I wanted to bring you another costume idea with Halloween just a week and bit away. Natalie Portman's character in The Black Swan would make for an excellent gothic ballerina. So practise your pirouettes and let's get crafting:

1. Create a fireworks tiara with Beads Unlimited.
2. Put your hair up with Kiko's French twist.
3. Stud a lace corset top like Yasmine.
4. Recreate Delluattack's Black Swan style make-up.
5. Make a black no sew tutu with Mickie.
6. Craft a pair of old lace top gloves like sg_strange.
7. Dye some ballerina style cloud tights with mademoiselle.
8. Pair with Jenna's silk rosette shoesies.
9. Accessorize with a black feather clutch like Vivian.

What are you dressing up as for Halloween?

A few weeks ago my friend Kirsty and I got chatting about organisation. She runs her own photo studio and shoots dozens of weddings each summer. With so much to juggle, I was curious how she kept herself organized and do you want to know what her secret weapon is? A colour-coded calendar! Inspired, I decided to get my own calendar up to date and share my tips with you.

1. Choose the right calendar

Selecting the right kind of calendar is one of the most important decisions on the mission to get organised. There are lots of options out there, and different things will work better for different people, but I'd suggest a calendar that you can carry with you at all times, so you can check it on the go and add appointments at anytime. I use the inbuilt calendar on my Mac which syncs between my desktop, laptop and phone. This is great because I've always got a calendar in front of me, wherever I am and it's always up to date. Pick something that will work well for you, find a a service to sync it like Google or iCloud, and keep it with you at all times.

2. Don't use it as a to-do list

It's tempting to use your calendar as an extension to your To-Do List but this can get really cluttery and confusing. Restrict your calendar to things that will happen on a fixed time and date, for example appointments, deadlines, birthdays, gigs & shows and reoccurring events. I like to think of it as what I will be doing vs. what I'd like to do be doing. If you will definitely be doing something on a certain date at a certain time then it belongs in your calendar and if it's just something you'd like to do around a certain time, then it belongs on your to-do list.

3. Add every event

A calendar is useless if you don't trust it, so make sure you list all of your appointments, meetings and commitments, no matter how big or small they are. Get in to the habit of adding new appointments as soon as they come up. If you use a Mac, then you'll notice that the system already highlights times and dates in emails and messages which let you create new events in your calendar with just one click. This is also the time to add all those little details like start time, end time, location and any other information in to the notes, or even link to your tickets or the event page. You can also add attendees to keep your friends organized and they'll be sent an email that updates their calendars with all the event information.

4. Organize your calendars

If you've got a hectic life, you can create multiple calendars to manage different jobs, projects and commitments. For example, I have a calendar dedicated to work related events, one for personal and one for fun things like gigs, shows and social events. You can assign a different colour to each calendar so that it's obvious what kind of events you have coming up. Kirsty uses colour coding to represent what kind of meeting she's having with her clients. So she'll have consultations in one colour and shoots in other, meaning that she can know how she needs to prepare with just a glance.

5. Subscribe to useful calendars

Once you've got your calendar all set up, it's time to start filling it up by subscribing to useful calendars. If you're on a Mac, the info from your Address Book automagically creates a Birthday Calendar which is really handy. You can also subscribe to shared calendars from your work or any clubs you're a part of. Similarly, you can create reoccurring events for things that happen on a regular basis like clubs you attend, noting when the recycling needs to go out or even when your favourite TV show is on.

6. Make it a habit

The most important step of all is that you remember to check your calendar regularly and add every new event as soon as it pops up. I've made it a habit to check mine first thing in the morning, before opening my email or even looking at my to-do list. I start by looking at my appointment for that specific day and then a couple of weeks ahead, making sure there's nothing I need to be preparing for - deadlines, birthdays etc. This usually takes less than a minute and gives me the confidence to get on with my day, secure with the knowledge that I'm where I'm suppose to be at that specific time.

Time sensitive tasks are the most important of all, so getting your calendar in order is essential to make sure you don't miss out on amazing opportunity because you forgot deadlines, appointments or commitments.

How do you use your calendar and do you have any tips for getting even more organized?

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Where have you been clicking this week?

This week I'm crafting a set of bat sweater clips for Davina Divine, lead singer of The Mars Patrol and giving you the chance to win a personalized pair featuring your favourite animal. Scroll down to the comments for your chance to win!

Bats were at the top of the list when Davina told me all the things she loved. With Halloween just around the corner, these clips were the perfect accessory to make for her to rock on stage. Sure to spook up any outfit, you can use this same technique to make a set in your favourite design.

"Thanks so much for my lovely wee bat friends, they are really cute! I have never actually had an accessory like this before and I can see how many clothing items in my wardrobe it will help to 'jazz up'. They couldn't have come at a better time too as Halloween is approaching."

Can you tell my readers who you are and what you do?

Hello folks, I'm Davina and I sing in the band, The Mars Patrol.

When you were a kid - what did you want to be when you were older?

I have always had a creative soul, I love the Arts. My Dad is a folk singer and used to play lots of music to me from an early age. I have always wanted to sing and remember reaching for the broom handle to be my mic stand!

