DIY: Rose from a Ribbon

Hello my sweetypies.. How have you been?
My Exams are over for now.. Yipppeeee..

Thank you all of you for your kind and generous wishes while I was gone.. I can just say I love You all :)

As a token of my Love.. I'll do a DIY post today :)

All of us know that girls are super crazyyyyyyy.. ~ Heyyy.. In a good sense.. They are crazy about things they love and can go extra miles to make their loved ones happy :)

So today, I bring to you something that can help you make your gifts personalized and your dresses & accessories look even more worth-wearing.. Cos it has a touch of you :)

HOW TO MAKE A ROSE/FLOWER USING A RIBBON

You will need :

A ribbon (I have used a satin)
A florist's tape or a wire

Google

1. Keep the dull surface of the ribbon facing upwards- You can take any length depending upon how big you want your flower to be.


2. From the end, fold it at right angle and press to form a crease.

3. Now, keep on folding from the crease till you get something like a 'cone'. Make a crease.

4. Fold more, along the ribbon ( 2-3 folds), to cover the 'cone'.
If it's your first time in something creative then you can probably seal this step with a stapler so that it doesn't open up in the middle!

5 and 6. Continue folding if you're not satisfied with the thickness of the bud!

7 and 8. This is the tricky part- Hold the bud in one hand while the rest of the ribbon in the other. Frame shift the ribbon or leave a gap between bud and ribbon. (See the picture)

9. WIth your left heand just fold the ribbon at 45 degrees on the outside.

10. This picture shows you how the fold will look from the back.

11. Turn the rose a bit and then again fold the ribbon at 45 degrees on the outside..

12. Keep turning and rotating the rose.. IF you want a bigger flower.. turn-flip-turn-flip.

If a smaller flower then turn- flip-flip- turn-flip-flip..

See pictures 13. and 14.

NOTE: you can secure the flower at any point with a stapler!

15. Secure your flower by tying the rest of the ribbon around the stem.

16. I have tied the green Florist's tape or a wire!!

And voila! You are ready to wear it over your blazer, hat, bag, necklace or even headband.. Guess what, I used it on my heels.. See the below picture.. I used 2 colors for it.. Just stitched them together :)

Post LINK

Some More inspirations :)

Google

Google

Google

So Did you like the DIY post? :) Then grab your treasure box where you'd keep all the decorations and stuff or even better, buy them :) And make your personalized bow this WEEKEND! :)

Till then Get Yourself Free Gifts by Entering in my Contests

HURRY UP!!!!!

LAST THREE DAYS left for my Blog Contest to END

LINK IS HERE

Till then

xoxo

Akanksha

ALL PICTURES BELONG TO FICTITIOUS FASHION UNLESS MENTIONED. If You want to use any picture then you'd have to tell me and link them back here. Thank you

Like what you saw? Follow Fictitious Fashion so that you do not miss out on any updates.

Something better Always comes Along

A warm Christmasy welcome to all the beautiful people :)

Are you always stuck between situations and after sometime you realize, hey this wasn't that bad!
A lesson learned? There is always something better that comes along. Needless to say, it still doesn't make sense when we are in that situation! Let me tell you 5 things in my life which don't matter much but who listens to these advises? :P

1) Cartoon Network
I remember the time when I used to watch Powerpuff girls from 3-3:30, Dexter's Laboratory from 3:30 to 4.. The timings of other shows I don't remember but Heidi, Mickey mouse and friends, Aladdin and the magic lamp and many more. After a few transitions in life I started to watch the likes of Pokemon, cardcapters etc. then I missed my Bubbles :( and DeeDee and how captain planet taught me to clean my room and stop throwing toffee wrappers.. Nevertheless, I continued watching Pokemon (a kid I was!) and after a while I started liking it :D

Now, I am an adult and I miss Pikachu.. You remember- pika pika pika pikachu pika pika pika pikachu? :P hahahahha.. I thought I won't be able to watch shows that adult people watch cos they're just superficial.
Then came along shows that stole my heart.. FRIENDS, Family Guy, How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men and Gossip Girl. How I love these now?
You might know better.. How my non-outfit posts are incomplete without Serena :D

2) That Guy or Girl
I love you.. You are the one, the only one, whom I want to spend my life with! After 7 months, I don't wanna see your face you @#$$@!#*
Does this conversation sound familiar? No this didn't happen with me.. okay not in that way :P
We promise to love some stranger with all our heart, after sometime we break it and like within a span of time we are cuddling with someone else.

