The Haathi Print: Daily Outfit Post | Day 5

Today, I woke up feeling free (not restricted by the feeling that I have to dress up for WORK). We do not have strict formals at work anyways! Anything descent works but does not mean you show up at work in ‘purani jeans aur guitar’ (you get the point, right?). The basic idea behind today’s look was to layer up on jewelry, everything else that you see in the outfit was built around that (not really, though!).

My favorite trousers paired with my favorite black shirt, it looked well but I wanted it to look fun. Then, comes in the haathi (elephant) print cape I love, it was actually a scarf that I got made into the cape and the look was complete. Its fun to put a little thought into everyday outfits, the 30-day outfit post challenge makes me do just that! I am loving it.

Outfit Details:

Necklaces | Bangles: Janpath

Trousers: Custom Made

Everything else in the outfit: No idea :P

Much Love,

Deepika :)

The Jewelry Corner (Organisation)

As you guys know, I have (temporarily) moved to Melbourne. New house, new room and new organisations :D. I am not a very organised person, generally, but when it comes to clothes, bags, shoes and jewelry, I am highly organised. So in my new room, I managed to create a lil jewelry corner using the stuff we generally have around our house. So, following are pictures and some tips to make your own jewelry corner:

The Corner

 I've made this jewelry corner over an orange storage cube which has some makeup and some more jewelry stored in there :D.

• I've stacked the bangles over a tissue role holder.
• The butterfly that holds my earrings is a candle holder. I've taken out the two holders and kept them on the left side of the stand and it hold my studs.

•  The oxidized silver tray in the picture below holds all my rings, you can also use a glass bowl to keep your rings. I picked this up from The Salvation Army store for 50 cents.

•  The candle holders which now hold my studs 

•  I used a basket to store my huge pendants

•  You can hang as many earrings as you like on the stand.Those pink and bronze earrings are my latest buys, haven't worm them yet.

•  I've pasted some hooks inside the storage cube to hang my necklaces. You can use such hooks anywhere (on the door of your room, cupboard door etc.) to hang your neckpieces.

•  I've placed my brooches at the base of the stand (the beige and black roses)

I hope this post gives you some inspiration for making your own jewelry corner :). I would also like to know how do you guys store your jewelry? Do share your ideas!

Much Love,
Deepika

DIY: Recycle your Jewelry (Part 2)

The Earrings

I am in the DIY mode these days. Today's DIY is abso-flipin-lutely easy. All you need is an old (or new) pair of earrings. I own a lot of earrings so they are the jewelry I recycle the most like I recycled last time. In case you missed the last post, you can read it here.

DIY: Recycle your Jewelry (Part 1)

The Damaged Earrings

This pair was gifted by my bhabhi (sis-in-law) on my 19th birthday. When it comes to jewelry I am a Keeper. I like to 'preserve' my jewelry as long as I can and when its gifted (as in this case) I take double care of it. But what can do you do if you lose a part of it or it is damaged. The most common problem with the earrings is that you lose one of them but in my case one of my enameled earring decided to shed off its enameling (jewelry can have its own mind you know :P). One of the earrings was intact and the other lost all of it (the enameling!), so I decided to recycle the other one like below: