DIY FUR ARM WARMERS

Fur and winter, the perfect pair!

 

Today we making arm warmers that can be worn with so many different outfits. They add an instant glam to an otherwise ordinary outfit.

 What you need: 

* 1/4m Fur fabric 
* Scissor

* 1/2m Elastic 

* Needle and thread or a sewing machine and thread 

* Measuring tape

Steps 

1. Measure from your wrist up to about 5cm away from your elbow. The length of the fabric will be twice this measurement. For example, my measurement was 15cm. Times two equals 30cm 

2. The width of your fabric will be the measurement around your arm where your 1st measurement ended. For example my measurement was 23cm. Thus, the fabric that I need is 30cm x 23cm.


3. Cut two pieces of fabric of the worked our measurement.

4. Take the first piece and fold length wise, with the wrong side of the fabric in the inside and the fluffy side on top.



5.Fold the width in half. Stitch the opened ends together.


6. Fold over the bottom open ends and stitch, leaving the ends open. You just made a casing for the elastic. 

7. Cut the elastic according to your upper arm width. Using a safety pin thread the elastic. Stitch the ends of the elastic together. 

8. Stitch the opening of the casing close. 

9. Turn inside out and it's ready to wear.

Track Abaya Dress

The track abaya dress is made from contact fabric with knit ribbing on sleeves. An inverted center slit at the back with sequined fabric.

Purchase from our Hello Pretty Store or email us at thehoneybirdchild@hotmail.com with the keywords "Farm Towns And Ball Gowns" and receive a 10% discount. Available in small medium and large.

Fruit And Nut Cake Recipe

Cake anyone? Ingredients
2 1/2cups fruit cake mix 
1/2 cup chopped dates 
1 cup sugar 
125g butter 
1 1/2 cups water 
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 
2 cups flour 
2 eggs 
1 heaped teaspoon baking powder 
1/3 cup chopped pecan nuts 

 Method:
1. Place the fruit, dates, sugar, butter, water and bicarbonate of soda in a saucepan and allow the mixture to boil gently for 25 minutes, stirring well. 

 2. Remove from the stove. Set aside and allow to cool untik luke-warm.


3. Place flour, egg, baking powder and fruit mixture into a cake mixer and mix well.

4. Stir in the pecan nuts.

5. Place into a well greased cake tin. 

 6. Bake at 180 degrees celsius for 40 minutes. Reduce the heat to 140 degrees celsius and bake for another 20-30 minutes

Remove from the pan once cool.

Decorate with pecan nuts and cherries.
Ps. Enjoy your cake heated with some custard. YUM!

College Abaya

Inspired by the college jacket, HBC clothing brings you the College Abaya dress. A sporty abaya made from synthetics with number detail at the back, press studs and mock buttons in the front and knit ribbing cuffs

DIY Cupcake Holder

The perfect little DIY to transport your cupcakes, for gifting of cuppies or simply to put them on show. What you need: 

*Shoe box lid 

*Ruler 

*Pencil 

*Scissors/Stanley knife 

*Wrapping paper 

*Modge Podge

Steps:
1. Draw 8 blocks on the shoe box lid. Thereafter draw crosses in each block.

 

2. Using your sharp scissor or Stanley knife, make 8cm slits on the drawn X. 

 3. Using the modge podge, stick the wrapping paper on to the cardboard. Apply 5 layers, allowing to dry between each layer. 

4. Lastly, using the stanley knife recut the "X's" from the bottom. 

 All that's left now is to bake some delish cuppies!!

How To Honeybird Child- A Floral Affair

The latest instalment to the Honeybird Child Clothing collection, A Floral Affair.
A floral skirt made of the highest quality stretch synthetic fabric, with leather bands at the top and bottom.

3 Ways to wear it 

 Casual

Pair with a plain blue tee and blue scarf around the neck. 

Edgy



Pair with a red tee, leather jacket and police boots. 

Dressy


Pair with a black top, beads and a black fur ponjo. 

 Purchase from our Hello Pretty Store or email us at thehoneybirdchild@hotmail.com with the keywords "Farm Towns And Ball Gowns" and receive a 10% discount. Available in small medium and large.

It's A Green Day

This is a first for Honeybird Child Clothing as well as for the Hello Pretty site. 

I present to you the first Abaya, The Greenery Abaya dress. 

Made from trilobal fabric which has a stretch, with zip detail on the side.





Purchase from our Hello Pretty Store or email us at thehoneybirdchild@hotmail.com with the keywords "Farm Towns And Ball Gowns" and receive a 10% discount.

Note: Body accessory is the models own

Knit Wrap

The knit wrap is a knit fabric that can be wrapped into a skirt or dress. It comes with step by step instructions on how to drape and tie. 

As a dress

As a skirt

Purchase from our Hello Pretty Store or email us at thehoneybirdchild@hotmail.com with the keywords "Farm Towns And Ball Gowns" and receive a 10% discount.

Scouted- Lego Minifigures

Johannesburg based photographer Yusuf Dajee gives us a Lego perspective of the world. 

He takes us on a Lego adventure with his Lego Minifigure series. From getting out of bed to climbing mountains there's nothing that these Lego figures do not do. Dajee has has with a unique perspective captured the everyday creatively.





Hi Mr Dajee, please tell us a bit about yourself. 
I am a self taught graphic designer and photographer. After having some exposure to the advertising industry, my passion for design was ignited. A few years later, I stumbled upon photography as a hobby. The Lego Minifigure photos were my way of differentiating myself from other photographers, thus the Lego Minifigure photo series was ‘built’.





I can not wait to see the next installments of the Lego Minifigure photo series from this young promising photographer! 

 Contact Dajee on the following social media platforms: 
 Twitter: @yusufdajee / @eightee8 
 Facebook: facebook.com/eightee8photography / facebook.com/eightee8customtees 
Instagram: @yusufdajee 
Email: info@eightee8.com 
Web: www.eightee8.com / 
Blog: http://photoblog.eightee8.com / 
Store: http://store.eightee8.com 
Tumblr: http://eightee8.tumblr.com/