DIY Ramona Flowers Subspace Bag

Hi guys! So Halloween is tomorrow and I'm being Ramona Flowers from the Scott Pilgrim game/movie. I got a blue wig, some awesome goggles, and the last piece of the puzzle is her subspace bag! I was browsing on Etsy, hoping I can find something inexpensive...WRONG. The bags on there are really great quality, but I didn't want to spend 80 bucks on a Halloween accessory I would wear for one night. So here is my DIY costume subspace bag.

Materials

• 2 sheets of 9x12 turquoise felt (I bought 3 sheets just in case I messed up)
• 2 sheets of hot pink 9 x 12 felt (for the stars)
• a turquoise bandana (for the inner lining of the bag)
• Fabric glue (I used fabric fusion in the pen form)
• and about a yard and a half of a ribbed hot pink ribbon for the strap
• Sticky back Velcro

I used a small dinner plate to use as a template for the two circles to trace onto my bandana and two turquoise felt sheets. (Be careful if you're using sharpie to trace, I accidentily got sharpie on the rim of my plate >.< lol)

For your bandana pieces, you want to pin the top portion so that you have room for an opening a the top. Then you sew starting from one pin, then all the way around to the other pin, along the entire outside of that larger portion of the circle. Make sure you do not sew the shorter portion, otherwise your bag won't have an opening.

So next I got working on the stars on both sides of the bag. I just got a star template from google, and used that to trace and cut out my pink felt stars.

I then used the fabric glue to glue on the stars onto the turquoise felt circles. Let dry for 2-4 hours. I recommend placing a dictionary or textbook on top of each circle to ensure the points of the stars get securely glued :)

Once my stars were relatively dry and glued on, I then placed the felt circles on the outside of each side of the sewn up bandana. I used a little bit of fabric glue on the inner portion of the back side of the felt circle and glued to the bandana. 

Next you want to just do a zig zag stitch (if you have a machine) and sew the outside edges of the felt together with turquoise thread (hot pink would work well too). 

Lastly I sewed the edges of my ribbon to the inside of the bag. I sewed the edges on opposite sides of the bag so I could wear it cross-body style. 

And finally, I cut two small pieces of the velcro and stuck them to each side of the inner opening. 

And there you have it, you're ready to help Scott fight your 7 evil exes :) 

If you don't have a sewing machine, you can also use a fabric adhesive tape in place or a bottle of fabric glue, rather than the pen form. 

Mad Hatter Costume/Alice in Wonderland Mani

Hi all!
I love Halloween! Costumes are my favorite things ever, I even try and find excuses to wear costumes out of Halloween season (I dressed up as Luna Lovegood for the last HP movie premiere and love wearing costume pieces a lot) Today at work I dressed as my own version of the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland. I based my look off of a tutorial done by MacBarbie07 on Youtube.
Here is her video:

and here is my interpretation of that:

 With the exception of the bow top that I bought a few days ago, all of these items I found in my closet :)
Bow top: Forever 21
Vest: Forever 21 (from two or three years ago)
Scarf: My grandmother's :)
Necklaces: Pocketwatch necklace from Etsy, and the key necklace I made with supplies from Michaels

 I didn't want to make the huge hat like she did, but I did find this cute little hat headband at Michael's :)

 And I just HAVE to show you my shoes! These are Steve Madden sequin-toed shoes I got from DSW in the sale section for 13 bucks! (I died haha)

And of course I had to have an accompanying nail look for this costume!

Polishes used: China Glaze Bahamian Escape

Sally Hansen White On

China Glaze Liquid Leather

China Glaze Mediterranean Charm

To make the designs I used a small art brush and did dots for the club, and two large red dots for the heart and connected the bottom :)

Happy Halloween everyone! Be safe!

I will be posting another look for my Halloween night costume: Ramona Flowers from Scott Pilgrim :)

Thanks!

Lime Crime Lavendairy

Hi everybody! Today I have Lime Crime's Lavendairy nail polish. Let me just start out with how much I LOVE their website. Last week I had never even heard of Lime Crime and now I just want to buy everything off their site its so gorgeous looking. Their website is super colorful and there's mermaidy, unicorn, whimsical magic everywhere :) Just my style haha.

My favorite thing  about this polish is the fact that there is A FREAKING UNICORN ON THE BOTTLE. I am sold already. Also got a cute holographic unicorn sticker with my package :))

Application was great, two coats and I got full opacity. Formula is very smooth and easy to work with. The finish is satin, so if you like a glossy look, it will need a topcoat. I am a self-proclaimed pastel trollop and I can never have enough lavenders especially. I am in love with this brand now and will definitely be purchasing more of their polishes! These are available at Limecrimemakeup.com for 5.99 each. Also want to mention that these are vegan and 3-free as well :)

Have a great day all!
-Liz