Labels: Christmas 11, DIY, Handmade, How to, Made by Ruth, Textiles, Tutorial
I'm getting far too carried away with all of this DIY textiles stuff! I made these lovely decorations today, and they only take about 30 minutes each. Not so much a step-by-step.. more just ideas to get you inspired! I've seen really similar things in places like Accessorize, Laura Ashley & by Cath Kidston (for £10+) - just make them yourself!
Forgot to add - I stuffed the doll with standard fluffy style stuffing, but I ran out, so just used scrunched up tissues for the heart! Works exactly the same. You could use sponge, too. Just anything to pad it out with!
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!
I'm currently at 44 followers through Blogspot! And as promised, a giveaway will be done at 50! Thanks Kavita (iheartvintagex) for tweeting me and getting me a few more! If you could follow me through Blogspot that would be really great, besides, the giveaway should be awesome, so get prepared! Labels: Fashion, Highstreet, Made by Ruth, Vintage
The title of my blogpost is by Marina and The Diamonds, and if you haven't heard of her (which you probably have) check her out, her voice is so soft yet powerful and different, i just love her. I've had a bit of a mad past 2 weeks, and have spent quite a bit on clothes.. Primark, vintage things.. I haven't got round to taking pictures of the vintage things i bought from COW (vintage store in Sheffield), but i bought 4 items, one of which is this lovely tea dress, which is quite western style aha! I bought it for £2.50.. because a few buttons were missing and stuff, it was in the sale too. At first it looks like it's just come from a grandma's closet (which is probably did) but you have to see the potential in clothes! With my lovely boyfriend holding the dress up ;D
And yeah the pictures are wank because my mum has the camera charger in Egypt with her, so the beauty of the 3.2 megapixel shitty phone is kicking in.. I shortened the dress to about 42cm, it's actually really short though, so i'm thinking cycling shorts underneath? It was the first time i shortened a dress, and was quite pleased :) I wore it out today with the white spotty tights and the horse belt (from the post below). So, in total, my outfit cost.. £7.50! Not bad, i think. I can wear the dress with the sleeves up or down, so it's ideal for summer and winter.
Vintage at £2.50? Check.
November 2009