You want to feel and dress like a princess but you also have to chop wood? Because you live in a beautiful medieval house but that also means you are heating your place with fire?

If that is the dilemma you are facing everyday when getting dressed; I found the solution!

And if not, you can still stick around to see how I came up with my fancy woodchopping sleeves.

Whenever I get dressed I have the choice between expressing myself or being practical. For some reason all my exceptional garments aren’t practical at all. Too long, to cold, to exposed, not sitting right. Can’t run in it, can’t climb a tree or stroll through brumbels… can’t chop wood in them.

But at the same time I am sick of just wearing trousers and a sweater!

I do want to dress like a princess, but chop wood in the same outfit!

Since months and weeks, maybe even years I am confronted with that dilemma, until recently, when every thing got together and, now makes sense.

One ingredient to my inspiration are @glorydee s sleeves. Never had I paid much attention to the sleeves of a garment, until I saw her, coming up with one sleeve design more dramatic than the last. “I have to pay those more attention.” I thought to myself.

On another Saturday market with Clare, I dug out that purple top from the 50cent stall.

Amazed by the sleeves, wasn’t it exactly what I wanted to focus on.

Purple puffy sleeves.

That sounded like the princess dream I was painting in my mind.

Fortunately the top didn’t fit me. The cheap fabric felt horrible and it was all to tight and too big at the same time, meanwhile the neckline had a terrible shape.

Let’s just take off the sleeves then.

As I watch Clare sewing one pair of wrist warmers after the other, getting more and more enthusiastic about all the colour combinations, options and possibilities, I can not help it but getting inspired by her energy. Even though wrist warmers aren’t a part of my wardrobe I start to put them on my arms, look at different colours, slowly inspiration crawls up my spine.

Why don’t I make some sleeves? Just sleeves, as an accessory.

You pull them on like wrist warmers but they can also cover your whole arm.

While you wear them you look like a princess, but then when you want to chop some wood you just pull them off.

All photos and words are my own, taken and written by myself ©kesityu.