DIY Peter Pan Collar

Ahoy there,. sorry for my absence, I won't bore you with lame excuses, I simply lost the lust to blog for a while, never fear it is back now and I plan to share the little crafty bits and bobs I have been getting up too.

I hope you all had a brilliant festive season, now lets crack on with this glittery peter pan collar tutorial.

So firstly I placed and order from here, its an online haberdashery shop, and it is AMAZING!! I got this glitter craft fabric as glitter kinda came into fashion and I knew I wanted to use it to make this collar a bit special. Now I can't remember where I had got the pattern for the collar, but I am sure if you just Google search it will come up, I have seen quite a few people use it, and I love this pattern as it has the scalloped edges, which are a nice girly twist on the original peter pan collar. 

I copied out the pattern onto plain white paper and cut it out very carefully. I then placed the white pattern onto the back of my glitter fabric and drew around using a marker. Tadaaaa you are pretty much half way through making the collar already!

You then have to cut out the fabric as neatly as possible. Because the glitter fabric is very thick the edges did not/ has not frayed, I am not sure what would happen if you used a different fabric, maybe you would have to hem the collar or seal the edges using heat.

Once you have cut out both sides of the collar all you need to do is join them in the middle. I have seen some people punch a hole in the fabric and use a button to join them together, however I took the easy way out and just sewed them together.

Now I was happy with it at this stage, but just felt it needed a little something else. You could literally put anything at the join of the collar, buttons and the like, but I decided to make a little black bow. These bows are super easy to make, I found a tutorial on youtube, again just search it and you will be bombarded with videos. I simply didn't want to add a video link here as I want to encourage you to do anything you like, you don;'t just have to do exactly what I have done. If you do the exact same thing as me, that is also fantastic and shows you have good taste :p (I jest )

I made a little simple bow out of black ribbon and sewed a little pearl in the middle ( they were lying around in my kit and I fancied using them)


And this is the final piece. At first I wasn't sure if I was going to use ribbon or chain at the back to tie it round my neck. In the end I opted for a chain, I just put a little hole in each side where the collar would sit at the back of my neck and threaded an old necklace chain through. 

I love this collar, overall it must of only cost me a few pounds to make and didn't take very long at all. I took my inspiration from a top I originally saw in New Look which had a glitter collar, however is was £25. I thought it was a tad expensive, plus now any of my tops can have a glitter collar for a fraction of the price. It really does add a touch of something special to even the most plain of tops, so I urge you to get making! Oh and let me know if you do use/ like this tutorial and I shall do lots more for you.

Thanks for reading, 

Stay Classy xox

December 2011 Haul, Primark, Topshop & New Look

 I have been after this ring FOREVER! I love it, I've noticed it on a few of the YouTube girls and thought it looked really different and cute. I managed to find the last one in my local Topshop for £5, which I was over the moon about as I was about to pay about £10 for it off Ebay. Now I have my eye on the matching earings, so watch this space.

This is my new Winter Party clutch. It was a mere £6 from Primark, I love the multi coloured glitter, and even better it doesn't seem to come off and cover everything in its multi coloured joy. It also has a handy little chain, which will be useful for me as I always fear I'll put a clutch down and forget it, now it can be tucked under my arm at all times.

 








































I have been really getting into these oversized sheer shirts. I got one maybe the begining of summer in a mustard colour and barely wore it, now it is never off my back so I decided it was time to invest in another. This one was £10 from Primark, its long and black (oooooooooooherrrrrrrrrrr) and has these cute little gold buttons on. I like how it had a collar and can be buttoned right up, its kinda on trend ( or atleast I like to think it is so I can be a tad fashionable) Oh also the buttons only go half way, which makes it a little more different to the other one I own, and the sleeves can be worn full length or buttoned up so its more of a 3/4 length. I also got a cami/vest top for £2 which is plain black and underneath this top. It is really good quality for only £2, and is super long which I love as I can't stand having to pull them down all the time or being at risk of having mid-rift on show, eeek.

I saw this jumper the last time I was in Primark, but was on my way out the door and could not be bothered to go wait in the que again. So I managed to find the last one in my size this time. It does have a little click on the front in the wool, but they gave me 10% due to it, and it is fixable so I'm not complaining.It was orginially £14, I got it for £12.60. It is my new "Christmas Jumper",. I love the kinda obnoxious gold pattern :) Its also really soft and thick, prefect now it is getting so cold outside.

Ok I know these are a love hate item, but I had to have them! They were so cheap compared to the ones Topshop are selling, these being £6! I like to wear them with the black sheer top above, it just looks really nice, it may be hard to imagine but yes snake skin in my opinion looks nice. These are also really well made and thick, so no bum is on show, and keep your legs rather warm.

These jeans are from New Look, and proved extremely difficult to photograph. Basically they are a pair of bottle green skinny jeans, so comfortable, prefect fit and only £16.99. I want a pair in every colour imaginable now.

Lastly are these little beauts I stumbled across in Wilkinson's. They were £1 each or 2 for £1.50. They smell AMAZING, like edible amazing. As you can see they are Honey and Vanilla, the bubble bath does give plenty of bubbles and the scent is strong but not over powering. The shower gel has lovely little beads in to exfoliate the skin and again the scent is left on your skin for a good few hours. By far the nicest smelling ( cheaper) bath/shower products I have found in a very long time. 


Thank you for reading,
Stay Classy
xox