Ways To Wear: Blue H&M Dress #2

For my second look, I decided to go really girly which works really well with the lightweight, floaty fabric of the dress. The peter pan collar is actually a top underneath, I just pulled the collar over, pretty handy huh? I feel like this dress needs a belt as it's not too fitted around the waist, so I used this cute woven plait belt, it's great in the summer. And what outfit wouldn't be complete without a Crown & Glory headpiece? I bought this one a while ago, and it's perfect for adding a pretty, girly touch to any outfit. I simply love wearing any sort of flowers in my hair!

Look 2 - Flirty Florals

Floral crown - Crown & Glory / Top (worn as collar) - River Island / Belt - New Look

View my first look "Studs and Collars" here, which do you prefer?

Ways To Wear: Blue H&M Dress #1

I bought this dress from H&M when I was in London dropping off my portfolio at Central Saint Martins (fingers crossed!) I thought the colour was quite daring and a little bit different for me, but I've been on the lookout for a long sleeve skater dress, and as it was in the sale I decided to go for it, even if the dip hem isn't the most flattering for my short legs. Another thing I liked about it was how versatile it is, which is why I'm going to be doing a few posts on different ways to wear this dress.

Look 1 - Studs and Collars

Grey beanie - River Island / Studded shirt - Ever Ours / Studded belt - New Look / Black brogues - Clarks / Deer and owl rings - Internacionale / Love ring - Dorothy Perkins / Scrabble ring - Ebay

This look is quite edgy, and I probably should have worn heels. I'm not sure about the hat, it would have been better without the pompom! I'll be posting some more looks pretty soon, so watch out :)

A Ramble In The Snow

This past week I've had a lot going on, and most of it is pretty bad stuff, but nothing that a heavy snowfall and a natter with my best friend couldn't fix. College closed early on Friday, and it won't be open tomorrow so I thought I could spare some time for blogging. I haven't been out properly in the snow, the whole family went out and did their own thing so I grabbed my camera and walked about, and threw a few snowball for/at the cat. Earlier today I looked outside and saw my youngest sister had been busy making a snow family, and once it had got dark we put a candle in the snowballs. 

 

 

Hat - New Look / Coat - H&M / Scarf - the attic / Skirt - Topshop

I would also like to say a massive thank you to all my readers who helped me reach 200! It may not be a big number to some, but it's so cool and a bit scary to think that many people read my blog, I don't think I even talk to that many people in real life! Also, I'm amazed at the number of wonderful comments I received on my last outfit post, so thanks again :)

Outfit Post: My Current Go-To Outfit

You know the drill; it's getting to the end of the Christmas holidays, the Christmas blues have set in, all your clothes feel a little bit tighter and you just can't be bothered to make much of an effort anymore. At least I hope it's not just me! I've worn this outfit too many times now, and I'd change the colour of the skirt just to make it interesting, the denim shirt is plain and simple but the long sleeves add just enough warmth and makes a change from wearing cardigans all the time. I love my burgundy hat, it's great for my all-too-frequent bad hair days and matches the skirt and the small details in my lovely scarf which I got for Christmas. I'm not much of a scarf wearer because I have quite a short neck so I usually look quite silly in a thick knitted scarf but this one is 'thin' enough to not make me look ridiculous. I like to wear long socks rather than tights sometimes, but not when it's really cold outside! 

Had my first day back at Sixth Form today, so I am exhausted! I feel like I could do with another three weeks off and been bombarded with university applications and coursework deadlines (why, oh why am I doing three coursework subjects?!) January is going to be a pretty intense month but at least that means it'll all be over in a few weeks. Plus it's only six weeks till half term, I'm staying positive (well I'm trying to...)

Bobble hat - New Look / Shirt - H&M / Skirt - New Look / Scarf - Fat Face / Socks - Topshop / Creepers - Shoezone / Plait ring - Claires / Band ring - handmade by me / Infinity ring - handmade by me / Above the knuckle ring - Dixi

The Lumineers - Stubborn Love

Outfit Post: Boxing Day Sales

I think I'm finally getting to grips with regular blog posts, Hurray! Quick life update: hit the Boxing Day sales (or the sales a few days after) and picked up a couple of bargains, also I was also tempted to buy non-sales items too. I'm currently reading Life of Pi, and so far loving it; hoping to see the film once I've read it. Been going crazy with uni applications, I have until 31st of January to get everything sent off, it's so scary! Especially because I've left it all a bit last minute, but hopefully putting a portfolio together will take no time at all.
This skirt is from the Topshop sales, I didn't find anything else in their sales which was a bit disappointing, but I spotted this skirt just as someone else picked it up. Luckily, after wandering around (well, more like trying to squeeze through the masses of crazy shoppers) I saw this skirt again, and it was in my size! I'm in love with this flare style, and I already have this skirt in red and black. 
The jumper is from Primark, it wasn't in the sale, but everything in Primark is purse-friendly anyway. I bought it because I have been wearing my black jumper to death and so thought I'd get this cream jumper so I wouldn't have to wear so much black, I also love the stud detail and the length; it's not so long that it looks bulky when tucked into the skirt. 

I've also started wearing ear cuffs, the top cuff has some gorgeous detailing and I like how they add a touch of edginess; I'd much rather wear these than pierce my ear. 

