Crochet for beginners!

This is my target for the summer!
to learn to crochet! I love the stuff I see in shops and it would be great to be able to do it myself so bless my mum! she got me this :) so for tonight this is what im doing

wish me luck!

Pinterest!! Interesting Pinning!!!

Im so in love with this site !! so many amazing things on here, im just addicted! :')

and whats great is it doesnt really matter who you are theres always something to interest you!!I ve managed to get a lot of my friends in to it too who dont study fashion

so heres mine!!

http://pinterest.com/melbehan/

Its Tie Dye Season!!

 Its tie dye season! Summers in the air......well eventually be in England, apparently we have been forcast  a months worth of rainfall everytime It rains :/ so yeah its really summery here atm!!

But needless to say the rainy wheather isnt going to stop my creativity! so heres my first tie dye this summer!

 This was once upon a time a minging top from primark, to be honest I dnt even know why I bought it and was ready to chuck it in the charity shop bag but then had a bright idea! Little bit of acrylic and fringing and here we are! brand new festival top. Im so sorry about all these creations of mine being festival related! Im just so excited to go to Leeds Festival this year as I ve never been to a festival!!! Plus Ive been told not to take my best clothes to festivals, my boyfriend has said every year hes gone hes ruined something so I thought why not make my old shitty clothes into something new :) upcycling and not ruining my lovely clothes. (which I would definately cry if this happened!!!!)

  

My 2 creations out on the line to dry!

and in true british from, after taking this photo the wheather changedd and decided to piss it down!!!! ¬¬

Horizontal Ribbed Jumper / Sweat Shirt

I started this whilst in my first year at uni.......... still going lol! this is the front panel, hopefully now I have time in the summer I'll have a lovely oversized turquoise knitted jumper for october!!!

Close up! Just a standard Horizontal Rib Knit

Heres a close up of the yarn, just basic simple yarn that you can get from any knitting shop!

Carboot Bargins!! North Scarle

 Today we went to North Scarle for a carboot! there wasnt as much as Torksey last week but I think I still got some bargins!!

First was this belt!kind of a brassy metal material with mint green enamel and lovely little beads hanging off!its a little big for my waist but I guess I can tie it up, was only 50p!!

 This was another lovely discovery! Tan crochet top,  not handmade but oh well its lovely! and im looking forward to wearing it when the weather in England actually decides what it wants to do!!!!

 This though had to be my favourite carboot purchase today! only £3!!! It was the ifrst thing I saw, at the first stall! A little old lady told me she used to go out in the town in it hahha! :') but at £3 what a steal!! I think its real suede but the leopard trim is faux fur. The lady also said its a vintage designer item :S but theres no label inside and instead of a loop theres a little chain to hand it up. I love leopard print so needless to say, I will be sporting this baby whilst its cold in England!

I also saw a vintage mens long jacket, but the couple wouldnt budge on £10 :( plus I wasnt sure if my boyfriend wouldve like it but still! It was lovely, plus I think it may have been a designer / high end tailors item, not like he would be bothered :P but still it was lovely! no wonder they didnt budge from £10!

apologies on the poor quality images my cameras charging so had to use my phone!!

looking forward to next weekend when i'll hopefully be off to torksey again, then to Nottingham!! :)

Carboot Sale Bargins

One thing I have really missed whilst living in the centre of Newcastle was a good car boot sale!!!
Today, despite the monsoon wheather we seem to be having at the moment, me and my mum went to Torksey carboot sale. Found loads of great things and only spent around a tenner at the max! it was great!

From Top :
Tapestry pattern bag
Blue rose print double bed quilt cover + pillows
Black and pink rose print shirt
Leather diamond laser cut lace ups
Red and orange print mens trunks ( D.I.Y project I think!!!! )
Black and white motif print sleeveless shirt
Gold lace and satin shirt

 These were another great find ! An embroidery book, embroidery pattern book, knitting machine instruction manual (for my machine!) and 2 magazines with knitting and garment patterns in them only 10p each and their so helpful! especially the knitting magazine as this issue is for beginners to knitting like me! Nexrt step to find a crochet book/ magazine!

Customized T-Shirt Shredded Back

Here is another wonderful purchase from my days of being a little emo scene kid. This top was a baggy jersey printed top from primark. Whilst I still do like the print and the way the top fits, i just dont really wear it so again what do i do?

Well browsing through the pages of pinterest I found a tutorial on how to create a shredded t-shirt, or in general shred anything. Its a really great idea! so heres what I did !!

Studded Jumper/Sweat Shirt

STUDS, SPIKES whatever you call them!
Absoloutely love them!

For this jumper, I've used 15mm screw back spiked studs. I've used the pyramid studs that have little prongs on the back, whilst their good and cheap but I've found they rip the fabric and are hard to wash in a machine. Where as the screw backs are alot more sturdy and dont rip the fabric. The jumpers made from cotton, probably cheap crap cotton knowing primark!

Go wild with spikes!!
On this jumper, I used around 20 studs on each shoulder, I really like the effect already but I'm really tempted to add more further down the shoulders going along the arms, or even bigger spikes, or add shoulder pads! the possibilities are endless!

D.I.Y Dip Dye Bleaching & Fringing

 Absolutely loving the bleaching and fringing thats in fashion this summer, the festival look for 2012. Seen as Im so poor im breathing life back into a few old t-shirts that i love and dont want to throw away but then again I dont wear them, so what to do?


After looking at a few photos on tumblr and pinteterest I got inspired. The first top is a Hard Rock Cafe tank that my Dad got me when we went to visit in the states, as you can see we got the top from the Nashville , Tennesse ( or however you spell it!sorry!)






This is another top I got from Hot Topic in the states! absoloutley loved it when I got it, still do like the bands music but again this was a top I didnt really wear.  Seen as the short sleeves didnt really do it for me I fringed them as well :) Personally I think it was a good decision! and you will be seeing me rocking these tees at this years Leeds Festival!! cant wait :)

D.I.Y Bleached Leggings

At the moment I love bleached clothes.
So here is how i re-vamped my old plain black jersey leggings from primark, around £3 when I bought them.

Personally I used Wilko's own brand bleach, its like 60p and works really well, smells so strong tho so becareful to ventilate the room your bleaching your clothes in, and becareful of the clothes your wearing and what is around you. Theres too many times ive managed to get bleach in places I didnt want to !!!

 Just so that you realise the scale of the issue here are a few photos!
this is my closet!

 This is what is hung up on various places in my box of a room!

 And here is a chest of draws which will not shut theres so many clothes in them! hahah :') im terrible

Oh and this is the projects pile which keeps getting bigger aswell!

Ok so here goes!

Like many other students at this time of year I am trying to work off my overdraft as well as attempting to save money for my placement year.
Just one problem, I LOVE SPENDING MONEY! clothes, shoes, bags, make up, hair products anything.
And when your bank ring you telling your there has been suspicious activity on your account and you have to confess that those purchases were actually you........maybe its time to avoide the shops.....whoops!!!!

So with a lack of money, no correction, NO MONEY! and a wardrobe filled with clothes that I don't really wear but don't want to throw out, it's time to get creative!

P.s Sorry I cant spell I spent my years in school drawing over my books rather then learning so enjoy!