jewel numkki girls

This is why I love designing...

Eri in JN blue wave dress

Kylie in JN Jumping blue dress

Karissa in a custom made bridal shower dress
by JN

Soam

A new blog started by me and my sister! Soam talks about fashion, makeup, food, travel and anything worth mentioning because it's interesting to us. We'll have lots of pictures and advice on fashion and makeup. Sharing secrets and fabulous finds. We all love that, right?

Come by and say hello!

wedding fun

This weekend was full of laughter, memorable moments and beautiful people. My brother in law Joon(husband's brother) got married to one of the most wonderful person ever!! Aren't they the cutest couple?!!! This is one of their engagement photos that was taken by Caroline Tran. I la la la love her work.

Welcome to the family Selly!

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hello my pretties

"Hello My Pretties" is my new Spring 2010 collection. Although the whole collection hasn't been completed yet, I wanted to share the "pretties" with you all in the meantime. The pieces you see here will be available to purchase on the JN etsy site very soon. I've already received requests to reserve certain pieces so email me @ jnumkki@gmail.com or facebook me if you would like to also.

spring is here!

Jewel Numkki's Spring 2010 collection is all about colors and prints. A lovely collection full of flowers, bright colors, and prints that make you smile. One shoulders are a must! One shoulder dresses are a perfect fit for the warm spring and summer season and instantaneously turns an outfit into a runway look.

DIY: dress shirt to fashion top

I'm excited to post my very first DIY tutorial! How to turn a boring dress shirt into a fashion piece. As my husband and I were cleaning out our closets during the move, a LOT of clothes that needed to be donated turned up. Among them were oversized dress shirts that my husband couldn't fit into anymore. I took one of the shirts from what I thought was on the "donation" pile because I loved the color and started cutting it up. It actually ended up being one of the shirts he wanted to keep. Oops.
Anyway, I hope the photos and my directions are easy enough to follow along. Here it goes!

1) Take an oversized dress shirt and try it on. Make sure it's big enough to wear as a tunic.

2) Cut the sleeve right where the sleeve placket ends. This will make the sleeve 3/4 length. Surge the edge of the sleeve that is still attached to the shirt.

3) Hem the sleeve up 1/2" and leave a small opening for the elastic to go in. Roughly measure the length of the 1/2" elastic by putting it around your forearm. Cut the elastic and slide it through the hem with either a safety pin or a bodkin.

4) Sew up where the elastic went through and you'll have a sleeve that looks like this.

4) Measure about 5 1/2" down from under the armhole and chalk a line all around the shirt from front to back.

5) With a 1/2" thick elastic wrap it around your waist and stretch it just a little to measure how long you want the elastic to be around your waist. You don't want it to be too tight or too loose.

6) Sew the elastic on top of the line that you drew evenly. I usually use a zig zag stitch when sewing elastic.

7) It'll look something like this.

8) Make sure it's even all around.

That's it!

You can wear it with a belt over it or without a belt and you will have a nice cinched waist with bubble sleeve tunic. I hope it was easy enough to follow along!

moving

Jewel Numkki is moving to a new location! Well, more like my husband and I are moving to a new home and the workshop just happens to be a part of it.. JN workshop will temporarily be closed until we get settled in. It won't be long so check back because I have some really exciting pieces to unveil!!!

I'm also going to attempt my first DIY tutorial. haha! It'll be interesting..