| Simple D.I.Y | Pom Pom Pillow Cases |

Here's a simple textiles D.I.Y for you to try at home! It's very sweet and adds a little Kitsch touch to any plain bed cover!

What you will need:

❤  Pillow Cases

❤ Pom Pom Garland

❤ Needle & Thread

or

❤ A Sewing Machine

Step One:

Choose your Pillow cases & Garland.

I purchased by Bed covers from Tesco, But they are no longer available! However I found this cute monochrome Zig-Zag/Stripe Bedding in Wilkinson's Available here.

Alternatively, There's also a Monochrome Dog-tooth Version, here.

I purchased my Pom Pom Garland from Hobbycraft where it's £2.00 per meter. It's available to buy online from their website in lots of colors here.

I got Three Meters and had some spare from this D.I.Y :-)

Step Two:

Pin your Pom Pom Garland along the seams of your pillow case, taking care to observe the way it hangs, if you want your pom poms to stand out you need to attach them so that when the pillow is turned the opposite way they stick out! 

So sew the the opposite way to the way up!

Tip:

Don't forget to choose a thread color that blends in.

Make sure you keep the fabric and the Garland taught so they sew straight, you don't want to be left with parts that are loose or the Garland will catch easily!

Make your way all around the pillow case leaving the opening, Once your pillows are lined up the Pom Poms will meet in the middle anyway!

That's Virtually it!

Step Three:

Fill your pillow cases with pillows and enjoy!!

They are so sweet and make any bed a little funky! Use clashing colors to get a really Kitsch look!

Why not add pom poms to throw pillows too? Or Lampshades! I just love how crazy and cute they look! That's all for now, Hope you give this one a try!

Love Love

xxx

My Final Major Project | March 2014 |

Hello! Sorry I've been away for a little while, It's been my College FMP these last few weeks with the live Theater Performances running from the 19th-21st!

Me and my fellow Techies, have been running a promenade theater performance for young school children about the human body for our final project this year.

The general idea was that you made your way through the experience, passing through the eardrums into Billy's body where there were Drummers. 

You then made your way past the lovable Iris in the Eye room, through a corridor into the nostrils where you were greeted by the disco dancing boogie boys. You then traveled into the Mouth Room were Mr.Mouth had a game to play.

 Past the touch wall and into the Operation room where they played a Puzzle Piece game!

The finale was a singing of Heads, Shoulders, Knees & Toes in the Brain Room which drove us crazy after playing it all week haha!

It consisted of lots of structural aspects including tent like rooms and lots of UV Lights & LED's.

 There was also a butt-load of costume and make-up which I was in charge of and I can honestly say I don't want to see another sequin or feather for a while now! 

Although It's been a pain in the bum at times (3 hour get out!!) it felt like we were working in a Fun House? We had to reset each room every time and you could easily get lost in our theater layout haha!

Anyway, enough babbling, I'll share the Photos, I know it's not spectacular, but from a bunch of kids that would rather sit on photo-booth and warp their faces than do anything (lolol) We did good!

The Ear Canal Entrance

A Crawl Tunnel

The Ear Canal

Eye Catching Details for Special Needs Customers

Iris' Eye Room (Unfinished)

The Bogey Canal

The Boogie Boy Dance Floor

The Teeth Corridor 

Mr Mouth

Ropey Abyss

The Touch Walls

Jack & Jill Finale Games

The Overall Ceiling & Scale of The Layout

Busy Body Billy

Gold Sparkles on Exit

I'll post the Costume Pictures in another post!

Hope this explains were I've been!

love love

xxxx

♥ D.I.Y Shabby Chic - Vintage Scarf Storage ♥

Hey guys! I have a lovely D.I.Y tutorial for you today!

This lovely Branch storage idea was just a little idea I tried on a whim but turned out to be so lovely, simple and cost effective that i thought i'd share it with you! 

You can use this Storage solution to store Scarves as I have, or you could hang long necklaces from it too! A lovely way to show off your accessories and to give your room the Shabby Chic touch!

Here's a list of things you will need:

• A branch, preferably quite a thick one!
•  Ribbon
• Two Nails & a Hammer
• Paint (optional)

Step One

Acquire yourself a branch. My dad had just chopped a bush down in my garden so I nabbed one from there, but you could just head over to the park and pinch one from a tree!

Step Two

 Remove and nibbly bits and pointy edges from the branch surface, this is especially important if you're hanging scarves from yours, you don't want to snag them!

Tip: Put some newspaper down to avoid turning your bedroom into the outer wilderness!

Step Three

Paint your stick any chosen color! Of course this is optional,i personally wish i had left mine bare, but it can add a special touch especially if you have a color scheme!

Tip: For a shabby chic look, paint your Stick with a matte white emulsion, allow to dry and lightly sandpaper any edges that would naturally wear down.

