The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

I'm a fanatic for movies especially if they have a unique twist to them and I've heard a lot of good things about the book but I haven't had the chance to read it yet. I really want to see it, my mom God bless found copy of the European version with subtitles, I liked it alright but its hard to get into a movie with subtitles because your focusing on reading instead of the actual movie. I can't wait until Dec. 21 to see the movie and upon my surfing the net, I discovered H&M will offer Dragon Tattoo Collection by Trish Summerville, which is a collection based of the main character Lisbeth Salander and her look is all about edgy. (http://www.hm.com/us/dragon-tattoo#path=1.1.1&transition=2&duration=500)
 I loved her look and of course I'm giddy about the collection but upon veiwing it I saw a lot of DIY elements, which means future projects to try. Lots of layering, shredded tshirts, a denim vest, leather jacket, skinny leather jeans/jeggings, scarfs, and then tons of hoodies, all distressed and in shades of grays and black. I love it but I have a  few pieces that I  could use to mimic the style some. Thrift shops, second hand stores and Goodwill have an over abundance of denim and denim jackets, and if your really luckythere may be a denim vest or two. You could probably find some distressed clothes as well or if your into buying brand new, distress it yourself there are tons of tutorials online, use it on a shirt or hoodie and your jeans.  And I know of a few tutorial videos on Youtube, like Coolirpa's How to Shred a Knit Shirt (http://youtu.be/iJUXK07kXiQ) and making a "scoodie" (http://youtu.be/n6ghpwy6xik) by my favorite DIYers from Threadbangers they have awesome ideas! I can't wait to get busy designing an outfit inspired by this movie

T- shirt Scarf~madness

I was browsing around Facebook one day last wk and I saw a link about the new fad t-shirt scarves. I went to http://myblessedlife.net/2011/10/t-shirt-scarf-tutorial.html  and saw that the owner, Myra, gave an example of The Top 10 styles along with the tutorials. I just had to try one out and so I attempted #10 The Ringlet Scarf (http://www.kevinandamanda.com/whatsnew/crafts-projects/make-this-quick-n-easy-ringlet-t-shirt-scarf.html) I really enjoy this project and think it would make cute christmas gifts this year, for some of the few I have no idea what to get. These make cute accessories and they're handmade so that makes it more of a thoughtful gift. I'd get oohs and aaahs for sure. So here's how mine turned out.

I'm very happy with it, I went to the Mission House and found tshirts that were a bit worn and stained(recycle). I plan to make more and try all the different varieties.