Life is Peachy

Mermaid - Flower Head

2015-09-22T17:36:00.000-07:00

My Land Mermaid... and i call her Lion.

Flower crown : Azzumi

Costume : models own

Photo courtesy : Awono Ezung

Stay peachy,

Love Toli x x x

Glitter Strike - Ashish Spring/Summer 2016

2015-09-22T17:27:00.000-07:00

Sparkle-Sparkle-Sparkle....Mama Mia!! Ashish is my soul brother from another mother! Have you guys seen Ashish's S/S 2016 collection at LFW? its absolutely gorgeous and spectacular!!! totally dripping in glitter it was a Colourful, bubbly and sequin feasting collection, a celebration of Fashion. Ashish sure knows how to outshine.

Models looked like 90's high school queens, in loose,slouchy silhouettes, sequin slips, baby doll dresses sliding down the runway on skateboards made the opening more grandeur. It was like a rainbow of sequins rendered on most of the collections. Heart cut outs, frayed denims, fringe detailing giving us the 70's vibe. Sheer layers and casual fits and oh even massive bows at the back of the denim ( absolutely adorable!)

The collection ran from a sporty street style to a shiny evening club wear. Everything so sparkly from the head to the toe. Sparkly trainers with bucket hats. Loved them random sparkly makeup from the hair to the face.

Now lets all wait for winter to pass!!!!!

this is totally a QUEEN! who doesn't love a cape!! its denim and its embellished!!!!

(PS: all pictures are sourced online.)

Side to Side

2015-04-21T15:17:00.002-07:00

Hey Peaches,

its been a long time since i blogged about how i style up my look. if you follow my Instagram you'd probably see me being regular in there but not so in here. you could follow me and see what I'm upto everyday ;) https://instagram.com/lifeispeachy3/

Spring outfit : shorts with coat! my Favourite ;)

You can't take a chance with the Italian weather, you could have all the seasons in one day if your not lucky ;) Pair up your shorts with a trench coat or a lighter jacket to keep yourself prepared. I was glad i did that because the whole day it was all bright -warm-sunny and by late afternoon the weather decided to storm up with an indecent amount of rain and wind that could almost blow you away. i did ended up with a sneezy night and it wasn't so nice.

so now you could tell me whats your favourite spring look?

Tops - Thriftstore

higwaisted shorts - Pull and bear

Trench coat - Zara

Sandals - Newlook

Stay peachy,

Stay blessed,

Love Toli x x x

Dreamcatcher : Flower Head Part - 1

2015-04-15T04:35:00.000-07:00

Hey peaches,

Spring is finally here!!! blooming flowers, fresh leaves on the trees, green grass, chirping birds, sunny days....such a beautiful season. So to go along with the season i thought ill dwell myself and everyone in the mood through these posts coming up.

This shoot was done end of last summer in a beautiful field of wild cotton grass in Nagaland, India.

The flower crowns are easy to be made. i made them using bamboo as the base and the artificial flowers for decoration. Five crowns were made and ill be posting them in parts so keep a watch ;)

Photo courtesy : Awono Ezung

Happy Spring.

Stay peachy,

Love Toli x x x

Indie wedding : Boutonniere ideas

2015-03-15T07:46:00.000-07:00

Got a friend's wedding coming up this summer and I've been looking for boutonniere ideas. Its gonna be an open field wedding so don't want anything too heavy or posh or too delicate.

Im keen on using dried flowers, fruits, twigs and dried hay with jute thread and some vintage lace. It won't be too over the top yet it'll have its own class maintained- a rustic indie style. i don't wanna use anything fresh cos its a summer open field wedding and the fresh flowers and leaves may wither by the end of the day and nobody wants to have a dead plant hanging on you.

Found some very interesting ones on Pinterest (BELOW)....many very easy to DIY-ed.

i love these but I'm afraid the flowers won't last all day

I love this, how quirky it is to use a shotgun shell...simple and perfect.

do you have any ideas?

I will update when i start to create my own DIY boutonniere. Stay updated.

Stay Peachy

Love toli x x x

Behind the Scenes - Harry potter studio!

2015-03-11T06:08:00.000-07:00

Being a fan of Harry Potter, i finally got to visit the harry potter studio. it was like a dream come true walking through every room, seeing all the little details and every bit that i had seen on the TV but now it was right before my eyes and i could touch them!!! I missed my high school best friends, we were such crazy people staying up all night just to finish reading the book, going first day first show to the cinema for the movie release, going ecstatic about the next book release.

