So if you read my post yesterday you will have seen that I was off to a wedding so I thought I would share with you a little OOTD post.
- Dress - Primark - £12
- Cardi/Shrug - Ebay (this store) - £6.45 + p&p
- Fascinator- £5 - Claires Accessories
- Tights - £3 for 5 pairs - Tesco
- Shoes - Evans - £3
- Ribbon - Local Haberdashery - 35p a metre
Teamed with a little black clutch bag and I also took some little black ballet shoes (for when the killer heels started to get painful - so glad I did!)
Heres a couple of photos from the day. It was such a lovely day!
Me and Matt are off to a wedding today of a friend that we went to uni with. On their gift list they had all the usual stuff they would like but the bride had also said that they would love anything that was handmade or unusual. Being crafty as I am I jumped at this chance.
I spotted this idea on pinterest and google reader a while back and saved the picture in my ideas folder. The general idea was Met, Married and Live but I decided to tweak it a little bit.
3. Using the template draw round the coloured card of your choice and cut out
4. Cut out a rectangle in white or creme card and a slightly bigger one in the coloured card.
5. Stick the rectangles together using your chosen adhesive and in the centre write the words that you have chosen - you could also add some stickers, buttons or such at this point.
6. Now time to layer it all together - back the mount in your frame with white or creme card to form a backing and stick your hearts in the centre. Put your wording just underneath leaving a slight gap.
7. Add any stickers to the mount that you should wish and you put inside the frame and you are done.
I think this is such a unique present to give someone and it wouldnt have to be just for a wedding. You could tweak this for anything - engagement present, anniversary, baby present, birthday present. As long as you could think of 3 different places you could do it for pretty much anything! And it is a cheap but lovely gift too. I think this cost me no more than £3 to make. The only thing I brought was the frame. I got the card and stickers from my craft stash and the buttons from my sewing stash and we printed the maps on the computer.
Would you like to receive one of these frames as a present? Do you like unique gifts like this?
I spotted this idea on pinterest and google reader a while back and saved the picture in my ideas folder. The general idea was Met, Married and Live but I decided to tweak it a little bit.
So this is the finished frame - I'm really happy how it turned out. This is how I made it.
You will need:
- 1 frame - split in 3 - we got this one from the range for like £2.70 - bargain!
- Coloured card of your choice
- Cream or white card
- Thin black pen
- Maps of the 3 places your choosing
- Glue or double sided tape
- Any added extras for decoration - buttons, stickers etc
Steps
1. The first thing I did was to create a heart template for the hearts - I did a big heart for the edging and a slightly smaller one for the maps.
2. Using your template draw round the map in the write place and cut out
4. Cut out a rectangle in white or creme card and a slightly bigger one in the coloured card.
5. Stick the rectangles together using your chosen adhesive and in the centre write the words that you have chosen - you could also add some stickers, buttons or such at this point.
6. Now time to layer it all together - back the mount in your frame with white or creme card to form a backing and stick your hearts in the centre. Put your wording just underneath leaving a slight gap.
I think this is such a unique present to give someone and it wouldnt have to be just for a wedding. You could tweak this for anything - engagement present, anniversary, baby present, birthday present. As long as you could think of 3 different places you could do it for pretty much anything! And it is a cheap but lovely gift too. I think this cost me no more than £3 to make. The only thing I brought was the frame. I got the card and stickers from my craft stash and the buttons from my sewing stash and we printed the maps on the computer.
Would you like to receive one of these frames as a present? Do you like unique gifts like this?
This week seems to have been mega hectic.
On Wednesday it was my brothers graduation at Trentham Gardens. It was quite strange because I have never been to a graduation where I wasn't graduating so it was weird to see it from the other side if things. It was such a lovely day and the son even shone solo we could take some lovely pictures.
I will do a separate OOTD post when I get the pictures off my dad's camera but for now here's a quick snap from may phone!
Toodles xx
On Wednesday it was my brothers graduation at Trentham Gardens. It was quite strange because I have never been to a graduation where I wasn't graduating so it was weird to see it from the other side if things. It was such a lovely day and the son even shone solo we could take some lovely pictures.
I will do a separate OOTD post when I get the pictures off my dad's camera but for now here's a quick snap from may phone!
I always love to dress up a little bit for the theatre, especially when your going in London. So I just thought I would share this OOTD with you from when we went to London.
Dress: New Look - £12
Leggings: Primark - £4 (I think)
Cardi: George at Asda - £8
I teamed this up with a pair of flat black dolly shoes (who needs to be trekking round London in heels - not me)
Anyone who knows me will know how much I absolutely LOVE going to the theatre and especially how much I love my musicals. So here are my Top 10 Tips for London Theatre trips.
- TAKE IT WITH YOU - Drinks and sweets are SO expensive at the theatre. When we went to see Wicked I ended up paying £3 for a bottle of Pepsi. I mean seriously how can they justify charging that much for a bottle of Pepsi??? Needless to say next time we went we called to Sainsbury's on the way to get supplies.
- TRY RESTRICTED VIEW - OK so not all restricted view can work in your favour but it is seriously worth a look. We have done restricted view tickets twice now. We saw the Wizard of Oz last year in October on restricted view for £15 on the front row and the only things you could not see was the dog and the yellow brick road. We also did restricted view when we went to see wicked a few weeks ago and were really far on the left but we were 5 rows back on row E. Again there were bits we didnt see but 95% of it we could see.
- WAIT UNTIL LAST MINUTE/ON THE DAY - Last year in October when we went to London we stumbled upon the Palladium while walking down Regent Street and it was 10 minutes before the show was due to start. We ended up with front row seats for £15. I am pretty sure they would rather sell the tickets for cheap at the last minute than have the seats go empty.
- UNDER 26 OFFERS - If your a theatre lover like me and under 26 you may remember a little thing a few years back called a night less ordinary with free/discounted theatre tickets for the under 26's. When we went a few weeks ago we discovered that (at least one) theatres in London do such offers for tickets at discount prices. Check the websites to find out about these offers. Cambridge Theatre where Matilda is currently showing offer 8 seats for every show at just £5!! However these are very restricted view (back of the upper circle). Plus you need to get there extremely early to be in with a chance. We got there at near 9 o clock (when the theatre opens at 10) and we were like 11 and 12 in line (gutted!!!)
- BOOK ONLINE - There are 100's of sites out there - shop around before booking. Try sites like ticket master where you can choose your own seats.
- LEICESTER SQUARE - There are loads of ticket booths here and some offer some great discounts. We always use London Theatre Bookings which is on the right as you get off the tube.
- BE CONSCIOUS - Not all of the theatres like you to take pictures inside of the main theatre - even if it is before the show/interval. Her Majesty's theatre and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane are 2 of the ones we have found.
- TRY BEFORE YOU BUY - West End Live is a great way to get a snippet of each show (full review coming soon) or have a look on Youtube for some clips of the shows you want to see.
- BE OPEN MINDED - Think you may not enjoy something or not 100% sure. Try it - you may be surprised. We were not 100% sure when we went to see Shrek with it being a film first but we really enjoyed it and it was hilarious!
- DO NOT ARRIVE LATE - I can not stress this enough! DO NOT ARRIVE LATE! I was shocked by how many people came in after the show had started! Even more annoying - if you know you have tickets in the middle of a row dont ruin it for everyone else! Get there early.
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