floral shirt and gold creepers

 

camo jacket, necklace - charity shop, hat - oxfam, floral shirt - h&m, purple turtleneck - ebay, riding pants - american apparel, gold creepers - new look

If I didn't like this cropped turtleneck so much, I would definitely have regretted wearing it. My tummy was freezing! So I made up for it by wearing a jacket and a coat. My tummy was still freezing. I wore this on Saturday to go to a jumble sale. I got four items of clothing and a bag for £1. I swear jumble sales are getting cheaper and cheaper!

I dyed my hair red last week because I was suffering from hair boredom. I'm trying to grow out my fringe now as well as the rest of my hair and I felt the need for a bit of a change. I've been told that red hair means no burgundy but that's not going to happen. Half of my wardrobe is burgundy.

Laila x

scholarly

 

blazer, new york university tee - charity shop, hat - oxfam, riding pants - american apparel, trainers - superga x house of holland via asos

I'm running out of places to showcase my love of crochet. I have a crochet throw on my bed, a crochet tablecloth and a crochet throw on my sofa. So when I spotted these Superga x House of Holland trainers in the ASOS sale that looked suspiciously similar to a crochet pattern, I had to buy them. Crochet on the bed, crochet on the table, crochet on the sofa, crochet on the feet.

The New York University tee is one I bought over Christmas. I never got a t-shirt or hoody to rep my own university so I thought I'd buy one to rep a university I never went to, three years after I graduated. Why not?

Laila x

stripes and fur

 

turtleneck top, gold chain necklace, fur coat, bag - charity shop, riding pants - american apparel, creepers - ebay

I still haven't quite decided if this top is ugly-cool or just ugly. But it was 50p, so it has a place in my wardrobe regardless. The cut of it reminds me of the American Apparel turtlenecks, only not cropped (no one likes a chilly tummy).

This fur coat is literally the cosiest thing ever! I was outside in the freezing cold for an hour yesterday, and ended up having to take a layer off because my coat made me so warm! I found it in a charity shop last month for only £5.99. It was priced so cheaply because a fastening was missing, but I later found it in one of the pockets. Not that I have bothered sewing it back on or anything.

Anyone else had any bargainous finds recently?

Laila x

my heart is a drummer

top - charity shop/ diy, riding pants - american apparel, boots - doc martens, earrings - primark, bandana - ebay

So this is my first attempt at photos with my new camera - I haven't had much time to play around with yet because something called 'work' keeps getting in the way. I'm sure I'll figure out soon but it's a bit scary suddenly seeing my face in so many megapixels!

I bought and studded this snakeskin top (originally from River Island but picked up in a charity shop) intending to sell it on but once I'd taken these photos I decided that I kind of wanted to keep it. I wish this didn't happen with everything I plan to sell on! I love snakeskin and purple/ burgundy though so it's probably best that I keep it...right?!

Laila x

you're the train that crashed my heart

daisy print top - diy, jumper, bag, green ring - charity shop, jacket - primark, riding pants - american apparel, boots - doc martens, earrings - little teacup, claw ring - dixi

Hey all! I inadvertently took another week off there, didn't I? Whoops! Hope you've all had a good one.

I've seen so many daisy print shirts, t-shirts, blouses etc round the high street and on blogs, so I decided to have a go at making my own. Off I went to trusty ole eBay to order a few pots of fabric paints, grabbed one of the last washing up sponges from the pantry* to cut into a circle and this was the outcome. I made it about a month ago but didn't like the shape until a 'brainwave' struck the other day and I cut off the sleeves. What would I do without my (housemate's) fabric scissors?

The jumper and bag were both new purchases this week. I got these, plus another jumper, for £1.50 total. My wardrobe's overflowing situation is not being helped by the amount of 50p rails that I seem to come across - not that I'm complaining! For the eagle eyed amongst you, the reason I'm not wearing the green ring in the photos is because I bought it halfway through the day. I don't wear a lot of green but apparently I was subconsciously trying to rectify that this week!

Have a good weekend, I've got a four day one. The best kind.

Laila x

*Yes, pantry. We live in the 60s.

outfit

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shirt - charity shop/ diy, bird patches - ebay, jacket - primark, riding pants - american apparel, socks - primark, creepers - pj shoes, ring - dixi (present), earring - diy

This outfit includes two of my recent DIYs. I ordered the bird patches off eBay around a month ago when I was suddenly struck with inspiration one afternoon at work, but they'd been sitting in a drawer since they'd arrived because I couldn't face the effort of sewing them on. However, rather unusually in my experience, the iron actually fully stuck the patch onto my shirt so no sewing required! I also managed to melt a bit of my carpet in the process (don't tell the landlord). I'm really pleased with the outcome and may have to tattoo some of my other clothes too! The other DIY is my cross earring. I'd had a necklace for ages but never worn it, so the other day I made this, plus two similar earrings out of it. 

I thought the bird claw ring was quite fitting with this outfit! I couldn't get a good photos of it but I've put the link above. There was also a bird showing when my jacket was covering up the shirt, don't you worry:

Now that one I did have to sew on!

I've made two more shoes purchases this week, oops, this pair of fake Creepers being one of them. I don't usually like buying fakes but I had £20 birthday money left and these were £19 so I couldn't really leave them behind, could I?! The other pair I bought were some navy Doc Marten shoes, which I got with an Amazon voucher that I got for my birthday. Spending money doesn't count if it's birthday money.

Have a good weekend!

Laila x