Malvern Quilters Festival and Buys

 Hello chums1 If you read my last post, then you will remember I mentioned I was spending my Sunday wondering around Malvern Quilters Festival. It was in the same venue as the craft show I went to not too long ago, which I posted about here. I had the most amazing day, there was just so much to see and lots of workshops to try out and learn new skills. We actually did a screen printing workshop which was fun! Scroll down for my lovely buys :)

 There was also an exhibition of beautiful quilts on display, I photographed some of my favourites.

 This is what I made at the screen printing workshop! I've already done screen printing at uni, but it was fun to learn how to do it without all the fancy tech. We used paper templates which we cut out ourselves :) The workshop lasted about an hour and a half and it cost £7. I did a floral bird print for my design which I am planning on turning into a tote bag.

 And now for my lovely buys! (except for the first image, that is just a close up of my screen print!!

I mainly bought fabric because there was just such a large collection of beautiful prints, I just couldn't say no! Prices I paid ranged from £1 to £4 depending on how special the fabric was. I strictly chose pieces that were unusual and that I could use for my patchwork cushion.

 So that is everything! Sorry that the ratio of images to text is way out of proportion, I am writing this as of late Monday and my eyes are slowly drooping. Time for bed! As always please leave any post requests in the comments, and anything else you'd like to tell me, I read every single one <3

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Spring/Summer Bling and Sparkle

001. Has anyone else been loving the highstreets spring/summer jewellery lines? I look these images from an Accessorize magazine to show you, and can't get over how beautiful their pieces are (not a sponsored post!) Everything seems so tropical and... juicy! I just want to throw my money at them all to get my hands on these beautiful things. Tatty Devine is another new favourite of mine. Some of you might have noticed some new jewellery bits from Tatty Devine popping up in my outfit of the days, I love how clean and simple their designs are. Their new Hot House line is to die for! 

002. This illustration is of my Gran's dog, Mabel. I drew it quite a while ago, but since I've been ogling summer jewellery recently, I thought it was about time to dig it out and post it online for you all. Mabel does not really wear jewellery, but she does own a lot of ''blingy' collars because my Gran likes to spoil her. 

003. Tomorrow I am going to a quilters show in Malvern, which means no car boot for me! My mum is going to have a prowl around, so hopefully she'll find some bargains (I've given her a list of things to look out for!!) Some of you might remember I went to Malvern not too long ago for a craft show, which I posted about here. I ended up spending a lot of money on all sorts of crafting gems, so I doubt tomorrow will be no different! Look out for a little (or big) buys post! (I dislike using the word 'haul')    

004. I feel like my life is so hectic at the moment, but then it also feels like nothing ever gets done. Sometimes I feel so motivated and inspired to create something (normally at 11pm at night...) and then I feel so frustrated when I run out of time to do it. Prime example was this morning, I was getting stuck in on a secret project (you'll find out about it in a few weeks!) only to have to abruptly stop to dash off to my part time job at the coffee house. GAH! I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels like this, sometimes it's a wonder how I bang out so many posts for this blog! I do have a small backlog of outfit of the days, so if you're interested in seeing them, do let me know :) And of course as always I will take requests on blog post topics, I already have one request in the pipeline about my Graphic Design degree and why I chose it etc.

Okay lovelies, enjoy your weekend, and I'll speak to you soon!

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12/05/13 CAR BOOT BUYS~ Scarves/Patterns/Prints

001. To begin with, this star buy, which is a satin Topshop pencil skirt for £2. It has this really nice detail at the top, which helps give you a flattering shape. This skirt is actually a size 12, and is a bit too loose around the waist, if I wanted to make it high waisted. But because I am more curvy in the rear (ooh er), it sits nicely lower down on my body! The only thing is that I'll be worried the material will snag easily, so might save this for nicer occasions.

002. Next this fabulous leather jacket is from Warehouse. It only cost me £5(!) which is amazing because this similar styled leather jacket I found on their website is priced at £160. It is a size 14 and a little long in the arm, so I've worn it with the sleeves rolled up, and at least it can fit over a thick jumper that way ay!

003. I wouldn't normally pick something like this up, because I have a love/hate relationship with leopard print. But I did think it would look nice with a very simple outfit to spice things up a bit, plus it was only 50p

004. I admit, this is such a Granny Skirt! But the print really grabbed my attention, which I thought would be nice to use in sewing projects. Then I saw it was pleated, which I liked even more. So for a £1 I've decided I'm going to have it shortened above the knee (as you can see in the pic above) which I think will really give it a fresh and youthful look.

Now for scarves galore...

006. Zebra printed scarf- 50p I love this and is unlike anything else I own.

007. Another zebra scarf which I really like because I've been really enjoying monochrome recently. 50p

 

 008. A feux fur scarf which I thought looked quite glamorous! 50p

009. Big printed scarf 50p

010. Black floral scarf 50p

011. It wouldn't be a car boot buys post without a little bit of vintage book love would it! This is a particular childhood favourite of mine Bimbo and Topsy by Enid Blyton. Unfortunately the illustrations inside have been coloured in (boo!) but for 20p I bought it with the thought that I can replace it with another edition when I come across it, particularly because this one had the original dust jacket.

 012. I've only seen this film once before, but I love Chocolat, particularly because it reminds me of my family sitting together to watch it :) £1

013. Another classic which I did not own before, Bridget Jones' Diary. £1 let's just leave it at that.

Considering the boot sale I went to last Sunday was on the small side, I still came away with lots of things, or so it seems from this post! Mostly scarves which has probably been the theme of this post. It also shows just how pessimistic I am about our English summer ahead! Although you could look at it the other way and think "ahh I must use that scarf as a sarong over my bikini on this stifling hot English day" We'll see shall we!

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Monochrome Love. An Outfit of the Day

Coat/French Connection
Top/Topshop via carboot
Scarf/Lush
Tube Pants/River Island
Boots/Republic
Bag/Car Boot
Necklace/Tatty Devine
Ring/Tatty Devine
Nail Polish/Max Factor- Mellow Yellow

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A Horsey Update!

In one of my recent posts, a new reader called Georgia (hello!) left me a really lovely comment requesting some more posts about my horses. Whilst I appreciate some of you might not be into equines, I thought it was about time mine made another appearance on this blog!

I have written a little story about each of my horses (I say 'my' loosely as they are family horses!) on this blog before, so will just briefly sum up who these little guys are for you!

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This is Benji, he has been in my life for about 10 years and has taught me almost everything I know about horses. He has an incredibly sweet temperament and I love him to bits, I literally can't imagine what I would do without this little fellow :)  <3

This is Tom (or Goodnight Mr Tom, as it says on his passport!) He belongs to my mum and we have had him for about 5 years. He is the big boss of the field but is incredibly loving with people. He has big wobbly lips and loves to slobber all over you if you give him half the chance!

And finally Blossom! She is incredibly hairy at the moment, but if you click on the link you can see her in her silky summer coat from last year. Blossom is a recent addition to the brood, we actually share her with another lady who owns the field we rent. Blossom was abandoned on top of the hills near where I live and we ended up adopting her, you can read all about that here.

So that was a quick update on our little equine family! I was thinking it might be fun to have a little update once a month with the best photographs I've taken from that month, of each of the horses. If that makes any sense and sounds like something you'd like to see then please let me know in the comments :)

In the mean time I post a lot of horse photos on my Instagram @missimogensmith

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