Back to school 2016

Today was my first day of school; that's it, back to routine! For the few past weeks, I've seen so many videos/posts/pins about back to school and I wasn't into it at all. But at the end my thought was, 'what better way to go back to school than with positivity and lots of motivations?'; and here it is, my back to school post!

I feel like having nice school supplies makes you want to use them and do a nice work. However, that doesn't mean you have to buy expensive super-cool supplies every year, actually I've been using most of mine for years; the thing is that you can add your personal touch to them by using some washi tapes, metalized color markers, colourful wrapping paper... Also I think that having a good care it's important, so your pens and pencils will still look like new after you have used them for months. Here there are some 'back to school' mini DIY's, from Pinterest :)

And that's my back to school set!

• My weekly planner: can this be more easy to make? I love how this DIY looks on my desk and it's also very useful! You can get it in just a few steps: 1. Go to Microsoft Word (horitzontal orientation) and use the text box tool to organize the days and whatever you would like to have in your planner (like notes or a 'to do list', like I did). 2. Customize it with cool fonts (I get mine from dafont.com) and Word's own settings. 3. Choose one or two matching colours to give your planner some life and print it! 4. You can stick it to a cardboard (tip: previously wrapped with craft paper) and decorate it with washi tape and clips, for example. Done!

• Mint agenda: I got this lovely academic year agenda for just £1!, from a shop in London, Poundland. I absolutely love it, it's got the perfect colour, the perfect size and the perfect design, and not to talk about the prize...

• School supplies: Nothing is missing in my suitcase!; pens, markers, pencils, post-its, highlighters, rubber and sharpener, calculator, a ruler, scissors, colour pencils, scissors... It tends to get a little bit messy...

We have to be realistic, we know that our school supplies don't look always like this picture or Pinterest back-to-school pictures, especially after at the middle of the year... But that's how to get into it; nice supplies, positivity and projects in mind! 

I wish the best for the first day of school (if you aren't back yet) and for the rest of the academic year! 

See you soon,

Paula

DIY: Beaded sandals & Tassel sandals

Hi!

I know it's been a while since I wrote my first/last post, but I wasn't home so I wasn't able to write the second post. Anyway, today I'm back with a super DIY, and I hope you will love it as much as I do!

First of all, I would like to tell you about the story of how I thought this DIY and why; I had a special event and I had bought the whole look except for the shoes. I couldn't find the perfect ones so I bought a pair of simple leather sandals at the last minute. I wanted them to match with the look, and I decided to add them some gold beads, and it turned into a fun and easy DIY!

For this first "Beaded sandals" DIY you will need:

• A pair of sandals (obviously!)
• Invisible thread
• Some gold beads (I used round and elongated beads)
• A little patience and enthusiasm, as always!

So the only thing you have to do is decide which pattern will you follow for the beads (for example I did 3 elongated beads and 1 strip of 3 round beads ), pass them through the thread gradually and roll it around the sandal strip. Make sure to make a strong knot at the beginning and at the end (you don't want to loose the beads while walking!) and to have rolled the thread strong enough so the beads won't move.

And here you have, a pair of unique sandals personalized by you!

Let's move into the second DIY with the same leather sandals! After the event I hadn't used them anymore until a few days ago I tried to make them more wearable for the summer adding a tassel. And this was the result!:

For this "Tassel sandals" DIY you will need:

• Thread to make the tassels (colour of your choice) or 2 pre-made tassels
• These tiny rounded metal pieces (sorry I don't know how they're called... )
• Invisible thread

To make this cute tassel sandals you will need a pair of tassels, of course! So if you can't get a pre-made ones you can follow some of this super easy Pinterest tutorials and make them yourselves, as I did: + + +

Once you've got the tassels pass through the superior hole left in them the tiny metal pieces so you can attach them with some invisible thread to the sandals.

And you're done! You could also add more than one tassel in the same sandal, maybe two different colours; just be inspired by these ones to make your own creation!

Hope you liked my first DIY, I would like to do and post plenty of them!

See you in my next post xx