I am not telling you that we always do that.. some lucky people find their soulmate and there is no looking back. What I want to emphasize is, don't give up on love... It is the greatest feeling on earth that a Man/Woman can ever experience. It is like a gift from God.. SO cherish it.. And don't get disheartened if you fall out of love.. It happens to make space for a special someone to enter <3

3) My Hips Always Lie
Ouch! My feet hurts.. Heyy I bought It last month.. Every Girl's bathroom talk. I have a confession to make, I have gained weight recently :P Shhhh.. But I'm exercising.. Why? 2 reasons
a) For my cousin's wedding
b) I want to get into my favorite pair of jeans..
Isn't that enough? We run, skip meals, avoid junk food.. to get into some stupid cloth! okay don't kill me.. not stupid.. but heyy.. Accept your body..

Agreed, you are doing good by getting back into shape, but let it not turn into a desperation! Cos, you can find even a perfect jeans or a heel AGAIN!! but not YOU if you torture yourself by skipping meals..
Een Een.. Mumma says No :P

4) Missed by Fluke
I set up an alarm, get up on time, just when I'm about to walk out of the door, phone rings.. or something happens.. Not your story? Okay.. I get up on time.. everything goes smoothly.. I'm about to catch my regular bus but guess the bus wasn't regular as it didn't show up that day. Whatever you say.. Somethings are not destined to happen. I'm not a big friend of destiny or karma but it takes toll on me when things don't go my way. After a while I feel.. good it didn't happen.. I'd have____ or I'd be ____.  Are you happy that it didn't happen or relieved? Whatever you are feeling right now, you have to thank destiny sometimes..It has set perfect chords with that hot guy.. ;) only when you feel there is no point staying in a pub, that the hot guy drops :P

This reminds me of the perfect dialogue by Marshal to Robin from HIMYM-
M- How many times in my life have I gone to the freezer to look for frozen waffles and not find them?
R- Thousands
M- Exactly! But when I go to the freezer to look for popsicle, you know what I find? Frozen waffles.. That's how it works..
Now, see? see? Don't look for something.. Instead look for some tomatoes and you will come home with a pie or a guy :P

5) A Bright New Day :)
** Yesterday was bad? Awwww.. really? Shut up! Why are you bothered about yesterday.. Do you want me to ask the same question over and over again for the next 365 days??? **
I tell this to myself when I'm moaning about yesterday or today. Okay so the day isn't good.. you have injured yourself, lost your pretty necklace and had a fight with your best friend.. so what? You still have Tomorrow to make everything right.. So why not go find that necklace instead of sulking, apply bandage on your wound and watch MI 4 with your bestie? ;) hahaha..

Over the years, my brain has been accustomed to look for solutions instead of crying over the spilled milk.. I mean, of course you have to cry to learn but not for too long. This goes wrong, spat I look for the solution. If it doesn't get right in that day.. so what.. I'll wake up the next morning with a big smile and maybe new ideas to work out the same problem :)

So remember to NOT look for something and be stuck up over a heavy rock. Instead, move it with the help of special people, to unveil beautiful secrets in life :) <3

P.S. Giveaway preparations done.. Giveaway post next time :)

Until Then,

Keep Smiling :)

xoxo

Akanksha

ALL IMAGES ARE FROM GOOGLE

Like what you saw? Follow Fictitious Fashion so that you do not miss out on any updates.