It was one of the most amazing thing i have ever done till today! Its absolutely brilliant and every Harry potter fan should definitely visit. It was one of my happiest moment ever made me wanna visit the toilet so many times because of excitement and my hunger went away to because i was too engrossed with everything around me haha.

Oh what Hogwart school could do to you. i Have some pictures below, from the great hall to every little place ;) hope you guys have fun going through.

at the entrance we got this passport book handed to us on which there were stamps we could get i every room we went through. Im gonna frame my passport book!!

Ding-dong

remember this scene?? ;)

i just wanted a selfie with sleeping Hermione ;)

Just getting some flying lessons before admissions to the school ;)

gryffindors common room

the knitting stick kept knitting on magically at the weasleys ^_^

ministry of magic

another selfie with sleeping dobby....everyone was asleep ;)

this is how happy you get when you reach the diagon alley :D

Weasleys Candy store

Hello and welcome to my little house ^_^

My ride

Amazing model of the whole hogwart school

And of course in the end i did get accepted to the Hogwart school, My first day at school just zooming around maybe ill play a game of Quidditch soon ;)

Take care ,

Love,

Toli x x x

DIY : Blink Eye Glitter Shoe

2015-02-22T04:51:00.001-08:00

Hey peaches,

CINDERELLA is coming out soon in theatres!!! Im super excited! like thrilled overboard and to know that theres gonna bit of FROZEN before cinderella , I'm like HURRY UP 13Th MARCHH!! :D

Anyways Im gonna settle down, gotta low down my excitement. I Got a DIY here for you (cinderella inspired even though it ain't a glass slipper its all about GLITTERS!)

Okay so lately i've been obsessing over chiara ferragni shoes especially the quirky ones, like the blink eye glitter shoes? But the price has been not so affordable for me...So what i did is i made my own easy DIY of the same look-a-like Ferragni shoes and that is way too affordable for me and for anyone. ^_^

CHECK IT OUT BELOW!

All you'll need :

a) a ballerina flat pump shoe ( PS: textile flats better then patent flats)

b) glitter powder

c) glitter glue

d) acrylic decor paint

e) felt , Paint brush, scissor, tape and fabric colour pen and fabric glue!

I got this really cheap shoe from 'OVS' it's an italian brand kinda like the 'Primark' of Italy. 7 euros for the shoe and 10 euros for the other materials so all together it cost me just 17 euros to create a whole new shoe ^_^

To begin you have to first tape the sole of the shoe because you don't want the glitters to get all messy around and it will save yourself from cleaning up after you finish.

I used acrylic decor to fully paint up my shoe before i put the glitters. Depending on the colour of glitter you wanna use for your shoe you can use that colour for the acrylic paint too.

After you finish painting , spray the glitters on the shoe the acrylic paint helps stick the glitter. And oh yes! you wanna use a paper or something below while you work because you don't want the glitters everywhere around your room. And you could also reuse the glitter thats fallen off the shoe to spray it again.

Do the same for the other pair of shoe too.

Leave it to dry overnight. in the morning shake the loose glitters off the shoe.

Next draw the eye and on the felt. you need to be really precise on this while you cut the eye out. this is the only difficult bit which aint that tough girls. A little pain for a glittery future ;)

After you've cut the required eye and the eyelash, use the fabric glue to help stick on the shoe. leave it for some hours. i left it overnight cos i made mine at midnight.

In the morning my shoe was all ready to be swayed around!!

before

AFTER!!!

So what do you think?? if you like it why don't you make one too :D and let me know how it goes.

here's my Instagram https://instagram.com/lifeispeachy3/ follow me and see more updates :)

Stay peachy,

God bless,

Love Toli x x x

Namaskara

2014-12-01T05:34:00.001-08:00

Merry December 1!

This year i have been so dormant on my blog and id like to apologise.

This is a very late update of an old project i worked on, but i guess it's never too late to get back on track again.

Namaskara- was a collection i created giving a little Indian twist with a modern take. DIY crop tops and handwoven skirts. we had the photoshoot on a sunny spring day in this beautiful park in Milan.

Below are my favourite images from the shoot , i hope you like it too ^_^

A DIY embellished crop top

woven silk/polyester wrap around skirt with embellishment.

Much Love and thanks to Hazel for posing for the lenses <3 p="">

Stay peachy,

love Toli x x x

Coming up!

