Hippie Hotel

(THIS IS A LONG POST AS IVE DONE A TUTORIAL SO JUST KEEP SCROLLING IF ITS ONLY THE PICS YOU WANT TO SEE)

OK here we go, DIY day 2. As you can see I tried the classic, every hippies dream, tie dye. I enlisted the help of my friend Joanna and Harry of course to give it a bash. We tried to get the dye yesterday but because of the bank holiday the haberdashery stores in my area were shut. Today we went to Pempertons and found some dye, we went for DYLON Antique Grey sachet and bag of the DYLON salt (it can be any salt but it was 60p and saved a trip to another shop) We went for grey black can be a bit harsh with dye so this was a great compromise the colour actually came out amazing, although we very nearly bought a gorgeous Forest Green...next time. We also got Tshirts from Primark, £2.50 (mans size L)

So lets begin... 

You will need

DYLON dye (any colour)

Salt 250g

Measuring Jug 

Gloves

Some kind of stirring stick

Big Bowl

Rubber Bands

SO moving on... get your TShirt/Leggings or whatever your dying and depending on what kind of tie dye you are going for depends on how you set out the rubber bands, make sure these bands are super tight to stop the dye running. There is a technique thats used on YouTube where you make a spiral but I wanted mine more random than that so decided to put the rubber bands anywhere and everywhere. Like below... (thats actually leggings and a Tshirt which is why it looks so big) 

 Next you need to wet the clothes you are tie dying so that the dye will stick. Even leave them to soak while you mix your dye (I wont tell you how to do that as its best to stick to the packet guidelines) once your clothes are nicely damp  or in my case slightly soaked, give them a good old dunk in your bucket/basin of dye. We left ours bobbing around for a good half an hour giving it a stir every few to keep it moving, in the mean time we did some other dying fun but that will appear later in the week ;-) OOO THE SUSPENSE!!

 Harry was an awesome helper, he watched the clothes while we got on with some other fun DIY

 Once the clothes (TShirt) have been soaking in the dye for your time stated (usually 30-45 mins) take them out and give them a really good rinse to get the majority of loose dye out, keep rinsing (kneading dough) until the water runs clear the carefully cut or unwrap the rubber bands. Chuck it in the wash for a quick, cold and delicate wash...

ET VIOLA look at the masterpiece you have made for less than £5, OH YEZ THATZ OW WE DOEZ ITZ.

DIY- Did It...Yellow?

Top- Primark

Cuff- Miss Selfridges

Necklace-Topshop (sale) 

Watching- Richie Rich

This is the beginning of my super fun challenge of the week... DIY. I saw a few people with Tshirts like this and they all credited Zara but I have never seen Zara do anything like this, so for my first DIY CHALLENGE I thought I would give it a bash myself. Actually so chuffed at how it turned out, obviously it is a first attempt bit I am happy enough with it that I will actually venture out the house wearing it.
Since taking the picture I added another tooth to the top layer as I thought it looked a bit like a mustache, not exactly what I was going for.
There are loads of YouTube tutorial videos for this and they all give a different look, I was going to link a few but they are all really good. I watched a few and made it my own way really using bits from each one. Biggest tip I will give you though... turn the Tshirt inside out to draw your template and cut as I dont know how well these Tshirts wash and the wee skinny bits roll inwards so its better to do it that way to save it looking overly scraggly.
I just got a mans £2.50 tshirt from Primark in a large and it worked perfectly as I wanted it super baggy to wear with leggings also you don't want the cut material to pull over a tight t shirt, don't think it would have the same effect, looks a lot better a bit looser. 
Had Fiona here last night and we stuffed our faces with garlic bread and then did usual sleepover stuff, gossiped, painted nails and wore face masks... stayed up to late then growled at our alarm clocks this morning.
Today I have 2 of my friends coming over for DIY DAY number 2.

THE Jumper

 Jumper- Topshop

Leggings- American Apparel (ASOS)

Listening too- Ben Howard- Only Love

*    My WARDROBE RENEWAL challenge was really fun and I have seen lots of things hidden in my wardrobe for the next one, this week I have decided to do a DIY CHALLENGE so we will see how that goes. I've got lots of ideas for it and think I will try my first one out today maybe. 

*    This jumper is an absolute BABE of a jumper. I fell in love with it after seeing it on LLYMLRS blog, I searched EVERYWHERE on the internet trying to find a seller, I called every store I could think of, full story on my Aye Aye Cap'n post, long story short I finally got it and I love it. I wore it with my ever trusty American Apparel leggings because I needed to run into town and do house work so went for comfort. The studs on the jumper give it such a good weight on the shoulders that it pulls it down rather than having that square shoulder look that most studded shoulders end up with. 

*    I went everywhere in town and the big supermarkets today trying to find clothes dye for part of the DIY CHALLENGE but all the wee fabric shops seem to be shut on a Sunday so I will try in the morning and hope they aren't shut for the Jubilee. 

If anyone has anymore DIY ideas I would love to hear them? I love doing things like this, I decorated my wellies for TITP one year and put studs and diamonds on them. So tacky but so cool. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated?

Cruise Fashion Show

T Shirt- Topshop

Shorts- Zara

Necklace- Topshop (sale)

Listening too- Neon Trees- Everybody Talks 

HAPPY JUNE EVERYONE

OH AND YAY WE HIT 2000 VIEWS :-) THANKYOU

So today I was working for a fashion show at Gleneagles Hotel for, Cruise, the store that sells all the amazing designers like YSL, Mulberry, Alexander McQueen. God the clothes and bags were amazing. I was just staring at things wishing they could be mine BUT life came back and slapped me in the face. Boo. 

Anyway... I wore these shorts for my WARDROBE RENEWAL as I haven't worn them in ages and thought they deserved an outing and this top is amazing I just needed to wear it. 

I drove into the hotel and felt so out of place in my wee Janice (my car) against all the Range Rovers, Porsche's and Rolls Royce's so I parked her between two massive black Range Rovers to look after her. Walking up to the door I felt so under dressed and maybe should of gone for my tweed chinos and a nice blouse but hey ho it could have been worse. Also decided not to wear any rings or to many bracelets there was noway I would risk snagging a £2000 dress or scratching a £3000 hand bag which knowing my luck would happen. 

We got served the most amazing buffet for lunch which was sandwiches and all these weird but interesting types of vedge and sea food dishes it was so fancy and well put together, they also served glass bottles YES GLASS BOTTLES of coca-cola and irn-bru... awesome or what? 

I have had such a good day but I just need to take my makeup off and have some tea because I am so tired for some reason.I think it was all the excitement. I really love these shows and I will miss them so much when I leave along with a lot of other things but I wont get into that just now because the time is creeping away and its not long until I go now. (slight sniff and sad face) but hey ho onwards and upwards.