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Create Your Style Magazine Giveaway – Closed

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Hi Everyone!
Recently the good folks from Swarovski Elements’ creative community at Create Your Style sent me their new magazine. I was given the nice opportunity to review it and give a copy out to a Vivat Veritas reader.
Create Your Style is a platform where crystal and craft lovers around the world exchange creative ideas and get expert advice and style tips on DIY projects made with Swarovski Elements.
This year’s magazine theme is all about “sound”. The issue has some top notch photos and details on the role crystal plays in the contemporary music scene. The issue also shares step-by-step craft and DIY projects made with Swarovski Elements and information on upcoming special events for crafters around the world.
There are many DIY projects with step-by-step instructions. I have not tried making many jewelry pieces (save my beloved friendship bracelets…they are so addictive!), but I’m inspired to make the statement chain necklace using chains and some leather strips.
For more, you can check out the sneak peak here.
To enter the giveaway, just leave the comment to this post and I will pick the winner using random number generator. 
The giveaway will be open for a week, until May 31, 2012. 

You can also increase the chance of getting the Create Your Style with SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS Magazine by entering their facebook contest here! They are giving away the magazine to 15 luck winners.

Enjoy!

 

Currently on My Sewing Table

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1. Recently finished 4 bridesmaid dresses (same as this design) in 4 different earth tone colors.
2. Transformed a free notepad I got with some scrap fabrics! Tutorial coming soon 🙂
3. More friendship bracelets, this time with a chain connected to it for some additional edge.
4 & 5 Finally a shop update is on its way. Made a couple comfy jersey dresses with lace inserts.

That’s about it..what sewing/crafting projects are you working on right now?

Me Made May’12 Week3

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5/14 Dress: made by me (blogged here, and similar style here), Cardigan: Yoyogi park flea market (They have a flea market every Satruday), Sandals: thrifted for 50 cents two years ago

I made this dress relatively recently and just figured that I have not made much use of it yet. I love white clothes, but it’s hard because I always end up spilling tomato sauce or orange juice, or Kiko touches it with hands covered in dirt! Anyway, participating in Me Made May ’12 has been good. By consciously trying to wear what I’ve made in the past, it has inspired me to think about what I want to make for myself next and how I can improve in terms of sewing and finishing technique, choice of fabric etc. I make clothes for other people, but what good is it if I can’t confidently say that I’d wear it myself?

5/15 Shorts: made by me (last summer, never blogged), Sweater: Uniqulo, Christmas gift from mom, Pumps: vintage Savador Ferragamo from etsy

I made these shorts last Summer but never blogged about them. I’ve gotten a fair use of them though, since they are plain and goes well with pretty much everything. Before wearing the shorts this day, I added the lace in hem. Now I like these shorts even more:)

5/16 Top: made by me, Cardigan: thrifted, Shorts: Gap (old, since when I was 17)

This is the top that got me into sewing back in 2008! First piece of clothing that I made for myself when I became an adult and I still reach for it every Summer. I think I have a bit of an emotional attachment to this top.

It was refashioned from old maternity wear that I bought for a buck at a flea market in West Philly. It was ugly, but I liked the print and thought I could make something out of it. I worked on it for 3 hours one night and at the end of the day, I wasn’t able to fit in it because I didn’t think of inserting a zipper or anything to open/close! I was so disappointed to know that making clothes was not as simple as I thought would be 🙁 After that, I worked on it for another couple of hours and figured out the way to shirr the fabric to make a simple camisole!

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