2014-09-30T04:35:00.001-07:00

Just finished on a fun head accessory project. Coming up soon ;)

Stay updated,

Stay peachy

Love Toli xx x

Photography : Awono Ezung

fashion illustration

2014-08-09T03:48:00.001-07:00

Dancing girls

2014-08-04T22:25:00.004-07:00

Hey peaches

Here's some water color illustration that I've been playing around with the last one week. Hope you like it :D

Get inspired, stay Peachy

Love Toli x x x

(PS: follow me on instagram - lifeispeachy3 )

D&G s/s 14

Melon head

Dancing girl

~ Dream a little dream ~

2014-07-04T14:47:00.003-07:00

Peaches,

HAPPY FRIDAY! hope your week has been going good. its the weekend again...two weeks and ill be packing my bags to be home ^_^. i cannot wait!!!

My exams are still on , can't wait for freedom days!

Anyways Here's a post to some DIY accessories that i made.

Taking my inspiration from dreamcatcher i came up with two accessories- a head gear and a necklace.

a simple hair clip was used to create the base after which i used thin brass wire (0.80mm- 5m) which i coiled two together n created the shape i wanted. and then on top of which i used a much thinner wire (0.30mm) to give the finishing over it.

the wire beads i got it from a local craft store called 'fantasy craft'. That store makes me go mad because i always want to buy just everything there.

for the necklace i used readymade coiled threads and triple layered them as i wanted and then stitched the beads on em.

DIY head piece

DIY necklace

feather top by self. ( shall update soon the outfit collection ;) ! )

Stay peachy,

Love

Toli x x x

Figure Skating

2014-06-07T04:05:00.000-07:00

Love figure skating??

here's a school project i worked on for Chanel.

Chanel hasn't created yet outfits for figure Skating sport and when i got figure skating as the sport to design for, it was a very challenging and yet very interesting project to start.

Chanel known for its tweed and the classic black-n-white look, i tried to maintain the same stream by not going OTT.

Figure skating dresses can be too wild and horrendous sometimes, so bright too much glittery. some are too cute, too pretty! Some of them we want to wear it as an everyday wear because they're too beautiful.

Its amazing how the figure skating fashion change over the ages, its so inspiring! i took my inspiration from the Vintage skater outfits.

Material is an important thing to keep in mind because of the routine the skaters follow it needs to be comfortable as well as compatiable to their dance routines.

Camellia's the flower of Chanel, i could't miss that , could i?? ;)

My skater shoe design. use of leather and Jacquard lace.

I was asked to design a window display as well and this is what i came up with. I used the Chanel symbol for hanging down my figure skating mannequin in a dance routine position.

i used the normal spotlights to create the stage light effect. Using different skating position images on the spotlight, i used the light to create a shadowy figure skating dance routine on the background.

You can check out the short video of the window display HERE

Stay Peachy!

Love Toli x x x

Coming up soon : Missoni Exhibition!

2014-06-03T05:25:00.001-07:00

Peek-a-boo! behind the scenes of the photoshoot for the exhibition starting on 25th june 2014

will post soon our pictures on the billboards around Milano ;) *exciting times*

If you're here or visiting Milano anytime from the 25th of June till september mid week...come visit Palazzo Morando, Milano. check out my work and my mates work, a project we're working with Missoni!

ta-da,

Stay peachy,

Love TOLI x x x

Unforgettable Moments : a project with Pandora!!

2014-06-02T11:22:00.001-07:00

HOLA!!!

I'm still alive! i've been a long away from my blogging not been regular anymore, been caught up a lot with school work. I'm gonna graduate soon!! :D

Anyways my today's post is about a project that myself and some of my mates worked with Pandora the Danish jewellery company. We were given the pandora charms and jewel pieces to create any product that represents one unforgettable moment in our life.

i decided to create a hanging decoration piece, that any girl could hang it up in her room. My theme was based on Childhood fantasies. you can watch the video HERE! to know about my idea ;)

It was the first time i worked with wires and as usual my first design was not the last outcome. I always love playing during the process ;)

initial stages

Our project was displayed at the Triennale Design Museum, Milano from the 8th-28th May 2014.

Giving that serious face during the interview ;)

And here i am being totally gay at my "30-seconds-of-fame" moment!! XD

You can check out the Pandora website HERE for all of our backstage pictures and the other projects as well.

Fingers crossed now, as we wait for the results! :D

Thank you to all who voted for me "I HEART YOU!!"

Anyways it was a well lovely experience and worth the while dosen't matter who wins :D

see you guys soon,

Stay peachy,

Stay Blessed

Love Toli x xx

Fashion Illustration!

2014-06-02T09:58:00.000-07:00

m not good with making faces, so i thought id leave it with a blop...just a red blop !! ;)

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DIY : Doing the Romper way!

