Labels: Bag, Charity Shop Finds, Dress, Floral, haul, Meadham Kirchoff, Vintage
Before all of the pretty (yet horrible) snow thats covered the UK this weekend, I managed to get my first proper charity shop haul done. It wasn't intentional, I was on the bus home and spotted this beauty from the bus, & luckily got off at the right time! It's by a brand I've never heard of (and can't properly read either), but it's from New York. It has a strong black leather strap with an adjustable buckle, and some amazing pocket space on the inside! And it cost me just £1. Yep. And look at the very, very similar ones above! I'm not entirely certain but i'm 99% sure this is vintage, and great quality vintage at that.
The perfect size bag for college, enough to fit a good book or two in! I also managed to pick up this beauty:
Now, I'm not a massive fan of using photos of myself on my blog, but the photos just didn't do the dress justice on a hanger. Also, I apologise for the awful lighting, I had to edit the photos lots to get them to remotely look okay, which has resulted in the dress looking blue, and me with a slight alien-like glow... It's not, it's black velvet, and I'm not an alien. It has a gorgeous, gold polka-dot silk bottom and bust trim, with matching buttons. Really comfy too, with the zip back and elasticated waist. The halter neck is detachable, but I thought it looked better up. It was really lovely actually, the woman who was on the tills & runs the shop explained that the lady who brought it in (that same day), explained that it was hers a good 30 or 40 years ago. I love it when amazing little finds have a nice story behind them. The dress, vintage, £3.Got lots of other bargains to update you all with - car boots & primark goodies! x
Labels: Charity Shop Finds, DIY, Faux Fur, Fur, Made by Ruth, River Island, Topshop, Vintage
For the past two or three years, I've loved peter pan collars. I've never been a massive fan of faux fur until this year, me and my leopard print coat are literally inseparable! I saw these collars on ASOS (above) when they brought out their new A/W collection a few months back - I really think that they make the whole outfit. All of the outfits would be really boring without the cute collars. I've been looking for a good (but cheap) one for quite a while, saw the perfect one at a vintage fair but it was £45!! I went to St Lukes charity shop today, and found this b-e-a-utiful gem. Only £1. 
I think it was originally part of a coat, it had these handy little elastic holes on it, which I'm guessing attached onto some buttons or something. I love the colour of it, and it's so soft!I picked up some ribbon from eBay (3meters for £1.30), and just threaded it through the holes to tie it, like the ones above from River Island. 
In my sewing box, I found some old plastic pearl bracelets, which I think I bought from Primark a few years ago for about £1, cut the string up and used the pearls to embellish the bottom of the collar 
Also got my hair dyed back brown and cut again, quite a while ago though! A lot cheaper than the vintage £45 one, and you can't even tell the difference!
Labels: Charity Shop Finds, VintageHello lovely lovely people! I haven't posted in a while again, surprise surprise. Not much has happened since I last blogged, but today I went to St Lukes charity shop just down my road, looking for some plain t-shirts for my graphics project, but ended up buying lots more than I planned. And only one plain t-shirt for graphics. Ooops! I'm so pleased though, here's what I got! P.s the hair isn't mine haha, it's extensions. I got bored of having short hair (again)!
I'm so in love with the maxi skirt! I went into the charity shop not expecting to find anything, maybe a few headscarves, but as soon as I saw this skirt I grabbed it. And a bustier top to match too! So lucky! I also got a gorrrrgeous floral tapestry suitcase (which I can take on my birthday weekend to London this weekend), a bumbag which I can take to Leeds Festival this year, a vintage headscarf, some cute teacups, a Lancome facewash, a lace top, a masssive jumper and a vintage belt. The Doc Martens weren't from St Lukes, I got them from a vintage fair, but needed to show you guys. They were only £25! So pleased! They're so heavy though, I need to wear them in.
White bustier - £2Floral maxi skirt - £3Bumbag - 75pTapestry suitcase - £8Vintage headscarf - £3Vintage belt - 50pLace top - £2.50Jumper - £4
I've wanted a maxi-skirt for a while, but haven't been able to find the right one. There is a really nice one in Primark at the moment for anyone who's looking for a relatively cheap one, it's £12, and you can get it in purple or black. This ones perfect, talk about finding a gem! Charity shops winning me over, again.
Labels: Charity Shop Finds, HM, Perfume, PrimarkSorry about the depressing post before, I've had the worst week ever. On the plus side, I've handed in my Art, Graphics and Photography - so i've got a lot more free time to do things.. like post.I went into town yesterday, and had a look in a few charity shops, and picked out some gems. I really don't know why everyone doesn't shop in charity shops, they're amazing! I picked up this gorgeous sheer plum shirt, for £3.99!
The sleeves look really nice rolled up, or buttoned at the wrists. I can't believe it was so cheap! I rummaged around, there were lots of things I wanted to buy but didn't, so headed to the till when I saw this... 
Diesel: Fuel for Life, only £4.99! It's 50ml, and completely full, with the box. I really love the lace bottle, and it smells gorgeous. Couldn't believe my luck!And from H&M...
Horse book pendant necklace: £3.99Mix of rings: £2, was £5.99, but one was broken! They're so pretty, and quite a few were broken in my H&M in Sheffield, so have a look in yours, i'm sure they might be some broken too.Opening purse necklace: Primark, £2 i think?
And I finally got my hair cut again! It was getting a bit combover-mullet like (not a good look), so went to Hair Kandi in Sheffield and got it cut short again. I really love it, and it only takes 5 minutes to dry and straighten it! Very random post I know, I've got some more goodies to show you on the next post too! :) Love, Ruth x
Labels: Charity Shop Finds, DIY, TopshopCurrently listening to:Ellie Goulding - This Love Today is.. cold, boring, it's 3.44pm and I'm still in my Pj's. What better is there to do on a Sunday then look at all the things you want, can't afford and would never buy because of the price tag. To be honest - It's what I spend the majority of my time doing, not just Sundays. I came across this gorgeous Topshop Dress for £36.00. Not such a bad price, but compared to £4.40 - I know which I'd rather pick. I went into town with my friend Lily, we had Starbucks and Subway (we do it every Friday after college), and then nipped into Cancer Research. I didn't expect to really find anything, and with only £7.22 on my card, didn't expect to be able to afford anything, either. Until I came across this green polka-dot dress - it's a size 18, incredibly long and very baggy. I really liked the colour green - perfect for this summer (planning a little in advance, I know). It's supposed to be the other way around to the picture, it has a really low-cut neck, but switched around, I liked the shift style square neck. I wanted to adjust it, make it shorter, maybe add a collar. So, I had a shot at it, I'm quite pleased with the outcome.Sorry about the crappy lighting! By the time I'd taken the finished dress it had done dark Before - leftAfter - right
The lace and buttons I used are from a market stall were I live. Bag of 4 buttons - £12m of lace - 50p
Vintage headscarf - £4, LushDenim jacket - £13, PrimarkHorse-studded belt - £3, PrimarkKnee-highs - £1.50 - PrimarkBrogues - £28, TopshopLipstick - £5, Coral Queen by Rimmel 
Sorry about the horrific pictures of me. I couldn't be bothered to put loads of makeup on, so just put a bit of lipstick on. The bag is one I haven't yet shown any of you! My boyfriend bought it me for Christmas, it's a reworked vintage bag by Alice Takes a Trip. I love love love it! I'm really pleased with the dress, what do you think? It's so much cheaper than the Topshop one. Who said you can't get 50's style polka-dot peter pan collar dresses for under a fiver?Love,Ruth xo
November 2009