Labels: clothes, dip dye, DIY, everything stops for tea, ombre, reworked, shirts, studs, Vintage
I'm not sure if any of you saw my previous post on my new shop Everything Stops For Tea - check it out here if you didn't and would like to! I've finally had time to get around and restock the shop... and it's nearly all sold out again! Here's a few things which are left which I put on the other day.
Click on the photo and it'll take you straight to the item online!
This one above is my favourite!
Just a quick post, but thought I'd share with you all what's left for sale. Each item is reworked entirely by hand.
Labels: DIY, everything stops for tea, Handmade, New Layout, online, Personal, shopping, Vintage
It's been nearly three months... three months TOO long! I've got around to relaunching, and doing a new blog layout, what do you think? I got a bit bored of the plain black and white before. I hope you've all been well, and i'm sorry that this post is really quite boring & random - just a general update on bits! Whilst I've been gone, I've finished college which was a relief, and I've had a lot more time to spend on things that I love doing. I've been planning on doing it for a while, but... I finally had time to spend on building a little business! It's called 'Everything Stops For Tea', which sells all of the vintage clothes I've reworked. I've had really great feedback from it so far, so it's all quite exciting! About half of the things below have unfortunately sold out (so many things which I wanted to keep for myself), but just a little taster of whats in store at the moment...
So in love with the pink denim dip dye shorts. You can access the shop by going to....And keep upto date with all products in the process of being made on INSTAGRAM: RUTHHOWSAM And also... for all you lovely blog readers.. if you enter the unique code below, you can get 15% off all orders over £25!'XRUTHLOVES15'Just a quick mini post, but this is it now... regular posts back in action! It's lovely to be back.
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.
Following on from my last post on Masculine styling, I came across this amazing online shop called Zalando. They sell loads of really pretty vintage-esque dresses, my favourites being the Mint & Berry ones. Here are a few of my favourites, one is practically the same as the lovely Marc Jacobs dress she wore! The best bit, is that they all have amazing collars, especially the lace one! Labels: Alexa Chung, French Connection, Marc Jacobs, Vintage, Zalando
They're all amazing, and they have lots of more dresses on there too, French Connection, converse, and this pair of Doc Martens which I've wanted for so long, I couldn't find the minty green ones anywhere in my size!Lots of the things they've got on there are really similar to what Alexa wears, check out her style file on Vogue. Pretty random post, but I just wanted to show you all those lovely dresses, I can't find them anywhere else online! So tempted to buy the floral lace one.. or the long sleeved nude one. Which do you prefer?
So sorry it's being so long.. again. I've been so busy with stupid college exams and working! But, I went to the Vintage Fair today in Sheffield, and was surprisingly pleased! Because it's a Kilo pick-and-mix fair, you can get whatever you want for a kilo, for £12! It's great because you can get some really lovely things for pennies! I spent £14, because I got a few extra things. Sorry about the pictures being a little blurry, I've just got back and it's getting pretty dark outside so my little slr wouldn't focus :( Labels: Kilo, Vintage, Vintage FairI bought... - Collared pink and navy polka dot vest- Maroon peter pan collared dress- White ruffle blouse- High waisted tan chino shorts- Floral silk top- Red peter pan collar shirt- Horse headscarf- HUGEEEE pink and white striped lace nightie They all look pretty hideous to be fair, but I adjusted them and altered them to fit properly and I really love them! Not bad for £14!
My favourites by far are the shorts! I didn't manage to get a picture before I shortened them, but they're knee length and make me look like a medieval jester.. not a good look. Has anyone else ever been to a kilo fair? Hope you've all had a lovely week, especially because it's been sunny!!
If you read this blog regularly, you'll understand that I love vintage like JLS like dick, so when the Vintage Fair came, it's obvious that I went! The problem being.. I had no money. Seriously, what was I thinking?! It was utter hell looking around all the nice things but not having the chance to buy anything! There were loads of cute little stalls like Alice Takes A Trip, Trilbies & Tassles and Lottie Loves - it's so nice to see their stuff in person rather than online! My personal favourite things were all of the lovely peter pan collared dresses, the fairisle knits, and the stunning fur coats - I wish i had one. Take a look at all of the lovely things! Labels: Vintage, Vintage Fair
This wasn't at the Vintage Fair, it's Flock Boutique, it's gorgeous!
I couldn't find an 'E' ring - 'F' was the nearest thing aha!
Hey! Right first of all, does anyone else not have a life, so are watching the last series of Big Brother.. like myself? John James.. Mildly attractive.. Complete wanker? I think so. I'm glad Rachael's gone.. her head was so far up her own arse, she was probably blind. Also.. is Corin a lesbian? I'm confused. Anyway, sorry for my rant haha! Labels: Fashion, Highstreet, HM, Topshop, Vintage
I've been shopping this week :') Firstly, from COW (vintage shop in Sheffield), £3
And a lovely polo from BangBang Vintage (another vintage shop in Sheffield), £1
And my favorite Topshop earrings.. Which were all on sale..
Hearts - (pack of 3) £2, was £7
Anchors - £2, was £10
R's - £2, was £7
And these bangles, which i bought a while back, but never got around to posting about! As soon as i saw them, they reminded me of Disney Couture, here are my bangles, and the Disney Couture comparison. £2, were £11.99
And my lovely boyfriend bought me this
Random post, I know, but just a quick catchup
Love, Ruth xo
P.s, at 100 followers I'll be doing a giveaway!
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