2014-02-17T14:23:00.001-08:00

Its DIY time again. Im excited and looking forward to the Spring/Summer already through these cold rainy european weather. Rompers are one of the comfortable outfit you can dress it up or dress it down anytime-anywhere. Last spring it was all over and i wanted one, late but yeah, i decided why not make it for myself instead of spending much bucks at the store.

Lastnight i was making my peabrain analyse on how to come about one. Ive never made shorts before so i was pretty nervous too. And most of all i don't even have a pattern for it! ( PS : i hate pattern making, my professor is always behind my ass to create one before i start any outfit. but no i've never listened till date.)

But Voila! my pea brain worked an idea out and i realised my first time diy R-O-M-P-E-R!! ^_^

You need:
- 2 metres of light cotton/lace fabric
- 2 metres of lining ( i did not use lining in mine)
- pair of shorts as a template
- needle, thread, scissor, pins, measuring tape.

So I used the short to cut out the shape on the fabric. i left around 28-30 cm from the waist line of my shorts to my armpit. ( it depends on your size). My short is a high waisted short so the measurement can differ accordingly too.

I hand stitched it since i don't own a machine and i love hand stitching anyways. first with a simple running stitch then double stitching over to refrain it from opening during wash or any accidental moments.

The tricky part is when it comes to stitching around the crotch area. i was so confused i sat there staring at my fabric for a good 10 minutes trying to figure it out and finally i got it through. be careful when your stitching the crotch area because you wanna align it.

Now choose the front side of the garment and you can have it anyway you like it- button up, zippered, hook or a simple knot. i used a hook for my. the larger panel hooked over the smaller panel.

It's almost ready now you just gotta style it up with a lil belt around the waist to give more shape to your body.

DIY denim-animal print romper, DIY crochet heart ring ( my roommate made that!!!!! ^_^)

Get Inspired,

Stay peachy, God bless.

Love, Toli x x x

fashion illustration?

2014-02-12T12:58:00.001-08:00

Love fashion illustrations??

Been Playing with water color trying to create some illustrations. Coming up soon ;)

Love,

Toli x x x

HAPPY 2014!!!

2014-01-10T14:49:00.002-08:00

PEACHES!!!!

Happy 2014!!! :D

Hope you all had an amazing christmas and an extra special ending to 2013. I say extra special because number 13 is my favourite number and my lucky number (no that don't make sense) but yeah well 2013 was a special year for me in many ways happy and tearful year, it was extra special for me really! i had a beautiful different kind of christmas away from home. and i got one of my christmas gift as tickets to the ZOO!!! yes a ZOO!!! okay it might be "WHatever " for you but no!! for me it was one of the best gift because i've never been to a ZOO!!!! and i went and i saw all them pretty- uglily cute-scary wild things. it was such a joyous moment for me haha. i felt very young again!!!

Do you have any resolutions? i have none because i can never keep one haha. But I'm really looking forward to this year because i got some amazing projects and some exciting works coming up round the corner and I'm really looking forward to it. M nervous too!

Here's some of the clips from my holiday… those who are in my Facebook must have seen em all but anyways if you haven't seen my updates here they are :D

Yes i went for COLDPLAY!:D :D it was the best!!!

my best christmas gift ^_^

i love my happy feet ^_^ i did get some amazing christmas gifts!

i will update more pictures i gotta show u them zoo pictures and 'try' to make you jealous haha.

Have a blessed weekend and a blessed year ahead.

Love, toli x x x

Ding Dong Holiday Bells!!!

2013-11-16T00:07:00.002-08:00

Holidays are here again!!!! And Red is my number 1 colour through-out the year! When i was younger i remember mommy always buying a whole new outfit for the christmas day, not that she would not buy me outfits other time haha but this was an extra special outfit from the dress to the shoe, to the socks to the accessory everything was new for christmas (*Sigh* those days ^_^) So till today i always try to keep that tradition ;)

Christmassss!!! The perfect season of the year. everybody is just filled with love wish this could be the same through out the whole year. the excitement of buying gifts and packing em, the excitement of searching for the perfect gift. ( PS: I've made some DIY xmas gift bags and xmas cards i shall show you soon ^_^ )

26 years of my life and this is gonna be my first christmas away from my family ( :[ ) I'm gonna miss them bad but I'm looking forward to my first away from home christmas too!!!

Anyways here's some of the my favourite colour and yes i would love to have all of them dresses below.

Of course! Red is my favourite colour so i start off with the RED ;)

Love D&G my all time favourite designer, every season every collection, every detail!!