Step Four

Wrap your chosen ribbon around the most part of the Stick, leaving the ends exposed to reveal it's natural self!

Secure the ends by either tying them off or with some glue! 

Make some simple slip knot loops for hanging by tying the ribbon around the Stick and knotting leaving enough excess to tie a loop from.

Remember, this doesn't have to be entirely neat! Like the famous quote from Clueless touches on, It's like a Monet, up close a big ol' mess and from afar a masterpiece.

Step Five

Time to hang! Place your Stickup to the wall you're hanging it on and mark at each end when it hangs straight.

 Mine had a slight bend so it had to have one side slightly lower than the other in order to hang level.

Place two small nails into the marked positions and you're ready to go!

Step Six

Adorn you new Hanging Storage with your choice of accessory, I chose Scarves as I had so many nice ones I wanted out on display!

I just love how it looks hanging above my bed, the corner was quite bland and it's really brought some color to my white room!

I hope you try this out and love it as much as I do, Thanks for reading lovelies!

Ciao

xxx

| Vintage Home Buys | Highstreet | No.2 |

Whilst out thrift shopping on a sunny Friday I came across lots of lovely little home ware pieces that I loved!

I thought i'd share these little gems with you and hopefully it will inspire you to look out for nice home wares in Charity shops and the High street!

 There is nothing wrong with being cheap! It means more money for FOOD!

I saw a four set of these little soup bowls and dishes and they scream 60's/70's Hotpot!I thought they were thoroughly sweet and bright!

I also see nothing wrong with buying plates/cups etc from Charity Shops, as long as you give them a bloody good clean you're saving £££ in the long run!

Retro Soup Bowl & Saucer

75p Per set

St.Francis Hospice

I saw this and couldn't contain my nerd squeals, someone lend me £100.

A Mint condition Atari with a selection of games available to buy including Frogger and Pac Man! I think I can speak for everyone when I say asdfghjkl.

Atari Video Computer System

£100

St.Francis Hospice

This next item, by far excited me the most. A Manual Singer Sewing machine from the 1930/40's. Bewildered by the £10 price tag I asked about it to the two adorable ladies working there, and much to my happiness it was £10 indeed!

Safe to say I snapped it up immediately and hauled my Brother out to help me collect it! It's cast iron and bloody heavy!

Once I got it home my dad looked it over and it all seems in working order, I'm going to move a sturdy coffee table into my room and set it up there and sew for England!

Cast Iron Singer Sewing Machine

£10

Help4Heroes

Moving over from Charity Shops to High Street shops I'll start off with this adorable little pillow I spotted in Primark!

If it wasn't so overpriced (in my eyes anyway) I would of snapped it up!

I love the ditsy floral detail and the Vintage Bicycle motif! 

Ditsy Bicycle Cushion

£5

Primark

And now onto some books i'm currently pining over! Both are from the works and if they have an online listing i'll link it for you!

The first is a Simple Pattern Book, by Orla Kiely. It's filled with lots of 50's and 60's inspired patterns, all of them very colorful and fun! J'adore!

Pattern By Orla Kiely

£4.99

The Works

The second and last thing was this book by Liberty! The Liberty Book of Simple sewing features simple ideas to make around the home including Tote bags and pretty aprons!

It's adorned with many a Liberty fabric pattern too,such a pretty book!

The Liberty Book of Simple Sewing

£6.99

The Works

That's all folks! Hope you're having a lovely weekend of slightly chilly sun!

Ciao

xxx

Paper Bunting | How To |

Ok so I made this really cute and simple bunting recently and it makes any room instantly attractive!

 It's also dirt cheap so if you're a Uni student this will make your room look adorable! ♥

You Will Need:

• Wallpaper or Decorative paper                
• Lolly Sticks                                 
• A ball of household string                   
• Ribbon
• PVA Glue / Mod Podge / UHU
• Needle & Thread 

1

To begin with, Lay out your paper and draw eight or more triangles depending on how long you want your bunting to be!

2

Cut each of the triangles out, If you think you've made a crap effort at drawing them, print out a template from the internet, what is the internet for after all, teehee!

3

On the back of each triangle flag, glue the lolly sticks long each edge to make them sturdy and to stop the edges from curling.

4

Quick Tip: If you don't have enough lolly sticks then cut them in half, you only need to keep the edges straight!  

5

On each of the flags you now can add an embellishment. I chose ribbon which I folded over and then sewed to each flag. You can use fake flowers, sequins, gems, even pegs and little photographs! Let your imagination run wild!

6

Now to secure the string on. You can do this two ways, either sellotape the string with a durable knot on each side to stop the sting from sliding about or hole-punch each side once and thread your string through!

Now your paper bunting is complete!

This also works really well for the festive time of year! Just use themed wrapping paper!

Ciao

xxx