plier

Follow the steps in my photo collage.

1-4. the PVC

Start with a piece of paper and wrap it around your ankle. Use the size of your ankles to determine the length. Add 6 cm of extra length to the piece of paper, so that the piece can overlap around the ankle. Cut the paper in the right length and broadness you want the ankle cuffs to be. I made the cuffs 7cm broad. Next, pin the paper on the plastic and cut the plastic in the right size. Of course, you can skip the step with the paper and start immediately with the plastic.

5-7. The push buttons

Wrap the cut plastic around the ankle. Find the place where you want the pushbuttons to be. It is important that you overlap the ends of the plastic on the outside of your ankles, because you will fix the flowers on the overlapping part later. The overlapping part should come from behind to the outside of the ankle. Also pay attention that you fix the pushbuttons on the right side of the plastic. I placed the + buttons on the inside of the overlapping part and the – buttons on the outside of the part that is underneath. The part that is underneath should have some extra length left, if you want to place some extra – buttons on it so you can adjust the size for different sized shoes or boots. As you can see in step 16, I did that myself.

8.Cutting the flowers with the hobby plier.

Cut the flowers from their stalks. Leave enough of the stalk on the flower for the flower wire to be wrapped around.

9-11. Putting the flowers together.

Decide how you want the small bouquets of flowers to look like before you start assembling them. You can divide the flowers on color and size beforehand. This will make it less time consuming to wrap the flowers together at later steps. Also it will be easier to make the bouquets almost identical, if that is what you want. Don't forget that the bouquets have to be in mirror image of each other. Wrap every stalk with flower wire and leave a surplus of wire for wrapping the flowers together.

12. Use some extra wire to wrap all the stalks together for more sturdiness.

13- 15. Fixing the small bouquets on to the plastic ankle cuffs.

Put on an ankle cuff to decide the exact place you want to fix on the bouquet. Place the bouquet on the appropriate place on the plastic. Cut small pieces of leather (or a different kind of sturdy, flexible material of your choice) in the size where it will fit on the plastic behind the bouquets. Then place a piece of leather behind the plastic. This measure will help the plastic be more sturdy, so it won't tear from the weight of the bouquet. Fix the bouquets on the plastic with a needle and (transparent) thread in two places. Remember that you have to do one of the ankle cuffs in mirror image.

16. The extra pushbuttons.

You can fix some extra - pushbuttons on the under part of the overlapping pieces. So you can wear the cuffs on, for example, wider ankle boots.

This is the result I'm looking forward to wearing these cuffs myself. I wish you a fun experience making these! How do you like them?

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For some of my other flower creations click here.

Flowers: Mica Decorations // Buy here
Shoes: Jennie-ellen // Buy here