D&G

Donna Karan

Valentino

Jenny Packhman has the classy silhouette

Jenny Packham

Elie saab's couture to die for such gorgeous colours!!!! Love the sheerness, flow of the dress, whimsical embellished look. Every single bit of his dress is so magical and out-of-the-world!!!!

deep red

Royal blue

emerald green

Stunninggg!!! Gray stone!!

Metallic

I want all of these last row four dresses!!!! Oh Elie!!! when will i get to own one of your outfit!!!
I think i know what colour dress i want now ;)

Whats your favourite and are you looking for a holiday dress too?? :D

Stay Peachy!!

Love Toli x x x

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Isabel Marant for H&M!!!!

2013-11-15T01:13:00.001-08:00

Want Isabel Marant's runway looks, it's all over H&M in stores. the high street limited collection collaboration opened yesterday and everything is already out of stock online so you can go try push n hush around at the local stores and fight for your find!. Everything is out of stock online!!!!

Many don't like H&M but i love H&M, its reasonable and chic for everyday wear though its super common around because you'll see every betty-sally wearing it on the street. but who cares mix a piece with one vintage offer that nobody has!!! ;)

so go ahead!!! get your hands on one of em Isabel's! Good Luck Happy shopping ;)

Stay peachy.

Love Toli x x x

Wedding Inspiration : Marvellous Rosa Clara

2013-11-11T02:26:00.001-08:00

Rosa Clara, her wedding collections seems to get too gorgeous every season every bit collection.

From Strapless wedding dress to full laced with sweetheart neckline, beaded tulle detailing, illusion neckline, button loop back, fitted bodice. Its so perfect that every bride dreams of. feminine and so delicate and elegant.

Madeira

Umara

Malory

Malta - Classic 1950's inspired, tea- length dress

Martina

Mariola

I could go on with wedding dresses and everything about weddings. there's like a certain whimsical feeling in weddings, how pure and just beautiful the day is. there's so many wedding dress designers out there but Rosa Clara is one of my best and you gotta check out on her. She's brilliant, makes just the perfect dress for a women for her perfect day.

You can check out my old post on her collection here and here

Have a Peachy week!!
Love Toli x x x

To Rome With Love

2013-11-08T08:37:00.001-08:00

Rome oh so beautiful!!! The weather was so perfect, from the little paths to the decade old buildings to the ruins…. i could spend my days there swallowing in the beauty of the city.

Ruins of the roman Forum

When your here you ought not miss getting caricatured ;)

Trevi fountain!!! supposedly if you throw in a coin it means you will return back to Rome. i did not to see if that's true hahha

St. Peters square

at the Pantheon we got to hangout with these romans ;)

Collosseo!!

yes! my poor shoe gave away. you wanna go Rome? take a good old pair of shoes…trust me… your gonna do a lot! lot! walking!! or else you'll end up with your feet kissed with blisters!

I wanna go back again and I'm very sure I'm going back again (with a good pair of shoe of course!) It was amazing to be walking on the streets of the history i read back in high school History studies!!!

You should go, you wouldn't wanna leave ;)

I've got more posts coming up soon on an amazing trip I've been to. if you're on my Facebook list you must already know by now but well I'm gonna get here posted soon. so stay updated ;)

Hope you've had an amazing week!

Stay blessed,

Stay Peachy,

Love Toli x x x

Beanie it !

2013-11-01T22:26:00.001-07:00

How about a dash of a Pop orange beanie for a gloomy autumn day? Somehow i feel my head is too not proportionate for a beanie styles but somehow this beanie just fits in well ;)

Tone down your attire when you add that dash of pop….you don't wanna be clashing around with people's eyes ;)

a woollen beanie i found up in an old trunk. How many years old? don't know hehe

This lil mate was also right in coronation with me ;)

Try it on ;)

Have a Lovely weekend, I'm off to 'ROme with Love' :D

Stay Peachy,

Love Toli x x x

IM BACKK!!!!

2013-11-01T13:21:00.000-07:00

Hey Peaches,

Its been ages since i last blogged. The last three months had been some months of trials and test and ah adventurous too id say. i felt completely zoomed out from this arena. but alls well and I'm back and I'm not leaving ;)

I hope you all had a merry halloween. To me its always just another normal day it only makes me happy to know its bringing me closer to CHRISTMAS!!! :D

Ive travelled to quite some beautiful place the last few weeks ;) and tomorrow I'm off to Roma again!

Ill update soon my travelling pics. Till then You all Take care and ill Catch back soon.

our supermarket had this yummy nom nom cookies ;)

Love and Blessings,

Stay Peachy!!!