What are your best and worst habits?

I do spend quite a bit of money on raw chocolate. Its just so good! Tastes better than any of the shelf stuff and it's better for you :) I have been known to dabble in this experience for a significant number of days in a row ;)

How would you describe your style and who are you ultimate style icons?

When I was at art school I was forever going around the vintage and charity shops seeking anything 1960s as I really liked that look and music (I still do) although now I am more into a rockier style and I sometimes have a bit of a country vibe depending on the day. I like to mess around with my hair mostly and have had a few experimental hairstyles over the past couple of years including my bright red fringe which was fun! Fashion can be quite difficult though and expensive too. There's a lot out there and in shops but just because it's 'in fashion' doesn't mean it will always suit you and for me it's more about having some timeless key pieces in my wardrobe. Every now and then I will see something I love and that I know will make me feel good too which I think is quite important. I like the idea of making clothes also, right now I've got a sleeveless denim jacket that I am slowly but surely adding things to.

If you could be anyone else for a day, who would you choose and, if you could join any band which would it be?

I would probably rather be a creature for a day more than a person. I have always had a fascination with bats but as of recently I have a new love and appreciation for them. When we were recording our new music out in the countryside we had a bat come visit us in the studio. We discovered him late at night flying around the main control room right before we went to bed. We lost sight of him and when we woke up the next day we discovered him sleeping like a baby in a candle vase on the windowsill. We looked after him all day and released him safely back into the wild later that night as he woke up. I think seeing them so close up made me realise how amazing they are. So I'd probably be a bat for a day (or night!) so that I can see what it's like to fly, have leathery wings and try out echolocation.

As far as joining another band, I'd maybe like to rock out with someone fun like Dave Grohl or sing with Steven Tyler, he makes me feel funny.

Where is your favourite place in the world and why?

Apart from my secret treehouse on my very own private island, I don't have one specific place although I do love to travel and I think I am yet to find that perfect place to call my own. I love living in London though as there is so much going on if you need it and I also like how you can pretty much go anywhere in the World from London. It also has a great creative presence including music, film, art, design and crafts etc.

Do you do any crafts and what do you like to make?

I used to be into making handcrafted greetings cards and selling them on stalls and in shops. They would have tactile images of 3D animals, insects, people etc and I used materials like femo and fake fur. I actually have a degree in art & design. Right now I am now into baking and cooking and I love to be artistic with food. Recently I made vampire cupcakes which I was quite happy with and yesterday I made a chocolate cat cake by cutting a stencil of a cat and dusting around it with icing sugar! My friend was very happy :)

I also love fancy dress and Halloween and it's so much fun to make outfits. One of my favourites was a poisoned Snow White outfit I put together for myself. I already had the dress in my cupboard so I decided to mess it up and add some homemade accessories like poisoned apple earrings, skull tights and then paint myself very pale. It came out pretty good! Another outfit I made was for our guitarist Ross, where we put together an evil Ronald McDonald costume. We bought a white jumpsuit in Camden, cut it up and dyed it yellow, then we painted red on it and added loads of blood, that was pretty good fun and he looked awesome!

Where do you find inspiration?

What life throws at me really. I find inspiration in the people that support my music and it's especially inspiring when someone from another country buys our music or comes to a show. The fact that someone I have never met can have a connection with me through something I have written is unbelievably special and it's what keeps me going. I also love going to the Zoo and I have been a member at both Edinburgh and London Zoos for a few years. Nature is so innocent, refreshing and real which makes a change from all the greed, self-obsession and me-first-society in the World.

What would your dream day look like?

Haha, being pampered and massaged all over for an entire day. I enjoy being 'monkied'. And then some sushi for dinner!

Finally, if you could have three wishes, what would they be?

To continue to stay healthy, happy and have an interesting/prosperous life.

And if i got more wishes… - To be able to breathe under water naturally, maybe I would have gills and swim about. Perhaps there is a whole other world to discover, I remember that film The Abyss was pretty interesting. - To be able to talk with animals and creatures (Dr Doolittle style) would be pretty cool and it would be good to know how they see the World and what they think of humans.

Win a set of personalized clips!

To win your own set of sweater clips, like the ones I made for Davina but featuring your favourite animals, leave a comment telling me who you'd like to see me craft to the stars for next?

Contest closes on December 1st. Good luck!

Check out The Mars Patrol website to find out more about the band and Davina!

Hocus Pocus was my favourite movie to watch at Halloween when I was little and I loved Sarah Jessica Parker's character the most. All set? Let's get witchcrafty:

1. Recreate my midnight blue make-up.
2. Accessorize with Melanie's mini witch hat.
3. Make your own beaded necklace like Laura.
4. Turn a blanket in to a cape like StephanieM.
5. Sew a beaded corset top with Kaeleira.
6. Pair with Natalia's gothic skirt.
7. Complete the look with squeakydog's glitterama boots.
8. Add a touch of magic with a potion necklace by LollypopLoz.

What's your favourite movie to watch at Halloween?