A Primrose in Winter: diy

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Hey, hey you! Tired from finals? Or just life in general? Well why don't you take the time to smell the flowers... and maybe pick a few to make a flower crown.

All the steps for this DIY are listed down below with pictures but if you don't like reading, here's my YouTube video:

For this DIY you don't need to pick real flowers (but you could). All you need is:

1. Synthetic or cloth flowers, with wire stems. I got mine at the dollar store.

2. Green Metal Twine. You can find them in any craft store.

3. E600 Glue or any other strong glue.

Step #1

Take apart the flower: remove the flower buds and leaves from the stem.

Step #2

Break apart the wire stems, and throwout the stub.

Step #3

Attach a few flower buds to the stems

Step #4

Take the ends of two of those and intertwine them. If there is wire sticking out just attach a leaf or flower to it. Do this for two more stems.

Step #5

Take the two connected flowers stems and tie them together with a naked stem. Do the same to the other side. You now have the base of the crown.

Step #6

Add flowers and leaves as you see fit. I used the metal twine to attach more flowers and leaves by looping them through the middle. Feel free to mix and match colors :)

Step #7

Use glue to make sure that the flowers stay on forever.

Step #8

Cut off any wires that are sticking out over the edge.

And that it!!!

There's something absolutely whimsical about flower crowns. Flowers in general make me happy and do a lot to lower my stress levels. That's probably why I decided to DIY a flower crown during my final's week :)

Peace, Love, and Hijabs,

Naila <3

As someone who loves diy-ing I can't help but anticipate any and every holiday. I love walking into stores and seeing festive decorations put up. I don't really celebrate Valentine's Day since I find it cheesy and odd (the way people celebrate Valentine's Day has nothing really to do with the original Saint Valentine). But nonetheless I've decided to create a few easy Valentine's Day treats. Enjoy!

Not sure what to call this one, but basically they're marshmallows covered in chocolate and other sweet things.

Materials:

- Pink and white marshmallows

- Chocolate Chips

- Sprinkles

- Shredded coconuts

- Toothpicks

- Construction paper

I melted the chocolate chips in my microwave using olive oil and milk.

Then I simply placed the marshmallows on toothpicks and dipped them into the melted chocolate half way. Finally I decorated them with sprinkles and coconut shreds.

I used the construction paper and cut out hearts to tape to the toothpicks.

Chocolate covered strawberries :) Pretty self-explanatory.

Materials:

- Straberries

- Nutella

- Marshmellow fluff

I cut the strawberries in half and used melted Nutella and Marshmallow Fluff to coat them.

Then I placed them in the refridgerator overnight to freeze.

Materials:

- Brownies Mix

- Baking Supplies

- Pink and red m&ms

- Mini mason jars

- Red nail polish

I used a box brownie mix to make my brownies.

Is anyone else tempted to eat some of the batter raw?

I placed a few of the m&ms on top of the brownie batter.

After baking the brownies I cut them into pieces and them placed them inside of mini mason jars I got at Michaels.

I used the red nail polish to decorate the outside of the mason jars.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Peace, Love, and Hijabs,

Naila

Hello! I hope that everyone has had a wonderful new year so far. In light of the new year I've decided to do some spring cleaning. But as always, I find myself with a few pieces of clothing that I just can't part with. Unfortunately they don't fit me :(

That's why I've decided to reconstruct them.

The focus of my first diy reconstruction project is this pink H&M sweater. I've gained some weight but the sweater still fits perfectly on top :)

I’ve written everything that I did down below, but I also made a diy video:

Materials:

- Old Sweater

- Half a yard of lightweight fabric.

Steps:

First I cut the lightweight fabric diagonally in half. Then I created ruffles on the top by folding small sections of fabric over each other and then pinning them. I did this on both pieces of fabric.

Then I sewed the two pieces of fabric together so that it would be one long piece of fabric.

I cut the sweater in half along the waistline. It's now kind of like a cropped sweater.

Then I cut a band 4 inches wide from the cut piece of the sweater and then sewed it in half horizontally. It'll serve as a belt between fabrics. You can skip this step if you want but I thought that it would be a nice touch.