Holographic Dreamz

Beanies, Holographic Dreamz, etsy. 

My friend Hilary made these amazing beanies. Go check them out! 

Holographic Dreamz

New gothic coffee cozy

I love recycling and always get kind of sad when I see things being wasted. I sometimes forget my own mugs. Usually not but when I do I always keep a reusable coffee cozy in my purse if I have to get my coffee in a to go cup. This adorable gothic coffee cozy sleeve I found on etsy.

I got this from a cool shop, Blue Room Creation. 

Diy gothic Tim Burton themed table holders

Here is another look at some of our gothic decor at the wedding reception. These gothic table holders were lovely and easy to make! It was about four dollars for the gothic, baroque type frames which I found on amazon and there are similar ones on ebay for the same price. I found my favorite movie pics and printed it out on glossy photo paper and fitted them to the frame and voila! (Use glossy not matte for that movie/cinema look unless you want matte look. A lot of black and white ones look great with that paper. The lovely floating candle and rose displays were created by our caterer/decorators. They were amazing. It costs a lot less if you get the flowers separate and find vases at on ebay or a a place like IKEA. A lot of places will arrange flowers for free. Just ask around! 

Photography by Winter Peters and Craig Jackobson

Fun books!

I love this author. This is a super fun and witty read. 

This book is awesome. Loads of cool arts and crafts. There are several that I like to make each year with friends. I recommend to the gothic crafty types like myself to check it out. 

This is a pretty fun book in my collection. I recommend for some people new to gothic lifestyle or just interested in checking it out. I really enjoy how the book reads. 

Shredded shorts diy

Whenever I don't have shorts I just take old pants and make my own. I paired these with my fishnets, rock tee and men's top. It went together well. If you want to you can hem them but I like mine pretty frayed and rugged. I made mine a bit longer too.

DIY Sweatshirt halter

I found a small sweatshirt and decided to make it into a halter I could wear for the summer. This is the super simple way to make a winter sweatshirt into a rad halter for hot day. I love this Rolling Stones piece I found at the Goodwill. I cut the sleeves off into kind of a v and then took scissors and made cheap little slits to push string or shoe laces through. It is a cheap way and you can do whatever you like but I just used tennis shoe strings to tie it into halter. If you want to alter it and make it more refined you can do so later but I kind of liked the rugged look.

Korpiklaani top

 This week I spent some time with one of my best friend. We drank heineken and winter brews and watched Nightmare Before Christmas. They know I love folk metal/viking metal and things of that nature so her and her boyfriend put together this amazing top for me.They made the back corset style with hooks and left some open at the top and bottom so I can place ribbon or faux leather cord up for a sexy look. It is very gothic and beautiful and goes perfectly with my gothic fashion style. The front has gorgeous grommet like pieces that go from the side and all the way down to the back. It is cut shorter and cropped a bit so I can layer it during the winter/fall months and rock it alone for a sexy look in the summer months. Hand made clothing from people who know you and your style is one of the most wonderful gifts I could ever have. Thank you so much you guys. You rock!!

Decorating the tree

We went to a really cool place this year for our tree in town. I always find it romantic and fun to decorate the tree with my boyfriend. We always have some really cool decorations. A lot of them are handmade by my mom. I love diy ornaments. I always find them so much cooler, indie and nostalgic. My favorite decorations are always the charlie brown and snoopy ones. They are so special to me. I also am working on collecting some really fun jack and sally themed decor. I would love to do a Tim Burton themed tree one year. How lovely that would be for my little gothic heart. I hope you all have a lovely yule, holiday and get to spend time with your loved ones. 

xoxo, Winter

Rock crystal necklaces

Close up of my rock crystal necklace.

Use small jewelry pliers to attach rock to necklace.

And voila!

Rock crystal necklaces can be expensive so I chose to make my own. You can use rock crystals/healing crystals or any other type of rock you would like. My boyfriend and I were given small rock crystals as gifts one year for Christmas. I didn't want them to just sit on my mantle and I love jewelry so I decided to make them into necklaces. The only other three things you will need is something to attach the rock to your necklace like a wire or metal loop etc, a chain which you can easily get at any crafts store and a pair of jewelry pliers. The rock I got came with something small I was able to manipulate and attach onto my necklace. If you want to do something edgy you can wrap it with wire. I sometimes wrap rocks or other stones with wire for a different look. They make great keep sakes and fun gifts :>