Jumper - Primark / Denim shirt - Charity shop / Skirt - Topshop / Tights - Primark / Creepers - Shoezone / Detail cuff - Claires / Star and chain cuff - H&M 

Christmas 2012

Merry Christmas 2012!
My Christmas day started at 7:00am when my excited youngest sister crept in to my room with a torch. We unwrapped our stockings and had a lovely breakfast of scrambled egg on toast with bucks fizz. It was surprising to have heavy rain and thunder at Christmas (yes I had to mention the weather) and we're still waiting for the snow, forever dreaming of a white Christmas. The lunch was incredible, thanks Mum, and the table has never looked so grand in the red and gold theme for this year. Our tree was covered in gold baubles and tiny red wooden figures which looked adorable and the twinkling lights were so magical when lit up! Not much else to say really, it was a very relaxed day, and we enjoyed the Christmas specials and movies on TV, and ended the day with full bellies and watching the box set of An Idiot Abroad which I bought for Dad. Oh, and I am delighted with my presents this year, I'll do a separate post on those though, what a treat!

I took way too many photos this year, but I tend to forget the littles details of Christmas too easily if I don't take any photos, and most of them are of my cats. Normal. I also managed to take some photos of my Christmas outfit but I got my 9 year old sister to take them so they are a little blurry. I need to train her to be my outfit photographer haha! Anyway, the rest of the photos were taking by me, and I tried to reduce them down, but there's still plenty the enjoy.

Dress from H&M / Cardi from New Look / Belt from Primark / Slippers from Bedroom Athletics / Gold glitter bow from Crown and Glory

This is one of my favourite Christmas songs, it's called Christmas Time by Cider Sky

I hope you all had a magical Christmas!

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Secret Santa

It's Christmas Eve! I've been a bit ill recently, and my blog posts are lacking a bit, despite having so many planned! A few weeks ago, I decided to participate in a Secret Santa run by Rachel from Life Of A Sweetaholic, and was thrilled with my presents! I was super excited and couldn't possibly wait till Christmas to open them. A massive Thank You to Clare for all these wonderful gifts.

Wishbone bracelet // Heart and bow bracelet // Star lip gloss from H&M // Hand cream from L'occitane // Nail varnish in Grace Green from Models Own // Peel off face pack // Amazing hair bow from Miss Selfridge

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Product Review - Firmoo Glasses

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I was contacted by Firmoo asking if I wanted to review a pair of glasses/sunglasses of my choice. I thought this was an excellent opportunity for me and my blog, also I recently broke my sunglasses so I've been hunting for a new pair. I've been wanting a pair of circular sunnies, think John Lennon / Harry Potter style, though not sure how they'd suit me, so I accepted Firmoo's kind offer and ordered myself a pair of these in black. 

Delivery was super fast, and they came with a proper glasses case and mini screwdriver with extra screws, so hopefully these glasses will last me ages (or at least till the end of next summer!)

I don't often wear glasses, besides sunglasses, so I decided not to go for normal (non-prescription) glasses, instead I went for some exciting new sunnies. I usually stick to accessories with a small price label but these were priced at $42 (£26.40) and definitely look more pricey and are such good quality, I promise I'm going to take special care of them. When I received the glasses in the post, the circular lenses were a bit larger than I expected, but rather they were too big than too small. Luckily, I think they suit me quite nicely, they definitely make an outfit look that little bit more exciting. I'm hoping the sun will come out more often so that I can wear them all the time! Here's photos of me wearing the glasses, and some different ways to style them.

Black wild cat top: Miss Selfridge // Blue top: Topshop // Hat: Ebay (H&M) // Sunglasses: c/o Firmoo

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D.I.Y Dress

Over the summer, I wanted to make myself a dress. I'd made dresses before for school, but I really wanted to make a quick and casual day dress that didn't require any market research and initial designs and so, and after putting it off for so long, I came across a DIY post on someone's blog and it was the motivation I needed. I spent way too long in the fabric shop debating over which fabrics to choose, but I settled for something cheap and simple just in case the dress didn't work out.


Making the actual dress, I followed the tutorial by The Pineneedle Collective who used simple steps that were easy to follow. I bought a pattern for the top half of the dress but I followed Annika's equations for the skirt (which I messed up a little).

This photo explains the basics of the skirt, unfortunately the material I bought wasn't very long width-ways so I ended up with quite a short skirt. Also, hemming anything curved is such a pain!
I like to wear a belt with my dress because the seam doesn't quite sit on my waist, and I also prefer it with a belt anyway. With the leftover red fabric I made a matching detachable collar.

Sunglasses - Accessorize

Hat - Ebay (H&M)

Belt - Primark

Ring - Ebay

Socks - (little sister)

Shoes - Clarks (birthday present from friends)

What I Wore At Central Saint Martins

Horse print top, denim shorts, brown brogues, bee necklace, long black cardi from New Look
Grey cardi, blue dress, black skirt from H&M
Yellow top, gold leaf belt from Primark
Black brogues from Office
Black top from Topshop, plus own skeleton design
Robot/clock necklace from market stall


Okay so as you can see I'm a bit of a brogues maniac and my wardrobe may not look too exciting, but it was boiling hot that week and I was going more for comfort than style. But look, I wore my handmade headband for 3 days! 
Also, I'm still not entirely confident about posting photos of myself just yet which is why I drew out my wardrobe instead.